Linda Yaccarino

Every week, we publish an original comic inspired by trends in the online advertising industry. These are the stories – and the puns – behind AdExchanger’s top 10 comics of the year.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Organic Farming TikTok has had the same two business priorities for years. One, to develop an ecommerce marketplace on the app and, two, to create a conversion-based ad platform akin to Google, Amazon or Meta. TikTok has struggled mightily on both fronts. Its […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Trial And Error Here’s a mouthful: The Google Chrome team has announced a “deprecation trial” so some third-party vendors can retain legacy services that depend on third-party cookies when cookie deprecation happens next year. What does that mean in layman’s terms? Vendors can continue […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Black Friday Indeed Black Friday is almost here. And while all advertisers are always nervous this time of year, ecommerce advertisers are really tweaking. First, there’s the macro-gloom. Credit is tight, prices are inflated and retailers warn of a consumer spending downturn. On […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Location, Location, Location The FTC’s consumer privacy case against Kochava is back on the docket. Last year, the consumer watchdog accused the mobile app analytics platform of selling users’ geolocation data in an open market. However, the presiding judge threw out the FTC’s […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. For Reels? Meta is struggling to convince advertisers that Reels can be a valuable marketing channel, The Information reports. Since Reels is more of a branding play, it doesn’t fit neatly within the broader Facebook and Instagram flywheel, which primarily centers on direct […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Pushing Forty TikTok is pushing hard for adoption of its on-platform shopping product, particularly in North America.  Last month, it introduced a major Shopify backend integration, which lets brands plug influencers as affiliates and includes a payment system so users can buy without […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Thank You, Next Amid all its other TV measurement drama, Nielsen is swapping CEOs, Ad Age reports. David Kenny, CEO since 2018, will be succeeded by Karthik Rao, leader of the company’s audience measurement unit. (Nielsen split into three divisions during a business reorg […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Two Kinds Of ECGs The TV industry is riled up over Nielsen’s plans to incorporate Amazon’s streaming data in time for the next season of Thursday Night Football. On Wednesday, the ratings giant responded to the letter the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) sent […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Add To CART Instacart filed for its initial public offering (IPO) on Friday. Shares should start trading next month (under the stock ticker CART, of course). Call it a thawing of the tech IPO market, which has been frozen for a year and […]