The courts have been waging their antitrust war against Google for quite some time. The U.S. District Court ruled that Google violated antitrust laws, marking a pivotal turn in this landmark case against the walled garden. But the war is far from over. Google announced plans to appeal the ruling.
Read MoreAdMonsters August 8, 2024 Ramping Up Your Revenue: Digital Publishers Reveal Key Growth Strategies In July 2024, we surveyed and interviewed publishers to gain insights into their revenue outlook and identify their top opportunities for growth. This report summarizes our findings. Read more. Microsoft and Criteo's Unified, ROAS-Driven Retail…
Read MoreAdMonsters August 1, 2024 The Perils of Hashed IDs: FTC Reasserts They Are Not Anonymous In a recent blog post, the FTC reiterated a critical privacy principle: hashed IDs are not anonymous. Despite some companies' claims, hashing—a process that transforms data like email addresses or phone numbers into seemingly…
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In Q1 2024, Google conducted an experiment to assess the performance of Privacy Sandbox APIs and first-party signals, such as publisher first-party data and identifiers, compared to traditional third-party cookies.
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Explore how bid shading in political advertising affects publishers' revenue, the associated risks, and strategic measures to mitigate these impacts during an election cycle with high political budgets.
Read MoreAdMonsters July 25, 2024 Industry Leaders Respond to Google's Cookie Deprecation Pause and New Opt-out Mechanism This week, Google threw the ad tech industry for a loop by announcing a significant shift in its privacy strategy. Contrary to its long-standing plan to eliminate third-party cookies from its Chrome browser,…
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In a memo to employees, CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced that the company will merge the television newsgathering and digital news divisions into one unit, hoping to help the network's shift towards digital expansion.
Read MoreAdMonsters July 18, 2024 Yahoo ConnectID's New Integration Boosts Publisher Profits Without Cookies This seamless integration allows publishers who have adopted LiveRamp’s ATS to unlock additional demand from Yahoo DSP, substantially improving the monetization of their addressable supply. "Demand-side interoperability has been a key feature, and now, with our…
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In this op-ed by Dave Dembowski, SVP of Global Sales at Operative, discover how live sports streaming revolutionizes brand advertising, blending traditional broadcast strategies with digital innovation. Explore the complex dynamics, major players, and future sports broadcasting landscape in the streaming era.
Read MoreAdMonsters July 11, 2024 SCOTUS Overturned the Chevron Deference Precedent…What Does It Mean for Advertising? No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, it's hard not to watch the Supreme Court since it established its conservative majority. Now, the dominoes just keep on falling. With the 1984 Chevron…
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