2022-10-13
Big scoop from @michaelburgi @ronan_shields @seb_joseph Everything becomes an ad network eventually https://digiday.com/...
Digiday
Sources: Apple held separate exploratory discussions with media agencies about monetizing its original video content through ads, possibly as early as 2023
2022-09-29
Scoop: Twitter told advertisers this morning it had mistakenly served ads on profiles that were selling or soliciting child sexual abuse material https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Reuters
Dyson, Mazda, and others suspended Twitter marketing campaigns because their promoted tweets appeared alongside tweets publicly soliciting or selling child porn
2022-08-17
Can't wait until the adtech companies get their hands on that anti-party data https://twitter.com/...
Fast Company
Airbnb introduces “anti-party technology” in the US and Canada to automatically block reservations at a high risk of leading to unauthorized parties
Airbnb is piloting new anti-party technology in the U.S. and Canada in its ongoing efforts to fend off users who are looking … Source: Airbnb Newsroom .
2022-07-28
Google has confirmed our scoop: “As developers adopt these APIs, we now intend to begin phasing out third-party cookies in Chrome in the second half of 2024” https://blog.google/... https://twitter.com/...
9to5Google
Google delays phasing out third-party cookies in Chrome to H2 2024, after deferring the plan from 2022 to 2023, citing the need for more Privacy Sandbox tests
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
2022-07-09
Google has offered to split off DoubleClick/Admob into a separate business unit (still owned by Alphabet) in a concession to fend off a potential US antitrust lawsuit https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Sources: Google has proposed splitting parts of its ad-tech business into a separate entity under Alphabet, to head off a possible US antitrust lawsuit
Tech giant's offers stop short of the asset sales preferred by Justice Department antitrust enforcers
2022-07-02
Couldn't have picked a better time for it https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Meta rolls out NFT support on Facebook, letting select US creators display NFTs under a new tab on their profiles, after adding support to Instagram in May 2022
TechCrunch :
2022-07-01
Couldn't have picked a better time for it https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Meta rolls out NFT support on Facebook, letting select US creators display NFTs under a new tab on their profiles, after adding support to Instagram in May 2022
TechCrunch :
2021-12-17
“'Can we get the sneering and mockery out of the way?' says the avatar. Sadly not, because he doesn't have any trousers on. Neither do I. We don't even have legs.” https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Interview with Meta's VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg on leaving politics, the impact of Haugen's leaks, and his leading role in the decision to ban Trump
Henry Mance / Financial Times :
2021-12-16
“'Can we get the sneering and mockery out of the way?' says the avatar. Sadly not, because he doesn't have any trousers on. Neither do I. We don't even have legs.” https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Interview with Nick Clegg, Meta's VP of global affairs, on moving from politics to Meta, the impact of Haugen's leaks, and the decision to ban Trump
Nick Clegg may be available in Berlin. He has a slot in Paris. He'll make time for lunch in Brussels.
2021-10-29
When there's hype around a new concept, you can bet your bottom dollar that advertising companies are thinking about how to get involved. I looked at how advertisers are exploring the “metaverse” https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
About Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook the company is now Meta, to better encompass all of its products
We are at the beginning of the next chapter for the internet, and it's the next chapter for our company too. — In recent decades, technology has given people the power to connect...
2021-06-25
Which I suppose means a bunch of ad tech companies will probably invest more time and money into incompatible solutions that they'll end up having to kill. https://twitter.com/...
CNET
Google delays plans to block third-party cookies from early 2022 to late 2023, says it wants to find ways to protect privacy without hurting ad-dependent sites
With Lots of Entry Points Lane Ellis / B2B Marketing Blog : B2B Marketing News: Brand Social Media Expectations Study, Google Postpones Cookie Changes, & B2B Buyer Behavior Report ...
2021-05-06
Interesting NYT profile of Facebook vp of global affairs Nick Clegg - includes the nugget that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair advised him to “go for it” when Clegg was deciding whether or not to take the Facebook job https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Nick Clegg, who shaped Facebook's handling of Donald Trump, will lead the final decision-making process after the Oversight Board handed it back to Facebook
New York Times :
2021-04-18
Firefox has no plans to implement FLOC, @KateKayeReports reports https://digiday.com/...
The Verge
Firefox and major Chromium browsers like Edge, Opera, Brave, and Vivaldi are not joining FLoC, Google's proposed ad technology to replace third-party cookies
2021-04-17
Firefox has no plans to implement FLOC, @KateKayeReports reports https://digiday.com/...
The Verge
Firefox and major Chromium browsers like Edge, Opera, Brave, and Vivaldi are not joining FLoC, Google's proposed ad technology to replace third-party cookies
Dieter Bohn / The Verge :
2021-03-20
Apple has begun warning developers against trying to get around its new app privacy rules, @FT reports. One developer who received such a warning was using the state-backed China Advertising Association ID (CAID) according to @FT https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Sources: Apple sends cease and desist emails to Chinese apps testing CAID, which is designed to track users in spite of Apple's upcoming IDFA privacy changes
Earlier this week, Patrick McGee and Yuan Yang explained … Tweets: Lara O'Reilly / @larakiara : Apple has begun warning developers against trying to get around its new app privacy ...
2021-01-31
New from me: Verizon Media just marked its first quarter of revenue growth since it bought Yahoo in 2017. Now it's doubling down on personalised content, planning a “mega” product launch in Q1, in a bid to maintain that momentum https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Business Insider
Verizon Media says it is planning personalized features for Yahoo Mail, and around 500K users watched NFL streams in the Yahoo Mail app in tests in Q4 2020
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider : Tweets: @michaelbarthel , @carnage4life , @caseynewton , @sarthakgh , @larakiara , @digitalshields , @reckless , @hkanji , and @jason_kint See a...
2021-01-08
Well, then. The CMA, the UK's competition authority, says it will investigate Google's proposal to remove third-party cookies and replace them with its Privacy Sandbox alternatives https://www.gov.uk/...
Reuters
UK's competition watchdog says it is investigating Google's proposals to remove third-party cookies from Chrome over concerns it could curb rival advertising
(Reuters) - UK's competition watchdog said on Friday it has launched an investigation into Google's proposals to remove third-party cookies …
2020-12-17
I think the most interesting part of Facebook's big anti-Apple advertising/PR/lobbying push today is that Axios made the video for Facebook's microsite (if you open the full pic you'll see it says “made in partnership with Axios) https://www.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Facebook attacks Apple in full-page newspaper ads, claiming upcoming iOS 14 changes that limit data gathering and targeted ads are bad for small businesses
and they should have the choice to allow that or not.” https://twitter.com/... @fbnewsroom : We're standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere. #SpeakUpForSmall https://ab...
I think the most interesting part of Facebook's big anti-Apple advertising/PR/lobbying push today is that Axios made the video for Facebook's microsite (if you open the full pic you'll see it says “made in partnership with Axios) https://www.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Facebook hits back at Apple with a second full-page newspaper ad today, says upcoming iOS changes will “change the internet as we know it - for the worse”
Facebook isn't done criticizing Apple just yet — Facebook is stepping up its campaign against Apple's privacy changes with a second full-page newspaper ad today.
2020-11-01
Not many publishers are prepared to speak out against Apple. Nordic publisher Schibsted is concerned about App Store fees, the inability to own subscriber data if they sign up via its app, and the upcoming IDFA privacy changes https://digiday.com/...
Digiday