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Zach Rodgers

Zach Rodgers

Executive Editor

Zach runs AdExchanger’s editorial operations and supports programming strategy for AdExchanger’s Programmatic IO and Industry Preview events. Under his leadership the publication was recognized with a Jesse H. Neal Award in the category of “Best Media Brand” in 2016 and two regional Azbee Awards for “Best Technical Article” in 2017. He was previously Managing Editor at ClickZ, and his work has been published in The Guardian, Mashable and elsewhere.​ He is the host of AdExchanger Talks, a podcast featuring key leaders in the media, marketing and advertising technology arena. He frequently moderates at industry events. ​

Articles By Zach

  • Platforms

    Turn Strengthens Agency Ties, Bulks Up In Social And Mobile

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    The number of display ad tech companies “of size” has risen sharply in recent years as mammoths like Google and Adobe are joined by hulking no-longer-startups such as BlueKai, Rocket Fuel, Collective, and AOL’s Ad.com, among others. Demand-side platform Turn should certainly be included on this list. The profitable company employs 250 and works with […]

  • Social Exchange

    Facebook's News Feed Ads: Now Real-Time Biddable

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    Facebook will surface News Feed inventory in its six-month-old exchange, creating more visibility and engagement for retargeted ad placements on the site. Facebook Exchange previously was restricted to ads in the right rail, where response rates are a fraction of what advertisers get in the News Feed. The company’s decision to make them biddable in […]

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  • Advertiser

    For Freelancers Union, Creative And Media Are One Thing

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    Freelancers Union is seeing powerful results after a marketing revamp that has it churning out more content and shifting spend to native ads and programmatic display. Chief Marketing Officer John Donahue describes a move away from campaign thinking to “always on” communications. That change, underway for several months, is centered on daily amplification of content […]

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  • Online Advertising

    To Catch A Botnet

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    The growth of Real-Time Bidding (RTB) has created a paradox for those trying to root out ad quality issues of all kinds. On the one hand, the rise of viewability measurement and the relatively small number of scaled RTB marketplaces has made it easier to identify and police worthless impressions. But it’s also easier for […]

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  • Agencies

    Digital Agency Booyah Advertising Sprouts Trading Desk Unit

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    Full-service digital agency Booyah Advertising has launched a trading desk, led by new hire Matt Thompson, previously with Mindshare in London. The trading desk will employ four people, all in Denver. Booyah the agency is part of Booyah Networks, which also owns video ad marketplace SpotXchange. Booyah Advertising did $100 million in media last year, […]

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  • Social Media

    How E-Commerce Incubator Rocket Internet Ramped Up On Facebook Exchange

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    Berlin-based Rocket Internet incubates e-commerce startups in markets outside the US, running them first as closely held businesses and then encouraging greater autonomy of operations and marketing in advance of a potential sale. As such the company is a big proponent of retargeting and was an early adopter of Facebook’s ad exchange. The company leaped […]

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  • Mobile

    What Is A Mobile DSP?

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    Some companies claiming to be “mobile demand-side platforms” are veiled mobile ad networks, or at least they’re mobile ad network-like. Which is to say they may be taking margin without disclosing price paid to the client. Others may be more transparent, buying on a per-impression basis and charging licensing fees as a standard DSP would […]

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  • Ad Exchange News

    Reduce Data Aims To Help Marketers Optimize Across DSPs And Networks

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    Reduce Data uses advertiser data to optimize campaigns across DSPs and ad networks. For instance, CEO Asif Ali says when a network is buying or retargeting a user who has already clicked or converted, Reduce Data can override the network-specific optimization and deliver a different campaign or creative. Ali says Reduce Data can similarly use […]

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  • Agencies

    Will GroupM Pull A McKinsey With New Consulting Practice? Not Exactly

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    When you think of big consulting firms operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, names like McKinsey and Deloitte come to mind. GroupM? Not so much. But WPP Group’s media investment arm aims to change that with a new consulting unit led by Ernie Simon, previously the chief strategy officer at Omnicom’s OMD. Unlike […]

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  • Ad Exchange News

    Facebook Confirms PMD Changes, Puts Paid Media At The Center

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    Facebook has offered new details about changes to the application and recertification process for its Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) program. The changes affect both existing and prospective PMDs, and are likely to reduce the number of new startups entering the fraternity of third parties sanctioned to support Facebook marketing. Among the changes we previously noted […]

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