Online Advertising

Rik van der Kooi, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Advertiser & Publisher Solutions group, discussed Microsoft’s recent investment in AppNexus (see release) as well as its evolving strategy in data-driven display media. (This interview was conducted on Tuesday.) AdExchanger.com:  Tell us about today’s announcement regarding Microsoft’s investment in AppNexus. Rik van der Kooi: So, today, […]

Iggy Fanlo is CEO of AdBrite, an online advertising exchange. The company rolled out new branding and announced video pre-roll inventory was now available in the AdBrite exchange. Read the release. AdExchanger.com: AdBrite has been quiet for the past year – up until now.  Why? IF: We’ve been working feverishly on developing world class capabilities. […]

The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) announced today that it has approved “Better Advertising’s Assurance Platform as an Approved Technology and a standard method for providing evidence of participating companies’ compliance with the cross-industry self-regulatory program for online behavioral advertising.” Read the release. And, read about the self-regulation principles on the DAA site. CEO Scott Meyer […]

At yesterday’s Yieldex Executive Summit, The New York Times vp for research and development operations, Michael Zimbalist, took to the stage to provide attendees with an overview of the state of online ad industry regulation momentum as it relates to consumer privacy. Zimbalist appears to be at or near the tip of the spear in […]

As if turning the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder on its head, Google vp Neal Mohan and managing director Barry Salzman presented a decidedly cheery picture with seven predictions for the 2015 display market in a keynote presentation at yesterday’s IAB MIXX event. And the predictions are: Video ads on a CPV: (from the […]

Criteo CEO JB Rudelle responds to the recent controversy – outlined in Ad Age and The New York Times – regarding the use of the popular online advertising tactic known as “retargeting” and its impact on consumer privacy. AdExchanger.com: There is a fairly active conversation happening in the marketplace with respect to targeting and consumer […]

Andy Monfried is CEO of Lotame, an advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Lotame is on the Comscore list of ad networks? Overall, how do you position and differentiate Lotame today? AM: That’s a great question, and the answer is: It depends.  For example, some agencies work with us as a one-stop shop for media procurement, creative […]

Triggit announced today that is has raised $4.2 million in Series A financing led by Foundry Group and Spark Capital. Read the release. Triggit CEO Zach Coelius discussed the new funding and his company’s plans. AdExchanger.com: Please share the details on your latest round of funding. ZC: Santo Politi from Spark Capital and Seth Levine […]

Trada, a PPC marketing campaign marketplace, announced this week that in the interest of servicing agencies who “were being asked by their clients to offer paid search…and it wasn’t an area that agencies necessarily cared about,” the company has updated it’s marketplace to make it easy for agencies to use. Read more on the Trada […]

During last week’s Internet Retailer Conference In Chicago, AdExchanger.com spoke to Mike Afergan, CTO and SVP of Advertising Decision Solutions (ADS) at Akamai about the company’s digital advertising products including its new “pixel free” solution as well as industry trends from Akamai’s point-of-view.  Read the release on Pixel Free. The Ecommerce Pitch and Pixel Free […]