Marketing

Transaction IDs Can Reduce Auction Duplication, But A Fair Market Requires Some Duplication

Transaction IDs (TIDs) have been the topic du jour on LinkedIn and Twitter – and for good reason. These OpenRTB identifiers let buyers deduplicate the cluttered bidstream.  The entire TID debate has a clear subtitle: “Duplication is waste.”  However, legitimate auction duplication provides benefits for publishers. And the use of TIDs drives publishers’ fears around […]

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Brands and artisans are left in a lurch after international carriers stop shipments to the U.S.

The story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. In late August, Chris Rose, a Brisbane-based leather crafter, learned that he could no longer use Australia Post to send products like wallets and card holders to his American customers. The postal carrier, like dozens of others abroad, had temporarily suspended shipping to the U.S.

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In Graphic Detail: Virtual influencers click with young audiences, yet brands’ interest wanes

Younger audiences are warming up to virtual influencers — but marketers are still on the fence. Over the past year, it’s become difficult to open Instagram or TikTok without scrolling by a virtual influencer. These are different from the faceless creators who use generative AI tools to mass-produce content; instead, they are fully AI-generated avatars

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Media Briefing: Rising competition is making The Trade Desk bend a little, say OpenPath publishers

This week’s Media Briefing looks at how The Trade Desk’s relationship with publishers is shifting, offering new incentives, more outreach and a softer approach to get OpenPath deals signed amid increasing competition from other demand-side platforms. The Trade Desk is using OpenPath to strengthen publisher ties, offer better incentives, and compete with other DSPs for

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How local advertisers are breaking through in a fragmented media landscape

Marketers have reached an inflection point with media fragmentation, with 54% of advertisers citing it as their top challenge according to research by Amazon Ads. This fragmentation creates friction, especially for advertisers with a regional focus and limited resources.  The infinite options available — there are more than 32,200 linear channels and 89 unique streaming

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