Ad Monsters

DECEMBER 11, 2024

From Google’s cookie deprecation drama to AI-driven innovations, these must-read AdMonsters articles captured the biggest ad tech moments of 2024. 2024 has been a wild ride for ad tech, and AdMonsters has been right there on the front lines, reporting every twist, turn, and unexpected plot development.

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Adweek

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The adtech industry made strides in 2024. Google shared a tad more about its post-cookie plans. Companies beyond the sell-side, like Coca-Cola, got excited about curation. M&A started to get a bit more strategic. And bad actors using techniques like ID bridging were shown the light. But it's not all upside.

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Adweek

JANUARY 3, 2024

One of the most critical topics of 2024--how Google Chrome plans to rewrite digital advertising in the browser with Privacy Sandbox proposals and how companies adopt the technology, or don't--is finally ramping up. 4, Google is releasing a new browser feature called Tracking Protection, which, when activated, will cut off a site's access.

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AdExchanger

DECEMBER 30, 2024

From the rise of curation to the Google ad tech antitrust trial in Virginia, he helps us translate the biggest news into […] The post AdExchangers Top Comics Of 2024 appeared first on AdExchanger. We get together to spitball ideas and then share them with our very talented comic artist Kevvo.

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AdExchanger

JANUARY 10, 2024

While 2023’s return to fiscal responsibility made for rough waters, it will pale in comparison to 2024. Google Chrome will deprecate third-party cookies, Privacy Sandbox will dominate the conversation, and media will continue having a major crisis, as years of removing friction between consumer and content has cratered the value chain.

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AdExchanger

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Ahem, cookies and quality. This year, quality […] The post AdExchangers Top 10 Stories Of 2024 appeared first on AdExchanger. Our top 10 stories in the past year coalesce around two themes: kookies and kwality. Quality has been a theme for some time in programmatic in every permutation possible.

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Ad Monsters

JANUARY 6, 2025

We’ve curated a roundup of the most buzzworthy moments from our 2024 PubForum conferences, where curated deals, cookieless targeting, and AI-powered strategies took center stage. Ready for a round-up of the best and boldest moments from AdMonsters PubForum 2024?

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Exchange Wire

JULY 8, 2024

In our latest quarterly wrap, head of content John Still takes a look at the events that have defined Q2 2024. Q2 2024 started with a bang, albeit one that we’d all expected to arrive [.] The post Q2 in Ad Tech: Cookie Can Kicked, AI Deals, and Giant Politicians appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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AdExchanger

APRIL 25, 2024

For the third time, Google pushed back its original deadline to remove third-party cookies from Chrome. On Tuesday, it said it would no longer remove cookies in 2024, and didn’t set a new deadline for removal.

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YieldBird

JULY 1, 2025

Just a few years ago, it seemed inevitable that third-party cookies would disappear. Google Changes Its Mind: Cookies Are Staying (For Now) The biggest twist came in July 2024 , when Google officially announced it would not phase out third-party cookies in Chrome , at least not in the way it had promised back in 2020.

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VideoWeek

APRIL 10, 2025

By 2024, everyone working in digital advertising was tired of hearing about cookie deprecation, writes Thomas Bernal, VP Go To Market at Ogury. ITP began by blocking cookies from unknown third-party sources, then later expanded to restrict tracking via local storage and fingerprinting.

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Ad Monsters

JANUARY 3, 2025

2024s best AdMonsters Decoders demystify ad techs hottest topicsDark Traffic, EUs DSA, Privacy Sandbox, and more. Picture your Slack channels lighting up faster than a Kendrick Lamar Drake-diss-track dropand each ping is yet another question about privacy regs, ad blocking, or floor pricing. Sound familiar? Read more ) 3.

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VideoWeek

JULY 28, 2022

Google’s latest delay in its plans to phase out third-party cookies may not come as much of a surprise – the deadline was already pushed back last year to 2023 – but the tech giant’s new extension to 2024 has raised eyebrows among those companies currently testing ways to target ads in a privacy-first environment.

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VideoWeek

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In this week’s Week in Review: Netflix evolves its ad offering, BILD launched BILDplay, and brands plan a move away from time and materials. ” The Week in Tech Viant Acquires CTV Data Business IRIS.TV More Than Half UK Homes Have Ad-Supported Streaming Tier, Finds Barb 16.5 The Netflix ad tier reaches 3.8

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 12, 2025

Editors picks Courtesy of Gap Deep Dive 7 top campaigns from 2024 and the tactics that drove success These breakthrough strategies propped up brand results, serving as examples for marketing leaders feeling the pressure to do more with less. 3, 2024 Michael M. 3, 2024 Michael M. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc. or its subsidiaries.

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Marketing Dive

JULY 2, 2025

Editors picks Courtesy of CeraVe Deep Dive 6 campaigns that signaled a creative resurgence in H1 2024 As marketers emerged from two strenuous years, innovative media strategies and bets on buzzy technology like generative AI stood apart from the pack. Snap reported $1.36 © 2025 TechTarget, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 16, 2025

Editors picks Justin Sullivan via Getty Images Deep Dive What’s next as Google keeps cookies amid challenges to its dominance The decision to not move forward with an opt-out option arose out of an “evolution” of the industry and regulatory environments, said a Google official. You can unsubscribe at anytime. or its subsidiaries.

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 26, 2025

Editors picks Justin Sullivan via Getty Images Deep Dive And just like that, Google won’t be deprecating cookies. The tech giant backs off plans to implement a huge shift in digital marketing that faced pushback from adland and regulators around the world. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 9, 2025

Sprite, which is owned by The Coca-Cola Company, included both younger and older basketball players when it relaunched its iconic “ Obey Your Thirst ” campaign in 2024. By Peter Adams and Jessica Deyo • July 10, 2024 Justin Sullivan via Getty Images Deep Dive And just like that, Google won’t be deprecating cookies.

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Marketing Dive

JULY 1, 2025

By Peter Adams and Julia Himmel • May 6, 2025 Justin Sullivan via Getty Images Deep Dive And just like that, Google won’t be deprecating cookies. The tech giant backs off plans to implement a huge shift in digital marketing that faced pushback from adland and regulators around the world. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc. TechTarget, Inc.s

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illumin

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Retail media is on the climb in 2024 and is a critical part of a well-rounded first-party data strategy. While Google spent most of 2023 and 2024 threatening to remove third-party cookies from Chrome , marketers went to work finding alternatives and first-party data jumped ahead as a promising solution. Why now, why retail?

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Martech Series

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Let’s look at the key ad tech trends for 2023 and examine the opportunities and challenges ahead. With the digital space and ad tech evolving rapidly, there is always one force that has the power to draw the attention of everybody in the industry: Google. What is the future of digital advertising in 2023 and beyond?

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Ad Monsters

JANUARY 4, 2024

AdMonsters spoke with five industry experts across the ad tech spectrum who dated to take a deep look into the crystal ball with us to share some privacy predictions for 2024. In 2024, users’ data is under lock and key. Is the ad tech industry ready to slay this dragon and thrive in a privacy-compliant world?

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 25, 2025

Gomez joined Fabletics in April 2024 as senior vice president of brand marketing and fills a chief marketer role that’s been vacant since Ilona Aman left for Athleta in December 2023. She’s been in the new role since May. Gomez previously spent 11 years at California footwear brand Vans in various senior marketing and brand management roles.

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Brid.tv

JANUARY 5, 2024

One of the most anticipated industry changes is happening in 2024 – the start of Google’s third-party cookies phase-out. With Google’s initial testing underway from the 4th of January, the long-awaited cookie-less era is steadily approaching us. Table of Contents [ hide ] The Post-Cookie Era Starts!

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Ad Monsters

JANUARY 28, 2024

Well, another year around the sun, and data privacy is still a hot topic in ad tech. With cookie deprecation finally here, how could it not be? Whether ad tech is thinking about testing the Privacy Sandbox or alternative IDs, or even the lack of federal privacy regulations — data privacy remains a hot topic for the industry.

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Ad Monsters

APRIL 8, 2024

Google started deprecating third-party cookies on January 4, 2024, but most companies are unprepared for the cookieless future. A 2023 EMARKETER survey reported that 50 – 90% of industries hadn’t yet invested in non-cookie programmatic ads. The IAB Tech Lab found few use cases viable in the Sandbox. The real thing.

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Digiday

AUGUST 8, 2024

Google Chrome’s announcement that it would significantly alter its previous plan for depreciating support for third-party cookies, the very lifeblood of online advertising, upended the narrative of the ad tech sector in the last three weeks.

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 12, 2025

Deep Dive Library Events Press Releases Topics Subscribe Search Subscribe Search Brand Strategy Mobile Creative Social Media Video Agencies Data/Analytics Influencer Marketing Ad Tech CMO Corner An article from Dive Brief E.l.f. 3, 2024 Michael M. 3, 2024 Michael M. A focus on humor has helped bolster E.l.f.’s

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AdExchanger

JANUARY 7, 2025

There were lots of ad tech headlines in 2024, from MFA and M&A to the rise of generative AI and Googles decision not to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome. But there was arguably no bigger story than the Google ad tech antitrust trial, an event well over a decade in the making.

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 12, 2025

Editors picks Courtesy of Gap Deep Dive 7 top campaigns from 2024 and the tactics that drove success These breakthrough strategies propped up brand results, serving as examples for marketing leaders feeling the pressure to do more with less. 3, 2024 Michael M. 3, 2024 Michael M. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc. or its subsidiaries.

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VideoWeek

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

After numerous delays, Google finally seems set on its deadline for phasing out third-party cookies on its Chrome browser. At the start of this year, Chrome deprecated third-party cookies for one percent of traffic, kicking off a testing period set to ramp up mid-way through Q3, when the total removal of cookies will begin.

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VideoWeek

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Google’s announcement that it no longer plans to completely remove third-party cookies from its Chrome Browser hasn’t changed Axel Springer’s identity roadmap says Robert Blanck, General Manager, Advertising & Ecommerce at Axel Springer. Filmed at DMEXCO 2024 in Cologne.

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 5, 2025

Editors picks Justin Sullivan via Getty Images Deep Dive And just like that, Google won’t be deprecating cookies. The tech giant backs off plans to implement a huge shift in digital marketing that faced pushback from adland and regulators around the world. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 12, 2025

10, 2025 Courtesy of Gap Deep Dive 7 top campaigns from 2024 and the tactics that drove success These breakthrough strategies propped up brand results, serving as examples for marketing leaders feeling the pressure to do more with less. By Peter Adams and Chris Kelly • Feb. By Peter Adams, Jessica Deyo, Sara Karlovitch and Chris Kelly • Dec.

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Digiday

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Digital advertising is in the midst of a major shake-up, juggling heightened privacy concerns and the looming question mark over third-party cookies. With Google’s antitrust case adding more intrigue, the ad tech landscape is anything but stable.

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Marketing Dive

JUNE 5, 2025

The declining influence of cookies is forcing marketers to seek alternative methods for measuring campaign success amid increased media fragmentation. Products built around the idea of MMM include Google’s Meridian, which launched in 2024. Open Intelligence uses AI to perform a similar function. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc.

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