The Auction Flip: Prebid’s Plan To Swap Places With Google
Google won’t have to break up its SSP and ad server. So this week, Prebid unveiled its plan to help Google fulfill the court’s requirements at its annual Prebid Summit. Then: how b...
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Google won’t have to break up its SSP and ad server. So this week, Prebid unveiled its plan to help Google fulfill the court’s requirements at its annual Prebid Summit. Then: how b...
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A decade after its blockbuster IPO, The Trade Desk has gone from adtech darling to embattled independent DSP, facing slowing growth, partner defections and a 91% stock slide as it...
The Prebid Summit in New York City on Tuesday exceeded the event’s reputation for liveliness. That reputation was cemented last year, when the Prebid Summit was roiled by controver...
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Substack and behiiv are looking at programmatic; AI makes metadata more important than ever; and can Skydance compete with big tech? The post Newsletters Get Cozier With Advertisin...
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Last month, a federal court ordered Google to integrate with Prebid but didn’t say how. So Prebid is writing the instructions itself. The organization is moving ahead with a propos...
Two Big Tech moments capped the summer: The FTC sued Amazon over its kinda-sorta second-price auctions, alleging deceptive practices. And Judge Brinkema declared that Google will n...
Meta alumni are on the move – and they’re bringing the world’s most successful ad playbook with them to the next generation of would-be ad platform greats. The post The Great Meta...
Traffic-starved digital publishers will do anything to make ad revenue these days – even go to therapy. Hence why sell-side experts and independent consultants Jana Meron and Scott...
The fight over standardized metrics; UTM parameters no longer appear in ChatGPT results; and the ad agency that's been spying on online users. The post Devising A New (Ad) Metric S...
Pixel Me Rollin’ After recent layoffs, Netflix headed into earnings with a fresh pitch to advertisers. On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled what it calls the Netflix Pixel, an add-on to t...
Show ’Em Who’s Boss No CEO wants to fall behind in the AI race. Publicis is turning that fear into a selling point. The holding company saw consistent net revenue growth in Q3, up...
Clocking Out Looking for a long read on the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that has overhauled Meta in recent years? Reuters caps off its years-long series on Meta’s AI investments...
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