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The MadTech Podcast: Programmatic Advertising and Identity
This edition of ExchangeWire’s MadTech Podcast was recorded in front of a live audience in New York with special guests Joe Root, co-founder and CEO of Permutive; Nate Woodman, former CDO of Havas; and Jason Schmidt, VP data strategy & partnerships at Conde Nast discussing the future of programmatic advertising and identity in a privacy-first world. https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/7425314/embed/v4 In this episode: The future of programmatic advertising as cookies crumble away. Does third-party data still hold the same weight of importance? Will ITP completely kill it off? With walled gardens becoming more closed? Will we see a growth in mini walled gardens?…
This edition of ExchangeWire’s MadTech Podcast was recorded in front of a live audience in New York with special guests Joe Root, co-founder and CEO of Permutive; Nate Woodman, former CDO of Havas; and Jason Schmidt, VP data strategy & partnerships at Conde Nast discussing the future of programmatic advertising and identity in a privacy-first world.
https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/7425314/embed/v4
In this episode:
- The future of programmatic advertising as cookies crumble away. Does third-party data still hold the same weight of importance? Will ITP completely kill it off? With walled gardens becoming more closed? Will we see a growth in mini walled gardens? How does independent ad tech help to solve these problems? Or does its over-dependence on the third-party cookie framework make it difficult to solve these current issues?
- Identity in an ITP world. How are publishers/buyers managing their audiences and targeting strategies in privacy-first and ITP world? There’s been much talk about the quest for a single ID – is that the answer? Is it even possible? What does it mean for measurement, targeting and attribution if the third-party cookie becomes unusable?
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