OAO is now adops.com—but this rebrand is more than a name change. CEO Craig Leshen talks about what’s needed to move ad ops out of execution mode and into a strategic role that drives revenue, operational clarity, and long-term growth for publishers.
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Ryan Maynard, the SVP of Programmatic Sales Operations at publisher monetization platform Raptive, was, until recently, deeply skeptical of curation and the industry’s shift to activating curated audiences within SSPs. What changed?
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The Daily Mail saw the programmatic marketplace shifting toward curated deals. They started using Signal Vitals because it gives publishers a road map for being included in these deals.
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Snackable Media’s acquisition of AdGrid marks a first. A Black-owned header bidding wrapper and full-stack ad platform built with multicultural publishers in mind. Founder Justin Barton explains the strategy, the tech, and why it’s time to redefine scale and ownership in ad ops.
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Today’s global organizations are facing a critical challenge: fragmented data and inconsistent taxonomies. This fragmentation hinders unified customer experiences, and more.
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Publishers aren’t celebrating the Google antitrust ruling. It just confirmed their reality. From floor pricing frustrations to platform lock-in, they’re done waiting for structural change. They're ready to reclaim control: one lever, one partner, one practice at a time.
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Joetta Gobell, SVP of Data Strategy and Insights at Dotdash Meredith, shares how her journey from shy student to data leader shapes her work driving contextual targeting innovation, measurement strategies, and smarter audience insights.
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Google’s ad tech dominance faces a major legal challenge. AdExchanger’s Allison Schiff and AdMonsters’ Lynne d Johnson break down the DOJ verdict, what’s next for publishers and advertisers, and why the fight for the open web isn’t over yet.
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Now that Google hit pause on its grand plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome, publishers can breathe a sigh of relief (for now). But was the time spent testing the Privacy Sandbox worth it?
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The IAB Tech Lab developed the Trusted Server Framework to help publishers reclaim control of their infrastructure and data strategies in a system that has marginalized them for too long.
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