The adtech industry made strides in 2024. Companies beyond the sell-side, like Coca-Cola, got excited about curation. M&A started to get a bit more strategic. Google shared a tad more about its post-cookie plans. And bad actors using techniques like ID bridging were shown the light. But it's not all upside. This year also brought...
This post was created in partnership with Human Online fraud prevention isn't just about protecting brands and their customers. Beating bad actors can maximize spends, minimize waste, and optimize outcomes for digital advertisers, according to Geoff Stupay, vp of media strategy at cybersecurity firm Human. But as both content and crime grow "exponentially" online, marketers...
WPP has named former IPG's McCann Worldgroup head of AI Elav Horwitz as its new evp and global head of strategic partnerships and solutions. Horwitz brings nearly nine years of experience at McCann, where she served as evp, global head of applied innovation and generative AI, integrating AI into creative workflows, as well as working...
The next generation of in-store digital ads are coming to Hy-Vee. The grocery chain has partnered with Grocery TV, an Austin, Texas-based company that has built out a network of digital screens across more than 5,000 retail stores across the U.S. The deal allows Hy-Vee to plug its in-store digital screens into that network. Advertisers...
Adtech M&A has started to pick up the pace in the last few weeks. Third-quarter deal volume was up 118% year-over-year and up 26% quarter over quarter, according to data from Luma Partners, Axios reports. That's the highest rate since the first half of 2022. Driving the deal growth is an increase in digital ad...
The Department of Justice presented its final argument in its adtech antitrust lawsuit against Google, as the end nears for a trial that began in U.S. Eastern District Court of Virginia in Alexandria on Sept. 9. DOJ lawyer Aaron Teitelbaum urged U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema to hold Google accountable for anticompetitive conduct, Reuters reported,...
After nearly two months of testing TikTok's Smart+--which lets AI optimize creative and choose who to serve an ad--there are some areas for improvement, four ad buyers told ADWEEK. Especially when compared to Meta's Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns (ASC), which launched in 2022. Granted, Meta's ASC has had more time to finesse its AI-buying tool, but...
Separating Google from its popular browser Chrome--it should go without saying--will have wide-reaching repercussions on the ad industry. The Department of Justice requested a federal judge order Google to sell off Chrome, following its antitrust trial where the judge ruled that Google violated laws by maintaining an illegal monopoly with its search engine. Bloomberg, which...
The increase in AI-spun made for advertising sites is making it harder for buyers to ensure their ads show up in quality environments, especially when using AI-powered media buying tools like Google's Performance Max, according to four sources. One ecommerce brand found that, for one recent campaign, between 30% and 40% of its Pmax display...
