Demand-side platform, DataXu, announced today that it raised $11 million in a Series B financing led by VC firm, Menlo Ventures. Read the release. DataXu CEO Mike Baker discussed the raise and the services layer with DataXu’s offering. AdExchanger.com: How long did it to take to raise this round? Is the DSP world resonating with […]
“Displaying Search” is a column capturing the intersection of display advertising and search marketing. Today’s column is written by Dax Hamman, VP, Display Media, at iCrossing, a digital marketing agency. A Fortune 100 retailer client recently told me that he has never witnessed so much change in display media than he has seen in the […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Tom Shields is CEO of Yieldex, a publisher yield optimization company. Let me be the first to introduce you to the hot new TLA (three-letter acronym) for 2010: RTS. 2009 brought you RTB done by DSPs. On the other side, we’ve […]
DoubleVerify, an online advertising verification company, announced today that it has raised $10 million in Series B financing from Institutional Venture Partners. Read the release. Oren Netzer, CEO of DoubleVerify, discussed the raise and the company’s plans. AdExchanger.com: What were the key characteristics you were searching for in a funding partner? ON: We wanted an […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Digital Revs Rising In WPP PaidContent’s Ingrid Lunden looks at WPP Group’s Q4 2009 and full-year earnings which were reported late last week. In addition to an uptick in overall revenue, WPP divulged, “New media sales accounted for 27 percent of the advertising and […]
It’s official. Following up on yesterday’s announcement on the Inside AdWords blog, buying just got a bit more brand-safe for Google Certified Networks (DSPs, ad networks) on the DoubleClick Ad Exchange. A Google spokesperson said: “For Ad Exchange buyers, when targeting ads to the Google Content Network, there is a control in the Ad Exchange […]
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 […]
Jay Habegger is CEO of ownership targeting company, OwnerIQ. AdExchanger.com: How did OwnerIQ begin? JH: OwnerIQ was born out a few simple insights. Effective advertising is presenting the right message to the consumer that resonates and influences perceptions or compels actions. Our first insight, supported by research, is that knowing about a person’s stuff tells […]
