“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Hlavacek, vice president of programmatic at The Weather Company. Why aren’t more marketers moving budgets to mobile? Two recent articles caught my attention because they resonated personally and professionally, illustrating that we have […]
“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 Mike Weston, CEO at Profusion. Apple Pay is due to enter the UK this month after already making a big impression in the US. Some 2,500 US banks supported Apple […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook’s ‘Finders Keepers’ Facebook has been skating on thin ice with publishers, as products like Instant Articles provide new revenue streams for content producers but put the social media in charge. Now, anonymous publishers are claiming that Facebook plans to institute a new policy […]
If mobile and video are the twin engines driving ad tech, then AOL’s rumored $300 million to $350 million acquisition of Millennial Media would put the pedal to the metal. The potential deal, first reported by AOL-owned TechCrunch on Thursday, comes just a few weeks after the official close of Verizon’s $4.4 billion purchase of […]
Viewability vendors mostly speak the same language – but they don’t always provide brands and publishers with the same results. It’s a major pain point and one that the Media Rating Council (MRC) has been attempting to tackle in a three-part series of reconciliation tests, which began back in 2013, to understand why there are […]
Zealot Networks acquired viral news site ViralNova Thursday, citing its audience and underlying technology. The deal valued ViralNova close to $100 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Zealot Networks declined to name the exact figure, but said the acquisition is the biggest of the 15 it’s made so far. Formed 18 months ago by the […]
After signing up 150 publishers for its self-service DSP, Centro officially launched the platform Thursday. The publishers managing reach extension internally come from opposite ends of the spectrum: McClatchy, a local media company with roots in more than two dozen markets, and PureWow, a small, national lifestyle publisher. They’ve come to the same decision. “It’s increasingly […]
The Programmatic TV Standards Group is drafting a standard designed to set baseline parameters for national and locally distributed inventory. The organization is championed by a few industry vets, agencies (Magna Global, Starcom MediaVest), one third-party measurer (Management Science Associates, or MSA) and vendors (AudienceXpress). “The first standard we’ll be defining is [what constitutes] national […]
“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 Andrew Pancer, chief operating officer at Dstillery. I attended the AdExchanger Clean Ads conference in New York last month. Overall, the presentations were good, but I took some issue with […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google’s Dog Food In a new post on its Think With Google site, Google describes its adoption of programmatic for its own marketing efforts. According to digital media manager Brendan Starr, “Our goal for 2014 was to buy 60% of our worldwide brand display […]
A few years ago, industry observers wondered if retailers would survive in the face of ecommerce competition. Now it’s become apparent that brick-and-mortar companies have not only weathered the storm, they’ve emerged as a kind technology platform for vendors to build on. But despite numerous startups catering to retailers, there aren’t any major players like […]
Remember StumbleUpon? The content discovery and social bookmarking site born in 2001 wants to go beyond its bread and butter, driving social shares and referrals to publisher sites. That means StumbleUpon is expanding into new channels – and with good reason. StumbleUpon had 30 million monthly active users in 2014, but that number pales in […]
Pinterest is proving to be a nice fit for secondhand online clothier Twice. The company, which acts as a sort of hybrid Amazon/eBay-like marketplace for gently used duds, had seen success with all the usual marketing mix suspects – display, search ads, Facebook, Twitter – but it was on the hunt for a fresh channel to reach […]
“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 Rob Heiser, president and CEO at Segmint. When it comes to the ways that brands leverage consumer data for marketing and communications purposes, a relative absence of regulation should by […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, vice president of strategic partnerships at MediaMath. The announcement last week that Microsoft is effectively selling off its display advertising business to AOL made me a bit nostalgic. I was recruited by […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Measure Better Marketers are willing to spend more on digital ads, the WSJ reports, but they want better metrics. WPP agency Millward Brown Digital polled nearly 400 senior marketing execs from agencies, media firms and brands, and more than 70% said they’d increase their […]
Data collection can pose a challenge beyond borders. Looking for IT professionals who work at companies with more than $20 million in revenue and headcounts over 250? Fashionistas between the ages of 18 and 34 with an affinity for shoes? Most data providers could take care of that type of request before breakfast in the […]
A year after embracing programmatic technology, Live Nation is planning another major expansion of its ad tech capabilities, this time by connecting its many online and offline properties into a holistic marketing platform. With its “Fan Connect programmatic platform,” the entertainment company is continuing its evolution into a “digital publisher” – not in the sense […]
“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 Pat LaPointe, executive vice president at Resonate. The Internet of Things (IoT) – where physical products can connect to the web and communicate with users and other products – has […]
Consumer packaged-goods startup Hello Products is combining TV with offline activations to create a competitive edge for its oral care products. As a challenger to household names like Crest and Colgate, Hello aims to differentiate its ethos through natural formulas and bright and alluring packaging. The brand is now activating digital video and TV with […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ad Tech Foundations In a think piece for the WSJ, Christopher Mims notes that many key figures in Internet technology innovation cut their teeth in digital advertising. “Since the debut of the Web banner ad in 1994, ad tech has been a finishing school […]
The volume and scope of ad tech/marketing tech M&A activity in 2015 shows investors want in on marketing stacks with scalable infrastructure that can support programmatic growth and increased automation of marketing functions, says a duo of investment firms. Such were the findings in reports from The Jordan, Edmiston Group (JEGI) and Petsky Prunier. The […]
The technology landscape is a quickly evolving beast – and in some cases, that can feel quite literal. “The volume of vendors is expanding so fast, it’s a bit like the movie ‘Gremlins,’” said Rachel Pasqua, practice lead for mobile and emerging technology at MEC Global, North America, a GroupM agency. But while clients expect […]
While some publishers – like BuzzFeed – are going the native-only route, Salon thinks the the best way to serve advertisers is by combining custom native programs with scaled options like programmatic. The highbrow news organization creates bespoke native content for clients like Mercedes Maybach, Glenlivet scotch, Panera and HBO. Eighty-five percent of the advertisers […]
Zipcar traditionally messaged its members through email and social media. But those efforts didn’t reach all members. “Not everyone follows us on social channels or through email, but everyone is on the web,” said Millie Park, Zipcar’s senior director of member marketing. “We wanted to find ways to communicate with them through appropriate targeted messaging.” […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris O’Hara, vice president of strategic accounts at Krux. It’s been a long time since publishers have truly been in control of their inventory. But that’s changing, with new trends that are steadily giving […]
“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 Marc Guldimann, CEO at Sled Mobile. Viewability, the concept that advertising should be seen to be paid for, has taken the advertising industry by storm. It’s interesting to read the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Suggesting Videos Facebook is testing a way for video content creators to leverage its platform (à la YouTube). The idea is to have “suggested” videos – including ads – pop up when a user watches an in-feed video. Facebook and the creators will split […]
Microsoft isn’t the advertising behemoth it once aspired to be when it purchased aQuantive for $6 billion in 2007. Since then, Microsoft has mostly been a publisher, selling inventory both directly and programmatically across its Microsoft Network (MSN) family of sites, its Outlook email portal, Skype and Xbox. Following the Microsoft-AOL search and display deal, […]
