Ad Tech
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The Big Story
Cannes Lions, Generative AI Edition
At the Cannes Lions, generative AI applications for advertising were out in force. Plus: takes from the Croisette on retail media and cookie conspiracies.
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CTV Roundup
Video Currencies Are Making Waves At Cannes Lions
If the nonstop news coming out of Cannes Lions in France this week is making your head spin, this week’s newsletter dispatch will catch you up on how CTV is factoring into this year’s festival.
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Marketers
United’s New Ad Network Has Programmatic On Its Flight Plan
United Airlines really wanted everyone who traveled to Cannes this year for the Lions festival to know it has a media network now. Before takeoff on the 7:50 p.m. overnight Saturday flight from Newark Airport to Nice, France, an ad for Kinective Media, which is the name for United’s new media network, played on every […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
The Cannes Lions Roared As Usual, But The Ad Industry Needs More Than Talk
Another Cannes Lions is almost behind us. The senior advertising execs who convened on La Croisette confidently shared their visions for the future of transparency, AI, attention, identity, privacy and curated marketplaces. I have been writing about these topics for AdExchanger for years and have sometimes been considered naïve and utopian for pushing for change […]
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Marketers
GARM And Ad Net Zero Release Standards To Measure Carbon Emissions From Media
It’s hard to manage what you can’t measure. Which is why the WFA’s Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) and trade organization Ad Net Zero have spent the past year developing a framework for tracking emissions. The Global Media Sustainability Framework, which was announced Monday during a panel at Cannes, is the first iteration of […]
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Marketers
The ANA Says Advertisers Are Spending Way Less On MFA – But Programmatic Ain’t Fully Transparent Yet
One year ago, the Association of National Advertisers released the first part of its Programmatic Media Supply Chain Transparency Study. But it really should have been named The Lack of Programmatic Media Supply Chain Transparency Study. Because that report, and the follow-up study published in December, uncovered an appalling amount of programmatic waste, including $22 […]
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The Big Story
Nope, We Haven’t Hit Peak Retail Media Yet
The move from in-store to digital shopper marketing continues, as United Airlines, Costco, PayPal, Chase and Expedia make new retail media plays. Plus: what the DSP Madhive saw in advertising sales software company Frequence.
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CTV Roundup
What Advertisers Miss In Their Quest To Reach Hispanic Audiences
For a moment in time, agencies and brands upped their efforts to reach diverse audiences and spend on diverse-owned media. But that hype has since petered out, in part because brands lack the data to effectively target this audience.
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Online Advertising
TransUnion And Ally Bank Pilot The Notion Of A Movable Middle Audience
Some ad campaigns target customers most likely to convert. Another common tactic is to conquest a competitor’s known customers. But bringing in the consumers most likely to convert often means a brand is paying to get a sale that was already coming their way. And targeting competitors’ customers can waste budgets on people who simply […]
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Marketers
Why It Matters That Google Merchant Center Is Ditching The Word “Feed”
Some ecommerce pros were surprised recently to log in to their Google Merchant Center and see the “Feeds” tabs gone. The disappearance of the word “Feeds” is a sign Google is becoming less reliant on information provided by the brand or merchant to inform its marketing services.
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