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DOJ vs. Google, Day One: Who’s Testifying And Google’s Main Arguments In Brief

Google will spend the next four to six weeks in a Virginia courtroom defending itself against allegations that it operates a monopoly over the digital advertising industry. The trial, which begins today, could end in the breakup of Google’s ad tech business, including a forced divestiture of its ad server and ad exchange. After opening […]

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Publishers Are Likely to Pay More for Ad Costs If Google Spins Off Its Adtech

The Department of Justice’s antitrust trial against Google’s ad tech business is set to begin this week. Owing to Google’s size, a win for the DOJ is sure to spur huge changes in the programmatic industry, particularly in the short term. If Google is forced to sell its publisher adtech business, it could eventually increase…

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Follow Google’s Adtech Antitrust Trial with ADWEEK

Whatever the outcome of Google’s landmark adtech antitrust trial–and whether Google is forced to cleave off part of its sell-side adtech business–it will send shockwaves beyond the programmatic industry. Making sure you don’t miss a beat, ADWEEK’s Catherine Perloff is in Alexandria, Virginia, covering the first week of the trial, which looks to dig into…

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David Appoints Daniel Lobatón Chief Creative Officer, North America

Global creative agency David hired Daniel Lobaton as its first chief creative officer of North America, a new position overseeing its North American offices in Miami and New York. Lobaton will oversee creative operations for both offices and usher in new creative opportunities and growth for the agency in North America. He will work from…

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Trawling The Google Trial Exhibits For Privacy-Related Tidbits

The Google antitrust trial starting on Monday in Virginia is not about the company’s privacy practices. Google is accused of allegedly operating a monopoly over the digital advertising market. The ad trades have been feasting on the cache of unsealed emails, depositions, motions and other related documents released in the lead-up to the trial. But

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How Snacks Conquered America; X Loses Its Brazilian Stans

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Snack Attack Snacks have taken over American culture and media. How? An essay in The Atlantic explores that question and often finds advertising at the heart of the change. The ball started rolling with loosened restrictions on advertising in the ’80s, meaning processed

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Meet Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, who’s overseeing Google’s second antitrust case

Judge Leonie M. Brinkema is set to rule on whether Google crossed the line on federal antitrust laws with its grip on online advertising tech. A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia since 1993, thanks to President Bill Clinton’s nod, Judge Brinkema is no stranger to the spotlight. Known

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Media Buying Briefing: How Bob Kantor used his agency life to build a different holdco model at Dawn

As with so many other stories in life, Bob Kantor’s entry into the world of ad agencies starts with a girl.  The CEO of Dawn, a 5-year-old agency holding company of sorts that financially partners with (rather than owns) such brands as Crossmedia, Pereira O’Dell, BarkleyOKRP, Zoo Media and the newly formed Citizen Inside, was

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