AdMonsters February 15, 2024 Well Actually, Revenue and Content Diversification Are Essential for Publisher Survival At the end of last year, The Guardian US launched a new health and wellness vertical, "Well Actually," to increase engagement with its existing audience rather than focus on growing its audience size further.…
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According to ESPN, Super Bowl LVIII averaged around 123.4 million viewers, and advertisers pay top dollar to feature their ads during the Super Bowl every year because they know they will reach a large audience. But the real question is, who took the advertising crown? According to AdImpact's viewership data…
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The IAB Tech Lab released a report analyzing the pitfalls of the privacy sandbox, even warning Google to postpone Cookie Deprecation. However, Google has some words for the critics who are playing down its privacy-compliance tactics. The question remains, what's the bet move for all industry players to thrive?
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In an interview with MarketingBrew, Dan Taylor, Google’s VP of Global Ads claimed that the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit is “kind of out of touch” and that the market felt “more competitive than ever.” Part of the DOJ’s complaint is that Google pockets $.30 out of every ad dollar that flows…
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A recent Association of National Advertisers survey revealed that marketers aren’t as enamored of retail media as everyone thinks. In fact, 88% of brands say they feel pressured by retailers to spend in their channel, with some 42% feeling it’s just a cost of doing business. Some marketers hint that…
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A trio of advertising ecosystem avengers — Catilina Crunch, SuperHeroes NY, and Sysyem1 — assembled with one mission in mind — save the world from boring advertising. AdMonsters spoke with Krishna Kaliannan, Founder/CEO, Catalina Snacks, Jon Evans, Chief Customer Officer, System1, and Susan Vugts, Managing Director, SuperHeroes NY, about the…
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Some U.S. marketing agencies and advertisers tend to have an insular mentality, thinking that the most significant events in the country are, by default, also the biggest across the world. This substantial and grave misconception could mean millions of lost revenue. With deep emotional attachments to every corner of the…
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We've been wondering if this rush of ad dollars coming into the audio pipeline and move to streamline the ad supply chain with programmatic is opening the door for fraud to invade the quickly growing podcast and audio advertising ecosystem. So, we turned to Ryan Adams, SVP of Partnerships at…
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Digital media can be a struggle for all players involved. The duopoly, plus the growing As—Apple and Amazon—continue to gobble up digital ad spend. Mergers, acquisitions and layoffs become the strategy du jour. Legacy brands face challenges too, as digital natives opt for digitally savvy upstarts that know exactly how…
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Gavin Dunaway went to the recent Blockchain Xplore conference in New York a couple weeks ago, and here's what he saw and heard. For one thing, blockchain technology is being rolled out seemingly in a parallel way to how the internet was. For another, the need to clean house in…
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