The MRC Wants Ad Tech To Get Honest About How Auctions Really Work

Programmatic has become almost synonymous with opacity. Each platform has its own rules for running ad auctions, which means advertisers and publishers often don’t know what’s happening behind the scenes. To shine a light into those black boxes, the Media Rating Council (MRC) released new standards last week for digital ad auction transparency alongside a [...]

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Publicis Groupe says Yes to M&A, No to Principal Media in 2026

French agency holding company Publicis Groupe released its full-year earnings this morning, once again delivering healthy year-on-year organic growth. The company had a strong end to the year, with Q4 organic growth reaching 5.9 percent, bringing full-year growth up to 5.6 percent — above Publicis's previous guidance of between 5.0 and 5.5 percent. There were [...]

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Nielsen Makes A Play To Better Measure Co-Viewing During The Super Bowl

Nielsen is piloting a new measurement approach during the Super Bowl. The pilot is designed to more accurately account for co-viewing during the Super Bowl by better incorporating data from its Portable People Meter Wearables. The post Nielsen Makes A Play To Better Measure Co-Viewing During The Super Bowl appeared first on AdExchanger.

By |2026-02-03T10:51:18-08:00February 3rd, 2026|News|Comments Off on Nielsen Makes A Play To Better Measure Co-Viewing During The Super Bowl

Mobile Billboard Measurement vs Traditional OOH

source: geckoboard Why Measurement Matters in Modern OOHIn today’s marketing landscape, advertisers expect greater accountability from every media channel they invest in. Beyond simply placing ads in visible locations, brands want clear evidence that their campaigns are being delivered as planned and reaching the audiences they intend to reach. This growing demand for transparency has [...]

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Our ducks get the royal treatment too | Brief letters

Duckingham PalaceChild-friendly train travelAustralian OpenApostrophe confusionWashing duvet covers Following the revelation that King Charles’s hens live in Cluckingham Palace (‘I wasn’t going to be diverted,’ says King Charles about campaign on the environment, 28 January), we are proud to reveal that our flock of egg‑laying ducks lives at Duckingham Palace. It has cutout wooden duck silhouettes [...]

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Resellers Crackdowns Are A Good Thing, Right? Well, Maybe Not For Indie CTV Publishers

Sell-side platforms have mostly either applauded or downplayed the recent crackdown on CTV resellers. But for smaller, independent CTV publishers, these efforts look less like a clean-up and more like yet another revenue squeeze. The post Resellers Crackdowns Are A Good Thing, Right? Well, Maybe Not For Indie CTV Publishers appeared first on AdExchanger.

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