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AdExchanger
Each week, the AdExchanger editorial team drills into the week's most urgent headlines in digital marketing. Hosted by Executive Editor Sarah Sluis, this podcast gets listeners up to speed on the most pressing news in ad tech and beyond, with key background details and analysis.
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Jun 13, 2024 • 43min
Nope, We Haven’t Hit Peak Retail Media Yet - E297
The move from in-store to digital shopper marketing continues, as United Airlines, Costco, PayPal, Chase and Expedia make new retail media plays. Plus: what the DSP Madhive saw in advertising sales software company Frequence.

Jun 6, 2024 • 42min
Ranking The Open Web - E296
Discussing the move from efficiency to curation to ranking top publishers. Seedtag acquires Beachfront in a deal reflecting CTV and privacy trends. Industry reactions to The Trade Desk's SP500+ product and defining premium content online.

May 30, 2024 • 40min
The Shrinking Open Web
Exploring the shift towards curated and high-quality digital marketing experiences, the rise of curation in data management platforms, audience identification in advertising, revenue generation tactics using subdomains, and the closure of Content IQ amid industry scrutiny.

May 23, 2024 • 27min
‘Incrementality’ Is The Buzzword That Stole Prog IO
Topics discussed include measuring incrementality and attribution challenges in digital advertising, the rise of AI content generation, insights from a retail media summit, and industry challenges and wastage in marketing practices. Highlights include CTV's significance, the state of commerce media, and programmatic transparency issues.

May 16, 2024 • 37min
Measuring Muck - E293
Exploring the risks of fraudulent activities in programmatic marketing, shift from third-party measurement firms, challenges faced by ad verification providers, The Trade Desk's transition, traffic anomalies in the supply chain, manipulative practices in the online publishing industry.

May 9, 2024 • 40min
Data Dazzles Ahead Of The Upfronts
Will data dazzle media buyers at this year’s TV upfronts? Plus: Why recent changes to Google search results have decimated traffic for some digital publishers – and rewarded others.

May 2, 2024 • 32min
Privacy Sandbox Yellow Flags - E291
Debrief on the CMA’s biggest issues with the Privacy Sandbox highlighted in its latest report. Then, a vibe check on the Newfronts.

Apr 25, 2024 • 36min
The Third Delay For Third-Party Cookies Leaves Ad Tech In Limbo
Cookies aren’t going anywhere. Behind Google’s third missed deadline to remove third-party cookies from Chrome and what it means for ad tech.

Apr 18, 2024 • 43min
Retreat To MMM
The podcast discusses the resurgence of Media Mix Modeling in advertising, focusing on Google's Meridian. It also explores the rise of shoppable TV, T-commerce, and the challenges faced by platforms. The chapters cover topics like the impact of walled gardens, solutions for video content production, and innovations in T-commerce and shoppable TV experiences.

Apr 11, 2024 • 40min
Hidden Made-For-Advertising (MFA) - E288
Inside Forbes’ hidden MFA site, and the industry reactions to the ad-crammed subdomain. Plus: a dispatch from the Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C., where ad tech is a hot topic.