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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

  • Data Nugget

    iCrossing DMP Red Aril Becomes 'Core Audience'; Q&A With New CEO Adam Lavelle

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    iCrossing has rebranded its Red Aril DMP, which is positioned to serve the data management needs of brands, as Core Audience. It has also named Adam Lavelle as CEO of the unit and Peter Randazzo, an AdExchanger columnist, as president. (Both men have separate roles at iCrossing, Lavelle as chief strategy officer and Randazzo as […]

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  • Data

    The 'Explainer': This Week's 'Do-Not-Track' Meeting

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    This week a key meeting of the Tracking Protection Working Group convenes under the umbrella of the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) standard-making body. Among the TPWG’s tasks is to agree on how browsers will offer users “choice” around tracking and how those choices will be expressed to websites. If you’re vaguely aware that this session […]

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  • Agencies

    Cannes Q&A: Initiative North America CEO Nick Pahade

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    Nick Pahade is a veteran of digital agencies and ad startups, having founded or led Beyond Interactive, Denuo (Publicis), GSI Commerce, and Traffiq. Two months ago, he was named North America CEO for global media planner Initiative, which is owned by Interpublic Group. This week at the Cannes Lions ad festival, he spoke with AdExchanger […]

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  • Online Advertising

    In Coup For WPP, Facebook Exchange Adds Xaxis As A Partner

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    WPP Group just scored a win at the intersection of social and programmatic display. Facebook has confirmed to AdExchanger that it added the holding company’s Xaxis audience buying unit to its list of approved real-time bidding partners for the new Facebook Exchange. Xaxis is the only one of Facebook’s RTB partners to hail from within […]

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  • Agencies

    AKQA Sale To WPP Makes Waves At Cannes Lions

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    The acquisition of AKQA, the largest remaining independent interactive agency, by WPP sent waves through the ad sector today. Read: the French Riviera was buzzin’. Numerous senior agency people attending the Cannes Lions global ad festival have either worked for AKQA or competed with it dating back to its founding in 2001. The deal was […]

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  • Social Media

    Cannes Talk: Carolyn Everson On Facebook Exchange, General Motors, New Creative Council

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    Carolyn Everson is the Facebook exec most directly responsible for positioning the company’s ad products to marketers. Today at the Cannes Lions festival, she’ll help unveil a new Creative Council (announcement), which will help establish the road map for the company’s creative formats. Everson took a moment yesterday to talk with AdExchanger about Facebook’s evolving […]

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  • Agencies

    SapientNitro's Patrick MacDougall Talks Automation and Client Data

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    In 2006, Planning Group International partners Patrick MacDougall and Gaston Legorburu sold their agency to Sapient for $36 million. Today PGI’s core technology offering, the 12-year-old online marketing platform BridgeTrack, is still at the heart of the parent company’s ad optimization regime. Both MacDougall and Legorburu are still with the company – Legorburu as global […]

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  • Ad Exchange News

    Correction: On Our Story About Facebook Exchange Frequency Capping

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    A story reported here yesterday was missing some key nuances in how the Facebook Exchange will work. The below is our clarification and correction based on new information shared by Facebook and its DSP partners. Sources told AdExchanger yesterday, and Facebook confirmed at the time, that frequency capping would not be possible through the new […]

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  • Ad Exchange News

    Facebook Exchange Limitations

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    Update: The below story has some missing information and an inaccuracy. Rather than edit it, we’ve created a new post with a short technical explanation of how frequency capping and impression tracking *do* work on the Facebook Exchange. In our opinion the error doesn’t detract much from the below analysis, so we hope you’ll read […]

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  • Social Media

    Social M&A Drumbeat Continues: Syncapse Buys Clickable

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    Syncapse will acquire search and social ads company Clickable, the latest in a string of deals involving offerings pitched to helping large brands engage Facebook, Twitter and other social environments. Clickable CEO will not have an executive role in the new company, but will stay involved as a strategic advisor. (press release) Syncapse bills itself […]

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