Ad Curation is the hot new product in adtech, fueled by a desire to prove to advertisers that spending on the Open Web can deliver performance. How will the curation debate play out?
The eventual demise of the Google Chrome third-party cookie will disrupt advertising. The main challenges for advertisers will focus on finding alternatives that enable data collection in a privacy-compliant way.
Eighteen months since the launch of ChatGPT, there has been a flood of Gen AI tools launched into the market. But hesitancy about the true value of AI is being questioned. However, it's clear the first phase of AI is about finding efficiencies in the engine rooms of digital advertising and marketing production.
Data privacy laws around the world are starting to reshape advertising’s supply chain. Oracle’s adtech exit – confirmed in June – could be seen as that effect in action.
Advertising is set for a trillion dollar take this year with CTV and retail media powering growth. Digital out-of-home’s share of marketer budgets also continues to climb. All three channels are starting to overlap – with dealmaking a-plenty.
Peak advertiser body the ANA is again telling marketers to wise up on agency trading models. But some suggest marketers, and their procurement teams, "sometimes prefer" arbitrage.