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AdExchanger: Data Leakage
A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
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Perfect Market Matching Search Audience To Content Says CEO Schoenfeld
Julie Schoenfeld is CEO of Perfect Market, a publisher-side technology company. AdExchanger.com: With “Perfect Market,” the allusion to financial markets is hard to ignore. Is there a connection? JS: Perfect Market is kind of a “good luck” domain for Idealab. It was the original name and domain for two of Idealab’s success stories. In addition […]
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BrightTag Gets Funding, Investors Include Google CEO; Adap.TV Targeting Brands; To CTR Or Not To CTR
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. BrightTag Announces Funding Data rights management platform BrightTag (AdExchanger.com Q&A) announced that it has closed its Series A financing led by TomorrowVentures and New World Ventures with participation from Epic Ventures and the I2A Fund – note TomorrowVentures involvement which is an investment vehicle […]
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MarketShare Partners Acquires JovianData
Marketshare Partners announced today that it has acquired analytics company, JovianData (AdExchanger.com Q&A from earlier in the year). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read the release. Wes Nichols, co-Founder and CEO of MarketShare Partners discussed the deal and the benefits of the combined companies. AdExchanger.com: Explain the fit between JovianData and MarketShare Partners […]
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Borrell: Digital Ad Spend Growing; WPP Group Sees Q2 Profit Growth; MySpace Eats FAN
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Online Ad Spend Swamis More good news from those who forecast digital ad spend. Borrell Associates says in a release, “Total online ad spending will grow almost 14 percent, from $45.6 billion, in 2010, to $51.9 billion, in 2011, while local online ad spending […]
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Bain Leaves FAN, Joins Twitter; Hanlon Joins IPG; CNN Guaranteeing OOH Audience - Amazing But True!
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Bain Leaves FAN, Joins Twitter Former Fox Audience Network CEO Adam Bain will now be the one who gets to answer, “How is Twitter going to make money?” in that he’ll be in charge of driving all revenue at microblogging company Twitter. TechCrunch’s Mike […]
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Display Ads Heating Up; Ad Networks Still Gettting Heat; Bizo Brings B2B Data To UK Ads
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Display Ad Heat ClickZ’s Zach Rodgers discusses “the heat” around display these days as he chronicles a round of last week’s festivities at Connected Marketing Week in San Francisco. Rodgers identifies what he calls the “800lb gorilla” in the space and writes, “Google (…) […]
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Google's Spencer And Miller Announce DoubleClick Ad Exchange Enhancements; Discuss Verification Space, Display Strategy
Scott Spencer, Group Product Manager, DoubleClick Ad Exchange and Jason Miller, Group Product Manager, Google Display Network discussed the display media space as well as DoubleClick Ad Exchange enhancements with AdExchanger.com today. AdExchanger.com: What is Google announcing today? SCOTT SPENCER: Basically, we’re going to be rolling out a few more tools to help DoubleClick Ad […]
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MediaBank CEO Wise Discusses New Cross-Channel DSP
Mediabank announced yesterday that it has launched a demand-side platform: “M|Buy DSP will be a central console through which national advertisers can order buys on local TV, print, radio, out-of-home, digital, and other advertising.” Read more. CEO Bill Wise discussed his company’s DSP and its features. Please discuss why M|Buy exists and its strategic importance […]
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CEO Sravanapudi On Licensing LucidMedia Contextual Technology To ValueClick
LucidMedia is providing its contextual ClickSense technology “to enable enhanced contextualization services within ValueClick’s online advertising platforms.” Read the release. LucidMedia CEO Ajay Sravanapudi discussed the ValueClick deal. AdExchanger.com: Does this deal represent a strategic shift for LucidMedia? Are you moving away from the DSP model you announced earlier in the year? AS: No, our […]
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AdExchanger: The Emergency Slide
A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
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Localeze Prez Beard Discusses Powering New Places Feature In Facebook
In a press release, local business data provider Localeze “announced its Enhanced Business Registry, which includes 14 million business listings, will be featured in Facebook Places.” Read more. Localeze president Jeff Beard discussed the implications of the Facebook deal. AdExchanger.com: What is the market opportunity that you see for Localeze? Localeze’s market opportunity is vast. […]
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RIM Thinking Mobile Ad Network; Clearspring Data Gets WSJ WTK Spotlight; Intel Boosts M&A
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. RIM Thinking Ad Network MocoNews’ Tricia Duryee discusses rumors that RIM, makers of the uber-popular Blackerry mobile device, is sniffing mobile ad networks as a pre-cursor to an acqusition. Duryee adds, “RIM’s user base can be looked at as a valuable demographic for advertisers, […]
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VP Dax Hamman Of Hearst's iCrossing Discusses Display, DataXu Partnership And The Expression Of Intent
DataXu announced earlier this week that Hearst digital marketing agency iCrossing had chosen DataXu for demand-side platform services. Read the release. iCrossing VP Dax Hamman discussed the deal as well as iCrossing’s view on DSPs and “intent” media. AdExchanger.com: What are the triggers for choosing to include a demand-side platform in your business model in […]
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Legolas Media Offers Sellers Opportunity To Leverage Their Data In Display Marketplace Says CEO Arnstein
Yoav Arnstein is CEO of Legolas Media, an online display advertising marketplace. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Legolas solving? YA: We are looking to address two main challenges: The growing publisher concern and friction created by the current methodologies for trading audiences The need for a holistic buy-side audience management platform that will provide both audience […]
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Oggifinogi Prez Rosen On New Funding And Real-Time Rich Media
Michael Rosen is President of Oggifinogi, a rich media technology company. AdExchanger.com: What’s the problem Oggifinogi is solving today? MR: Brand marketers face a major obstacle when interested in buying exchanged-based media. We’ve addressed this obstacle with our Real Time Rich Media (RTRM) products. RTRM are the only rich media solutions that function within a […]
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DSP XA.net CEO Leathern Adding Creative; Google TV Creating Fear; Facebook Gets Location-Based Services
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. DSP Meets Creative XA.net and its CEO, Rob Leathern, is featured in a BehavioralInsider article by MediaPost’s Laurie Sullivan as she notes the addition of value-added services by demand-side platforms who are “building networks of tech offerings on top of real-time bidding platforms.” According […]
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Media Buyers Discuss Ad Verification At ClickZ, IAB Ad Networks And Exchanges Event
Today, during ClickZ’s Connected Marketing Week in San Francisco which brought together name-your-digital-pleasure marketers to discuss their respective marketing channel, ClickZ and the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) also co-sponsored an Ad Networks & Exchanges event. Editor’s note: It would seem the name of this type of IAB event may need to evolve. Demand-side platforms don’t […]
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Adapt.ly Addressing Fragmented, Social Advertising With Self-Serve Platform Says CEO Sethi
Nikhil Sethi is Co-Founder of Adapt.ly, a social advertising platform company. AdExchanger.com: What gave you the idea for Adapt.ly? NS: I founded a company while studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern University, focused on self-serve direct mail technology, and about 9 months in, I realized I wasn’t focused on the reasons I started […]
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ComScore Releases July Video Rankings; DataXu And iCrossing Partner; New Data-Driven Event From ExchangeWire
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Video Rankings ComScore publicly released its video ad network rankings for July 2010. Ranked according to video ads viewed, the leaders include in descending order Hulu, Tremor Media Video Network and BrightRoll Video Network. Read the release. A data nugget from ComScore: “84.9 […]
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TellApart CEO McFarland Claims Vendors Pull View-Through 'Wool' Over Client Eyes
Retargeting company TellApart released a new case study entitled, “Can Retargeting Yield Incremental Revenue” with its client, Hayneedle. Download it here (PDF). TellApart CEO Josh McFarland discussed the case study’s results as well as his company’s strategic focus around incremental gains through retargeting. AdExchanger.com: It would seem that “incrementality” is core to TellApart’s offering. What […]
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Murdoch Wants Digital-Only Newspaper; The Lemon Market; Search + Display + PR
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Murdoch To Create Digital Newspaper According to Felix Salmon of Reuters, “Rupert Murdoch is launching a new national newspaper, which will be ‘distributed exclusively as paid content for tablet computers such as Apple’s iPad and mobile phones’.” Salmon notes that Murdoch wants the iPad/pod/phone […]
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Krux Digital Ready To Establish New Rules For Data Usage Says Founder Chavez
Tom Chavez is Founder of Krux Digital. AdExchanger.com: How is this platform addressing data leakage (see Chavez recent opinion piece) unlike other publisher-side platforms? TC: We believe that publishers need to solve the data protection problem before they plunge into data management and monetization. Obviously data leakage and data collection have been getting a lot […]
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Google CEO Schmidt Talks Targeting, Future; Picard Cites Efficiency In Privacy Missive; Ghostery's Many Hats Of Data
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Schmidt on Privacy, Targeting, Future In a wide-ranging piece on behavioral advertising, consumer privacy and Google’s future (if not everyone’s!) – the Wall Street Journal’s Holman Jenkins talks to Google CEO Eric Schmidt who says, “I don’t believe society understands what happens when everything […]
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ValueClick Media Enters Platform Game; GM Todd Says Company To Simplify Fragmented Display Ad Market
Last week, ValueClick announced its new Platform Services offering with its first implementation being the Retail Performance Platform which was launched at eTail last week. Read the release. ValueClick Media GM Bill Todd discussed the new platform and its positioning. AdExchanger.com: Why introduce this platform services group now? BT: A combination of factors were involved […]
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For 2010, Facebook $1.2 Billion In Revenues; Vine On Do-Not-Track Now; Profits Can Be Deceiving
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook 2010 Revs: $1.2 Bil eMarketer takes out its crystal ball on Ad Age and says that Facebook will make $1.2 billion in revenue this year and half of that will be self-service. Meanwhile, eMarketer says MySpace will bring in $347 million this year, […]
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AdExchanger: DR Stars - The Conclusion
A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
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DSP Bellwether? MediaMind IPO Prices At $11.50 With $192 Million Market Cap; CEO Trifon Discusses Future
Yesterday, media buying technology company MediaMind (stock quote: MDMD) offered its stock in the public markets for the first time ever as the company’s IPO priced 5 million shares at $11.50 – well below the original $14-16 price range that the company was shooting for a week ago. As of this writing, the stock was […]
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LookSmart Looking To Sustain Profit, Grow Revenues Says VP Gill Brown
Gill Brown is vp of ad sales for LookSmart, an online advertising network. The company recently reported second quarter 2010 financial results. Click here (PDF). AdExchanger.com: What is LookSmart’s core focus today? GB: The core focus for LookSmart is growing our PPC advertising network to the benefit of both our advertiser clients and our publisher […]
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Google And DirectTV Buddy Up; AdSafe On Risky Ad Exchanges; Naughty Rumor: Facebook And Aol Partnership
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Addressing Television Addressable TV took another step forward yesterday as Google announced a deal with satellite TV provider DirectTV. Julie Boorstin of CNBC writes about the new partnership: “And this could really transform the TV ad business by enabling demographic targeting on a […]