Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. E-Commerce’s Easy Gains Trade group National Retail Federation projects growth for online sales will rise between 9% and 12% this year, compared to total retail sales gains – which are in the 3.4% growth range. Still, NRF analysts say the uncertain economy could dull […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Twitter’s Ad API Arrival? For the past three years, Twitter has been saying it’s going to release an advertising API. Well, according to anonymous ad executives who speak to Techcrunch’s Ingrid Lunden, that moment will finally arrive some time this quarter. “I have been […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Meaningless Reach? How many billions of impressions does your (take your pick) DSP/SSP/DMP etc. process every day? Adweek’s Mike Shields offers a rundown of the big platforms, including AppNexus, The Rubicon Project, Turn and others and finds nothing but confusion in the triumphal pronouncements […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. MediaMath Gets Akamai’s Ads Akamai has sold its ad business, which began with its Acerno purchase in 2008, to MediaMath. The deal provides access to Akamai’s pixel free technology as the release explains, “MediaMath’s clients will gain access to more data for audience (…). […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Touchpoint-ilism With a new platform update, [x+1] is letting customers layer their CRM data over a slew of discrete channels (Facebook, display, email, apps). The key phrase here is “paid/owned integration.” From the press release: “A new data key model…can be used for paid […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Googling Yahoo AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher hears a rumor that Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro is spearheading a project that is intended to revamp the portal’s content distribution and presentation system. Dubbed “Project Zed,” it is reportedly intended to make Yahoo the place where people […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Amazon’s Ad Platform Amazon knows its data trove could make it a major player in digital ads — either as a data seller, ad network, or even exchange platform. But will it pull the trigger? MIT Technology Review takes up the question, speculating that […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Traffic Tidal Wave Many publishers still regard programmatic as a threat, but when news breaks fast and a site captures a wealth of traffic, it’s impossible for direct sales to keep up to take advantage of it. Case in point this past week: the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Samsung Backs OpenX Ad exchange and publisher ad server OpenX has completed a $22.5 million fifth funding round — bringing the total investment in the display ad specialist to more than $70 million – with backing from new investor Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, which […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Cuban Missile Crisis Of Ads Reuters reports that GM and Facebook are “in talks” to have GM return to the paid advertising channel on the social giant. Interim marketing chief Alan Batey tells Reuters, “We’re still actively talking to them and looking at […]
