Media layoffs continued this past week. First, BuzzFeed announced plans to lay off 16% of its workforce and sell off Complex Networks. Meanwhile, Vice is pulling the plug on Vice.com and announced it would lay off “several hundred” staffers as part of its major restructuring. What does this mean for…
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Tech workers who managed to dodge layoffs in 2023 aren’t out of the woods yet. Reports of layoffs are still coming, and as of January 17, 51 tech companies have laid off more than 7,520 workers in 2024. The digital ad tech space is feeling the heat; even Google is…
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Planet Fitness decided now is a good time to take on Amazon’s advertising business. Well, hardly, but in early January, the company announced the launch of a multi-channel media network, PF Media Network. Its goal? “To connect advertisers to Planet Fitness members, in-club and digitally across channels, to drive awareness…
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2023 was a trying year for the programmatic supply chain, at least from a PR point of view. But despite the challenges, the open markets are still a vital lifeline for publishers that can’t afford to maintain a dedicated sales force, and its revenue is still predicted to grow. What…
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From the ad quality challenges associated with capturing political ad spend, to the targeting and metrics evolution and attention's dominance, to battling bad ads that tarnish consumers' perceptions of media orgs, to helping sales teams take advantage of adops' treasure trove of data to improve monetization strategies — AdMonsters had…
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At the recent United Nations panel, "Intersections Between Advertising and Human Rights," the speakers urged the advertising industry to consider how their data collection practices, privacy ethics, use of AI, and global influence can impact human rights positively or negatively.
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According to Ebiquity and Scope 3 research, MFA sites generate around 26% more carbon waste than non-MFA sites due to all of the connections to myriad SSPs and resellers. With thousands of requests for every impression, ads placed on MFA sites have the biggest carbon footprint in the industry. MFA…
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Equitable media investment was a hot topic last year, but now it seems that was last season's news. Many brands made upfront commitments to invest in diverse media, and that money is slowly drying up. For example, Reach TV saw a 100% increase in commitments from advertisers last year. This…
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In Q2 2023, Amazon's advertising services business generated an impressive $10.68 billion, reflecting a 22% increase from the previous year. Although the closure of the ad server raises questions about potential reasons, speculations include regulatory privacy policies or a strategic shift toward AI and machine learning. Amazon's updated ad-server privacy…
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Artificial intelligence has revolutionized how we interact with social media, however, it raises critical ethical concerns. Here are a few tangible ways we can create solutions to ethical dilemmas.
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