Data Privacy

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 […]

Alan Pearlstein is CEO and President of Cross Pixel Media, a data-centric marketing services company. AdExchanger.com: How about a little background? How did you get where you are today? AP: I have always been a direct response marketer by training. The first business I started was a mail order catalog, and in 2002 I launched […]

“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 Part I of a two-part column written by Mike Afergan, CTO & SVP of Advertising Decision Solutions at Akamai. Targeting is only as good as the data that you […]

Aggregate Knowledge announced that it has adopted “BlueKai‘s new server-to-server data transfer technology, which greatly increases the efficiencies in which BlueKai data is transferred and delivered for ad campaign targeting and optimization within the AK Discovery Platform.” Read more. Pascal Bensoussan, VP of Products at Aggregate Knowledge, an audience management and real-time ad optimization platform, […]

“The Debate” is a column focused on the current debate around ad targeting and consumer privacy. Today’s article is written by: Ed Zimmerman, Mark Kesslen, and Matthew Savare, Lowenstein Sandler, a law firm. (See bios.) Let’s say you’re surfing the web, planning your next vacation with the family.  You visit several travel sites, book your […]

Sam Cox is CEO of Milabra, an advertising targeting technology company based on visual or image-based content. How did Milabra begin? Milabra the company was founded in October 2008 with the mission to bring a visual recognition technology platform to market. However, the Milbra story starts in earlier in 2007 when I met my business […]

BlueKai released its latest Pulse Index with particular focus around car buyers and insights such as “the appearance of Kia and Hyundai in the Top 20 Car Models may indicate a shift in intent towards more ‘value’ -focused brands. “. Download the Pulse Index (PDF). And, read the release. BlueKai CEO Omar Tawakol discussed the […]

Search retargeting technology company, Magnetic, announced the company’s launch and $1.25 million in funding which includes a roster of investors such as NYC Seed and IA Capital Partners. Read the release. Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO of Magnetic, discussed the new funding and the company’s strategy. Magnetic (originally Domdex) has been stealth for a while now. Why? […]

Once again there was a strong turnout for a vendor-driven, industry event -this time courtesy of data exchange, eXelate, who produced, “Data Wars: The Publisher Strikes Back” at the Union Square W Hotel in New York City. A panel representing a broad cross-section of industry mucky-mucks tilting towards the publisher world was ably guided by […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Publisher As Agency The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel covers publishing company, Meredith, and its recent transformation as, in part, a marketing agency. According to Steele, recent acquisitions by the venerable publishing company in the digital agency space has attracted business from Kraft Foods, […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. IAB ALM Notes: Data Access Through RTB In the final panel discussion of the three-day, Interactive Advertising Bureau Annual Leadership Summit, Yahoo!’s Ramsey McGrory identified what he said was one of the key challenges currently emerging around data ownership: the advent of real-time bidding […]

Hooked Media Group announced in a release that it has launched Yoo-Me, “a premium gaming technology platform” that it hopes will create a compelling, publisher monetization solution given the influence of social media today. Prita Uppal, CEO of Hooked Media Group, discussed the announcement with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: What is broken with the publishing model which […]

“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 Amiad Solomon, CEO at Peer39. When watching an NFL or NASCAR event on TV, you expect that most of the commercials aired will be for beer, restaurants, shavers, […]

“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 Ken Rona, PhD, V.P. Data Strategy and Client Analytics at [x+1]. Over the last couple of years, I have been in the data business, selling and buying, […]

“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 Brad Terrell is VP and General Manager of Digital Media at Netezza, a data warehouse and analytic appliances company. Agency holding firms face significant strategic and operational […]

Omar Tawakol, CEO of BlueKai, discussed today’s announcement regarding a new $21 million round of funding (Read the release.) with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Obviously, this is a big round. What plans can you share regarding future areas of investment at BlueKai and where this round will be funneled? OT: One area in particular will get a […]