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The DOJ and Google Give Closing Arguments in Landmark Antitrust Case

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She emphasized the competitive nature of the ad tech market, pointing to emerging players like social media platforms and the growing market share of companies such as Amazon, Meta, and TikTok. Google’s defense also relied heavily on legal precedents, particularly the 2018 Ohio v. American Express case.

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Building the Modern Ad Ops Team: Meet Disney’s VP of Ad Ops, Bobby Noble

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By the time Noble left Uproxx for Hulu in 2018, he was in charge of overseeing revenue management, including pricing, planning, ad operations and product. First, I act as a connector across multiple teamsfrom pricing and planning to ad platforms, data and activation, business operations and, of course, sales.

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30. Dave Zinman – on the first ad server, BlueLithium and beyond

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Dave co-founded a company while at Stanford Business School that built the first demand-side ad server, and he later went on to develop products at pioneering powerhouses such as BlueLithium, Yahoo, InfoLinks and Drawbridge. Before joining Deputy, Dave was COO of Drawbridge from 2018 to 2020, through its acquisition by Microsoft.

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30. Dave Zinman – on the first ad server, BlueLithium and beyond

Paleo AdTech

Dave co-founded a company while at Stanford Business School that built the first demand-side ad server, and he later went on to develop products at pioneering powerhouses such as BlueLithium, Yahoo, InfoLinks and Drawbridge. Mango, the tropically-named motherboard for FocaLink’s proto-ad server.

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UK finally opens antitrust probe of Google’s role in the adtech stack

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“The CMA is assessing whether Google’s practices in these parts of the ad tech stack may distort competition. “The CMA is also concerned that Google may have used its publisher ad server and its DSPs to illegally favour its own ad exchange services, while taking steps to exclude the services offered by rivals.”

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What Every AdOp Team Needs to Know About ScamClub’s Malicious VAST & VPAID Attacks

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ScamClub’s Sophisticated Attacks These scams are the work of ScamClub , a persistent and well-organized crime ring group that has been plying malvertising schemes since 2018. Step 3: Server-Side Fingerprinting. Once the script finishes fingerprinting the client, it proceeds to the server-side fingerprinting phase.

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What is RPM (Session, Page and Ad RPM)

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Also, find out more about the difference between page views and impressions here: [link] RPM RPM is a common metric that most advertising platforms such as ad networks and ad servers use. It represents the cost the advertiser will pay for every 1,000 ad impressions served on a publisher’s website. in ad revenue.