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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Microsoft Reports Q1 Earnings The Wall Street Journal’s Nick Wingfield reports that Microsoft’s “revenue from its cash cow Windows division rose 28% from a year earlier to $4.42 billion.” (Read about it.) The company was easily profitable (<- understatement) in Q1 2010 earning over […]

Roy de Souza is CEO of ZEDO, an advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: One of the complaints about ad serving in general is the lack of innovation over the years. What’s your view? RS: You are right – ad serving did lack innovation for many years. However ZEDO has heard the demands of publishers’, and is […]

Former AOL Vice President Matt Prohaska was recently hired as CEO of North America by Smartclip, an online video ad network. Read the release. AdExchanger.com:  How would you characterize Smartclip’s online video advertising network business model?  Is it like a site rep firm? MP: It certainly is. Old-timers like me and many of our publisher […]

Andy Ellenthal discussed his recent appointment as CEO of Peer39, a semantic advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Given past roles at DoubleClick, PointRoll and quadrantONE, what areas of your experience do you think will be particularly useful as you assume the CEO role at Peer39? AE: Certainly each of my previous roles has been tremendous learning […]

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Niel Robertson is Founder and CEO of Trada, a PPC marketing campaign marketplace. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Trada solving? NR: Fundamentally, the problem that Trada is solving is that paid search has become a complex and time-consuming task to do well. For small- and medium-sized businesses (spending between $1,000 and $50,000/mo on paid search) this […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook “Likes” Web CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced an update to the social networking giant’s platform at Facebook’s F8 developer conference.  In addition to the Facebook Connect brand disappearing (covered here by CNET), Zuckerberg says simply, “We have redesigned Facebook Platform to offer a simple […]

In a release this week, Turn publicly highlighted its relationship with ad holding company IPG’s buying platform, Cadreon, as well as new media planning tools integrated into the Turn platform for bid forecasting and audience extension.  Read more. Bill Demas, CEO of Turn, discussed updates to the Turn buying platform. For Turn’s platform, why are […]

Russell Glass, CEO of Bizo, discussed the b2b targeting data platform’s new self-service media application to debut later this quarter, MyAds.  Read more on the Bizo blog. AdExchanger.com: What keyed your interest in offering a self-serve media business that leverages Bizo data? RG: It’s all about getting our capabilities into the hands of businesses that […]

Dave Morgan, CEO of Simulmedia, a technology company that “delivers television viewership through data-driven program promotion,” discussed the company’s latest round of financing (see release) and recent insights. AdExchanger.com: From your standpoint, can you expand on why Time Warner is a strategic fit for Simulmedia?  What were you looking for in this new round of […]