• PROGRAMMATIC I/O //
  • AdExchanger Awards //
  • Subscribe //
  • COVID-19 Special Coverage
AdExchanger Homepage
  • COVID-19 Special Coverage
  • Topics
    • Advertiser
    • Publishers
    • Content Studio
    • Platforms
    • Mobile / Cross-Device
    • Data
    • Commerce
    • Investment
    • Agencies
    • TV and Video
    • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Data-Driven Thinking
    • The Sell Sider
    • On TV and Video
    • Brand Aware
    • Comic Strip
  • Subscribe
  • Events
    • PROGRAMMATIC I/O NY 2019
    • Industry Preview 2020
    • PROGRAMMATIC I/O SF 2020
    • AdExchanger Awards
  • Podcasts
    • The Big Story
  • Careers
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS

  • AdExchanger Homepage

  • AdExchanger.com

  • Menu
    • Advertiser
    • Publishers
    • Content Studio
    • Platforms
    • Mobile / Cross-Device
    • Data
    • Commerce
    • Investment
    • Agencies
    • TV and Video
    • Politics
    • Data-Driven Thinking
    • The Sell Sider
    • On TV and Video
    • Brand Aware
    • Content Studio
    • Comic Strip
    • Advertise
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Subscribe
  • Events
    • Innovation Labs
    • AdExchanger Awards
    • PROGRAMMATIC I/O NY
    • Industry Preview
    • All Events
  • Podcast
    • Social Distancing With Friends
    • AdExchanger Talks
    • The Big Story
  • Careers
  • Search
Connect

»

» James Hercher

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.

Contact James

Articles by James

Mark Zagorski Named CEO Of DoubleVerify To Lead Its CTV Charge

Ad tech vet Mark Zagorski will be the new CEO of ad verification company DoubleVerify starting July 21, the company said Thursday. Zagorski and DoubleVerify declined to comment. The CEO position at DoubleVerify opened up in early March, when its previous leader Wayne Gattinella resigned after The New York Post published a salacious article about... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 2nd, 2020 //
»
How Canceling The Timbersports TV Series Forced Stihl Out Of Its Comfort Zone

The Stihl Timbersports series was already a case study on successful sports marketing. Now the chainsaw and outdoor equipment manufacturer hopes to set another example for how classic TV events will transition to online video and streaming. Stihl created the Timbersports Series in 1985. It was picked up by ESPN, then a plucky broadcast startup,... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 2nd, 2020 //
»
Cadillac CMO Melissa Grady On Marketing Lessons Learned In Quarantine

Cadillac was teed up for an exciting 2020. The company has a fleet of new vehicles, including a new Sedan line and a new Escalade, which debuted in February as part of a campaign with the Oscars. A few weeks later and, well, you know the story. But Cadillac isn’t doom and gloom about its... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 29th, 2020 //
»
AdExchanger Politics: Throwing A Wrench Into The Voter Registration Machinery

You are reading AdExchanger Politics, our news roundup in which senior editor James Hercher tracks the latest developments in political advertising, augmenting our political marketing commentary and news coverage. Want it by email? Sign up here. 2020 was shaping up to be a huge year for US voter registration. The pace of new voters registered in January and... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 24th, 2020 //
»
How QuickFrame Is Capitalizing On Digital Media’s Long-Awaited Transition To Video

For years, advertisers and publishers waited for a transition to video that always glinted right around the corner. Promises of Facebook video revenue didn’t materialize. And ad-supported OTT viewership lagged. But in the past year or so, the switch has finally flipped for video, said Spencer Weinman, CRO of the content production agency and video... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 23rd, 2020 //
»
YouTube Announces New ‘Storefront’ Video Format With A Twist On DR

Google released a direct response ad format for YouTube on Thursday that will make YouTube ads more shoppable, and more closely integrated with a brand’s Google Merchant Center account. The idea is to make a video ad campaign a potential “storefront” for ecommerce companies, said YouTube sales VP Adam Stewart. The new ad format creates... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 18th, 2020 //
»
NBCU’s Mark Marshall On How TV Advertising Will Evolve This Year

AdExchanger's Social Distancing With Friends podcast now has its own channel. Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. In March, NBCUniversal had “fortunately and unfortunately” just finished a recession-based ad sales deck, to pitch advertisers on strategies that worked during previous downturns, in case the economy did turn south this year, said Mark... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 18th, 2020 //
»
The IAB Tech Lab Sunsets DigiTrust, As Third-Party Cookies Turn To Dust

The IAB Tech Lab is shuttering the DigiTrust cookie-sharing program as of the end of July, the group said Wednesday. DigiTrust was a platform for SSPs and publishers to sync cookies with DSPs, thus improving match rates and web latency. The non-profit org spun out of an IAB working group in 2014, and the IAB... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 17th, 2020 //
»
ALC Rebrands As Adstra, And Enters The Crowded Identity Graph Market

The marketing data company ALC, which started out 40 years ago creating consumer segments for direct mail advertisers, relaunched Tuesday as Adstra, with a new mission as a data onboarding and identity graph provider. Adstra is following a well-beaten path for companies that transformed offline consumer data sets based on home addresses and landline phone... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 17th, 2020 //
»
BidSwitch's Barry Adams On Keeping An Eye On The Bouncing Ball In Ad Tech

AdExchanger's Social Distancing With Friends podcast now has its own channel. Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Barry Adams, general manager of BidSwitch, lived abroad for 20 years, in China, Hong Kong and most recently London – until the end of January this year, when he got married and moved to New... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 16th, 2020 //
»
See more articles
 

Popular today on AdExchanger

  • Popular
  • Today Week Month All
  • Google Opens Its Black Box And Shares Fees Across DV360, Google Ads And Google Ad Manager
  • How Publishers And Advertisers Can Work Together To Prepare For The Cookieless Future
  • Papa John’s On The Facebook Boycott, Product Launches During A Pandemic – And Why Digital OOH Can Still Work Right Now
  • Meet Magnite, The Post-Merger Name For Rubicon Project And Telaria
  • The Big Story: Google’s Fees, Facebook Advertisers Flee
Ajax spinner
AdExchanger Homepage
  • Privacy Policy //
  • Subscribe //
  • Advertise //
  • Contact Us
© 2020 Access Intelligence, LLC - All Rights Reserved