AdExchanger News for March 26, 2018

Today's Must Read - This Is How Google Is Preparing For GDPR Sponsor Message [4C Advanced TV Week]( [Get smart on audience buying in time for the Upfronts]( [( [AdExchanger | Optimizing the News] Today from AdExchanger Monday, March 26 Join Us [PROGRAMMATIC I/O San Francisco, April 10-11]( - Day 1, 2pm - mParticle presents: “Best Practices For Implementing A CDP” – CMO David Spitzt explores the different types of CDPs, how to build a business case for a CDP, and steps you’ll need to take before implementing one. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Must Read [This Is How Google Is Preparing For GDPR]( Google defies simple categorization. Its constellation of products, platforms and services means that sometimes it’s a processor, sometimes it’s a controller and sometimes it’s a co-controller. [More.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( --------------------------------------------------------------- More from AdExchanger [Why Connecting Influencers To Programmatic Was A ‘Shoe’-In For DSW]( Better measurement has been key in helping secure more funding for influencers, DSW's Allison Holbrook said: “[It] allows us to have the conversation with higher-ups and make the case that we should focus more here.” [More.]( [The Three Issues Keeping Brands From Going All-In On Podcast Advertising]( “The reason there are still questions about measurement is because advertisers aren’t comparing apples to apples, or even apples to zucchinis,” said Lex Friedman, chief revenue officer at Midroll Media. [More.]( [Data-Driven Thinking...AI In Marketing: Where And When It Can Make A Difference]( By working with teams made up of traditional marketers, who focus on the practical applications or technical investment, and more technically savvy computer scientists, who will be responsible for building out and deploying new solutions, CMOs can make far more informed decisions. [More.]( [The Sell Sider...A Better Way for Publishers to Think About Open Source]( Many people still have a warm and fuzzy feeling about open source, even if it’s not always in their best interest to bet on an open-source solution. [More.]( Sponsor Message [Throtle]( [Accurate and deterministic identity resolution + onboarding](. [( News Round Up A Ton Of Bricks Target and Kroger are considering a merger, sources tell Fast Company. The combination of the Kroger, the second-biggest grocery retailer in the US (behind Walmart), and Target’s general merchandise sales would create another power retailer as the space consolidates to counter Amazon’s growth. Kroger, for instance, needs delivery infrastructure, which it’s tried to acquire with companies like Boxed and Shipt (which recently sold to Target for $550 million) but couldn’t meet the price. CNBC, however, reports that the blockbuster merger is not being considered, with something more like a [delivery partnership]( actually on the table. And merger rumors often appear when companies know it will boost the stock. [More](. Digital Fraudio Streaming audio isn’t immune from digital metrics headaches. Spotify revealed Friday in an [amended F-1 filing]( that since last December, 2 million users – or 1.3% of its total user base – accessed its ad-supported content for free through unauthorized apps. As a result, Spotify reduced its monthly active user count for 2017 from 159 million to 157 million and its monthly active listener hours from 40.3 billion to 39.8 billion, reports Variety. “We currently do not have, and may never have, the requisite data available to adjust such key performance indicators and other metrics prior to January 1, 2017, and as a result, such key performance indicators and other metrics for such periods may be overstated,” Spotify says in its filing. It’s an unfortunate fact for the streaming platform, which plans to [go public]( on April 3. [More](. Brand Reax Facebook knew the Cambridge Analytica scandal would cause a major backlash, and it had a plan to deal with its biggest advertisers. The day before the news broke, Facebook’s VP of global marketing solutions, Carolyn Everson, notified the Client Council, a formal group of agency and brand executives who work closely with Facebook. By Monday, Facebook had looped in its top advertisers globally to say the company is “outraged and beyond disturbed,” Everson says in an interview with Garett Sloane at AdAge. The feedback has been positive, she says, though some brands are still concerned over data leakage through the Facebook pixel and Custom Audiences. “I can't sit here today and tell you there's not going to be another bad actor.” [More](. She also says the company will counter #DeleteFacebook momentum with a “broad consumer marketing campaign” – which began Sunday with [print ads]( in top UK and US newspapers. 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