Marketing

Monks’ head of social sees this as the biggest challenge for marketers in the creator economy

In a social media environment where people are apathetic to news and experience content overload as every brand and creator tries to stand out — how do you as a marketer captivate people? Amy Luca, global head of social at agency Monks, believes that every marketer faces the challenge of delicately balancing timeliness and timelessness […]

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Incoming Trump administration puts potential breakup of Google’s Chrome in new light

U.S. lawmakers are reportedly urging an antitrust judge to make Google sell off its Chrome browser after the tech giant’s illegal search monopoly was exposed. The Bloomberg report predictably has the ad industry buzzing, with some execs daring to hope it might come to pass. But temper those expectations — this isn’t exactly an anti-Google administration

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Everything marketers should know about social media platform Bluesky

Social media minnow Bluesky has emerged as a surprise winner in the wake of this month’s presidential race. People are flocking there almost as fast as they’re fleeing X, driven by distaste for owner Elon Musk’s cozy ties with President-elect Donald Trump. The influx has triggered a wave of hot takes and deep dives on

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How publishers and advertisers are connecting with audiences and growing revenue amid addressability shifts

Grego Martinez, svp of product at Seedtag The ongoing march toward comprehensive privacy regulation in the U.S. is not an endpoint but a gateway to new opportunities for innovative technologies. A combination of contextual advertising, privacy initiatives, first-party data and alternative IDs will likely form the backbone of future digital marketing strategies. While the exact

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Forrester’s SSP Wave Lists The Top 10 SSPs – With Google At The Bottom (Really)

Forrester released its first SSP wave since 2014 last week, and there’s a surprise. The research firm ranked Google – whose sell-side ad tech platform is facing federal antitrust charges – as a mere challenger to Amazon, Magnite, PubMatic, Microsoft, InMobi, Index Exchange, Equativ and Adform. OpenX was also listed as a challenger alongside Google.

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Curation Doesn’t Really Work For Publishers. Here’s How To Fix It

Advertisers want more transparency into and control over open marketplace quality. But curation is not the answer. Solutions that fundamentally address the issues curation attempts to solve already exist. The IAB Tech Lab has rolled out Seller Defined Audiences and the Data Transparency Standard. Countless data providers have emerged to address transparency and control for

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