In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: S4 Capital’s MediaMonks is set to seal the deal for a merger with Paris-based creative agency Dare.Win; Essence APAC appoints former chairman T. Gangadhar as its new CEO; and TAG reports the successful conclusion of a 12-month cross-industry DLT pilot programme.   MediaMonks merger with Dare.Win in closing stages   Tech-led digital advertising and marketing services firm S4 Capital has entered into a period of exclusivity ahead of a merger between subsidiary MediaMonks and Dare.Win. If approved, the deal [...]

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In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Google reaches out to DSPs to begin testing its new Privacy Sandbox; Buzzfeed is axing its news operations in the UK and Australia; and Dentsu Aegis Network creates unified global creative agency Dentsumcgarrybowen.   Google begins trialling its post-cookie Privacy Sandbox Google is preparing to trial some of the features of its upcoming “Privacy Sandbox” offering. The sand box, which was revealed by the tech giant last August, will replace third-party cookies, which are set to disappear from [...]

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In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Spikes Asia announces it’s cancelling this year’s festival as Coronavirus persists; The Drum announces the nominees for its 2020 Rose Awards; and an IAS survey finds that online content consumption is changing amidst the pandemic. Spikes Asia 2020 cancelled as Coronavirus pandemic persists Spikes Asia, the annual three-day event celebrating APAC’s creative industry, will no longer be taking place this year. The event, which is held in Singapore and consists of the Festival of Creativity, Spikes Awards, [...]

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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 Digital initiative. Google and Twitter reverse corona virus ad ban Google and Twitter have now lifted their bans on advertising beside corona-virus related content, Ad Age reports. The use of ad and keyword blocking technology had automatically prevented advertisements from appearing alongside [...]

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Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Jon Goulding (pictured below), CEO at Atomic, discusses the future of creative agencies, the role of data in long-term success, and the coordination of strategic and creative teams. There are lots of people out there saying there is a crisis in creativity in the world of advertising. It isn’t a new state of affairs, but its effects have become plainer to see in recent times. Industry bodies and agencies are now discussing the way forward. And what’s [...]

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Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Yasin Dabhelia (pictured below), senior partnerships manager at A Million Ads, discusses how creativity should not be ignored in shaping effective and dynamic programmatic advertising in the chaotic ‘post-cookie-pocalypse’ landscape. In an industry filled with what seems to be doom and gloom around data and privacy; creativity and innovation in a cookie-less ad-world could be the light at the end of the tunnel. The following stats always strikes me; David Trott (Campaign) identified that 4% of ads [...]

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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 can raise the risk of customers turning to ad-free subscription services and ad blockers. Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Mark Inskip, CEO – Media Division at Kantar, discusses what lessons from cinema advertising can be applied to other platforms in ensuring memorable [...]

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Google has made its move on gaming with the announcement of streaming platform Stadia.  The news came on the second day of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco; and it surely stands as one of the most significant gaming reveals in the industry’s history. Such a major player moving in with such an ambitious platform could radically impact the broad ecosystem of the industry, the makeup of audiences playing games, and the way the medium is consumed and designed. However, Stadia’s [...]

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In their latest piece with ExchangeWire, the IAB’s Display and Data Steering Group – in particular PubMatic, Zenith, and Rubicon Project – discuss the latest trends and why innovation is so important for both consumers and brands. ExchangeWire: What are the key trends driving innovation within digital display? IAB Display & Data Steering Group: Display advertising is a mature market, which has evolved to include sophisticated ad standards, many of which were developed by the IAB and its Steering Groups. As a [...]

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Reality Clash is an in-development mobile AR shooter that integrates blockchain, cryptocurrencies, dynamic in-game advertising, and geo-mapping technology into the gameplay experience it offers. Yes… there are a lot of tech buzzwords in that opening line. We’d only need to throw in AI and VR and it might seem like a parody of contemporary marketing parlance. But in truth, there’s often a meaningful reality hidden somewhere behind the hype of headline-grabbing tech trends. And it just so happens that Reality Clash [...]

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