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Google vs. DOJ: Why Google’s ‘hundreds of competitors’ claim doesn’t add up

Martech

billion fine in antitrust case While many ad tech providers exist, Google dominates key market segments such as ad exchanges, ad networks and demand-side platforms. However, the evidence suggests otherwise. Dig deeper: EU hits Google with $2.6 And, though Google has competitors in the most basic sense of the word (i.e.,

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2024 US Elections Digital Advertising Trends: CTV Drives Programmatic Ad Spending

Basis

Jaime Vasil is Group VP of Candidates and Causes at Basis Political advertisings connected TV ( CTV ) evolution was in full effect during the 2024 US elections. This development continued to evolve in 2024. Video ad spend share was largely consistent with levels in 2020 and 2022 (70%).

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With Google in hot water with the DOJ, what exactly are anti-trust laws?

illumin

The potentially groundbreaking trial began on September 9, 2024, and could mark the beginning of the end for Google’s ad tech business as we know it today. If found guilty, Google would be forced to break up its business and divest its ad server and ad exchange. Anti-trust trials are a huge deal.

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What’s The Latest with Big Tech?

Basis

Brinkema ruled in favor of the DOJ, finding that Google engaged in a variety of anticompetitive practices to acquire and maintain monopoly power in the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets for display advertising on the open web. However, she dismissed the DOJ’s claim that Google also holds a monopoly in ad networks.

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‘You can nullify the effects of what looks like change’: OpenX CEO John Gentry on its legal quarrel with Google

Digiday

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia – the same district as the ongoing ad tech antitrust case where Justice Brinkema ruled in favor of the Justice Department in two of the three charges it first brought against Google in 2024.

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The Growing Role of Agencies in Omnichannel Loyalty Strategies

InMobi

Similarly, American Airlines, for example, earned almost $1 billion in loyalty reward revenues in Q3 2024. Access to Premium Inventories: Ensuring access to high-quality ad placements across multiple surfaces, including in-app, mobile web, and lock screens, is crucial for campaign reach.

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Fuelling Emissions and Driving Change: Untangling Advertising’s Carbon Contribution

VideoWeek

” In reality, ad agencies are still working with fossil fuel companies, whose pollutive effects massively diminish efforts to shift consumer behaviour. And then what’s happening is the brands are competing to say, we’ve got the best version of that.”