For Vice Media, an edgy, youth-oriented publisher rooted in eccentricity, being brand-safe means giving advertisers enough control over their ad placements to keep the briefs coming. “There’s certain content brands would like to be associated with and certain content they would not,” said Andrew Smith, VP of digital for Vice Media. He noted that much of […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris Stark, senior vice president of product marketing at Grapeshot. In theory, the promise of the programmatic wave sweeping digital advertising is to make buying more fluid. From the perspective of supply-side businesses, however, […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by John Snyder, CEO at Grapeshot. At the risk of sounding arch or flippant, I declare that the programmatic media community should start copying Tinder. Yes, that Tinder. The online dating […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Chris Stark, senior vice president of product marketing at Grapeshot. There’s a fair amount of debate regarding display and video viewability standards now being transacted in the marketplace and it’s […]
From Grapeshot CEO John Snyder’s vantage point, a culture of innovation and a willingness to partner in the UK has created new opportunity for his company. Having originally entered the ad tech space targeting the sell-side in 2008, Grapeshot has since pivoted and brought keyword targeting to European — and soon U.S. — ad buying […]
