The ongoing consolidation of Oath by Verizon has not exactly instilled a sense of confidence in the advertising and publishing marketplaces. This week the Frankenstein advertising unit unveiled what appears to be a finished product – nipped, tucked and virtually unrecognizable from the mess inherited over the years which was first stitched together in July 2017. Trimming off the fat from AOL’s One, BrightRoll and Yahoo Gemini has eventually given rise to Oath Ad Platforms, a simplified suite of tools for advertisers and publishers, based on the core technologies from these acquisitions. In light of criticism, the team behind the amalgamation of ad technologies has been eager to reassure customers of its streamlined functionality – reiterating the opposite of a…