Towards the end of last year, my company began to notice an uptick in malicious redirects stemming from video ad units—a first for the digital media ecosystem. Specifically, scammers have begun injecting malicious redirects through VAST tags that redirect users to a fraudulent website, regardless of whether the ad was…
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With purchase cycles spanning weeks and customers encountering hundreds of auto ads, it can be difficult to differentiate yourself from the competition. Add the slow demise of 3rd-party cookies, and it’s never been harder to get your ad in front of your target customer. CTV is helping fill the void.
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The Privacy Sandbox launched a polarizing debate even before Chrome enacted its Tracking Protection feature on 1% of its audience. Notably, The Trade Desk refuses to participate in the Privacy Sandbox initiative. The DSP called out big G, stating, "Google is self-serving and sandbox solutions are inadequate."
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During a panel titled "The Future of Addressability: The Portfolio View," Anthony Katsur, CEO of IAB Tech Lab, sat down with Shobha Doshi, SVP of Programmatic Strategy & Operations at Raptive, Ryan McConville EVP of Ad Platforms & Operations at NBCUniversal, and Mike Nuzzo, SVP of Hearst Data Solutions at…
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The UK Online Safety Act imposes a "duty of care" on any platform or service that's used or accessed by UK citizens. Duty of care means that media and social media companies will be held responsible for any harmful content on their sites.
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In August, background actors told reporters that Hollywood studios started creating AI scans of them, without making it clear how those scans would be used. Their union wanted ironclad veto power over “digital doubles,” and minimum pay rates when AI is used to create an actor’s digital likeness.
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AdMonsters August 31, 2023 Data Monetization in the Era of ID Deprecation: Best Practices to Pivot and Evolve Your Data Strategy When it comes to evolving data monetization, some publishers are blessed with substantial strong quality 1P signals, while others rely more heavily on cookie-based identity, with limited access…
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In an auction to purchase MediaMath, Infillion emerged as the highest bidder with a whopping $22 million bid. According to Business Insider, Infillion plans to restore the DSP, recruit former MediaMath employees, and seek out former clients such as Macy's, Sanofi, and Staples.
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An accessibility barrier is anything that stops someone from completing a task online or forces them to get help, find a workaround, or spend an undue amount of time or effort doing the same thing as someone without a disability.
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In his session at PubForum Coronado, Jared Collett, Sr. Director of Ad Operations at Major League Fishing, defined ChatGPT as an AI language model developed by OpenAI. While experts still have a lot of experimentation, testing, and regulation ahead for ChatGPT and other generative AI applications, the benefits are undeniable.
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