As AdMonsters' Content Director, Lynne d Johnson, preps for her upcoming keynote chat with AdTechGod about the future of CTV on November 6, 2023, at Publisher Forum New Orleans, she decided to feed some ideas into ChatGPT to figure out what they might chat about. She decided to turn it…
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CTV consumption skyrocketed in 2020, and the growth is not slowing anytime soon. CTV publishers and advertisers have mined these growing audiences like a gold mine with much success. Although not all that glitters is gold, the CTV mine stores a few pieces of fool's gold.
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The MFA site reformation in ad tech is well underway. Still, some Black-owned publishers are being labeled as MFA sites by the industry in their attempts to reach advertisers’ quotas and serve quality ads to consumers. Is a tiered approach the answer to this problem?
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We spoke with Jack Smith, Chief Product Officer at DoubleVerify, to assess how the industry assesses the damage of MFA websites. According to the ANA, these sites were often the worst of the worst, rife with disinformation, conspiracy theories, and spammy links.
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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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U.S. regulators and 17 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. The federal government and a bipartisan group of state attorneys argue that Amazon is a monopolist that stifles its competitors, offering unfair prices to sellers and consumers. More specifically, Amazon allegedly punishes sellers for offering lower prices and pressures…
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There are genuine MFA shoppers out there and that brands that advertise with MFAs may find enthusiastic audiences. However, there are limits to their enjoyment of ads. While some shoppers like advertising — and seek it out with online circulars and clicking on sites the industry calls MFAs — there’s…
Read MoreAdMonsters September 14, 2023 Navigating the Power of Data-Driven Attribution: A Call for Transparency, Expertise, and Understanding The recent decision by Google's GA4 to deprecate numerous attribution models, nudging marketers toward Data-Driven Attribution (DDA), has sparked considerable debate in the advertising community. While the crux of the matter is…
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Generative AI innovations promise enhanced efficiency and improved customer service, but there are questions about whether AI, as it currently stands, can provide quality service to real people, including in developing ad creative and messaging that resonates with the right audiences.
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Nielsen plans to integrate Amazon Prime's streaming data into its audience measurement tools starting on the premiere of Thursday Night Football. The deal has lead networks to express concerns that Amazon receives preferential treatment in data integration.
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