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#ad-tech

This partnership reflects the continued focus of Amazon and Netflix on expanding their advertising businesses. This deal strengthens Amazon's role in advertising and also points to its growing position as a key backend service provider. With Prime Video boasting more than 300 million ad-supported viewers monthly, AMZN is becoming a one-stop shop for advertisers looking to reach a massive audience.

Meta Platforms and Pure Storage are poised to benefit as artificial intelligence spending continues to surge in the years ahead. Morgan Stanley analysts estimate artificial intelligence (AI) spending across infrastructure and software will increase more than 600% by 2028. Buying stock in Nvidia and/or Palantir has been a popular way to capitalize on that trend, but investors should consider Meta Platforms and Pure Storage.

On Tuesday, Roqad, a company that now describes itself as "the LiveRamp of Europe," announced its acquisition of Zeotap-Data, the third-party data division of Zeotap, a startup that once wanted to be the LiveRamp of Europe. Both companies declined to share the financial terms. Roqad CEO Carsten Frien told AdExchanger the deal will help Roqad expand its identity resolution business through access to scaled third-party audience segments and Zeo tap Data's integrations with around 30 ad tech partners, including The Trade Desk, Adform, Google's DV360 and Amazon DSP.

Put another way, SSPs are being cut out of deals as much as possible in the interest of supply-path optimization - which means more demand is flowing through OpenPath, TTD's direct connection to publishers. Oh, and TTD gets more revenue in the long run. But should all SSPs really be classified as resellers? Under the IAB's ads.txt spec , publishers can declare SSPs as either direct or indirect sellers of their ad inventory. And if the SSP is authorized as a direct seller in ads.txt, then it "is indeed a direct supply chain," according to Jounce . But a recent update to TTD's partner portal says: "We consider SSPs to be intermediaries because they are not a direct path to inventory." That's why, when a publisher sells inventory through an SSP and OpenPath, TTD's Kokai platform penalizes the SSP path and prioritizes OpenPath . TTD defends this approach by noting some SSPs take exorbitant cuts of publisher revenue and claiming that OpenPath funnels more money to pubs. But one anonymous source tells Digiday they've seen publisher payouts drop 50% as TTD directs more spend to OpenPath.

"In a increasingly divided world, there are a few things that can bring people together, and sports is one of them," Gorman says in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "Brands want to surround themselves with those moments that people are finding joy in."

The Trade Desk has joined the S&P 500, reflecting a notable achievement for the company and emphasizing its financial strength and stability post-revenue decline.

"We've been working with Prebid for some time, and becoming a member will give us the opportunity to take part in conversations that shape the direction of the ecosystem. We've identified key committees, such as Prebid.js and Prebid Server, where we see opportunities to support the work already underway."

We're actively pushing more of our spend to those four partners.