This Mobile Ad Blocker Wants to Charge Brands to Show Their Ads

For the past year, ad blockers have made waves in the media world and threatened to wipe out digital advertising. Now one of those companies, Shine, has hired a chief revenue officer it's tasked with working closely with brands, agencies, publishers and trade organizations. Today, the company is announcing James Collier as its first CRO. His responsibilities include explaining to the rest of the digital publishing ecosystem how the Shine's technology works. More importantly, he's charged with launching a tool this fall aimed at brand marketers that's sure to raise eyebrows. Collier will help Shine debut a piece of technology brands will pay to use to guarantee their ads are seen in nonfraudulent sites and apps. Shine's technology blocks ads at the carrier level, which requires consumers to opt in to a program to receive ads. The ad blocker already has deals with carriers including Caribbean telco Digicel and Three Group that automatically wipes out ads unless someone chooses to see them. Such carriers' networks represent a consumer base of 100 million phone subscribers and the company is in talks with other carriers that it claims will give it a reach between 500 and 800 million subscribers. Unlike the technology other ad-blocking companies like AdBlock Plus power, brands and agencies—not publishers—will pay Shine to use the product. Collier was mum on specific details about how advertisers will pay Shine but said the tool is aimed at wiping out fraudulent and bogus... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

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