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Collaborative effort lowers barrier of entry for unconventional contextual data companies to enter the programmatic advertising landscape New York — March 2, 2021 —Peer39, the leading global provider of advanced contextual intelligence, today launched the Contextual Data Marketplace®, a first-of-its-kind data Marketplace that gives advertisers direct access to innovative cookie-free data sets from emerging contextual data providers,..

The events of 2020 have shown advertisers and brands undeniable proof that the way we’ve done advertising for years has limitations that impact the effectiveness of ad campaigns. The legacy brand safety practice of blocking is an all-or-nothing approach that reduces available impressions on high-quality content that actually is safe, as we found in the early days of the pandemic.  Shifting focus from safety to suitability The..

The internet has made it easy for anyone who wants to build a platform to share ideas and information as ad-supported content. While this is generally a positive development, it also presents brands with the challenge of ensuring they aren’t funding harmful content.  So, while behavioral targeting and automation have expanded the opportunities available to brands, these advances came with a need to address brand safety. The use of..

Advanced pre-bid semantic targeting controls and monthly insights are now available, in support of 4A’s and GARM suitability framework New York – December 17, 2020 – Peer39, the leading global provider of semantic intelligence, today launched its brand suitability controls, giving brands and agencies the ability to apply and modernize their own suitability targeting standards for programmatic ad buys. For the very first time, brands..

Advertising in 2020 bears little resemblance to advertising just 10 years ago. The options and investment in digital continues to grow, and the rapid consumer adoption of connected TV (CTV) has been closely followed by increased investment from brands. Connected TV is an exciting and growing opportunity for advertisers—the case for venturing into CTV is pretty clear. However, in practice, it comes with a level of complexity that can be..

Since the beginning of the new millennium, just 20 years in, we’ve watched massive changes in how we consume entertainment. Pay television (cable/satellite) are no longer the default, video stores are practically non-existent, and yet, the amount of content we have access to today far exceeds our wildest dreams back in the day.  The shift to streaming services has run parallel to advances in the technology we use to watch television...

Contextual CTV offering adds new levels of accuracy, scale, and transparency, aligning expectations with modern digital marketing. New York – November 17, 2020 – Peer39, a global independent cookie-free data and intelligence company, today launched a cookie-free contextual planning and targeting tool set for connected TV (CTV) advertising. For the very first time, CTV buyers can now utilize Peer39’s contextual analysis to understand..

As a data company that sees over 450 million unique webpages each day, Peer39 has an ability to see what is trending across content. Sometimes that can be cause for celebration, however in times like these, it can mean cause for tremendous concern. In October alone, we’re seeing the following increases; Misinformation and Fake News + 23.98% Hyperpartisan News + 16.66% Health Misinformation + 41% We’re in the last big push for the..

Every day brings us closer to the time when cookies aren’t an option for advertisers anymore. The news of cookies going away isn’t all bad, though. After all, cookies have their fair share of problems in terms of relevance for consumers. Just about everyone has a story like one of these: You buy something and then see ads for the item you’ve purchased all over the sites you visit for days or weeks. You buy a gift for someone—let’s..

This year has been intense when it comes to news coverage, especially with so much reporting around the pandemic, politics, and protests. The sensitive nature of these news topics has made advertisers particularly reticent about placing ads on news content. We saw it in the early days of the pandemic when blocklists were used to protect brands from negative coronavirus stories. The challenge with this avoidance approach is that..