In today's ExchangeWire news digest: a new default setting that will block "heavy ads" from Chrome is expected to be released by Google; Facebook has reached an agreement with French authorities to pay $125m in back-taxes; and Seven West Media [...]

A collaboration between IBM and Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising company, and the UK’s largest commercial news publisher Reach, heralds a major breakthrough for the news industry, as publishers struggle to monetise their content despite huge demand from readers for high [...]

Maria Hedengren (pictured below), CEO of digital magazine firm Readly, writes exclusively for ExchangeWire about moving print publications to the digital sphere, capturing audiences, and publishing in the age of Coronavirus.   1. Some see digitisation as a threat to traditional print [...]

GumGum, Inc., an artificial intelligence company specialising in solutions for advertising and media, today [14 April] released data indicating that a majority of online content containing keywords related to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic is actually safe for brand advertising. [...]

Chief commercial & strategy officer at Channel Factory, Jed Hartman (pictured below), speaks exclusively to ExchangeWire about GroupM's recent Consumer Trust in Digital Marketing survey, emerging ad platforms, and advertising in the age of Corona. GroupM’s survey found that most consumers [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Google and Twitter reverse corona virus ad ban; Rakuten Advertising appoints Dentsu Aegis Network's Stuart McLennan as its APAC senior vice president; and Screen Australia and SBS have announced the winners of their joint Online [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: publishers lose out as advertisers block coronavirus-related keywords; America sees a dramatic rise in e-commerce; and Anagog raises USD$10m in a Series C funding round. Overzealous ad blocking sees publishers lose out Publishers are expected to lose [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: COVID-19's impact on the economy sees revenue guarantees to advertisers fall; Google has made clear that it won't postpone killing off third-party cookies; and ANA announces a new Coronavirus Coalition to help marketers deal with [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Broadsign partners with AdMobilize; TVSquared launches always-on attribution platform; 64% increase in mobile adblocking; PubMatic releases video monetisation [...]

Serving effective ads which simultaneously enhance viewer experience is a perennial goal of the advertising industry, however in tough times it is often the bottom line that receives all the focus, shuffling consumers down the pecking order. This in turn [...]