The machines are learning. They’re also generating emails. And publishers that monetize on identity could be in for a rude awakening if they don’t have an “MGE mitigation plan” in place as part of their overall email authentication strategy, said Scott Messer, a media consultant and founder of Messer Media. Yes, MGE. Add it to […]
Show me a digital publisher, and I’ll show you a team of people busily doing their best to collect first-party data before the clock runs out on third-party cookies. But, depending on the site, roughly 5% of the emails that publishers collect from their readers – fine, call it zero-party data, if you must – are generated by machines.
Without the email address of the person you’re targeting, your digital ad isn’t working as hard as it should. But consumers are getting wary. The advertising industry needs to give consumers back control over communication before machine-generated emails threaten inventory monetization just like ad blockers, writes Keith Petri, CEO & Founder of lockr.
