
Google extends olive branch to publishers, lays out new focus on subscriptions
In a rare joint appearance, Google executives Philipp Schindler, chief business officer, and Sridhar Ramaswamy, SVP of ads and commerce,...

Google test surfaces user data in DoubleClick for Publishers as part of new Insights Engine Project
Google is laying the groundwork for turning the love-hate relationship many publishers have with the company into a love-love...

Taboola adds a third-party data marketplace
It’s a good week for data marketplaces. Salesforce has opened up availability to its second-party data marketplace, while content...

Google announces new anti-fraud initiatives for DoubleClick Bid Manager
The demand for greater transparency and coordinated efforts to eliminate fraud in the digital advertising supply chain has become a...

Programmatic TV is the future: Here’s how to capitalize on the opportunity
The tide is turning: traditional TV advertising is slowing down, programmatic TV is rapidly expanding, and tech platforms and...

The Trade Desk integrates connected TV buying and measurement directly into its platform
In response to the increasing inventory supply available to advertisers through connected TV (CTV) as more consumers become...

Facebook will tell brands where their ads appeared, ban certain content from carrying ads
Facebook is increasingly attaching brands’ ads to others’ content, including Instant Articles and videos. That leaves advertisers...

FAQ: Addressable TV & the convergence of digital video and TV ad buying
The line between TV and digital video is blurring. Increasingly, TV is becoming a digital ad buy, with the ability to automate...

Advertisers are ready to get ‘aggressive’ about enforcing Ads.txt adoption
Ad buyers are dissatisfied with publishers’ slower-than-expected adoption of the industry’s anti-fraud initiative, Ads.txt. Now they are...

Avoid programmatic fraud with these strategic tips
fraud. A recent study commissioned by two WPP media buying agencies estimated that fraudulent traffic could cost digital advertisers...

RhythmOne buys YuMe for $185 million
Ad exchange RhythmOne announced this week it is buying video ad platform YuMe, creating what the companies said will become a top-ranked...

GroupM sheds light on its updated viewability standards for display & video ads
WPP’s GroupM, the world’s biggest media buyer, announced new, heightened standards for ad viewability last week and is now sharing more...

‘Larger than usual’ ad fraud on exchanges prompts Google to offer advertiser refunds
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Google is providing refunds to some advertisers that used DoubleClick Bid Manager...

ShareIQ can now generate ad-targeting segments of users who have interacted with brand images
For many brands, the web has become the Visual Web, where images reign as the key currency of communication. To help brands take...

Tuning into podcast sponsorship, programmatic audio and native audio sponsorships
A major plus for this kind of advertising is that it’s been largely immune from many major issues affecting other forms of digital...

Can blockchain satisfy GDPR’s user data protection requirements for targeted ads?
Next spring, GDPR could upset everything in digital marketing. That’s because, when the European Union’s General Data Protection...

TAG sees its ad tech verification program aimed at cleaning up digital advertising grow rapidly
The industry group formed to secure and weed out fraud in the digital advertising supply chain says it has seen a jump in companies...

It’s not just hype: Real changes to consumer behavior are driving adoption of data-driven creative
A brand-new media agency, Omnicom’s Hearts and Sciences, shocked the industry by winning P&G and AT&T accounts based on a promise of...

P&G slashed its digital ad spend & nothing bad happened: 5 ways ad tech is responding
Digital ad revenues have continued to climb. But not all is well. In the past year, major brands have called into question the notion...
























