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The Best AdMonsters Decoders of 2024: 8 Essential Explainers to Power Up Your Ad Tech Know-How
Picture your Slack channels lighting up faster than a Kendrick Lamar Drake diss-track drop—and each ping is yet another question about privacy regs, ad blocking, or floor pricing. Sound familiar? We’ve got your cure. Welcome to our annual roundup of 2024’s must-read AdMonsters Decoders—a.k.a. your one-stop shop for “What Is,” “How To,” and “Deep Dive” explainers in ad tech.
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Best of AdMonsters Wrapper: The Top Ad Tech News Stories You Couldn’t Stop Clicking on in 2024
Missed the most buzzworthy ad tech stories of the year? Dive into AdMonsters Wrapper’s top six issues of 2024, where we dug into the news that shaped digital advertising. Whether it was AI upending ad tech norms, Google’s legal woes, or streaming giants making bold moves, these stories resonated for a reason. Let’s revisit the news that defined the year and explore what’s next for 2025.
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Marketers Can Expect the Unexpected and Watch for Innovation in 2025
As we look toward 2025, marketers are facing a host of challenges and opportunities brought on by a tumultuous 2024. Even for an industry that likes to talk about transformation, the degree to which the old order is changing in the digital advertising ecosystem is truly rare.
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AI Empowers Publishers to Sell Better, If They Rise to the Opportunity
AI empowers publishers to redefine ad targeting, brand safety, and monetization strategies by unlocking content insights, driving revenue, and building smarter advertiser relationships. In this article, Eric Danetz, President at Cognitiv, illustrates how to turn these concepts into actionable success. Advertisers saw a record number of publisher product announcements this year. Hearst, Dotdash Meredith, Raptive, […]
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9 Ad Tech Leaders React to the DOJ’s Plans for Google
What happens if Google is forced to divest Chrome or Android? How might Google’s potential breakup reshape digital advertising? Seven industry leaders share insights on the DOJ’s proposed remedies and what they could mean for digital advertising and ad tech.
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Best of AdMonsters: Must-Read Ad Tech Articles of 2024
2024 has been a wild ride for ad tech, and AdMonsters has been right there on the front lines, reporting every twist, turn, and unexpected plot development. In this listicle, we’re diving into AdMonsters’ highlights—articles that shook up the conversation and provided actionable insights for anyone in the ad tech trenches.
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The Untapped Opportunity of Unaddressable Inventory
Discover how publishers can turn unaddressable inventory into a revenue goldmine. Digiseg CEO, Søren H. Dinesen, explains how public data and IP-based insights help bridge the CPM gap and maximize value in a post-cookie world.
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The AdMonsters Writers’ 2024 Holiday Reading List: Power, Privacy, and Digital Transformation
Our country may be polarized, but there’s one thing we can all agree on: 2024 was a tumultuous year. That turbulence is reflected in the books that hit the market, and are now on the nightstands of Admonsters’ writers. Whether examining memes as political weapons or algorithms reshaping culture, these titles strip away tech’s glossy veneer to reveal uncomfortable truths about power, privacy, and human agency in our connected world.
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Drake vs. UMG and Spotify: The Battle Over Bots, Metrics, and Manipulation
In a surprising turn of events for hip-hop battles, Drake has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify, alleging a complex scheme to artificially boost the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” At the core of Drake’s allegations is that UMG employed bots to inflate streaming numbers for Lamar’s track.
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Averting “Ad-tastrophe”: Strategies for Balancing Revenue and User Experience
Intrusive ads frustrate 73% of desktop users—more than privacy or security concerns. Discover how digital media owners can tackle this challenge by adopting user-centric strategies, with insights from Jan Wittek, Chief Commercial Officer at eyeo, and the latest eyeo-Harris Poll report.
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