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James Hercher
Senior Editor

James covers the ecommerce, advertising technology, Google and other topics. He joined AdExchanger in March 2015 after a stint in communications for advertising technology companies. He spent two years in TV production, working for the NFL and then for the PBS NewsHour, where he covered the 2012 election and foreign affairs.

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As Election Nears, Ad Tech Looks Toward New Opportunities – And To Avoid Past Mistakes

With the 2020 US presidential election cycle heating up, advertising and technology companies are once again jockeying to secure their share of the coming deluge of political media budgets. But the commercial tech crowd is taking a more judicious approach to political advertising this time around, having learned some hard lessons in 2015 and 2016,... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // January 15th, 2020 //
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Havas Tests Zeotap And InfoSum Data Partnership As Agencies Enter Onboarding

Brands are eager to onboard and match data sets, but don’t want first-party data to leave their own systems. They want user-level targeting, without the risk in trafficking actual consumer data. Zeotap and InfoSum are tackling this data paradox with an onboarding partnership, announced on Monday, that allows marketers and agencies to sync data from... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // January 13th, 2020 //
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Facebook Holds Firm On Political Ad Policies, Will Still Allow Lies And Targeting

Facebook clarified its political advertising policy on Thursday. And the update is: No update. Facebook has been at the center of a PR and policy firestorm over its political advertising policies since October, when President Trump’s reelection campaign ran an ad featuring a lie about Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. At the same... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // January 9th, 2020 //
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How Sperry Entered The World Of Athlete Influencers

It’s easy for a major advertiser like Allstate Insurance to pay up for a mega athlete like Aaron Rodgers. But if you’re a smaller brand, such as the shoe manufacturer Sperry, it can be difficult to find the right athletes who won’t break your budget, but who still have the cachet to boost your brand.... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // January 9th, 2020 //
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Meredith Acquires Product Recommendation And Affiliate Network SwearBy

The women’s lifestyle media company Meredith is advancing its commerce strategy another step with the acquisition of SwearBy, an affiliate marketing platform used by women to save and recommend products. The deal, which will be announced Thursday morning at CES, is Meredith’s second affiliate-focused acquisition in the past year, following its purchase of Linfield Media,... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // January 8th, 2020 //
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Tremor Acquires Unruly From News Corp, Further Bridging Buy And Sell Sides

Video ad tech company Tremor said Monday it will acquire the outstream video advertising platform Unruly from News Corp. In exchange, News Corp gets a 6.9% equity stake in Tremor, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, giving News Corp about $20 million worth of Tremor stock, based on the video advertising company’s $275... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // January 6th, 2020 //
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Instagram’s US User Growth Rate Dips In Latest eMarketer Report

Instagram’s US user growth rate sharply decelerated last year, from 10.1% in 2018 to 6.7% in 2019, according to eMarketer’s latest social benchmark report. EMarketer is also lowering its Instagram growth forecast, revised down from 5.4% to 4.5% in 2020, and 3.2% instead of 4.1% in 2021. The main reason why Instagram’s growth forecast in... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // January 2nd, 2020 //
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The Year To Come In Online Data And Identity

2019 brought a tsunami of change to data-driven advertising. And those changes have overflowed into other part of businesses and the economy, as regulators scrutinize the world of digital advertising. Facebook gave the boot to third-party data suppliers. And in 2020, Google says it will make good on a long-held promise to revoke its advertising... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // December 31st, 2019 //
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The Year In M&A: Broadcasters And Brands Buy In, And Old-School Ad Tech Exits

This was a major year in ad tech deal making. Many deals were opportunistic or outright fire sales, as early programmatic players like Sizmek, Rocket Fuel and IgnitionOne reached the end of the line. Ad tech and data deals were helped by a surge among public company bellwethers The Trade Desk, Cardlytics, LiveRamp, Telaria and... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // December 23rd, 2019 //
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Five Things You Need To Know About The Rubicon-Telaria Merger

Michael Barrett has had his eye on Telaria since his first day as CEO of Rubicon Project in March, 2017, when the company was Tremor Video and was led by then-CEO Paul Caine. But, like with many relationships, Rubicon and Telaria needed to “do a little work on ourselves” before they were fit partners, said... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // December 19th, 2019 //
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