Today, on the Doubleclick Publisher blog, Google released a new report showing a range of display ad trends for publishers using its DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) ad server, the DoubleClick Ad Exchange, and Google AdSense network. For example, not unexpectedly, Google’s Jonathan Bellack, Director of Product Management, Display Advertising, states, “Sell-through rates (the percentage of […]
It’s been more than two years since Jim Spanfeller left his post heading Forbes.com to create the Spanfeller Media Group, a content network that includes foodie site The Daily Meal and, more recently, sporting enthusiast site The Active Times. Spanfeller is well-known for his view that publishers have mistakenly tended to outsource much of their ad sales to ad […]
Pat Connolly is Head of Strategy, Conde Nast Ideactive, an agency unit within publisher Condé Nast. Connolly discussed his views on industry trends recently with AdExchanger.com. Click below or scroll for more: Programmatic Buying and ‘Always On’ Success Metrics for Branded Content On Marrying Offline/Online, Print/Digital What’s Hot AdExchanger: How is programmatic buying affecting your […]
Yahoo! reported its first quarter 2012 earnings today and results looked good as the company beat Wall Street estimates by about $60 million according to Reuters. From the release, “Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (“revenue ex-TAC”) was $1,077 million for the first quarter of 2012, a 1 percent increase from the first quarter of 2011. […]
From Adobe’s 2012 Digital Marketing Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, Viacom announced “Surround Sound,” which it says is its newest advertising offering extending audience buys from on-air to online through Viacom’s well-known, web properties for MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and more. To do this, Viacom will use AudienceManager – which was previously known as […]
Jonah Peretti is CEO of Buzzfeed, a social content sharing site. He recently spoke to AdExchanger about his company and the way the viral nature of the Web continues to enhance content and advertising opportunities. Click below or scroll for more: What Social Tools Do You Use? Using The Historical With Today’s RT Social Web […]
Yaron Galai is CEO of Outbrain, a content discovery technology company. Click below or scroll for more: Outbrain and Content Marketing The Publisher’s RSS Feed Problem That Outbrain Solves Use Case On Links And Engagement Metrics Target Market and Market Size The Future AdExchanger: Can you talk a little bit about the company’s momentum? And… […]
Victor Wong is CEO of PaperG, a local, online advertising technology company. Wong discussed his company’s growth and offering with AdExchanger including trends he’s seeing in the local advertising marketplace. AdExchanger.com: What are some of the trends you’re seeing today which you didn’t expect when you started the company? When we first started the company, […]
Jeremy Steinberg is VP, Digital Sales & Business Development, FOX News Network. Late last week, Steinberg offered an update to AdExchanger on his company’s efforts in the online audience buying space. AdExchanger.com: Last May, you discussed with AdExchanger.com some of the things you were doing on the product side to address audience buying. How has […]
This week, the Online Publishers Association (OPA) , a not-for-profit trade organization that represents large, online publishers, will gather leaders together from the online publishing community for its annual summit in Coral Gables, Florida. Pam Horan is President of the OPA and she discussed the OPA’s upcoming event with AdExchanger.com as well as her association’s […]
Today, The Weather Channel Companies announced that David Kenny, former President of Akamai and CEO of Publicis agency Digitas, would become its Chairman and CEO and succeed Mike Kelly who will remain as a special adviser to Kenny and the Board. According to a press release, the owners of The Weather Channel Companies (Bain Capital, […]
Last Thursday, Aol and Bonnier’s Parenting Group announced a deal which will bring Parenting.com content to Aol owned and operated sites as well as leverage Aol’s salesforce and ad products on behalf of Parenting.com’s own site. Read more. Ned Brody, CRO and President of AOL Advertising, discussed the deal. Click below or scroll for more: […]
Claiming an “average 20% revenue lift for adopted recommendations”, Google’s DoubleClick Ad Exchange announced this week that it was allowing its ad exchange publishers to set price floors as well as the ability to take advantage of new CPM pricing recommendations. Read the blog post. DoubleClick Ad Exchange’s product management director, Scott Spencer, answered questions […]
Aol and VivaKi announced a new partnership which will look to unearth new formats for online video advertising and will be part of VivaKi’s “The Pool” initiative. Read the release. Erin Clift, SVP of Branded Experiences at Aol, discussed the deal as well as her own role that addresses both marketer and agency constituencies. AdExchanger.com: […]
The highly-anticipated announcement by Yahoo! this morning has come and gone – there’s still no official word on the Aol, Yahoo! and Microsoft agreement to sell each other’s data-driven, non-guaranteed inventory through still-undisclosed methods. But, Yahoo! did announce that it’s going to go beyond its current, video news distribution deal with ABC News and leverage […]
We asked representatives of the publisher side of the ad ecosystem the following question: “What solutions are still needed for today’s premium, digital publisher?” Below, Jay Wright, Yield Management Group Leader at Cars.com, provides his ideas. “The barriers from a premium publisher perspective are not really technological constraints. Naturally, sales channel conflict is a huge […]
We asked representatives of the publisher side of the ad ecosystem the following question: “What solutions are still needed for today’s premium, digital publisher?” Below, Benjamin Kneen, Interactive Media Manager at WebMD, provides his ideas. “Plenty! The first thing that comes to mind though is a robust toolset to manage data leakage. Cookies are lifeblood […]
We asked representatives of the publisher side of the ad ecosystem the following question: “What solutions are still needed for today’s premium, digital publisher?” Below, Vivek Shah, CEO of Ziff Davis, provides his ideas. “Publishers need to recognize that their audience data, when properly protected, mined and applied, can translate into a meaningful business. First, […]
Buy-side ad technology firms have been well-financed by the venture capital industry while the sell-side has been less so. AdExchanger.com wondered what opportunities remain for solutions providers looking to serve the premium publisher. We asked representatives of the publisher side of the ad ecosystem the following question: “What solutions are still needed for today’s premium, […]
Gannett announced last week it would expand their local advertising partnership with Yahoo! to all 19 of Gannett’s broadcasting division markets by February 2012. Read the release. Anthony Diaz, VP of Sales and Strategy for Gannett Broadcasting, discussed the announcement and Gannett’s local, digital ad strategy with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: What are some of the keys […]
Today, as part of its Universal Audience Platform (UAP), NBC Universal announced the launch of its private exchange for digital, display media. From the release: “Powered by technology from Admeld, the UAP’s private exchange enables NBC Universal to monetize their ad inventory in a controlled, Real Time Bidding (RTB) environment.” Read the release. Peter Naylor […]
Yahoo! reported its Q2 2011 earnings today and said that revenue after traffic acquisition costs (revenue ex-TAC) was $1.07 billion – a 5% decrease from 2010’s Q2. Also, “Income from operations increased 9 percent to $191 million in the second quarter of 2011, compared to $175 million in the second quarter of 2010.” Read the […]
Jeremy Steinberg is VP, Digital Sales & Business Development, FOX News Network. He recently discussed his views on the digital advertising around audience-based buying and display advertising. Click below or scroll down for more: How Is Innovation In Ads Affecting Fox News? New Audience-Focused Display Products On Brand Or D.R. For New Products The Rate […]
CEO Richard Jalichandra recently discussed his digital publisher strategy for Technorati with AdExchanger.com. The company announced the launch of its Technorati Media Exchange on the AppNexus platform in April. Read the release. Click below or scroll down for more: Triggers For Integrated Stack Sales Strategy The Stack Discovery Process Agency Trading Desks Guaranteed, Display Ad […]
Josh Resnik is VP/GM of Gannett Digital Network, a group of Gannett owned-and-operated websites. He discussed his network of site’s recent redesign and its impact on digital advertising strategy with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Why move towards the OPA ad units, the bigger ad units? Are there any pitfalls to that strategy that you need to look […]
Forbes Media announced last week Forbes FMX – “a ‘Brand Side Platform’ that provides marketers a premium digital environment across the Web for reaching affluent consumers and business decision-makers at scale.” Read the release. Matt Barash, VP & Advertising Director of Forbes FMX, spoke to AdExchanger.com about the launch of his company’s new platform. AdExchanger.com: […]
Vivek Shah, CEO of Ziff-Davis, a publishing company focused on the technology and game markets, recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about his company and what he’s seeing from the publisher perspective. AdExchanger.com: If you had to pick one key, yet little understood, way that media is changing today, what would it be? VS: I believe that […]
Jay Wright is Yield Management Group Leader at Cars.com. Wright recently discussed his views on today’s yield optimization opportunity for publishers with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Please discuss your responsibilities. And, what does the yield management team look like at Cars.com? JW: My team is responsible for inventory forecasting, rate card design, pricing management and revenue analysis. […]
As Aol announced yesterday its intention to buy Huffington Post, the sell-side platform world was all ears. Here comes Aol CEO Tim Armstrong crafting a content generation strategy that goes beyond the content farm, but includes real brands that leverage the community. The community is critical since it helps generate content for the brands. No […]
Jonathan Mendez, founder of Yieldbot, a publisher-side analytics and targeting platform, discussed his company’s new funding and next steps. AdExchanger.com: Who invested, how much – and what were you looking for with investors beyond the money? JM: We did a $1.2M Seed round from an amazing team of investors. RRE & Betaworks lead the round. […]
