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Most would argue that Yahoo’s de facto policy on the Right Media Exchange had been “do not resuscitate” for quite some time – but now RMX is officially off life support. Several sources tell AdExchanger that Yahoo is finally shutting down the exchange for all non-Yahoo owned and operated networks and publishers. Depending on your […]

The Dead Sea Scrolls. The Rosetta Stone. The Caves of Lascaux. Pantology. As archaeological finds go, AdExchanger’s recent investigation into the history of media buying has yielded a stunning discovery courtesy of a source from the ad ecosystem black market. First thought to be yet-another-version of Candyland, AdExchanger scientists believe this gaming device came from […]

We’re here to stay. And, we want to hear from you. That was the underlying theme delivered by executives from Yahoo!’s Right Media Exchange (RMX) as they sought to portray an image of a mature, yet vibrant business during yesterday’s Right Media forum at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center of The Arts. Mixing art with […]

Last week, several demand-side platform (DSP) companies were informed that their advertiser clients could no longer buy Yahoo! remnant, display ad inventory through their DSP seat on the Right Media Exchange (RMX). Instead, those advertisers will need to get their own seats on RMX if they want to buy Yahoo! remnant display ads. Read more. […]

After IDC issued its recent estimate that Yahoo! has been surpassed in display ad supremacy by Google in Q4 2010, it feels like a great time to take out the AdExchanger.com “crystal ball” and offer a few future strategic scenarios for Yahoo! and its Right Media Exchange (RMX). You’re welcome! I admit that some of […]

Though Yahoo! reported declining revenues of $1.06 billion from a year ago (-6%), the company still met Wall Street expectations earning $190 million for the quarter. Read the earnings release (PDF). And, get the slides (PDF). The company went on to say that revenue is continuing to take a hit from the search partnership with […]

On Tuesday, November 2, Yahoo! will be producing a Right Media forum in NYC as part of the ad:tech NYC hoopla. According to the forum’s info page, Right Media Exchange execs will “discuss core areas of focus, trust and safety, our extensible technology platform and new audience management capabilities.” Also, as part of the forum, […]

The following is an excerpted interview with Ramsey McGrory, Yahoo! VP and Head of Right Media Exchange.  McGrory discusses recently announced plans for Yahoo!’s display advertising exchange – Right Media Exchange. Topics covered include: The results of the Demand-Side Platform (DSP) Pilot Program… A new Search Engine Marketing pilot on Right Media Exchange… Demand Media, […]

Editor’s Note: The following speech is not real. It is for entertainment purposes only. It was not read by Yahoo!’s Ramsey McGrory at this week’s Right Media Open 2010 in Chicago… but what if it was real? And what if attendees had vuvuzelas? Play ball! Ramsey McGrory: Thank you all for coming today. It is […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo!’s McGrory On Openness Gavin Dunaway interviews Yahoo! VP Ramsey McGrory about Right Media, Yahoo! and even McGrory’s army days in a comprehensive, two-part interview on Adotas. McGrory once again does not mince words in a not-so-veiled reference to Google when discussing the difference […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Adap.tv Gets Video Ad Exchange Clients Ad Age’s Michael Learmonth covers the news that Adap.tv has signed Gannett, Omnicom and Publicis among others to its ad exchange. Trying to temper concerns about lower CPMs, Adap.tv’s CEO Amir Ashkenazi says that in comparison to display […]

Yahoo! is on the warpath again today with its premium messaging as a blog post by Stephanie Dorman, Senior Director, Client Services and Operations, bangs the drum on the closing of DMX and the new “premium” focus for its Right Media Exchange: “We believe that the future of the Right Media Exchange lies in the […]

In a reflection of its shift toward a “premium” exchange strategy, Yahoo!’s Direct Media Exchange – acquired as part of the Right Media acquisition – is being shuttered effective January 2010. In an email, participating DMX publishers have been notified today: “Right Media will discontinue the DMX platform on January 31, 2010, so that we […]

This is a response to AdExchanger.com’s recent survey, “Industry Reaction: The Impact Of Right Media And The Importance Of Multiple, Large Exchanges.” Publicis’ VivaKi Nerve Center – Kurt Unkel, SVP Being the slacker who didn’t turn in his homework on time on this one has afforded me the opportunity to read the many excellent perspectives […]

Bill Wise is Yahoo! VP/GM, Ad Platforms. Wise answered a few questions that follow up on yesterday’s announcement regarding Right Media’s new positioning. AdExchanger.com: When will Right Media have DSP capabilities? Right Media already has DSP capabilities by leveraging exchange inventory and linking and numerous decisioning, optimization, and analytics technology within the company, and has […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Mike Walrath Exits Yahoo! SVP of Ad Strategy, Michael Walrath, left the company yesterday telling the WSJ’s Jessica Vascellaro that “it was the right time to ‘move on in my career’ and that he looks forward to ‘taking some time off and working with […]

Read the story by Abbey Klassen in AdAge: “Yahoo Rebrands Its Right Media Exchange as Premium“. More from Yahoo! VP/GM, Ad Platforms, Bill Wise on the Right Media blog here.

CPM Advisors’ CEO Rob Leathern noted yesterday that you can’t target Yahoo! through Google AdWords or the new Google/DoubleClick Ad Exchange even though you can target the other 199 of the top 200 sites on the planet. Rob thinks their may be some mischievous engineers at work on Google’s side. From here, I wonder if […]

By Bennie Smith, VP Exchange Operations/Platform Policy at Yahoo! Online advertising in the age of media fragmentation does not have to be like a box of chocolates. Both advertisers and publishers should know exactly what they are going to get with every ad impression. Ad exchanges have played a crucial role in making this possible […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. $9 Million For Rubicon Project Rubicon Project brought in another $9 million in equity investment to “continue pursuing acquisitions and global expansion.” Leading in this round was GE/NBCU’s Peacock Equity Fund which invested $6 million investment with existing investors Clearstone Venture Partners and Mayfield […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ComScore and Omniture (and Adobe) Fresh off being acquired by Adobe, Omniture announced a new partnership with ComScore aimed at unifiying reporting of website analytics and audience measurement. Is this another step toward a better attribution model? It can’t hurt. Jonathan Mendez tweets that […]

Antony Taylor is VP of Display Platforms at Yahoo!’s Right Media Exchange. AdExchanger.com: It feels like it’s very early in the understanding of display ad exchanges especially as it relates to feedback from attendees at recent conferences. AT: After a recent exchange panel, an attendee said to me, “None of it. I got none of […]

Hello, search engine marketers. This one’s for you. Media traders, you may like this, too. There is no question that search engine marketing is a lucrative field that positions marketers as gatekeepers to the bottom of the digital purchase funnel for clients. Whether through organic listings using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques or through pay […]

Yahoo!’s earnings are out! (PDF) So, what happened to display? It’s a mixed bag – yet relatively positive considering the economy and current state of oversupply of display ad inventory on the Web. From Seeking Alpha’s call transcript: “Worldwide O&O display revenue declined 14% to $393 million. U.S. display declined 11% which was slightly better […]

Today’s announcement that Steve Perelman’s OnLive may have potentially disintermediated game console providers has the blogosphere a-chirping. The company has created a new compression which allows data used for online game services to be computed on distant servers – cloud computing servers – instead of through a game console or speedy, local computers.  Considering the […]

Today, Yahoo!’s Right Media distributed a press release in the UK about its new transparency offering, Marketplace Select, for advertisers – undoubtedly a response to recent embarassments uncovered by UK’s New Media Age among others. According to today’s New Media Age: “[Marketplace Select] comes after Right Media has been implicated in ad misplacement issues, the […]

ContextWeb, makers of the ADSDAQ contextual advertising exchange, has published a video on its blog from an entertaining panel at the recent OMMA Ad Nets conference in New York City. Featuring participants in the ad exchange space from Yahoo!’s Right Media and APT, DoubleClick Advertising Exchange, ContextWeb/ADSDAQ and two agency reps, the panel helped outline […]

In an October 13 article, Mike Shields from MediaWeek provides his opinion on Yahoo!, the new APT platform and future direction for the struggling, Web media monolith. Shields reveals that, to-date, no agencies have signed up for the platform and “only the San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Chronicle newspapers” – presumably on […]

Roger Williams, Director of International Marketing at Right Media, was able to place a nice article in UK’s Net Imperative on online advertising exchanges entitled, “Platforms for Change“. Within the advertiser-focused article are the basics to the Right Media Exchange story including providing tools to advertisers that allow efficient targeting through an open auction. Williams […]