John Ebbert is publisher and CEO of AdExchanger, an online trade publication he began in 2008. AdExchanger is devoted to the emerging trends in data-driven advertising and enables the exchange of ideas between all members of the ad ecosystem. Prior to AdExchanger, he worked for 15 years in digital marketing and operational roles for companies such as Viacom’s Nickelodeon, Arkadium and ContextWeb, as well as an entrepreneur.
Greetings! As you may have seen in today’s press release, AdExchanger is excited to announce that we have been acquired by Access Intelligence, a B2B media and information company. Since I founded AdExchanger in 2008 (Whoa! Almost 10 years ago), AdExchanger has been laser-focused on serving our diverse community of marketers, agencies, media, technologists and anyone else who […]
In a reprise of their recent startup adventure, former Sociomantic CEO and Admeld exec Jason Kelly will become “President of the Company’s Managed Media” as Millennial CEO Michael Barrett looks to re-create the programmatic magic of his Admeld days which led to an eventual acquisition by Google. From today’s release (see it): “Reporting to CEO and President Michael Barrett, Kelly will […]
Coming from the agency world three years ago, Alexa Christon brought creative rather than media experience to her evolving role at GE, where she is now head of media innovation. And, with responsibility for GE’s US media today and an eye toward what her mega-corporation can produce globally, she’s helping to push the envelope of more […]
Ever since his company, Automated Insights, announced a partnership with the Associated Press (AP), CEO and founder Robbie Allen says it’s been a bit of a whirlwind. The idea that his Durham, N.C., firm’s technology could automate what reporters do with the appropriate data inputs clearly has larger implications. As The Washington Post and Poynter, among […]
Like many publishers, The Washington Post’s Kelly Andresen grapples with success metrics for native advertising campaigns. As director of ad innovations and product strategy, she has a front-row seat on her publication’s digital evolution and oversees teams that are dedicated to creating new digital advertising revenue, including native. “When you move into content marketing, it’s […]
Video demand-side platform (DSP) TubeMogul has updated the S-1 it filed in March, saying it will sell 7,187,500 shares at a suggested offering price of $13 per share. Read the S-1. TubeMogul hopes to raise $93 million and will now take this offer to potential IPO investors – “the roadshow” – prior to the company going public. […]
With the collapse of the proposed merger of agency holding companies Omnicom and Publicis, former agency exec and Vertere Group’s Tim Hanlon provided his take: “Much of of the logic I laid out last year when the deal was announced still holds. If anything, it only exacerbates the questions that brand marketers have about how to best […]
Positioning its latest purchase as another effort to clean up the fringes of the display ad ecosystem, Google’s Neal Mohan announced today the acquisition of spider.io and its seven employees, led by founder Douglas de Jager. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a post on the DoubleClick Advertiser blog, Mohan wrote: “Today we’re […]
At last month’s Industry Preview 2014 conference, IPG Mediabrands Global CEO Matt Seiler joined Deloitte Digital principle Mark Singer for a discussion about “The Unfolding Strategy and Services Sector.” The panel was moderated by Zach Rodgers, AdExchanger’s managing editor.
As Google continues to expand its efforts in search, display, video and mobile, and address consumers across digital marketing channels, the company has obvious aspirations to become a more holistic solution for marketers. The seeds of Google’s marketing – not just advertising – plans could be linked even to the name of its platform: the DoubleClick Digital […]
At long last, sell-side platform (or do you say “ad exchange” or “marketplace”?) Rubicon Project has filed it’s S-1 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission in preparation for an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The company is looking to raise $100 million. It has yet to reveal pricing for its offering so no […]
One of the many highlights of last week’s Industry Preview 2014 conference, which highlighted some of the best and brightest thinking in digital marketing technology, was the “Data Management Platforms” panel discussion moderated by AdExchanger’s Director of Research, Joanna O’Connell. See the panel: Participants included: Scott Howe, CEO, Acxiom Omar Tawakol, CEO, BlueKai Bill Demas, […]
Yesterday, mobile ad network Millennial Media announced the hire of industry – and programmatic-media – veteran Michael Barrett as its new CEO. As Barrett told AdExchanger’s Judith Aquino yesterday, “Buying programmatically is certainly a big interest with a lot of our advertisers, publishers and developing partners, and we’ll continue going down that path. [But] Millennial is also […]
‘Tis the season for predictions, so AdExchanger reached out to members of the venture capital community for their opinions on what’s in store for 2014. Click below to read “the bets” or scroll for more: Jeff Crowe, managing partner, Norwest Venture Partners Seth Levine, co-founder and managing director, Foundry Group Roger Ehrenberg, founder and managing […]
With his company’s roots in lead generation, Vizury CEO Chetan Kulkarni is unequivocal about the importance of first-party data and the value it can create for advertisers. But, before one can begin using first-party data effectively, Kulkarni suggests defining it. “Let’s say we’re talking about a transaction – for first-party data, you need to ‘map’ […]
Today, we’re excited to unveil the agenda for our inaugural front-of-the-year conference, Industry Preview 2014, taking place this Jan. 21 and 22 at The TimesCenter in New York City. Tracking the evolution of “ad tech” into digital marketing technology, Industry Preview will bring the best and brightest together to look at the year ahead — […]
Facebook and Twitter have been the social community meccas for many marketers and media companies alike. But a growing group of companies, including Livefyre, RebelMouse and Mass Relevance, is trying to bring ownership of the social community back to their clients’ owned and operated properties as well as service the raging native ads and content […]
Dan Salmon is an equity research analyst at BMO Capital Markets and covers media and Internet marketing. He recently released a new research report on Social TV and its impact on advertising and marketing. You can download it here (PDF – 7 MB). AdExchanger recently discussed the new report with Salmon and asked his thoughts […]
As part of Microsoft’s entry into the world of online “offers” with a product known as Bing Offers, Microsoft recently announced a new enhancement called “Bing Offers Card-Linked” (see the Microsoft blog post). The product brings together transaction processors such as First Data with payment networks like MasterCard to address consumer audiences with offers fueled by […]
The “Ad Tech Industry” is maturing. For the past five years, AdExchanger has observed, engaged and, hopefully, enlightened about this budding sector. But! Today this sector has expanded its horizons and global appeal to the point where the “ad tech” label no longer easily fits. It has become a “Digital Marketing Technology Industry,” steadily embraced […]
If I were to pick one person who could distill for today’s marketer the rapidly innovating, marketing technology ecosystem, the selection would be simple enough. Who knew I’d someday have the good fortune to work with that person, too? I am excited to announce that Joanna O’Connell has joined AdExchanger as our Director of Research. […]
AdExchanger asked industry leader and Mediaocean CEO Bill Wise his “take” on today’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) for real-time ad platform and services company, Rocket Fuel. The IPO netted Rocket Fuel $116 million and valued the company at approximately $1.8 billion at market close (stock quote). Bill Wise: On Rocket Fuel doubling and worth nearly […]
With agencies continuing to voice concern about their battles with clients’ procurement officers, some high-profile agency executives have called to pay for performance. Perhaps they should look no further than today’s direct-response business — traditionally driven by search advertising — where agencies like WPP GroupM’s Quisma have been operating for more than a decade. Quisma continues […]
Doing the real-time dirty work for online advertising may not be as sexy as buy side platforms and your favorite late model DMP, but 50-person strong Aerospike doesn’t mind. In fact, many ad tech companies including AppNexus, BlueKai and eXelate use Aerospike’s database product to fuel real-time, big data interactions. Today, the company announced (see […]
With Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer planning to retire inside of a year, the question from an ad tech perspective is: could Microsoft return to an ad stack strategy with a new CEO? And if so, who would it be? Today, Microsoft’s ad tech/stack strategy largely consists of an hypnotic focus on search advertising through Bing, […]
With 12 years experience in digital, Jeff Burkett has seen his share of sell-side ad tech at The Washington Post. His latest role, senior director of sales operations, is perhaps a sign of the times for the publishing world in general, as Burkett is now building his reach to the print side of “ops” while […]
Somehwhere there may be a business school class enjoying this. It’s a pretty simple construct – when commoditization occurs, the increased competition leads to eroding margins for an entire swath of companies. And then the games begin. Business case in point is today’s nexus of media and ad tech businesses – whether it’s Omnicom-Publicis, Tremor […]
So much for convergence strategy #1. A move that was long-rumored, publicly came to fruition at 9p. ET last night as DG (formerly known as DG Fastchannel or Digital Generation Systems) announced via a press release that it had sold its TV ads distribution business to its arch-competitor, Extreme Reach, for $485 million. DG CEO […]
Having just passed its seven-year anniversary, Seattle-based AdReady and its founder and CEO, Aaron Finn, have seen their share of changes. For a time the company, which offers a self-serve ad platform with dynamic creative optimization capabilities, dove hard at the real-time bidding and demand-side platform trend, led by former CEO Karl Siebrecht, who took over […]
With unwavering digital-only focus, Anthony Hitchings, head of advertising technology and digital operations at FT.com, has had a front-row seat to the promises and pitfalls of programmatic media from within a large newspaper publisher’s online unit. “I see the programmatic space as providing a great opportunity for us. But there are ‘teething troubles,’ if you […]
