April 08, 2020 Relax the Brand Safety Crusade Coronavirus Ad Ban Eases Up Amazon Cuts Affiliates Paywalls Rise Again Recession Retrospective 4As Says Relax the Brand Safety Crusade Before most of the US was cooped up in its homes feverishly scrolling through news sites, overzealous leveraging of brand safety technology…
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With millions of people worldwide now homebound from Coronavirus and screentime increasing exponentially, for those publishers and advertisers that are willing to gamble on an industry that’s comparatively wet behind the ears, odds are esports is a winning hand. In fact, Twitch reports an increased usage of both gaming and…
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So, publisher—you keep hearing that the demise of the third-party tracking cookie is going to work out in your favor… But how exactly? It’s not like marketers were in love with the third-party cookie either—marketers have long wanted a better solution, and that’s people-based marketing, OpenX and LiveIntent explained during…
Read MoreAdMonsters April 2, 2020 Essentials for Working From Home in the Time of Coronavirus So, you’re working from home now? (Go team #WFH!) For some of us, this is simply business-as-usual, but for many more, it’s likely your first time in this situation. With this in mind, AdMonsters brought…
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March 31, 2020 Ad Spend Not Dry Yet 💦 Vertical Spending Trends Covid-19 Force Majeure Begins Bad Actors Prey on Battered Publishers Facebook to the Rescue Ad Spend Hasn’t Dried Up Yet Publishers probably feel like they’ve been placed under quarantine by their advertisers lately, and new data from an…
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March 25, 2020 Coronavirus’ Media Fallout What Are Brand Marketers Thinking? Safari ITP Update 🛑🍪 Taxing Ad Tech: NY's Up Next Sliding Programmatic Fees Coronavirus’ Media Fallout Spreads Source: Yieldbird We hope all of you are keeping your distance and enjoying this newsletter on the hottest news from home. It…
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The first CCPA Class Action was filed against clothing retailer Hanna Andersson and Salesforce and California's Attorney General has modified proposed regulations. And still, CCPA remains just as confusing as ever. That's why we brought privacy expert—Jessica B. Lee, Partner and Co-Chair of Privacy, Security & Data Innovations at Loeb…
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Self-service ad operations and media sales is really trending right now—Spotify, Hulu and Hearst are all doing it. At the recent PubForum in Santa Monica, Peo Persson, Co-Founder and CPO, DanAds, talked about the latest self-service ad operations and showcased how it could make publisher’s lives a little easier. We…
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March 17, 2020 Another Brick in AT&T's Wall Pornhub's Coronavirus Growth Spurt Will Local News Ever Have Its Day? Major News Outlets Break Down Their Paywalls Social Distancing Boosts Video Viewership 60% Another Brick in AT&T’s Walled Garden Has this ever happened to you? You’re the head of a rising…
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This week's edition of The Wrapper is arriving in your inbox on Wednesday while we're on location at PubForum in Santa Monica. Next week, we'll return to our regularly scheduled Tuesday mailings. March 11, 2020 Coronavirus Climbs Blocked Keyword List Maryland's Digital Ad Tax 404bot Steals Millions in Ad $…
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