Much has been made about the shift to streaming over the past year, particularly with the launch of Disney Plus, WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, NBCU’s Peacock and a slew of other services. But while streaming may be getting all the buzz, advertisers and agencies have also been leaning into addressable TV – the ability to deliver […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. News Deals Google may have threatened to leave Australia if the government forced tech platforms to pay for news, but the search giant is suddenly showering money on its most demanding critics. The New York Times reports that Google – the dominant search engine […]
IHeartMedia’s acquisition on Wednesday of audio streaming and podcast tech provider Triton Digital for $230 million is only the most recent example of its big bet on podcasting. In less than two and a half years, iHeart has built its ad stack with the purchase of analytics and programmatic advertising provider Voxnest, programmatic radio platform […]
On February 12, Maryland became the first state in the country to enact a tax on digital advertising services. The purpose is to ding Big Tech while generating revenue for the state. Maryland estimates that the tax will generate around $250 million in its first year, the majority of which will go toward plugging pandemic-related […]
And the beat goes on. iHeartMedia acquired programmatic audio marketplace Triton Digital from EW Scripps for $230 million on Wednesday, its second acquisition of a podcast tech company in less than four months. In late October, iHeart bought Voxnest, an audio technology company that provides analytics and programmatic advertising tools for publishers. The year before, […]
Amazon hired Google’s former group product manager Sam Cox and Amobee’s former chief product officer Jamie Fellows to supercharge the growth of its demand-side platform. Cox and Fellows will lead a DSP product team that employs a few hundred people, in an organization headed by Matt Battles, VP of multichannel advertising. Amazon confirmed the hires […]
Goodway Group’s performance soared after it fed log-level data from PubMatic’s exchange into its DSP algorithm. By connecting to the supply-side platform, the agency’s algorithm could analyze more granular data, like why a client lost an ad auction and the price of the winning bid. And when it won an auction, the exchange shared information […]
Performance measurement is a natural evolution of ad verification, according to DoubleVerify, which made its metric for measuring campaign effectiveness generally available on Wednesday. The solution, called Authentic Attention, was in beta since January of last year. To power the tool, DoubleVerify is repurposing the more than 50 data signals that it already collects to […]
“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 Marc Goldberg, CRO at Method Media Intelligence. Supply-path optimization (SPO) is yet another vague ad tech initialism, the definition of which changes depending on who is speaking. Most people think […]
“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 Arun Kumar, Chief Data & Marketing Tech Officer at IPG. The digital revolution that has transformed so much of our lives over the last 25 years is hurtling toward a […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Mo’ Problems Google and Facebook are expected to become ensnared in a host of private antitrust lawsuits stemming from the government cases against the tech giants. The New York Times reports that more than 10 suits echoing the federal and state cases have already […]
Ad-Lib.io, a company founded by a group of former Google execs in 2017 and which offers creative workflow tools, has clinched an additional $6 million in Series A financing. The latest round brings its total funding to $12 million in less than two years and will be used to accelerate the growth of the London-based […]
Industry Preview is a special, limited-run audio series, featuring interviews with key leaders in marketing, media and technology who share their predictions and key priorities for 2021. This podcast is sponsored by ENGINE Media Exchange. NBCUniversal has aggressively developed technologies designed to help advertisers reach out to audiences across all platforms even before the 2020 […]
The public tussling between Facebook and Apple over the latter’s fast-approaching privacy push in iOS 14 is what grabs headlines. But while the titans trade barbs, developers have been hustling behind the scenes as the deadline approaches. Apple is expected to release its AppTrackingTransparency (ATT) framework as part of iOS 14.5 at some point in […]
“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 Robin Caller, CEO and founder of Overmore. GDPR and CCPA are still relatively new regulations, although the former was at least 10 years in the making. A lot of work, time, […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Matthew Kenyon, VP of brand strategy, Stirista Over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV) are booming. Plus, a younger demographic is turning to newer services like HBO Max, Peacock and more. And advertisers are following […]
The insurance market is highly competitive, with big marketing budgets and highly recognizable mascots – like the Geico gecko and Progressive’s Flo. The direct-to-consumer insurance company Lemonade (which went public in July) started four years ago in New York City offering renters’ insurance – the type of $60 per year policies the big guys didn’t […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Pay Up Microsoft is advocating that the US follow Australia’s lead and copy a proposal that would require tech companies to pay newspapers for using their content. It’s also suggested, unsurprisingly, that its very own Bing search engine could be a viable alternative to […]
Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. The fight against ad fraud is not over, but progress has been made, says Michael Tiffany, president and co-founder of bot detection and cybersecurity company White Ops. For example, back in the day, around 2012 through 2014, purchasing […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Amanda Hicks, director of product for The Washington Post’s Research, Experimentation & Development (RED) team. In the ever-evolving struggle to maximize traffic and ad revenue, publishers increasingly favor search traffic to bring audiences to their […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Taking A Hit The ongoing pandemic is still throwing IPG for a loop as the holdco rethinks its structure for the year ahead. IPG reported net sales of $8 billion in 2020, a 6.5% decrease compared with the previous year, The Wall Street Journal […]
Disney may have wowed investors in December when it unveiled a slew of new movie titles and an original content pipeline as part of a major shift to streaming, but the company is still feeling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. During its Q1 earnings call Thursday, the company said that its Disney Parks, Experiences […]
Zynga might be in the market to buy some ad tech. The online and mobile gaming developer, which posted record Q4 earnings on Wednesday, fueled by an all-time best revenue and bookings quarter for Words With Friends, is in the midst of building its own ad network to expand its addressable market. Revenue for the […]
This week’s episode of The Big Story is brought to you by the letters M and A. Because if you haven’t heard, Magnite bought SpotX for $1.17 billion, and then District M and Sharethrough merged to form a giant exchange. So what’s going on? The team takes a look at both acquisitions, and digs into […]
“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 Joseph Enever, senior director analyst at Gartner. Customer data platforms (CDPs) are facing an identity crisis: just like marketers. Although marketers have spent lavishly on martech to support personalization, brands face […]
After reporting its fourth quarter results on Wednesday, Criteo’s stock popped by more than 17% and hit a 52-week high. Criteo’s stock has gone up more than 300% over the past year. Criteo, whose revenue grew by 1% in Q4 to $661 million, is taking a clear-eyed approach to the end of third-party cookies, Criteo […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tim Natividad, head of performance advertising at Roku. Scarcity in linear TV ad spots has meant that historically putting a brand logo on television required buying power typically available to only the biggest brands. […]
Viant’s stock rose 90%, from $25 to $47 per share, after its debut on the NASDAQ stock exchange Wednesday. Investors on Viant’s roadshow “clearly understood Viant’s people-based approach, and how it’s built for cookie and device identifiers going away,” said CEO and co-founder Tim Vanderhook to AdExchanger. At the time, the stock was up to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Hold, Please The former Trump administration’s plan to force the sale of TikTok’s US operations to Oracle and Walmart has been put on ice – again. President Biden is reevaluating his predecessor’s efforts to address potential security risks from Chinese tech companies, The Wall […]
