Ad Tech Briefing: The Open Internet’s factions spar, as Big Tech players are in a dead heat for gold

The digital ad industry’s latest power struggle doesn’t just pit buy-side vs. sell-side; in fact, given the timing, it’s an analogy for the larger battle for the digital media industry’s finances. 

To clarify, the above statement refers to two developments that took place last week: one in which Prebid extended an olive branch to the industry’s buy-side. At the same time, Amazon Web Services used ad tech to up the ante against Google Cloud Platform. 

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