Ads To Burn After Reading
The Big Story
Abstract: Pixels attached to articles explaining a recent health diagnosis – without consent – led Healthline to a record $1.55 million fine for violating CCPA. Plus: the new AI contract.
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Buying Ads In The Rabbit Hole
The Big Story
YouTube accounts are uploading recent Hollywood movies, racking up views while advertisers (and sometimes creators) remain in the dark. Plus: Could Cloudflare’s AI bot blockers provide a salve for digital media’s traffic declines?
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Why The FTC Tied The Omnicom-IPG Merger To Brand Safety
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The FTC approved the Omnicom-IPG merger, but with a brand-safety caveat: The agencies cannot create agency-level blocklists of any media that’s political or ideological. With Ad Fontes CEO Vanessa Otero, we unpack the consent order’s ramifications.
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The Human Cannes
The Big Story
From Cannes Lions, our editorial team discusses the mix of perspectives on the ad industry’s application of AI: the opportunity, the hesitation and the predictions of how it will disrupt marketing.
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The Ad Agency Washing Machine
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In the latest sign of massive change among ad agency hold cos, Mark Read is stepping down as leader of WPP. We unpack the impact of AI on agency hold cos and media, including WPP Media’s prediction that 2025 will be the first year in which the majority of ad spend flows through user-generated content.
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What Does It Mean To Be All In On AI?
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Meta updated its ad platform Wednesday with AI-based buying improvements. Is the company on track to be fully automated with AI by the end of next year?
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It’s A Wrap On The Prebid Race
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Amazon is integrating into Prebid. What does this mean for publishers? Plus, are Amazon and Google diverging in their product focus?
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Prog IO Live: AI, But With A Human Gut Check
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Recorded live on the Programmatic IO stage in Las Vegas, the editorial team recaps the trends that dominated our conference: marketers adopting AI and finding truth through measurement.
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The AI Imperative Behind GroupM’s “Restructuring”
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GroupM is in the middle of “restructuring,” as AI looms over the business model of agency holding companies. One-click campaign planning is coming for agency jobs. Now what?
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The CTV DSP
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Does a connected TV DSP need lower take rates? Inside the battle among DSP’s to take on The Trade Desk’s dominant market position. Plus: an on-the-ground report from the TV NewFronts.
info_outlineWhen an ad shows up next to illegal content, there is often not a single point of failure. Adalytics Krzysztof Franaszek walks us through why he found ad showing up next to the worst kind of criminal content -- and the simple and complex solutions to this problem.