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  • Mind The Gap Between Buyer Intent And Publisher Inventory

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Paul Bannister, co-founder and executive vice president at CafeMedia. There’s no question that programmatic buying, particularly real-time bidding, has created many efficiencies and been a force in shifting advertising budgets toward digital. Smart buyers […]

  • Platform Wars Will Reverse The Ad Tech Tax

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Lorne Brown, CEO at Operative. There is a battle brewing in media land. For years, Google and Facebook have been the ultimate rulers of the digital advertising landscape. Not only do they command consumer […]

  • Tastemade Shares Its Recipe For Becoming A Platform Publisher

    By using an overhead shot of hands quickly mixing rainbow cake pops, potato spirals and other creative treats, Tastemade has mastered shooting video for audiences who are using their phones or scrolling through social media. “Today’s modern media company needs to be mobile, social, global,” said programming head Oren Katzeff. “Looking back 30 years to […]

  • Dynamic Ads: Cut Through The Clutter With Hyper-Relevant Messages

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Madhura Sengupta, director of ad product technology at Edmunds.com. With the rapid evolution of the internet, consumers have started to face a critical problem: information overload. As a result, many publishers have begun to […]

  • Flex Frame Ads: The Beginning Of The End For The Publisher-Side Ad Server?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ian Hewetson, vice president of client services at Eyereturn Marketing. The New York Times generated quite a buzz last week with the announcement that it’s doubling down on its Flex Frame initiative, which could […]

  • The Data Leakage Balancing Act

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris Kane, founder at Jounce Media. Publishers are right to be worried about data leakage. Selling through RTB pipes exposes a wealth of publisher data that rogue buyers can exploit for audience insights, modeling […]

  • CafeMedia Becomes The Latest Publisher To Join The Consolidation Trend

    In a media environment that increasingly favors scale, CafeMedia bought AdThrive on Thursday in a deal that will triple the reach it can offer to advertisers. AdThrive was founded by a blogger’s husband and manages all programmatic revenue for 1,100 other lifestyle bloggers. The deal, whose financial details were not disclosed, increases CafeMedia’s scale from […]

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  • Why Publishers' Revenue From Branded Content Posts On Facebook May Drop

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Yaniv Makover, co-founder and CEO at Keywee. Branded content is a major revenue driver for publishers, as illustrated by The Washington Post’s WP BrandStudio or The New York Times’ T Brand Studio, which played a […]

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  • Let’s Stop Talking About The Yield Benefits Of Header Bidding

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rachel Parkin, senior vice president of strategy and sales at CafeMedia. Header bidding is here to stay. So it’s time we stop talking about what the technology does for publishers and start talking about […]

  • Publishers Must Address the Need for Speed

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Christian Baesler, president at Bauer Xcel Media. The Washington Post recently announced its new “lightning fast” mobile pages, using Google’s progressive web apps technology. Progressive web apps allow a mobile website to behave more […]

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