“Hey! That data is valuable – we want it back!” The recent blow-up between American Airlines and Orbitz may be the beginning of a larger trend as aggregators fight to keep participants in line and provide value for their co-operative (the airlines) and the consumer. In case you haven’t been keeping score at home, the […]
Joe Casale is CEO of Casale Media, an online advertising network. AdExchanger.com: How has Casale Media business changed in the past 12-24 months? JC: Business has grown substantially. We are seeing more demand from big brands that have already taken the plunge into digital. These companies understand that it takes a lot of budget to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Millennial Money Having $27.5 million in its latest funding round, mobile ad network Millennial Media may just be up to the task of staying independent and staying in the game against the two competitors, Apple and Google. The company claims that revenue tripled last […]
Social targeting firm 33across announced a Series B, $9 million investment led by “Flybridge Capital Partners with participation from Series A investors, First Round Capital and QED Investors.” Read the release. 33across CEO Eric Wheeler discussed plans for the new funds and company strategy. AdExchanger.com: Can you drill down on the “Technology, Product and Sales […]
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 […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. One Good Turn One of the early ad networks to morph into a DSP, Turn Inc. has closed a huge $20 million in Series D funding led by Greenspring Associates. Turn will use the new capital to fund its “explosive growth,” build up its […]
Yesterday, media buying solutions company [x+1] announced that it has raised a Series B round of financing to the tune of $10 million led by Intel Capital with additional funding coming from existing investors Advanced Technology Ventures, Blue Chip Venture Company and Hudson Venture Partners. According to the release, “the funding will be used to […]
Often, a question doesn’t have an easy answer in the digital advertising business. This is a new column devoted to an answer to a single question – and providing a bit of space for it. Today’s participant is Spanfeller Media Group CEO Jim Spanfeller who recently answered the following question during a conversation with AdExchanger.com… […]
For all the noise in the past year around the demand-side platform (DSP) in display advertising, it seems worth re-visiting what this and other related trends – such as sell-side platforms, data exchanges, data management platforms, ad exchanges – are all about. I’d say, at its core, it’s about media moving to one channel for […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here Ads Vs. E-Commerce Although the year-old advertising recovery is set to maintain its positive trajectory through this year, most publishers remain gun-shy after the severe downturn. That caused them to look more to e-commerce to supplement lost ad revenues. J.P. Morgan senior analyst Imran […]
