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Amid uncertainties, Silicon Alley’s leading lights collectively shrug at Google’s cookie news on earnings calls

Google Chrome’s announcement that it would significantly alter its previous plan for depreciating support for third-party cookies, the very lifeblood of online advertising, upended the narrative of the ad tech sector in the last three weeks. Amid the subsequent handwringing and efforts to maintain calm came the latest bout of earnings disclosures, the sector’s leading […]

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Digitas’ media chief Megan Jones on adapting to the speed of AI and social trends

Speed is of the essence for modern agencies in a world where AI and social trends move faster than ever. Digitas recently repositioned itself as a networked experience agency, with one driving insight being the understanding that consumers are “operating in a networked fashion,” said Megan Jones, chief media officer at Publicis-owned Digitas. It’s about

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New Adalytics report raises new questions about use of AI systems for brand safety

A new report from the Adalytics has advertisers and brand-safety experts asking new questions about the effectiveness of AI systems. The latest report from the digital watchdog, released today, claims to have found hundreds of brands appearing next to unsafe content on user-generated content (UGC) websites such as Fandom wiki pages and other websites. Many

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Reddit’s Ads Biz Is Surging, But It’s Still The Runt Of The Social Media Litter

Reddit’s investments in its ad platform are paying off, big time. But it’s still got a long way to go to catch up to its social media peers. The company reported $253 million in Q2 ad revenue on Tuesday, good for a 41% year-over-year (YOY) growth rate. Reddit’s ads business drove its overall Q2 revenue

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Retail Media Has Its Own Last-Click Addiction – And The Problem With Add-To-Cart Rates

It’s widely accepted that last-click attribution is flawed. While publicly it’s much derided, however, privately it shows no sign of going anywhere. Unfortunately, retail media and commerce media have their own version of last-click addiction: add-to-cart (ATC) rates.  And just like last-click attribution, it’s a metric not fit for consumption. It also highlights the real

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Netflix Brings Its Sky-High Ad Prices Down (A Smidge); X Sues GARM Over Lost Ad Revenue

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. C(heap) TV When Netflix introduced ads in 2022, the CPMs were set at an eye-popping $65. Some advertisers were willing to pony up that first year for the cachet of being among the first advertisers on the platform. But then rates dropped from

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What’s next for Google after federal judge’s monopolization ruling?

A federal judge has ruled that Google monopolized search and the ad dollars it generates through illegal commercial deals. So, what’s the next step? First up, the jury’s still out on what consequences Google could face. These could range from forcing Google to overhaul its business practices to possibly breaking up the company entirely. Not

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How Discover’s ‘College Football 25’ integration demonstrates EA’s advertising dreams

As Electronic Arts continues its push into advertising, the launch of “EA Sports College Football 25” represents a chance for the publisher to flex its inventory — and Discover is taking advantage. Released last month, “EA Sports College Football 25” is Electronic Arts’ first college football game since 2013, following a long drought caused by legal

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