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Ofer Druker On Tremor Video’s Plan To Buy Scale And Share In Ad Tech
Tremor Video has had a dizzying few years in ad tech. In 2017, Tremor Video sold its demand-side business to Taptica, while shortly afterward the sell-side unit rebranded to Telaria and merged with Rubicon. Once the name was available, Taptica re-rebranded as Tremor Video. In 2019, Tremor acquired RhythmOne, an ad network and exchange, and […]
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EMarketer: TV And Bloomberg Will Fuel Political Ad Spend This Year
Political advertising in the United States from 2019 through 2020 will total $6.9 billion, up 63.3% from the last presidential cycle, according to eMarketer’s first political spending forecast published on Wednesday. If electoral budgets do play out as eMarketer forecasts, it will show the enduring hold TV has in the political media world. Television will […]
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Criteo Expects 10% Revenue Drop In 2020, As CEO Clarken Lays Out Survival Plan
Criteo is tightening its belt for the dust bowl days of retargeting. Revenue decreased 3% year over year to $653 million in Q4 2019, according to Criteo’s earnings report Tuesday. And the company expects revenue to drop 10% in 2020. But CEO Megan Clarken, the former Nielsen chief commercial officer who took over in November […]
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Has The IAB Lost Its Way?
Is the IAB living up to its mandate as the standards maker and voice of the digital ad industry? IAB working group participants, board members and industry insiders voiced their concerns to AdExchanger about how the trade group will navigate issues such as user privacy and platform consolidation. The IAB is the largest and most […]
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How LiveRamp Plans To Win After ‘Seismic Impact’ Of Chrome And Regulatory Changes
LiveRamp earned $102 million in Q4 2019, a 28% YOY increase, the company said in its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday. That’s healthy year-over-year growth, though LiveRamp’s guidance is for revenue acceleration this year of 32% to 33%. Two incoming changes to the digital media ecosystem will have a “seismic impact” on data and advertising […]
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AdExchanger Politics: Polling Perils, In It To Win It
Welcome to AdExchanger Politics, our reimagined news round-up in which senior editor James Hercher will track the latest developments in political advertising, augmenting our political marketing commentary and news coverage. Want it by email? Sign up here. The latest news: • The Iowa Democratic caucus ended in confusion and delay on Monday night, carrying into Tuesday […]
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Dynamic Yield CEO On How Retailers Can Catch Up With Digital Personalization
Your experience scrolling your social media feed will be very different from your friend’s. But when you go into a retail store, you’ll have the same experience as everyone else who steps in. So while digital-first companies like Amazon and eBay are built to create personalized experiences, brick-and-mortar retailers are not, said Liad Agmon, founder […]
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Alphabet Reveals YouTube Revenue – $15B in 2019 – And More Granular Data
YouTube drove $15 billion in ad revenue in fiscal 2019, according to Alphabet’s Q4 and FY results, released Monday. Read the release. This is the first time Google has disclosed YouTube’s revenues, which have grown briskly over the past three years – from $8.2 billion in 2017 and $11.2 billion in 2018. Alphabet will now […]
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How Pepsi Proves It’s Worth Going All-In On Super Bowl Marketing
A 30-second Super Bowl spot costs $5 million, and could be seen by 100 million live viewers. Depending on your perspective, it could be either the greatest opportunity or the biggest waste of the year. We know one brand’s perspective, at least. PepsiCo, a long-time Super Bowl partner, is back in force this year with […]
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Walmart Media Group Tests Xandr And The Trade Desk For DSP Role
Walmart Media Group (WMG), the retailer’s advertising business, is running a bake-off between Xandr and The Trade Desk to be its DSP partner for off-site advertising. Xandr and The Trade Desk each supported sponsored product campaigns for Walmart in Q4 last year, with the goal to drive site traffic at the lowest cost per click […]
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