Breaking Down Programmatic Quality in Pixalate’s June 2025 Trust Index
Pixalate’s June 2025 rankings spotlights some standouts in programmatic quality. the Here are the top premium pubs across a few key channels with some added context.
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Dark Traffic: How Undetected Ad Blocking Is Costing Publishers Billions
A new dark traffic study from Ad-Shield reveals 976M users are blocking ads without detection—and 57% didn’t choose to.
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What Is Bid Throttling And How Can Publishers Use It Effectively?
Bid throttling is publishers’ strategic response to this overwhelming flood of bid requests and the need for more precise inventory management.
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Streamline or Stumble: Inside Bloomberg’s Big Restructure
Bloomberg laid off about a dozen staffers as part of a global restructuring effort—a notable move for a company that many have seen as a steady force in an unpredictable media economy.
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Don’t Wait for the DOJ—Fix the Ad Stack Now
The DOJ is taking on one of the most powerful players in digital advertising. In its high-profile antitrust case against Google, the DOJ argues that the tech giant used its dominance across the ad tech stack to suppress competition.
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Pay to Crawl: Cloudflare Sparks a New AI Monetization Model for Publishers
Cloudflare, a major internet infrastructure provider, has decided to block AI bots from accessing websites unless publishers explicitly allow them to do so.
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The Authenticity Crisis In Influencer Marketing: How Fake Metrics Are Silencing Marginalized Voices
While influencer fraud is frequently framed as a financial issue, its consequences run deeper, affecting the entire ecosystem. Fake influencers aren’t just misleading brands.
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UK Fires a Shot at Google’s Search Monopoly — Will Publishers Finally Win?
On June 24, the CMA announced it is consulting on whether to designate Google with SMS in general search and search advertising. This comes after years of publisher complaints about Google’s dominance.
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Keep Your Frenemies Close: Amazon & Roku’s CTV Data Deal
With the new Amazon and Roku partnership, advertisers can now reach a combined 80 million U.S. CTV households, roughly 80% of the market, with improved targeting and frequency controls.
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🌯 YouTube vs. Ad Blockers: The Arms Race Heats Up Again
The ad-blocker war is heating up again. Again. YouTube just reignited the battle with a series of aggressive moves aimed at curbing ad-blocker usage and steering viewers toward its premium subscription tier.
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