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“Networking” is a column focused on the evolving roles of networks in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Michael Katz, President, InterCLICK. Ok, I admit I didn’t come up with the phrase and I hate to be the bearer of bad news but (the top 25) networks aren’t going away anytime soon. Recently there […]

“the executioner” opinion expressed below is written by Natalie DiBerto, Lead, Account Services, ATOM, at Razorfish. Advertisers often feel their brand is their most valuable asset and spend lots of time, effort and money to build and maintain it. Of course an advertiser would know their audience, right? Right, but the real question is if […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Omnicom Reports; Acquisitions Imminent? Agency holding company, Omnicom Group, reported Q4 earnings yesterday. Profit fell, but hey, there’s profit ($229.6 million worth). Organic revenue fell – but not as much as analysts expected. Read more from AdWeek. Also, it looks like Omnicom is on […]

David Kenny is Managing Partner of VivaKi, which combines the media and digital assets of the Publicis Groupe including Starcom, Zenith, Mediavest, Optimedia, Digitas, Razorfish and Denuo. AdExchanger.com:  Everyone is talking about how agencies need to evolve media buying. Every major holding company has announced a media trading desk strategy. What areas of the workflow […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. DSP Revenues Power Higher It’s happened again! Another private ad tech company is reporting its financial progress – this time it’s demand-side platform [x+1]. The company said in a release, “Fourth quarter revenue increased 62 percent over the same period in 2008, while revenue […]

“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Zach Coelius, CEO of Triggit, an online advertising technology company. Last week the folks at Admeld threw a tremendous event on the topic of Real-Time Bidding (RTB) at the […]

AdSafe Media recently released its first Safety Report that showed – when looking at display ad media across its platform – “58% of network traffic was ‘invisible’” and “29% of traffic was served to sites featuring UGC” among many data points. Read the release (PDF). And, you can download the report here (PDF – signup […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Display Starting To Pump In a BusinessWeek article by Douglas Macmillan, Doug Anmuth of Barclay’s Capital tells BW, “Display ads are likely to contribute a little more than $1 billion, or about 4% of Google’s (GOOG) total sales this year—an increase of as […]

Resonate Networks announced that it has launched attitudinal targeting in a release on Wednesday. AdExchanger.com discussed the new targeting capabilities with Resonate Networks’ CEO Bryan Gernert. AdExchanger.com: Given the rich sources of social data available today, how important is social media to creating Resonate’s dataset? Or, is it important? BG: While social data is important […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AOL Reports For The First Time AOL reported its 4th quarter 2009 earnings and among the takeways, “Domestic display revenue grew year-over-year for the first time in 8 quarters.” Get the Investor Relations Presentation (PDF) here. ClickZ’s Christopher Heine looks deeper into the earnings […]

“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Brad Terrell is VP and General Manager of Digital Media at Netezza, a data warehouse and analytic appliances company. Agency holding firms face significant strategic and operational […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ValueClick Sells Lead Gen Biz Valueclick pre-empted its February 16 earnings release announcing that it has sold its Web Clients lead generation business for $45 million according to a release. The company also said that its Q4 2009 revenues will fall a few million […]

“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Adam Cahill is SVP, Director of Digital Media at Hill Holliday, a full-service communications agency. Ad exchanges were undoubtedly the digital world’s Rookie of the Year in 2009, but in terms of buzz, the industry has moved on (it’s all “mobile, […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google May Expose AdSense Rev Share Schwaaaa??? From Davos, Switzerland, Jeff Jarvis reports for The Business Insider on Eric Schmidt’s and other Google execs’ meeting with reporters where a Google rep told Jarvis, “They would consider giving more transparency about revenue splits in Adsense.” […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The “I”s Have It Jules Polenetsky of the Future Of Privacy Forum is hoping that a new “i” image will be the indicator light for consumers telling them that they’re seeing an online ad due to behavioral, cookie-based targeting. Stephanie Clifford covers the story […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Reports Q4 ’09 Yahoo! reported its Q4 earnings for 2009 and the big news is “CEO Carol Bartz noting that the company would disable its irksome ‘hover interaction’ on the homepage,” according to Kara Swisher of All Things D. The Associated Press reports […]

Online targeting data provider, eXelate, and Invite Media, a demand-side platform, announced an agreement in which “Invite Media customers gain both seamless access to eXelate data across multiple media exchanges including Right Media, Google DoubleClick’s Ad Exchange, AdBrite, AppNexus, AdMeld, PubMatic and others, as well as dynamic insight reporting indicating the audience characteristics that are […]

Another independent digital agency has been gobbled. The Wall Street Journal’s Suzanne Vranica reported last night that top-5 holding company, Dentsu, was in the final stages of acquiring Innovation Interactive which owns 360i, Search Ignite and Netmining (AdExchanger.com Q&A). According to Vranica, “The deal under discussion is valued at roughly $200 million… In 2009, Innovation’s […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Blodget, Calacanis Take On ComScore Henry Blodget and Jason Calacanis are on a war path! In a diatribe he published in his newsletter and then personal blog, entrepreneur Jason Calacanis is calling for a boycott of ComScore saying the audience measurement firm is a […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Reports Q4 And Talks Display Google reported its q4 2009 earnings after the market closed yesterday and though the company made an impressive profit, it wasn’t as much as some expected. Paul Kedrosky posts JP Morgan’s thoughts on the results on his blog […]

The demand-side platform (DSP) leaderboard just added another competitor as LucidMedia says publicly for the first time that it, too, has a DSP solution – in fact, they’ve had it for over a year now according to the company. With more details on the way in the coming weeks, LucidMedia CEO Ajay Sravanapudi discussed demand-side […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. New Exec To Oversee Cadreon AdWeek’s Brian Morrisey covers the hiring of Matt Freeman by IPG’s Mediabrands unit. Freeman will “serve as CEO of Mediabrands Ventures, a new unit built to oversee 16 digital specialist marketing companies in the Mediabrands portfolio, including search firm […]

TRAFFIQ and Datran Media announced a partnership today that will integrate Datran’s audience measurement platform – Aperture – into TRAFFIQ’s media platform. Read the release. TRAFFIQ CEO Mark Kahn spoke with AdExchanger.com about the industry and the announcement. AdExchanger.com: What are some of the pain points of audience buying today? MK: There are three fundamental […]

Ad-Juster announced a deal with software solutions provider Solbright which will allow Solbright clients “to automatically access third party delivery data from Ad-Juster for billing reconciliation and discrepancy management.” Read the release. AdExchanger.com caught up with Ad-Juster CEO Mike Lewis to discuss his company’s positioning and the marketplace. AdExchanger.com: What types of companies are buying […]

Pubmatic has released its latest Ad Price Index focusing on “premium publishers.” According to the report, CPM pricing has been moving up. Read the release. And, download the report (PDF). AdExchanger.com spoke to PubMatic’s CEO Rajeev Goel about the report. AdExchanger.com: In your estimation, what’s the biggest “a ha!” in the report? RG: The most […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Adchemy Opens Kimono Private companies are “opening the kimono.” Following the lead of VideoEgg and Bizo, demand-side platform, Adchemy has provided some insight on its recent revenues and client momentum in a press release. The company said “that in 2009 it grew its revenue […]

“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Martin Kelly is co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based agency, Infectious Media Ltd. One of the most exciting changes that the exchange era has promised for the industry is data liquidity.  This is a concept that was brought to me in […]

“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Pascal Bensoussan, VP of Products at Aggregate Knowledge, a buy-side optimization platform. Over the last two years, ad exchanges have brought an unprecedented level of targeting and […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Old People Like Display Recent research by the Yahoo Labs team suggests that, sure, display positively affects purchase – but wait! There’s more… According to the San Francisco Chronicle, “The research found an approximately 5 percent increase in spending among those who had seen […]

The former CEO of WPP Group’s Mindshare and President of Publicis Groupe/Starcom MediaVest Group’s StarLink, Scott Neslund, has been named CEO of Red Bricks Media, a search and performance marketing agency.   Read the release. The allure of digital continues to draw top executives as Neslund’s appointment echoes last week’s announcement that GroupM’s new CEO would […]