Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Sub Not Required The Wall Street Journal is poking new holes in its paywall, Nieman Lab reports. The Journal’s affluent readership gives it leeway to charge high subscription fees, but it turns out blocking content often doesn’t convert non-subscribers. The Journal is experimenting with 24-hour guest […]
Is it the politics, or are gold-plated faucets not as desirable as they used to be? While Trump’s brand and marketability have boosted his presidential run, a collection of data points – including geolocation data tracking foot traffic to his hotel establishments – suggests the campaign has hurt his business. His companies have experienced some […]
Baskin-Robbins launched a standalone app to help modernize its 70-year-old brand and connect with consumers via personalized messaging and offers. In the two weeks since its launch, more than 10,000 customers have downloaded the app, which was created by DigitasLBi. The app is part of a larger effort for more personalized, one-to-one marketing and enhanced […]
Antonio Garcia Martinez led the team that built Facebook Exchange, the company’s first foray into programmatic advertising. He also had a front-row seat when Facebook killed off the initiative, a decision that effectively aborted his future with the company, as he details in his tell-all book “Chaos Monkeys.” “I had bet my entire social capital […]
Regardless of their size, carriers are actively looking for new ways to monetize – selling text-and-talk plans alone isn’t cutting it anymore. Mega telcos are clearly cooking up plans for incremental ad-related revenue, as evidenced by Verizon’s multibillion-dollar acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo. But small, specialized telcos like Life Wireless are also turning to advertising to […]
After local broadcaster Raycom Media acquired digital ad platform PureCars for $125 million last November, it let local auto advertisers take advantage of programmatic targeting. Automotive marketers – a key vertical for Raycom – needed a better way to connect their upper and lower-funnel tactics. “We’ve embarked on integrating digital and television, so you have […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jeff Puzenski, an executive at Infinitive. The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) dropped a bombshell in June when it released a report about transparency and media buying practices in the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. New Kid On The Block Omnicom’s Hearts & Science, which sprung out of the holding company’s P&G account win last December, gave Omnicom the edge needed to win AT&T’s business, Ad Age’s Maureen Morrison reports. Launched on the premise of using data and analytics to drive […]
As publishers embraced header bidding, many programmatic buyers observed the trend from the sidelines. Since header bidding boosts yield for publishers by increasing competition, it follows that buyers may be paying more. But buyers wouldn’t necessarily know if that’s the case, since SSPs don’t note whether the impression comes through a header or not. If […]
Last year, Oracle had deals going with a number of different cross-device players, including Drawbridge, pre-Telenor Tapad and Crosswise. In April, Oracle decided to make one of those companies its own, snapping up Crosswise for its data cloud for a reported $50 million. Although Tapad and Drawbridge still power Oracle Data Cloud products, there came a point […]
