Google’s Global Legal Troubles

The tech titan Google has found itself in another antitrust debacle. The EU dropped a bombshell, charging them with violating EU antitrust laws. Google's dominance in online advertising has led them down a slippery slope, undercutting their competitors left and right.

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Is Shoppable TV The Future Of Consumer Purchasing?

In a session at Ops NYC, “Shoppable TV: Shaping E-commerce's Future with Unique Consumer Experiences,” moderated by Marika Roque, Chief Innovation Officer & Chief Operating Officer for KERV and featuring Miles Fisher, Senior Director Ad Platforms & Growth Sales for Roku, and Amie Owen, US Head of Commerce for Universal…

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Carbon Offset Your Trip to Cannes Lions

Carbon offsets have received a bad rap from some as a form of greenwashing. However, Brian Murphy, Founder of The Alpine Project, told AdMonsters that carbon removal initiatives are a critical step in the path to net zero. Businesses can ultimately reduce their emissions, so they need to invest in…

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The AI Revolution Is Coming: Confiant Explains What To Look Out For And How To Help Keep Users Safe

At an AdMonsters Ops session on June 6th, “AI + Malvertising = ?,” attendees heard from Jerome Dangu, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Confiant, and Louis-David Mangin, CEO and Co-Founder, Confiant, about how AI is affecting ad tech and how we can stay aware of what is to come. 

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Forget the Hype: How Publishers Can Safely Enhance Their Products with AI

Language models and chatbots are a great way for publishers to add value to their subscribers, but they shouldn’t be fooled by the ease of getting something up and running quickly. To understand how publishers can deploy AI bots safely, we spoke with Kyle Alan Hale, a Solutions Architect at…

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IAB Tech Lab’s Video Ad Guidelines: The Journey to Industry-Wide Implementation

The IAB Tech Lab's 2022 video ad guidelines created a challenging video ad landscape for publishers, especially smaller ones. About 90% of what used to be considered instream inventory was now labeled outstream. In addition, it restricted plenty of quality inventory from being labeled as instream, thus wounding both publishers'…

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Generative AI Makes for Irresistible Headlines, but at What Cost to Publishers?

June 07, 2023 Generative AI Makes for Irresistible Headlines, but at What Cost to Publishers? Speaking of AI — When Does it Infringe on Publisher IP Rights? Generative AI Makes for Irresistible Headlines, but at What Cost to Publishers? The News: Last week, the world woke up to yet another…

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Visions for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future: Brian O’Kelley’s Inspiring Perspective

As a veteran of the ad tech industry, Brian O’Kelley has seen many changes over the years and hopes to be at the forefront of the next big change that the industry, and indeed the world, needs – a way to do business that is good for both profit and…

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Calling BS on Identity

The identity conversation is loaded with BS because everyone talks about it like they know what the future holds. Worse, they’re presenting solutions based on what they “know," writes Shiv Gupta, Founder, U of Digital. In reality, nobody knows what a post-identity world will actually look like because that world…

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There Is More Than One Path to a Cookieless Future; BuzzFeed’s Botatouille

As the ecosystem prepares for cookie deprecation, the analytical eye can spot this trend through the string of post-cookie solutions — data clean rooms, alternative IDs, and Seller Defined Audiences. Is this the way to go?

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