Ad Networks

On Wednesday, online ad network AudienceScience, announced the acquisition of Consorte Media, an ad network targeting Hispanics online. According to the release, “Consorte Media employees will become part of the AudienceScience team, and Consorte’s San Francisco headquarters will become the newest branch location of AudienceScience.” Read more. CEO Jeff Hirsch of AudienceScience discussed the acquisition […]

Ad network InterCLICK announced last week the “second production version” of the company’s audience targeting platform known as Open Segment Manager (OSM). According to the release, “OSM can create any audience that a client can articulate, and determine how that audience impacts their campaigns’ objectives.” Read more. InterCLICK president Michael Katz discussed the product release […]

RocketFuel announced that it is partnering with Dynamic Logic for its new Real Time Brand Optimzation solution which “optimizes the targeting of [brand marketer’s] campaigns based on familiar characteristics such as being in-market for a product or being favorable towards it.” Read the release. Richard Frankel, president of Rocket Fuel Inc. discussed the Dynamic Logic […]

Former AOL Vice President Matt Prohaska was recently hired as CEO of North America by Smartclip, an online video ad network. Read the release. AdExchanger.com:  How would you characterize Smartclip’s online video advertising network business model?  Is it like a site rep firm? MP: It certainly is. Old-timers like me and many of our publisher […]

In addition to joining its board, Jeff Pullen has been hired as President and COO of AudienceScience, the company announced. Read the release. Pullen discussed his new role and recent experience in the online advertising economy. AdExchanger.com: Where do you begin when putting together a company’s strategic roadmap?  In regards to creating AudienceScience’s roadmap, where […]

Ad technology company, Resonate Networks, announced today that in its own study, attitudinal targeting showed up to a 4x lift when compared to demographic targeting. Read the release. Resonate Networks’ CEO Bryan Gernert discussed the finer points of attitudinal targeting. Where does attitudinal targeting fit within psychographic targeting (PeerSet, Mindset Media) and behavioral targeting? Attitudinal […]

“Networking” is a column focused on the evolving roles of networks in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Mike Seiman, CEO of CPX Interactive. Looking back at a decade of online advertising, one thing becomes pretty clear. The arc of the landscape has slanted toward complexity and compartmentalization. While it is true that there […]

Last week, Collective announced new engagement metrics capabilities for AMP 3.0, its “its network administration, audience targeting, and reach extension platform for buy-side and sell-side ad networks.” Read the release. Collective’s SVP of Tech Sales & Client Services, Andrew Kraft, discussed the platform’s new tracking capabilities with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Is the new attribution offering in […]

Matthias Pantke is CEO of AdScale GmbH, an online advertising marketplace based in Germany, AdExchanger.com: Give us a bit of background on you and how it’s prepared you as well as the evolution of AdScale’s business model – which has been around for a few years, correct? My career started at DSF in 1997 (the […]

Adify released a survey of media planner and agencies today that looked at the importance of ad networks in online media buys and found that “branding has become the top priority for online campaigns as compared to direct response. Read the release. CEO Russ Fradin spoke to AdExchanger.com about the results of the survey and […]