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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

  • Social Media

    Facebook To Allow Real-Time Bidding, Launches 'Facebook Exchange'

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    Facebook has signed deals with a number of demand side platforms to enable real-time bidding on its ad inventory, AdExchanger has learned. In an offering called Facebook Exchange, the company plans to let advertisers deliver impression-level targeting to Facebook users who they have previously cookied elsewhere on the web. It’s the first time audience buying […]

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  • Mobile

    The Weather Channel Makes Push for Smart Hyperlocal Ads

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  • Mobile

    Time To Replace Apple's UDID

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    “Now Serving Mobile” is a column focused on the audience-buying opportunity in mobile advertising. Jennifer Lum is President and Co-founder of Adelphic Mobile. Apple is hosting its annual World Wide Developers Conference this week in San Francisco and there is speculation it will announce significant updates – a few of which could have a big impact on […]

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  • Social Media

    Adobe Ad Solutions VP David Karnstedt Talks Social CRM Future

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    After two weeks of intense M&A in social CRM (see AdExchanger stories on Oracle/Vitrue and Salesforce/Buddy), it’s helpful to keep in mind that Adobe is still arguably the only enterprise software company to bring social CRM, analytics, and search-plus-display optimization under one roof. Efficient Frontier – acquired six months ago – is a key piece […]

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  • Data

    Microsoft's 'Do Not Track' Stance Weakens?

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    Members of a key online standards body are hashing out what to do about Microsoft’s controversial decision to ship Internet Explorer 10 with the Do-Not-Track setting turned “on” by default. On a conference call yesterday, representatives of three member companies in the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) “tracking protection” working group argued forcefully that Microsoft’s […]

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  • Social Media

    Agencies on Facebook's Mobile-Only Ads: Thanks, And More Segmentation Please

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    Are advertisers frustrated with the limits of Facebook ads witnessing the advent of a more conciliatory approach? A new change allowing marketers to serve ads only to the news feed – or even only to the mobile news feed – suggests that may be the case. But agencies want more. Before yesterday’s change, marketers could […]

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  • Agencies

    The Future of Razorfish: Platform Ownership

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    Among the first wave of digital agencies launched in the early to mid ’90s, Razorfish may be the strongest survivor. Through several acquisitions that ultimately placed it in the stewardship of Microsoft, then Publicis Groupe, the agency retained a distinct identity while continuing to innovate and expand globally. Last week it grew its China headcount […]

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  • Advertiser

    Are Advertisers Living the Dream of Unified Marketing and IT?

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    Recent years have brought tighter alignment between marketing and IT at many global organizations. Pressure to bring the previously fire-walled disciplines closer together is driven in part by the flattening of the purchase funnel, which has in turn eroded barriers between advertising and CRM and created opportunities to track and manage touch points from very […]

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  • Search

    Why Advertisers Still Love Yahoo (Axis Edition)

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    Setting aside for a moment the credibility gap inherent in any new Yahoo product launch – let alone a search product – you have to admire the company’s brazenness in talking up the ad potential for Axis, its new lightweight browser geared toward smartphones and tablets. Below are a few choice comments Ethan Batraski, director […]

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  • Platforms

    With Vitrue Buy, Oracle Aims for a Social Stack

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    With its deal to buy Vitrue, database giant Oracle wants to be the first to help corporate clients integrate social across human touch points – both within and beyond the organization, as well as up and down the purchase funnel. “By combining Oracle’s assets with social marketing, social calling, social service, and social monitoring, we […]

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