Mediagazer: The Washington Post is releasing its proprietary ad-tech stack, Zeus, to all web publishers; it had been available to those who used Arc, WaPo's in-house CMS (Shoshana Wodinsky/Adweek)

4:20 AM ET, May 30, 2019

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Shoshana Wodinsky / Adweek:

The Washington Post is releasing its proprietary ad-tech stack, Zeus, to all web publishers; it had been available to those who used Arc, WaPo's in-house CMS — Assistance from The Post's programmatic sales and engineering team is also available — The Washington Post is gearing up to bring its programmatic platform web-wide.

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Brad Hill / RAIN News:

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David Uberti / VICE News:

Researchers say Facebook has weakened or disabled tools they use to track political ads and content on the platform, just as 2020 campaigns ramp up ad spending — The Iowa caucuses are still eight months away, but the Facebook primary has already begun. — President Donald Trump has poured …

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