AdMonsters July 5, 2018 Death of DoubleClick, Birth of a Monster? So Google is merging DoubleClick and AdExchange, creating Google Ad Manager (and creating an opportunity for loads of GAM jokes). Is this, Gavin Dunaway asks, a merger made in hell?? Here, he gives a shot at understanding Google's…
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We’ve long been big header cheerleaders at AdMonsters, but we also have never shied away from one of its biggest setbacks: potential latency issues. Indeed, fear of latency has kept some premium publishers away from header integrations and continues to make others wary about embracing header tech too closely. At…
Read MoreAdMonsters June 28, 2018 I Went to Cannes Lions and All I Got Are These Hot Takes The ad industry is changing, and so is Cannes Lions. With header bidding altering the way agencies do business, branded content in high demand, and GDPR doing... whatever it's doing, publishers and…
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With AT&T ready to acquire AppNexus, are the duopoly's days numbered? It's too soon to tell. But with Congress broadening ISPs' capacity to handle user data, the big telecoms are in a position to create end-to-end ad buying solutions. And, says Gavin Dunaway, that's exactly what advertisers want.
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The ad industry is changing, and so is Cannes Lions. With header bidding altering the way agencies do business, branded content in high demand, and GDPR doing... whatever it's doing, publishers and ops people are in the Cannes conversation more than ever. Yep, as Gavin Dunaway explains, Cannes is AdMonsters…
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GDPR's arrival hasn't burned the digital world down. But it has left us with less data in an industry that runs on data, with Google still calling a lot of shots. Rob Beeler looks at where this is pointing for publishers' future.
Read MoreAdMonsters June 7, 2018 AdMonsters Playbook: Demand Partner Evaluation and Ad Quality We listened to the conversations publishers had about how they're treating relationships with demand partners. We launched a survey for pubs to tell us more. And now!... This new playbook, developed with GeoEdge, lays out new ground…
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This year's Ops showed us there are some big ways is seems like "everything is different now" in digital media, including GDPR, data partnerships, and Facebook's role. But that means there are a lot of new strategies for digital media people to plot out. Brian LaRue tells us about what…
Read MoreAdMonsters May 31, 2018 Ops 2018: The Hour Is Nigh! Ops 2018 is right around the corner, coming June 4-5 to the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC. While you're getting amped for six simultaneous tracks of sessions, don't snooze on these: Our midday main-room panel features Lee Brown (BuzzFeed), Keith…
Read MoreAdMonsters May 24, 2018 AdMonsters Announces the 2018 Power List Your peers have spoken, your nominations have been pored over, and now the AdMonsters 2018 Power List has been announced. We'll be honoring the 58 people who made the list, for professional excellence and influence in digital media and…
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