As CRO at Yahoo, Herbst-Brady is the General Manager of the advertising business, which mainly consists of the DSP. She also develops monetization strategies that help elevate the company's future. In a sea saturated with undifferentiated SSPs, Yahoo decided to shut down its supply-side business earlier this year to focus…
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Ever since the Edward Snowden leaks, American consumers assumed the government was spying on them. A Pew Research Center survey released last week found that most Americans are concerned about how their data is used and don’t have any meaningful way to secure it.
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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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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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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…
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In programmatic advertising, where digital real estate is bought and sold at the speed of light, one constant thorn in the side of the industry is the persistent presence of low-quality supply. July's Jounce Media report highlighted this problem, revealing that top SSPs often peddle as much sub-par inventory as…
Read MoreAdMonsters September 20, 2023 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month With IAB’s Jeffrey Bustos: The DEI Champion, The Retail Media Expert, and The Thought Leader With his current role as the VP, Measurement, Addressability, and Data Center at IAB, Jeffrey Bustos is now in the position to guide industry-wide change —…
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Federal regulations have attacked Big tech monopolies from all sides, but if the Government comes out on top, this could be the first nail in the coffin. For a long time, the duopoly — Meta and Google — hoarded around 85% of ad spend, but privacy regulations took some of…
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