
Arbitrage within programmatic trading has been under scrutiny for years, but other areas of digital trading are equally shady yet have dodged the spotlight: data arbitrage and murky attribution-modeling practices.
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Arbitrage within programmatic trading has been under scrutiny for years, but other areas of digital trading are equally shady yet have dodged the spotlight: data arbitrage and murky attribution-modeling practices.

In an exclusive interview, the chief brand officer envisions a not-too-distant future where one-to-one marketing and brands using their voice for good are commonplace.

The company has broken up its media processes into five “Lots”: media strategy and steering; media analytics services; campaign planning and buying services; programmatic buying operation services; and search advertising and affiliate marketing services.
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It’s no secret that the ANA report on media transparency last year has led a lot of marketers to rethink their media strategies.

The Marketing Group (TMG) has launched a media agency, built on blockchain technology, that promises advertisers 100% transparency as they grapple with what Procter & Gamble (P&G) brand chief Marc Pritchard now infamously described as a “murky at best, and fraudulent at worst” media supply chain.

You know an industry has a problem when companies start naming integrity directors. But that’s exactly what SwellShark, the media agency has done.
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At the moment, an important debate about fraud and viewability is playing out in an ad tech ecosystem — an ecosystem that’s increasingly being called a duopoly. But these topics won’t be left for Google and Facebook to solve. Very soon, blockchain technology will disrupt the duopoly and, more importantly, usher in a new marketplace that is more transparent and accountable, and therefore less prone to fraud.

Bob Liodice, chief executive of the ANA, opened the organization’s annual Masters of Marketing conference in Orlando with a speech that detailed a 12-point growth plan it has put together to spur growth in the industry.

In January, at the IAB’s Annual Leadership Meeting, P&G Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard served notice to the digital marketing ecosystem, saying that P&G demanded transparency from agencies and vendors.
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T&T, which has participants from major advertisers and agencies, as well as key trade groups, believes this climate is harming longstanding relationships, slowing growth and profitability.