Judith is a former associate editor at AdExchanger where she covered the burgeoning world of mobile advertising. Prior to this, she wrote about marketing trends and business intelligence news at CRM magazine. Her work has appeared at the New York Daily News, TheStreet.com and Business Insider. She has an M.A. in journalism from New York University.
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Medialets Unveils MRC Accredited Buy-Side Mobile Measurement Tool
The advertising industry has been wrestling with what exactly constitutes ad viewability. Trade organizations like the the Media Rating Council (MRC), among others, are working to develop and refine guidelines on this issue. The MRC in particular has approved several viewability measurement solutions. Only a handful of vendors have been approved so far, such as […]
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Flashback: Why The News Corp. Deal Was A Turning Point For The Rubicon Project
The Rubicon Project’s S-1 filing Tuesday revealed the exact nature of its relationship with News Corporation: The multinational mass-media conglomerate owns 21.3% of Rubicon shares. This deal, which came about in 2010 when News Corp. folded its advertising platform, Fox Audience Network (FAN), into Rubicon Project and took an equity stake in the ad-tech company, […]
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Yahoo Makes Waves With Mocean, Teams Up To Build Mobile Marketplace
Yahoo and mobile ad-serving platform Mocean Mobile jointly announced Tuesday the launch of the Mocean Mobile Marketplace. Mocean Mobile brings mobile inventory from publishers such as Nokia and Univision to Yahoo’s Ad Exchange. Publishers in return can access Yahoo’s ad-targeting capabilities and other services. The Mocean-Yahoo partnership comes one week after Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer […]
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OpenX And Airpush Unveil New Private Mobile Exchange
Ad exchange OpenX and the mobile ad network Airpush launched a mobile private exchange AirX on Monday. AirX combines OpenX’s real-time bidding (RTB) exchange with Airpush’s ad network. Approved advertisers receive a first look at the inventory of more than 120,000 Android apps, said Seth Socolow, SVP for strategic partnerships at Airpush. “One of the […]
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Motility Ads Connects App Developers To The Television Screen
Mobile app developers rarely use traditional paid media to advertise their products. That might change, according to the mobile advertising firm Motility Ads, which is helping app publishers like King.com, Wooga and SGN create TV commercials to promote their games and drive downloads. AdExchanger spoke with VP of business development Josh Rinsky about the company’s […]
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Forbes’ Mark Howard Talks Programmatic Trends, Native Ads And Why It’s ‘Business As Usual’
The 96-year-old Forbes Media has made an aggressive push into digital media. It’s invested in programmatic buying as well as native advertising through its BrandVoice platform. In October, it boasted that for the first time more than half (53%) of its total ad revenue came from digital advertising. The media company’s future has remained murky, […]
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Why Yahoo Needs To Solve Its Mobile Ad Problem Quickly
Although Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer emphasized the importance of mobile advertising to the company’s growth during Tuesday’s earnings call, she acknowledged that Yahoo’s mobile ad revenue has yet to become a significant portion of the company’s total revenue, which could greatly hamper the company’s future profits. The company’s mobile revenue “is still not material,” Mayer […]
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Yahoo Reports Q4 Results; Mayer To Take The Reins In Driving Ad Revenue
During Yahoo’s Q4 2013 earnings call Wednesday, CEO Marissa Mayer said the company intended to focus next year on mobile, social, video and native, and explained why former COO Henrique de Castro will not be replaced. Display advertising, excluding traffic acquisition costs, was $491 million, down 6% compared to $520 million for Q4 of 2012. […]
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Scanbuy Looks To Revitalize QR Codes By Mining Data Points
Although analysts and industry insiders have predicted the death of the QR code in recent years, Mike Wehrs, CEO of mobile barcode company Scanbuy, hopes data aggregation will extend the usefulness of 2D barcodes. Founded in 2000, Scanbuy’s customers include companies like Nespresso, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Panasonic, Staples and Home Depot, which use Scanbuy’s platform to […]
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Michael Barrett Is New CEO At Millennial Media, Palmieri Leaves
Michael Barrett, the former CRO of Yahoo and CEO of AdMeld, which was acquired by Google in 2011, has joined Millennial Media as its new CEO. Co-founder and CEO Paul Palmieri will depart and join venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates. In the press release (see it), Michael Barrett said: “I am honored and thrilled […]
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Criteo Unveils New In-App Ads With Deep Links
Criteo, a French provider of retargeting solutions, announced Thursday that it has released the beta version of an in-app ad product that includes a deep-linking feature. In-app ads are becoming increasingly necessary as mobile users spend more time on apps instead of a mobile browser, said Criteo’s chief product officer, Jonathan Wolf. “Users spend 80% […]
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Experian Marketing Services Rolls Out Device Recognition Offering Via AdTruth
Three months after acquiring its parent company, 41st Parameter, Experian Marketing Services clients can now incorporate AdTruth’s cross-device recognition technology into their marketing campaigns, the company said Thursday. Founded in 2010, AdTruth lets advertisers identify users across platforms and mobile devices by connecting those devices to a user ID for retargeting purposes. AdTruth’s other offerings […]
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Facebook And Twitter Look To Boost Mobile Ads
Facebook has added another weapon in its mobile ad quiver, announcing Wednesday in a blog post that it is testing a mobile ad network with a group of advertisers and publishers that uses Facebook’s targeting capabilities to place ads in third-party apps. Brad Smallwood, VP of measurements and insights, declined to provide additional information about […]
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Tackling Cross-Device Recognition Targeting
The ability to connect consumers across devices represents a small but increasingly viable portion of marketers’ campaign strategies. During day one of AdExchanger’s Industry Preview 2014, several CEOs and marketing execs commented on the growing use of cross-device recognition technology as a marketing tool. According to AOL CEO Bob Lord, 45% of his clients’ display […]
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Former Initiative Exec Michael Hayes Sheds Light On UberMedia’s Mobile Ad Play
Entrepreneur and paid-search pioneer Bill Gross, who in 2003 sold search company Overture Services to Yahoo for $1.6 billion, has set his sights on a new venture: mobile advertising. Gross’ mobile ad firm, UberMedia, started as a developer of free utility apps in 2010 before transitioning into mobile advertising last year because it needed a […]
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Rocket Fuel’s Mark Prior: Mobile Advertisers Should Embrace ‘The ROI Logic’ Of Display Advertising
Last year was a big year for demand-side platform (DSP) and ad network Rocket Fuel. The company went public in late 2013 and analysts remain largely bullish on its continuing growth prospects. Known mainly for its offerings in the traditional display ad space, the Redwood City, Calif., firm is ramping up its pursuit of mobile […]
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DAA’s Lou Mastria Sheds Light On Upcoming Mobile Ad Choices Tool
Last summer, the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) unveiled its guidelines for behaviorally targeted mobile advertising, which included a consumer opt-out tool, similar to the organization’s blue Ad Choices icon. AdExchanger spoke with DAA managing director Lou Mastria about what advertisers can expect as the DAA prepares to implement its guidelines and mobile AdChoices tool. AdExchanger: […]
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Yahoo Dismisses COO Henrique De Castro
Yahoo Chief Operating Officer Henrique De Castro has been canned, according to a regulatory filing. Re/code’s Kara Swisher reported on the story first. De Castro’s departure date is Jan. 16. A former Googler, De Castro is credited by industry insiders with helping to build Google’s display ad business and making YouTube profitable. De Castro joined […]
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Lotame Launches New Mobile DMP Suite
Data-management platform (DMP) Lotame rolled out Wednesday its Mobile DMP suite to help businesses collect and manage audience data from mobile devices. The product, which can be added to Lotame’s current DMP offering or used as a standalone product, includes several features designed to help companies monetize their mobile inventory and engage with consumers on mobile […]
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Digimarc's New Barcode Lets Mobile Users Scan Objects
Would you rather scan a QR code or scan the whole item to receive additional information? Digital watermarking company Digimarc is betting that consumers are more likely to choose the latter. Using a technology released Monday that embeds codes in images, Digimarc enables retailers to provide product information, coupons and other content without the use […]
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Fiksu: Mobile Retargeting Works Best With Hundreds Of Thousands Of Previous App Users
As the mobile app market matures, vendors are taking note and offering tools to help app developers drive more engagement among their existing users. One such company is mobile app marketing firm Fiksu, which unveiled its retargeting tool on Thursday. Fiksu identifies groups of users to target ads using data sources such as Apple’s IDFA […]
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AdTheorent CEO: Why Weather Affects Mobile CTR Rates
The race to reach consumers on mobile devices has advertisers juggling a mountain of data as they try to deliver relevant ads. Mobile ad network AdTheorent, whose clients include Samsung, Pepsi and IBM, argues that weather conditions, along with other data points, should be included in ad-serving decisions. AdExchanger spoke with CEO Anthony Iacovone about […]
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Agencies React To Yahoo Ad Products; Mobile Advertising Remains A Mystery
In a rare instance, Yahoo’s advertising products shared the limelight with the company’s consumer-facing ones when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer unveiled the company’s new ad products among other new offerings at the Consumer Electronics Show. Ad agency execs responded to Yahoo’s new ad products optimistically, however, some areas remain unclear, such as the development of […]
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Why App Re-Engagement Ads Are The Next Big Thing In Mobile Advertising
As new apps continue to flood the market, it has become harder for app developers to acquire new users, forcing developers and marketers to think beyond installs to drive more revenue. Apple said on Tuesday that App Store customers spent more than $10 billion in 2013 and that it has paid developers $15 billion to […]
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YP Boosts Location-Based Ad Capabilities With Sense Networks Buy
Online business directory company YP announced Monday its acquisition of mobile ad firm Sense Networks for an undisclosed sum. Sense Networks offers location and behavioral-based ad targeting capabilities. Sense Networks analyzes data sets such as the latitudinal and longitudinal information in ad requests from mobile apps to help advertisers target mobile users. Its offerings include […]
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India-Based Mobile Startup SilverPush Takes Aim At US Marketers
Even though the mobile advertising space is already crowded, India-based startup SilverPush sees an opportunity to help advertisers deliver targeted mobile ads and link users across the mobile Web and app environment. The 1-year-old company has set its sights on the US market and has already received acquisition offers, according to co-founders Alex Modon and […]
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The Mobile Challenge: Targeting China’s Smartphone Users
Although China’s mobile users represent the world’s largest smartphone market (research firm IDC predicts China’s smartphone shipments will exceed 450 million in 2014), numerous challenges constrain non-Asian advertisers’ ability to get a foothold. Still, there’s recourse for advertisers looking to break into the Chinese market, largely in the form of partnerships. Chinese mobile advertising is […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAre Marketers Prepared For Data-Driven Advertising?
Skills in data-driven disciplines are in high demand, and many marketers are picking up the quantitative skills they need on the job. The problem, said John Deighton, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, is that while many marketers obtain quantitative skills as they work, business students, including marketers, are at a disadvantage […]
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Why Marketers Struggle To Link Online And Offline Customer Data
Although advances in universal logins and the growing sophistication of marketing stacks give marketers a more complete picture of their customers, several challenges still prevent advertisers from sending consistent cross-channel messages. The largest issues revolve around questions about the match rate of data points and data accuracy, said Alex Andreyev, director of omnichannel marketing at Neo@Ogilvy. […]
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ActionX CEO Dives Into Retargeted Mobile Ads
Driving continued mobile app engagement is a continuing challenge for businesses — and the stakes continue to rise. Mobile app downloads will reach 102 billion in 2013, up from 64 billion in 2012, according to a September report from Gartner. The research firm also said that in-app purchases will account for 48% of app store […]