Data Privacy

Eugene Becker is Director, Analytics of the Media Innovation Group (The MIG), WPP Group’s proprietary technology firm. AdExchanger.com: What is your perspective on the attribution challenge within the broader context of measurement and analytics? EB: We see the lack of a viable attribution metric as a central, if not the central dilemma facing digital marketers. […]

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 […]

PubMatic announced its new Data Firewall product which the company says enables “publishers [to] get visibility into 3rd party companies that are tracking the publisher’s audience via pixels or cookies and causing data leakage.” Furthermore, the product provides the ability to view revenue by third-party provider (such as an ad network) according to the release. […]

Jim Brock is CEO of Privacy Choice, a web tools company focused on consumer privacy. AdExchanger.com: First, please share a bit of background on you. And how did you come up with the idea for Privacy Choice? JB: I’ve always been in and around ad-supported media, as a Yahoo! executive and as a founder, investor […]

PRESS RELEASE

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 […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Billings Revealed Ad Age’s Michael Learmonth reveals the contents of what he says is an internal Google document which shows recent spending by Google’s largest search advertisers. Learmonth writes, “Our review of $574 million of Google’s U.S. billings over the first half of […]

Marketshare Partners announced today that it has acquired analytics company, JovianData (AdExchanger.com Q&A from earlier in the year). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read the release. Wes Nichols, co-Founder and CEO of MarketShare Partners discussed the deal and the benefits of the combined companies. AdExchanger.com: Explain the fit between JovianData and MarketShare Partners […]

LucidMedia is providing its contextual ClickSense technology “to enable enhanced contextualization services within ValueClick’s online advertising platforms.” Read the release. LucidMedia CEO Ajay Sravanapudi discussed the ValueClick deal. AdExchanger.com: Does this deal represent a strategic shift for LucidMedia? Are you moving away from the DSP model you announced earlier in the year? AS: No, our […]

“Networking” is written by members of the online advertising network community. Today’s column is written by Mark Zagorski is CRO, eXelate I applaud John Garber for taking this subject on in his very well written and interesting piece (read it) yesterday.  Although I think many of the concepts are right on, including the nascent nature […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Alan Pearlstein, CEO at Cross Pixel Media. I have been overwhelmed by Zappos retargeting ads recently. Apparently, I am not the only one. Michael Learmonth wrote a piece […]

Hooman Radfar is CEO of Clearspring, a social data and solutions provider. AdExchanger.com: Why are you entering the online audience space now? HR: Clearspring has always been focused on creating innovative data-driven, technologies to connect publishers and advertisers to users of the social web.  Over the last couple of years, we have done that by […]

eXelate announced today that it has raised a “$15 million second round of funding led by Silicon Valley’s Menlo Ventures with participation of Israel’s Carmel Ventures, who led the company’s $4 million ‘A’ round.” Read the release. CEO Meir Zohar discussed the implications of the funding as well as impact of the data market on […]

Nitin Shah is CEO of Feeva, a provider of targeting data for online ad campaigns. AdExchanger.com: Where did the idea come from for Feeva? -and, where’d the name come from? NS: Feeva is a play on the word fever. The idea is to spice up Internet networks with a new ingredient that heats them to […]

Aggregate Knowledge (AK), a data management and ad optimization platform (DMP) company, announced its “AK Discovery Platform, which provides the foundational audience management infrastructure to collect data, configure audiences, and track campaigns across any connected digital channel.” Read the release. Aggregate Knowledge CEO David Jakubowski discussed the announcement and the company’s strategy. AdExchanger.com: What problem […]

Attitudinal targeting ad network Resonate Networks has announced a $5 million series A round of financing led by Greycroft Partners and iNovia Capital. Read the release. Resonate Networks CEO Bryan Gernert discussed his company’s new funding and the data-driven advertising landscape. How is the funding environment today in ad tech? Is data resonating? While venture […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Havas Partners With SEM Platform Havas Digital announced that it had selected KENSHOO as “their primary technology provider and partner for search engine marketing.” Actually… the partnership seems broader than that as KENSHOO’s platform will “consolidate search, social and mobile campaign management and optimization,” […]

Data exchange eXelate announced that it’s putting the power in the hands of publishers by allowing them to create “stand-alone, exclusive, transparent data exchanges” for advertisers and agencies. Through eXelate, publishers control who gets access to its data according to the release. Read it. eXelate CRO Mark Zagorski discussed the announcement. AdExchanger.com: Please define what […]

B2B data provider Bizo announced that it was partnering with BlueKai and making Bizo’s B2B data available through BlueKai’s exchange. Read the release. Bizo CEO Russell Glass discussed the deal and its implications. AdExchanger.com: What does this partnership say about the data business model as a whole? RG: Industry leaders are specializing on their core […]

This is the fourth and final day of the data-media series. If you’d like to begin at the start of the 4-day, reaction series, click here. Click “read more” to read the participant’s answer to the AdExchanger.com reaction question on the decoupling of data and media: Andy Atherton, COO, Brand.net: “…it’s fine for data companies […]

If you’d like to begin at the start of the 4-day, reaction series, click here. Click “read more” to read the participant’s answer to the AdExchanger.com reaction question on the decoupling of data and media: Adam Cahill, SVP, Director of Digital Media, Hill-Holliday: “If that markup is worth it in terms of the results they […]

BlueKai announced the roll-out of a white-label version of its consumer data registry that may be used by publishers as “an out-of-the-box solution for supporting transparent consumer data collection.” Read the release. BlueKai CEO Omar Tawakol discussed the white-label registry. AdExchanger.com: Why is white-label important as opposed to a branded offering? OT: Many sites do […]

If you’d like to begin at the start of the 4-day, reaction series, click here. Click “read more” to read the participant’s answer to the AdExchanger.com reaction question on the decoupling of data and media: Dan Beltramo, CEO, Vizu: “A key issue for data providers who choose to sell media to consider is how or […]

“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Rob Leathern, CEO of XA.net, an online advertising company. Magic (illusion), the art of appearing to perform supernatural feats using sleight of hand or other methods. Building […]

Each day this week, AdExchanger.com will publish the thoughts of executives representing a cross-section of the digital advertising ecosystem in response to the following question: “Now that data and media are de-coupling, is it appropriate for a data company be selling media, too?” In other words, is there a conflict of interest? Click “read more” […]

“The Debate” is a column focused on the current debate around ad targeting and consumer privacy. Today’s article is written by Amiad Solomon, Founder & President, Peer39. From the inception of the internet, online advertisers have been continuously experimenting with methods of targeting ads, in search of a technology that delivers a brand’s ideal audience, […]

Chris Mejia is President and CEO of ADSOVO and Contextual Media Group, makers of SureSafe. AdExchanger.com: First, a bit of background, how are ADSOVO and Contextual Media Group connected?  How did the company begin overall? CM: Yes, there seems to be quite a bit of confusion in the market about this connection, so I’m happy […]

“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Zach Coelius, CEO of Triggit, an online advertising technology company. For anyone who has been watching the data space over the last year and a half, the explosion of […]