Jonathan Mendez, founder of Yieldbot, a publisher-side analytics and targeting platform, discussed his company’s new funding and next steps. AdExchanger.com: Who invested, how much – and what were you looking for with investors beyond the money? JM: We did a $1.2M Seed round from an amazing team of investors. RRE & Betaworks lead the round. […]
Traffic and content optimization company Perfect Market announced that it has raised an additional $9 million in funding led by Comcast Interactive Capital. CEO Julie Schoenfeld said in the release, “The substantial support we’ve received from investors to date affirms Perfect Market’s mission as we satisfy a gap in finding new monetization opportunities for leading […]
Yesterday, technology media company Ziff-Davis, led by former Time Digital President Vivek Shah, announced a new advertising platform called BuyerBase, which leverages publisher network targeting data and buys across other inventory supply sources on behalf of advertisers. According to the release, “BuyerBase collects, scores and analyzes data from more than 100 tech content and commerce […]
Aol had a busy year in 2010 as it announced its Project Devil initiative, made several acquisitions (5min, Pictela, TechCrunch and more) and continued its transition from as a standalone public company after being spun out from Time Warner in December, 2009. Aol’s Jeff Levick, the company’s President of Global Advertising and Strategy, discussed Aol’s […]
Jim Spanfeller is CEO of Spanfeller Media Group and former CEO of Forbes.com. He discussed a range of subjects on his company and the state of web publishing today: Latest on the Spanfeller Media Group Pitching The Brand Marketer On Using Ad Networks and Exchanges RTB and the Impact On Publishers Bigger Ads Are Better? […]
Today, Aol continued its charge into the premium digital ad business as it announced the acquisition of Pictela (AdExchanger.com Q&A from 4/5/10), a company whose technology platform provides branded content across advertising and social media according to the release. Read it. Aol appears to remain laser-focused on building premium ad opportunities and preparing for brand […]
James Deaker recently joined Yahoo! as VP Data Solutions and Insights after leaving his position at Microsoft as Director, Monetization Excellence. He discussed his new role and publisher strategy with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Tell me about your new role and why it’s a good fit for you. JD: I’m joining Yahoo! because I’m amazed by Yahoo!’s […]
Josh Resnik is VP/GM of Gannett Digital Network. AdExchanger.com: First, what is the Gannett Digital Network – an ad network? And where does it fit in the Gannett “mothership”? JR: We are not an ad network. We are a group of owned and operated media sites that are equipped with ad network-quality targeting capabilities (e.g. […]
Peter Naylor is EVP, Digital Media Sales at NBC Universal. Naylor recently answered questions from AdExchanger.com regarding his thoughts on digital advertising strategy from his publisher-side point-of-view. AdExchanger.com: What is the first, key step in creating a cohesive strategy that aligns your company’s goals for guaranteed and non-guaranteed digital ad inventory? The first step is […]
Krux Digital released its cross-industry study which it says shows “that data collection on publisher websites is pervasive, sophisticated, and on the rise.” From the study: “31% of all data collection is initiated by entities other than the publishers themselves. (…And,) 55% of all third party data collectors employ standard technical methods to usher in […]
