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Ron Jacobson from Rockerbox joins Ari and Eric to talk about Media Mix Modeling (MMM) and why Google and Meta have embraced it. Plus everything else you care about in measurement. We also discuss the news of the week, including the massive StackAdapt funding round, along with TVScientific's "B" round that included Roku as an investor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Overwolf provides developers with an app store for PC games, where third-party creators can build overlays that enhance gameplay with real-time information, tools, and enhancements. These apps function as add-ons to existing games, offering features like real-time strategy guides, in-game analytics, and other utilities that improve user experience. Overwolf monetizes through an advertising model, where independent developers earn revenue via in-app ads while game publishers benefit from increased player engagement without direct monetization. The company operates out of Tel Aviv and has raised significant funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Griffin Gaming Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Wilson was the founder and CEO of TubeMogul through its sale to Adobe. Now he's the founder of Swift.vc, a fund focused on AI enablement. Eric and Ari talk to Brett about what he's seeing in the market and where there are opportunities. In the news of the week we discuss Nielsen's move to stop selling panel data as a stand-alone service, Facebook's monster earnings, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AdBridge is a creative technology startup that focuses on enhancing contextual relevance in native advertising. Founded by James O'Connor, the company aims to improve ad memorability by blending editorial content with pre-approved brand messaging through a transitionary language they call "The Bridge." Their initial product targets web-based environments, where ads integrate seamlessly into articles while maintaining clear disclosure as advertisements. AdBridge is in its early stages, with plans to expand beyond its current ad-serving fee model and build publisher partnerships to scale. The company distinguishes itself by prioritizing context within the creative process, aiming to refine its solution and expand into other channels over time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paige Bilins is the SVP of product for Magnite. She joined me at CES in Las Vegas to talk about the future of CTV and what is in store. Eric and Ari talk TikTok getting saved by Trump, Nielsen getting its groove back (or at least its certification), WPP employees rebelling against RTO, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VidMob is a creative data company that helps marketers optimize their advertising by analyzing the creative elements of ads and linking them to performance metrics. It uses proprietary models to process data from platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok, and Amazon, examining millions of ad creatives frame by frame to identify factors like production style, narrative arc, and audience preferences. The platform enables brands to make data-driven creative decisions, leading to substantial performance improvements. VidMob also integrates AI tools to enhance creative workflows and supports clients through a pay-per-impression pricing model, focusing primarily on large enterprise marketers. Founded in 2014, VidMob operates globally, emphasizing the growing importance of creative data in effective marketing strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric and Ari are joined by digital out of home expert Tim Rowe who helps us dissect the $600 million acquisition of Vistar by T-Mobile. We also discuss the surprise Sincera acquisition by The Trade Desk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AD-ID is owned by two non-profits organizations and provides a universal identifier for advertising creatives, akin to a UPC code for ads, enabling standardized tracking and management throughout the advertising ecosystem. Used by over 80% of Fortune 500 companies, AD-ID's system supports transparency, accountability, and cross-platform measurement by encoding essential metadata like brand, product, and format. The platform offers flexible creation methods, including APIs and spreadsheets, and charges based on usage volume to encourage widespread adoption. Despite its utility, challenges remain in achieving full ecosystem compliance, especially with large platforms and ensuring integration into legacy systems. AD-ID also plays a critical role in talent payment tracking through agreements with organizations like SAG-AFTRA, emphasizing its significance in both operational and creative aspects of the advertising industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have author and professor Sandra Matz talking about her research into the effect of consumer psychology on advertising and marketing. Eric and Ari were at CES this week and they talk about all the exciting CTV news, including Comcast's "Universal Ads". Sponsored by Start.io, visit at start.io/nofees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tercept is a data infrastructure provider specializing in supporting ad tech and media companies by streamlining the collection, processing, and visualization of monetization and marketing-related data. Founded in 2018, the company offers tools and services to integrate, normalize, and manage data from over 400 sources, enabling clients to transform raw data—such as logs from ad servers and third-party platforms—into actionable insights through customizable dashboards and role-based access. Tercept caters to both companies with limited technical resources through fully managed solutions and more sophisticated teams seeking customizable pipelines, positioning itself as a flexible partner for addressing complex data infrastructure challenges. Recorded: January, 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ari and Eric review the best and the worst of 2014 and make some predictions about the future. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lipsman is an Independent analyst, formerly eMarketer, NPD, Comscore. We talk retail media trends, Walmart-Vizio, etc. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Bloom interviews Aashish from TikTok For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on S4 Capital, how AI is shaping the holding companies of the future, and more. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Bloom interviews Achim Schlosser, the VP of Global Data Standards at Bertelsmann about the challenges of working with data in today's privacy environment. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PCH, or Publisher's Clearing House, has been around for 70 years, and had a lot to teach us about user data, consent, and direct marketing. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Bloom interviews Manny Puentes of Genius sports. Genius has been a leader in visual enhancements to live sporting events and is now building an advertising business. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary marketing whisperer Michael Kassan comes on the show to help up celebrate our 100th episode. We talk about pretty much everything! For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mathieu talks about how ID5 is trying to replace third party cookies with something better. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ari is joined by Cadi Jones, the GM for EMEA for Index Exchange to talk about curation, CTV, and more. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. m36M678BgOBEML6GrhJu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc is the CEO of Adelaide and he gives Eric and Ari a crash course in everything about attention measurement and metrics. In the News, we talk about the awful Forrester chart and the allegations against Zeta. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ari interviews Shailley Singh the COO of the IAB Tech Lab from their big event in London. And we announce our first ever conference, MarketectureLive (www.marketecturelive.com) For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We took advantage of Advertising Week by conducting a number of in-person interviews. We spoke to Elizabeth ChapmanVP, Tech Partnerships & Channels of Nextroll (formerly AdRoll) about their work with the Privacy Sandbox and how they are approaching the cookieless future as a retargeting company. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We took advantage of Advertising Week by conducting a number of in-person interviews. We spoke to Katie McAdams, the CMO of Basis (formerly Centro) about their expansion into mid- and large-sized agencies from their traditional position with smaller clients. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We took advantage of Advertising Week by conducting a number of in-person interviews. We kicked off the week Vasuta Agarwal, the Chief Business Officer of Inmobi and Charles Manning, the CEO/President of Kochava. We talk about the current state of in-app advertising, as well as how brands are looking at the opportunities outside of the walled gardens. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is our inaugural episode of the latest podcast from Marketecture, The Monopoly Report. Hosts Ari Paparo and Alan Chapell will be interviewing legal, policy, and business experts about the ongoing antitrust cases against the advertising giants. Subscribe to the Monopoly Report podcast for more. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Symitri is a company that provides a real-time privacy firewall and data clean room solution for the open internet, called Symitri Prism. The platform leverages a partnership with Akamai to allow advertisers and publishers to securely manage and match first-party data without sharing it directly, enabling real-time deterministic addressability and measurement. The company evolved from a media exchange service called Trust X and now focuses on privacy-safe, real-time data solutions for programmatic advertising. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Andrew Cassale from Index Exchange and Paul Bannister from Raptive help analyze today's shocking news. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Three small-ish ad tech companies come on and try to Justify Their Existence. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Privacy and policy veteran Rob Leathern discusses how Google and Facebook approach various privacy problems and why his Toyota stole his data. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gokul was the product lead on AdSense, the deal champion for buying DoubleClick, and the head of ad products for Facebook. For more in-depth discussion of these topics and links to the news we discuss, subscribe to the Marketecture newsletter at https://news.marketecture.tv Copyright (C) 2024 Marketecture Media, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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