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AdExchanger Talks

  • Spilling The Rosé In Cannes, With TikTok’s Monetization Chief

    Despite ongoing uncertainty over TikTok’s fate in the US – the potential ban just got extended for the third time – advertisers aren’t concerned, according to TikTok’s David Kaufman. On this episode, recorded live from Cannes, Kaufman, who oversees product development, marketing and operations for TikTok’s ad platform, says it’s pretty much been business as usual for buyers.

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  • The Indy Innovates With AI

    The best thing publishers can do with generative AI is experiment with it. If journalists don’t decide the best use of AI in journalism, then AI firms will decide for them, says Christian Broughton, CEO of The Independent, on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks. “Do you want AI firms to just be dictating how […]

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  • The Next Level Of Niche, With Puck’s New CRO

    Forget the well-worn narrative that digital media publishers are always on their back foot, says Liz Gough, the co-founder and newly minted CRO of Puck. In a world of social media soundbites, Puck is proving that there’s a place for long-form, in-depth, dishy journalism.

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  • Maybe Nielsen Is The Alternative Currency

    The alternative currency bucket could use a rebrand. That referential and somewhat deferential phraseology – a reference to Nielsen – drives Peter Liguori, VideoAmp’s executive chairman, a little nuts. It stems, he argues, from the “absurd notion” that the TV industry “has almost 100% of its eggs in one basket.”

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  • Context(ual) Switching, With Viant CEO Tim Vanderhook

    Viant is on an M&A tear, with two acquisitions – IRIS.TV followed by lockr – in less than six months. Although the rationale behind these deals might be obvious to ad tech insiders, Wall Street investors speak a different language, one that Viant CEO Tim Vanderhook has become fluent in as the leader of a publicly traded company.

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  • Can LinkedIn Become A B2B Streaming Hub?

    Over the past few years, LinkedIn has been investing in video like nobody’s business. But there were a few hiccups in its evolution from a desktop display business to a mobile-first, video-centric platform. Remember LinkedIn’s short-lived attempt at short-form ephemeral video? LinkedIn launched its version of Stories in 2020 and shut it down the following […]

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  • The Force Of Data Gravity, With Snowflake

    Why bring data to SaaS applications when you can bring the applications to your data? That’s what modern data platforms do, says Erin Foxworthy, global industry go-to-market lead for marketers and advertisers at Snowflake. Cloud-based platforms, meanwhile, are becoming the foundation for technologies that are increasingly integral to how digital advertising functions.

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  • The Behavioral Economist’s POV On Marketing Measurement

    Marketing measurement is messed up – it’s hard to argue otherwise – and most people agree on the reasons why: vanity metrics, imperfect models, unrealistic expectations. But there’s another issue at play, argues Julian Runge, an assistant professor of marketing at Northwestern University – and that’s a simple lack of communication.

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  • The Outcomes Era Is Dead. Long Live The Quality Era

    The digital ad industry is obsessed with outcomes – to its detriment. That’s the case made by Erez Levin, principal at media consultancy Emet Advisory, on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks. Levin has often pushed back against the industry hype machine touting its “Outcomes Era” and the promise of advanced ad targeting and optimization […]

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  • How Ecommerce Brands Are Finding Customers During A Tempest Of Headwinds

    Americans are dealing with tumultuous change. For an ecommerce ad agency, that means navigating the same tariff craziness, Temu advertisements being pulled from the US market, the Meta ad platform going haywire and platform AI solutions all looking to replace human agency services.

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