Peter Naylor

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Attribution vs. Contribution Ad platform over-attribution is boiling over right now for frustrated marketers. Walled garden platforms aren’t new, but server-side data plugins by Google and Meta, plus the explosion of retail media walled gardens, mean brands might see a dozen platforms claim full […]

Netflix’s ad-supported tier is finally gaining some traction, in part because of anti-account sharing tactics. Now, the streaming giant needs to focus on the features that advertisers are demanding.

Netflix addressed advertiser frustration with its lack of measurement and targeting at its first-ever upfront this week. Nielsen’s Digital Ad Ratings and EDO outcomes-based measurement will both be available to Netflix advertisers this year.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Tightening The Net Netflix’s 15- or 30-second ads between TV-quality content is what CTV advertisers want from streaming media.  Peter Naylor, Netflix’s first-ever ad sales leader, touted differentiators in its pitch to ad buyers.  For one, some broadcasters mix streaming and linear, Naylor […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Dissing And Dismissing Quelle surprise. On Monday, Google filed a motion to dismiss the Justice Department’s antitrust case over Google’s dominance over the online advertising market. The DOJ sued Google in January alleging that the behemoth – sorry, the company – not only […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Trust But Verify An Instagram fraud scheme used free-to-set-up music creator personas on Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer and a spattering of sponsored posts and press releases to convince Instagram to dish out blue-check verifications to hundreds of undeserving or outright fraudulent accounts since […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Get The Net Netflix isn’t just vetting third-party vendors for its pre-launch ad business (though it is vetting vendors, to be clear).  The streaming leader is on the hunt for an executive to lead its incubating advertising business, The Wall Street Journal reports.  […]

Snap is bringing more machine learning into the media buying process on its platform. Although the release is not directly related to signal loss due to Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency framework, the move should help attract performance advertisers to the app. On Tuesday, Snap said advertisers can now buy multiple ad format types within a single ad […]

What are advertisers looking for during this year’s NewFronts? In Peter Naylor’s view, they want alternatives as audiences move away from commercially supported broadcast and cable to ad-free viewing environments. “The old ways are contracting and the old plays aren’t getting the same results as they used to,” said Naylor, Snap’s VP of Americas and […]