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Yahoo! reported its third quarter revenue and earnings for 2011 today. From the release: “Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (“revenue ex-TAC”) was $1,072 million for the third quarter of 2011, a 5 percent decrease from the third quarter of 2010. Income from operations decreased 6 percent to $177 million in the third quarter of 2011, […]

The highly-anticipated announcement by Yahoo! this morning has come and gone – there’s still no official word on the Aol, Yahoo! and Microsoft agreement to sell each other’s data-driven, non-guaranteed inventory through still-undisclosed methods. But, Yahoo! did announce that it’s going to go beyond its current, video news distribution deal with ABC News and leverage […]

Yahoo!’s recent woes have been well-chronicled as display advertising performance has lagged industry averages, several talented executives have exited and now CEO Carol Bartz has been fired – to name a few “challenges.” But, plenty of assets – if not opportunity – still remain in tact for Yahoo!. So, AdExchanger.com reached out to a selection […]

Seth Dallaire is VP, Global Agencies/Accounts and Sales at Yahoo!. Dallaire discussed industry trends and Yahoo!’s plans to address the agency in an interview with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Do you feel that agency trading desks are more of an ad network these days? Or are they an agent of the client? SD:  I see them as […]

Yahoo! reported its Q2 2011 earnings today and said that revenue after traffic acquisition costs (revenue ex-TAC) was $1.07 billion – a 5% decrease from 2010’s Q2.  Also, “Income from operations increased 9 percent to $191 million in the second quarter of 2011, compared to $175 million in the second quarter of 2010.”  Read the […]

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 […]

VP Ramsey McGrory of Yahoo! spoke to AdExchanger.com about today’s announcement regarding the acquisition of Invite Media by Google. “Demand-side platforms (DSP) are a new participant in the digital advertising marketplace with the potential to provide a lot of value.  Yahoo! created a DSP pilot program earlier this year to work closely with several DSP […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. NY Times Calls On Editor For Digital Strategy The New York Times is pulling one if its editors off of their beat to help with digital strategy. “Jill Abramson, managing editor for news at The New York Times, will step aside for six months […]