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How A Group Of Local News Sites Went From Zero Video Revenue To Seven Figures ‘Overnight’

Until last year, video was a largely untapped revenue opportunity for Advance Local, a media group that operates local news sites. It was mostly “on the back burner,” said Grant Whitmore, VP of ad tech and programmatic revenue. Although the sites under its umbrella, including Syracuse.com, MassLive.com, OregonLive.com and NJ.com, produced a bit of video

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Don’t Cancel Brand Safety – Improve It

Although a relatively new development, brand safety has become a standard condition for digital advertising campaigns. These solutions are meant to protect advertisers from being associated with online content that might harm their reputation. However, the current technology for determining what counts as “brand safe” is one-dimensional, outdated and has not evolved with advancements in

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How Adidas’ avatar launch signals the brand’s continued confidence in Web3

Two years into its Web3 roadmap, Adidas is on the cusp of launching its first avatar product. It’s a signal that the company is still full steam ahead on the metaverse — and the use of blockchain tech to build it. The avatars, part of Adidas’ “ALTS” storyline, which ties the company’s non-fungible token products into

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Manchester United’s back-of-shirt sponsor points to future of sports jersey placements

As the English soccer season kicks off once again, one club’s working to create new advertising real estate on its player jerseys. Manchester United kicked off this season with its first ever back-of-shirt sponsor, U.S. tech brand Snapdragon, which will also take over the club’s front-of-shirt spot from SaaS firm TeamViewer. The brand, which is

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Google is facing a potential breakup; what are the likely outcomes?

Reports that the U.S. government is pushing for a breakup of Google are starting to emerge after a federal judge recently ruled that it monopolized the search engine market through illegal commercial deals. These developments could fundamentally alter the advertising industry, albeit it’s worth noting that the resulting remedies from this case are far from

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Media Buying Briefing: As sports enjoys a moment, buyers find new ways to get in via influencers and CTV

The long game of sports investment got a bit more intense over the summer, as the Summer Olympics in Paris generated the most buzz in years, the NBA/WNBA landed a massive $76 billion rights deal that ramped up the amount of sports streaming/CTV content to unseen heights and women’s sports grabbed a greater share of

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‘There needs to be an AI clause’: AI hype sparks influencer contract overhauls for name, image and likeness

The generative AI hype has seemingly infiltrated everything, including influencer marketing. In response, influencers and content creators are taking a closer look at their contracts with brands, and are ultimately looking to future-proof their intellectual property and content usage rights. “My voice is everywhere, and it does create a little bit of a sense of

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