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When ENGINE Media Exchange and its parent company, Big Village, filed for bankruptcy last week, it came as a shock to many in the digital ad industry. But it probably shouldn’t have.

With so much reliance on third parties in all of our businesses, it is important to remain appropriately skeptical and vet each company.

The programmatic payment gap is a well-known issue. In the latest OAREX half-year payment report released this week, late payments are back on the rise, although to a lesser degree than in 2020.

Exchanges actually paid their publishers on time more often than not during the height of the pandemic. It’s counterintuitive, but true, said Hanna Kassis, CEO and founder of OAREX, a company that helps finance publishers by purchasing their digital media and advertising receivables. The economic environment is brutal. For example, hundreds of ad tech companies […]

Digital media payment issues have settled down from a year ago, when Sizmek went bankrupt with tens of millions of dollars owed to ad tech companies and publishers, but there are still troubling trends in the market, according to the OAREX Q4 2019 online advertising payments report released on Tuesday. The data for the report […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Programmatic Billions Programmatic advertising in the United States will account for about 84% of digital display in 2019, according to eMarketer. (EMarketer’s definition of digital display includes native ads, social network ads and advertising that shows up on pretty much any internet-connected device). “Over […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Obscura Procura Airbnb is leading a $20 million investment in Atlas Obscura, a travel and local oddities media company. More than half of Atlas Obscura’s revenue already comes from the booking of trips and tour experiences, so it’s a natural strategic partnership. The site […]

Publishers get paid for their ads 60 days or more after they appear – if exchanges pay on time. That delay forces publishers to keep more cash on their balance sheet. Instead of investing profits to grow their business, they hold onto that cash to cushion late payments. OAREX (Online Advertising Revenue Exchange) is one […]

Story updated to include comments and clarifications from Verve. Verve’s embrace of programmatic video last year may not be panning out. This week, less than one year after acquiring in-app video company Receptiv, Verve experienced its second round of layoffs in just three months, letting 30 staffers go this week, Adweek reported. Sources tell AdExchanger […]

by Sarah Sluis, Alison Weissbrot, James Hercher and Ryan Joe The economy is a roller coaster. It’s up, it’s down, it does a loop-de-loop. A downturn isn’t guaranteed, but there’ve been enough rumblings that people are waiting for the other shoe to drop. The last recession in 2008 catalyzed some change in the industry – […]