Microsoft is buying AT&T’s ad-tech business, Xandr, subject to regulators, to boost its connected TV offer. Xandr, named after AT&T founder Alexander Graham Bell, includes both demand and sell-side platforms and an ad server. Microsoft’s Mikhail Parakhin says: “With Xandr’s ...
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When Google first announced in 2020 its intent to phase out the use of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser by 2022, two years seemed like a long time to prepare. However, that final cut-off date is fast approaching, and ...
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Google and Facebook have profited mightily by being the first companies to achieve direct marketing at scale but life may be about to become more difficult. Despite the various scandals afflicting Facebook in particular and pressure from regulators both companies ...
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