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OPINION: The Sell SiderGoogle's Plans May Not Eliminate Header Bidding
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Kean Graham, founder and CEO at MonetizeMore. It’s clear that header bidding isn’t Google’s favorite ad tech innovation. The company claims header bidding slows down page speeds and reduces ad viewability because ads take […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingA Call To Mobile Browsers
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tom Desaulniers, co-founder and president at Go2mobi. The mobile ad space is in transition. Mobile programmatic is exploding and global spend is at an all-time high. That has created a […]
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P&G Cuts Costs But Ups Standards; Elizabeth Warren Talks Google, Apple & Amazon
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Pains & Gains Procter & Gamble cut its total agency and ad production costs almost in half in the past two years, from $2 billion to just over $1 billion, but maintains it has upped creative standards in the process. “What we found, and I think […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoThe Rise Of Addressable Video And Banner-Ad Bans
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Chris O’Hara, vice president of global data strategy and agency lead at Krux. As a longtime digital practitioner, I sometimes feel ashamed that I haven’t clicked on many banner ads in the last 10 […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingStill Bullish On SaaS?
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Bosco, CEO at ChoiceStream. Over the past year, we’ve seen news articles document the struggles of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model in programmatic. It appears that some major industry players […]
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Facebook's New Algorithm Impacts Pubs Negatively; Record Labels Are Unhappy With YouTube
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Diminishing Returns “Facebook was built on the idea of connecting people with their friends and family,” writes Adam Mosseri, the company’s VP of product management for its news feed, in a blog post introducing an algorithm change lowering the reach of publisher stories. Mosseri is breaking […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMobile: Your Personal Butler
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jennifer Pelino, vice president of omnichannel media at 84.51°. There is so much data that can make a person’s every touch point and experience more rewarding. It’s all about personalization. […]
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The Auto Industry May Drive A Lot Of Digital Tech Investment; Google Changes Activity Tracking Opt-Ins
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Vrooom The auto industry is shaping up to be one of the big drivers of digital tech investment and innovation. Bloomberg reporters connect the web of dollars, partnerships and human talent zooming around the industry. According to McKinsey, the next decade will see more than a […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingMicrosoft, LinkedIn And The Future Of B2B Marketing
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Louis Moynihan, vice president of product innovation at Demandbase. Microsoft will pay $26.2 billion for LinkedIn, which represents a 50% premium on LinkedIn’s stock price at the time when the […]
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Previous Upfront Money Goes To Scatter Markets; The EU Goes After Alphabet Again
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Don’t Call It A Comeback Maybe a weak upfront market last year was just what the doctor ordered for the ailing broadcast TV industry. Marketers didn’t take all that money and go elsewhere, they just waited and bought on the scatter market, driving up rates. Ad […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoViewable Cost Per View: The Ultimate Metric For Video Advertising
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Todd Tran, global senior vice president of mobile and programmatic at Teads. How do you determine whether a video ad campaign is successful? Especially when buyers of video inventory all seem to have different […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingTo Reap Ad-Tech ROI, End-User Adoption Is The Secret Sauce
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jeff Puzenski, an executive at Infinitive. “I can’t trust the data.” “Using the new system slows me down.” “We’re different, so this system won’t work for us.” Those who work […]
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Ad Tech Vendors Pursue Saas; Vizio Entangled In Multiple Lawsuits
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ready, Set, SaaS Ad tech vendors are trying hard to replace their media markups with true SaaS revenues, and Digiday’s Yuyu Chen checks in on their progress. “Since enterprise software is still relatively new for CMOs, we structure pricing in a way that is more familiar […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderHow The Industry Can Make Advertising Faster – Now
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jarrod Dicker, head of ad product and technology at The Washington Post. The publishing world now, more than ever, is extraordinarily fast. What used to take seconds for a URL load can now take […]
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InMobi Fined $950K By FTC For COPPA Violation; AmEx Unveils Facebook Messenger Bot
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. You Caught Me, COPPA The FTC levied a $950,000 fine against InMobi, a mobile ad network founded in India and now based out of Singapore. The regulator said InMobi “deceptively tracked the locations of hundreds of millions of consumers – including children – without their knowledge […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingBot Or Not? Brands Need Creative And Clear Metrics Before Playing In Messaging
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Christian Brucculeri, director and CEO at Snaps. If you’ve been reading some of the tech trades lately, you would be forgiven for believing that the bots have finally taken over […]
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Adressable TV Ad Spend Will Double; Some Facebook Changes Don't Look Good For Pubs
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Inching Forward Addressable TV ad spend will double to $890 million in the US this year, accounting for 1.3% of total TV advertising, according to an eMarketer report. That’s nearly 120% growth since 2015, when addressable spend also doubled. The household-targeted buying method is expected to […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIs Accurate Attribution Even Possible?
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Martin Kihn, research vice president at Gartner. A few years ago, a pair of researchers from Google and Microsoft named Randall Lewis and Justin Rao circulated a depressing paper called […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderThe Evolution Of A Native Ad Exchange
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Danny Khatib, co-founder, president and chief operating officer at Livingly Media. Publishers that surfed the recent wave of header bidding for display ads have had a nice ride. That ride will continue, but publishers […]
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Facebook Announces New Products At Cannes; GroupM Lowers Its Ad Growth Project For The UK
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook Cannes-Do Surprise! Facebook announced some new products at the Cannes Lions advertising festival. First up is an API called Audience Insights, combining demographic and psychographic data, which was already available, with topical data from user posts about certain events, topics and/or brands. Facebook dishes this […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhy Is Everyone Trying To Kill Rich Media?
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Victor Wong, CEO at Thunder. Rich media came onto the scene with great fanfare and promise. Moving, interactive creative would certainly be more effective and engaging than static banner ads […]
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The Fibs That Publishers And Political Buyers Tell Each Other
“AdExchanger Politics” is a weekly column tracking developments in the 2016 political campaign cycle. Today’s column is written by Jordan Lieberman, politics and public affairs lead at Audience Partners. Political and public affairs digital buying is exciting, dynamic and terrifying. There is real innovation and gifted salespeople, and the two do not necessarily overlap. There […]
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Condé Nast Building More Robust Audiences; Dave Helmreich Is LiveIntent's New COO
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Data-Driven Content Condé Nast is opening a new group, Spire, which will match the pub’s 1 trillion unique monthly data points with purchase insights from 1010data, owned by an affiliate of Advance Publications, Condé Nast’s parent company. The data will be used to inform audience segments […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Cross-Device Cover-Up
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Kathy Leake, CEO at Qualia. There’s a race in our industry to be “right” about the state of cross-device data science. Instead, we should be the smartest about how we’ve not […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingConversations: The New User Interface For Brands
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Rik van der Kooi, corporate vice president, Microsoft Search Advertising. We are entering a new era of digital transformation, one that will profoundly change how we interact with technology. People […]
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Twitter Deal Seems Likely To Analysts; Google And Facebook Continue To Rule The Market
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Rare Bird Many analysts see a Twitter deal looming after a brutal year on the market (with shares dropping from the mid-thirties to about $16 today). The New York Times reports those rumors intensifying in the wake of Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition. But there aren’t many natural […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingSignal To Noise: Finding False Positives In Media Measurement
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tom Riordan, director of special operations at TubeMogul. In March 2011, a major earthquake in Japan triggered a tsunami that led to a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderAd Ops: Publishers’ Unsung Heroes
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Celia Wu, managing director of publisher services at The 614 Group. It’s Friday at 7 p.m., right before the Memorial Day weekend. Who’s left in the office? Most likely, it’s someone from the ad […]
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Comic: Power Couple
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Examining The Growth Tax; Influencer Marketing Influx Risks Quality
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Growth Tax Some of the leading tech, media and commerce startups to IPO – Zendesk, Twitter, Etsy, Square, Coupons.com and Zulilly, for a start – took big venture capital rounds to get there. But did that money go to any actual use? The Information reports […]