Jesse Chenard is CEO at Image Space Media, an in-image ad network. AdExchanger.com: Given your experience at Tremor Media, what key learnings are you bringing with you to Image Space Media? In order to present a scalable offering to advertisers, we need to fit into their entire online and offline ecosystem. This means measuring results […]
LucidMedia announced a new self-service version of its demand-side platform targeting agencies and advertisers. Read the release. Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO and Founder of LucidMedia, discussed the different facets of the announcement. Why do you think agencies want self-service? Aren’t they overwhelmed as it is and need full or at least “fuller” service? Yes, agency media […]
On Wednesday, online ad network AudienceScience, announced the acquisition of Consorte Media, an ad network targeting Hispanics online. According to the release, “Consorte Media employees will become part of the AudienceScience team, and Consorte’s San Francisco headquarters will become the newest branch location of AudienceScience.” Read more. CEO Jeff Hirsch of AudienceScience discussed the acquisition […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Time Inc.’s McDonald On Data Digiday Daily’s Melinda Gipson covers Time Inc.’s president of Digital Kurt McDonald at the recent AudienceScience Targeting Summit. Rather than shying away from the challenges that online data presents publishers today, McDonald is choosing a pro-active approach. According to […]
Video ad serving and management company, FreeWheel, announced earlier this week that it had closed a $16.8 million Series C financing round led by Steamboat Ventures. Read more. Doug Knopper, co-founder and co-CEO of FreeWheel, discussed the investment and the company’s product line. AdExchanger.com: What were you looking for in terms of a strategic investor […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Healthy Investment Peacock Equity, the cleverly-named (who doesn’t love the Peacock?) $250 million fund founded by GE Capital and NBC Universal, has released $2.5 million dollars from its coffers into the checking account of health information company, Healthline, as part of its recent $14 […]
RocketFuel announced that it is partnering with Dynamic Logic for its new Real Time Brand Optimzation solution which “optimizes the targeting of [brand marketer’s] campaigns based on familiar characteristics such as being in-market for a product or being favorable towards it.” Read the release. Richard Frankel, president of Rocket Fuel Inc. discussed the Dynamic Logic […]
Former AOL Vice President Matt Prohaska was recently hired as CEO of North America by Smartclip, an online video ad network. Read the release. AdExchanger.com: How would you characterize Smartclip’s online video advertising network business model? Is it like a site rep firm? MP: It certainly is. Old-timers like me and many of our publisher […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ad:tech Party, Uh, Conference This Week This week, the annual San Francisco version of ad:tech comes to the cavernous Moscone Center in downtown SF. Lots of panels, likely lots of booths (exhibitor list here). And, free drinks and apps (edible kind) galore, as parties […]
“The Video Audience” is a column written by members of the media community and focused on the evolving world of online video advertising. Today’s column is written by Teg Grenager, Founder and VP of Product at adap.tv. Online video advertising spending continues to grow rapidly, and it’s easy to see why. It’s practically the perfect […]
