The Yahoo!-Aol-Microsoft deal, which lets each of the partners sell the other’s remnant display ad inventory has born its first fruit. Read the release. New Right Media Exchange North America chief Brian Silver explained to AdExchanger yesterday that Aol now has a seat on the exchange in order to sell it’s “Class II” remnant ad […]
Joe Apprendi is CEO of Collective, an online advertising technology and services company. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Apprendi to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of Collective today. Click below or scroll down for more: On Integrating The […]
It’s the end of the year and it’s time to look forward, but it’s also time to look back and see what’s happened – or not. In its final plunge into the crystal ball of “predictions,” AdExchanger.com reached out to members of the venture capital community and asked them to critique their predictions of last […]
The 2012 version of the AdExchanger.com “predictions” piece comes with a twist as a selection of industry execs offer their thoughts on the following question: “What’s going to happen next year in advertising that hasn’t happened before? And why?” Matt Seiler, Global CEO, IPG Mediabrands, offers his views. Clients will pay their agency in direct […]
IGN Entertainment, a media, digital distribution, and game technology company, and a division of News Corporation, recently announced that it will incorporate FreeWheel‘s Revenue & Payments Management (RPM) system to bring together reporting across syndication channels Read more. Bernard Ho, VP/GM of Video at IGN Entertainment, discussed the deal and its implications. AdExchanger.com: How does […]
It’s easy. It’s hard. It’s complex. It’s too complex. Opinions vary widely on the platform buying capabilities available to the demand-side as it looks to exploit opportunity in the data-driven ad ecosystem. AdExchanger.com asked a selection of demand-side executives to share how they think platform buying is performing today. Specifically, the question is: “What’s the […]
Brad Rencher is SVP and GM, Omniture Business Unit, Adobe. On Tuesday, he discussed his company’s acquisition of Auditude, data-driven marketing, and the Adobe strategy ahead. Click below or scoll for more: Why Buy Auditude? Other Acquisition Possibilities On Merging The Creative Of Adobe, Data Of Omniture Ad Networks And Exchanges AdExchanger.com: What were some […]
Anupam Gupta is President and CEO of Mixpo, a video advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: How did your experience in product management at Microsoft prepare you for Mixpo? AG: Broadly speaking, it taught me to listen closely to customers and partners for insights and to use that input as the north star for our value proposition […]
Bryan Jones is CEO of Collider Media, a provider of targeting technology for mobile advertising. AdExchanger.com: Can you share a bit of background on you and how you got involved in Collider Media? BJ: Sure. I’ve been in mobile for about 4 years now, having been a corporate attorney before that. It’s been an exciting […]
In a back office blockbuster, agency back office systems providers Mediabank and Donovan Data Systems (DDS) have put down their boxing gloves and become best buds. According to The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel, the companies are hoping to head off Google’s best efforts to invade the back office which pulses with data, if properly […]
Research agency Millward Brown (part of WPP Group) and Kantar Media Cymfony announced yesterday what it calls “a new suite of online listening solutions merging Kantar Media Cymfony’s analysis of social media and online discussion with Millward Brown’s brand and communications research.” Read the release. Ann Green, Partner, Client Solutions at Millward Brown discussed the […]
Howard Lerman is CEO of Yext, a local advertising, technology company. Lerman spoke to AdExchanger.com about his company and its strategy. Click below or scroll down: Consumers and Local Media Yext and The Ad Network Model Target Market(s) Cost and Proving The Value To The SMB The Integration Challenge What’s In It For Publishers What’s […]
Jeff Hinz has been named Managing Partner, Digital Director, for GroupM agency MediaCom. Hinz has a wide range of agency experience which includes executive roles at ID Media and K2 Digital. Read the release. Hinz offered his thoughts on digital advertising today and some of the challenges ahead. Click below or scroll down for more: […]
Today, AudienceScience is announcing that Jeff Hirsch will be stepping down as CEO of the company and Jeff Pullen will take over in the chief executive role after joining the company a year ago. Read the release. AdExchanger.com: Why is AudienceScience making this change now? JEFF HIRSCH: My desire to focus on my strengths and […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Michael Zimbalist is VP, Research & Development Operations for the New York Times Co. He also co-founded the Online Publishers Association (OPA) and serves as a member of its executive committee. In the years since Terry Kawaja first published his famous […]
Ad network Rocket Fuel announced that it has raised an additional $6.6 million in funding led by Northgate Capital with participation from existing investors. Total funding to-date is $26.6 million. According to the release, “Rocket Fuel’s Series ‘C’ funding brings its overall corporate valuation to $160 million, and based on its current run‐rate for sales […]
Magnetic CEO Josh Shatkin-Margolis spoke to AdExchanger.com recently about his company and the search retargeting data space. Click below or scroll down to read more: The Company’s Evolution Data Marketplace Observations Target Market How Does Magnetic Handle Creative Future Product Development Comparing Financial Markets To Ad Marketplaces The Privacy Debate AdExchanger.com: Since we spoke a […]
“The Debate” is a column focused on the current debate around ad targeting and consumer privacy. Today’s article is written by Jeff Hirsch, President and CEO, AudienceScience, an online advertising technology company. I hear and read a lot these days about the democratizing power of the Internet. It’s a great issue. Some pundits say entire […]
Often, a question doesn’t have an easy answer in the digital advertising business. This is a column devoted to an answer to a single question – and providing a bit of space for it. Today’s participant is Hooman Radfar, CEO of Clearspring, which provides content sharing platform AddThis. He recently answered the following question during […]
Tuesday night’s keynote address at the Advertising Research Foundation’s Re:think 2011 show featured WPP Group CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, who reviewed his notes on what the future holds for the advertising world. He stressed that ad research will be in the middle of figuring it all out – and so will the importance of data. […]
Jim Ensign is Vice President, Digital Marketing of Papa John’s International, the world’s third largest pizza company. He recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about data-driven media and his expectations for AdKeeper. Papa John’s is one of the initial brands to sign-up for Adkeeper’s “keep” product. Read the release. Click below or scroll down: Responsibilities Blending E-Commerce […]
Today, data marketplace and management company eXelate announced its new DataLinX platform which the company says “enables publishers and data owners to not only manage access to their data through a system of configurable ‘plugs’, but also helps reduce the website impact of pixels by monitoring site latency and leveraging ‘pixeless’ integrations which create connections […]
The four-day, Advertising Research Foundation’s Re:think 2011 show was up and running in New York City today. And, there were few media buyers and sellers in sight as the analysts and researchers of the media world took over the Marriott Marquis to share notes, agree to disagree, and see if what’s in-house is up-to-date. A […]
The panels continue at 4As Transformation 2011 conference. A morning gathering featured agency leaders on the topic of “Communications Planning” where buy-side agents hover above digital and offline communications strategies on behalf of the marketer. Participants included: Scott Hagedorn, CEO, Annalect (He works with Matt Spiegel of Annnalect Marketplaces and Accuen – OMG’s agency trading […]
The Director of the U.S. Census bureau, Robert Groves, took to the stage at the 4As Transformation 2011 conference to discuss results coming from the 2010 census which will guide the understanding of “media connections” according to Groves. With all the talk about digital, big data, real-time bidding, the 4As takes us back to what […]
Facebook’s list of approved ad networks for apps still doesn’t include Google’s AdSense. The news continues to swirl as apparently the list was finalized last week according to a post on Slashdot. This remains one, complicated story with huge stakes for both Facebook and Google. And, neither company is talking. Developers are pissed off and […]
This is the first of a two-part series as we asked buy-siders: “If there was one thing you could change about the use of data in digital ad targeting tomorrow, what would it be?” Click on a participant’s name or scroll down to view responses: Andrew Leinicke, Media Director, RBM Donald Williams, Chief Digital Officer, […]
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 John Donahue, CTO of BuzzLogic, a conversational media solution company, who recently answered the following question during […]
Yesterday in an article by AdWeek’s Katy Bachman, behavioral ad self-regulation tech company Better Advertising announced that it is changing its name to Evidon and that Publicis’ VivaKi had signed on as a partner to utilize Evidon’s services to provide the “i” and privacy controls to consumers within display ads. Read more. Evidon’s CEO Scott […]
In a morning panel at the Gridley & Co. Conference in New York City moderated by Gridley’s Pratik Patel, panelists from the data-driven ecosystem paused just long enough amidst the swirl of funding announcements to provide a few nuggets on the momentum for real-time bidded inventory. Setting the stage for the discussion, real-time ad platform […]
