Ad buyers need to be on the lookout for a new problem called “declaration fraud,” where buyers paying for full-screen mobile video ads instead get itty-bitty versions that take up less than 5% of the screen. The trick takes advantage of the same loophole sellers used to spoof domains prior to ads.txt. Here’s how it […]
Kraft-Heinz’s $15 billion write-down on Kraft and Oscar Meyer last week shows that underinvesting in marketing and brand hurts long-term growth. “It indicates investment in innovation and branding is essential,” said Martin Sorrell, CEO of S4 Capital. “In addition to being frugal, you have to invest in product or service innovation and marketing. You’re throwing […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rachel Parkin, senior vice president of strategy and sales at CafeMedia. Two years ago, I looked in my crystal ball and envisioned a future where all media would run programmatically. Today, we have all […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Case Dismissed The government lost its appeal to stop the AT&T and Time Warner merger on Tuesday. While AT&T will continue to operate Time Warner as a separate group, The New York Times reports, the two companies can integrate more deeply and move forward […]
AdExchanger Talks is a podcast focused on data-driven marketing. Subscribe here. Advertising in retail and ecommerce environments has grown from a subset of shopper marketing to a key channel for the world’s biggest brands. This week on the podcast, Triad CEO Sherry Smith talks about that evolution. Triad’s customers are big retailers like Staples, Kohl’s, GameStop and […]
The programmatic video ad tech provider Telaria earned $55.2 million in 2018, up 26% from the year before, with total profits up 20% to $16.8 million, the company disclosed in its earnings report on Tuesday. Telaria shares were up more than a third during the day and have now recovered from the company’s earnings report […]
Facebook wants that upfront money. On Tuesday, Facebook said it will start letting TV buyers purchase inventory in specific programs hosted on Watch. This offering, called Showcase, resembles an upfront buy, as the inventory will be priced against Nielsen-validated demos and sold in advance at fixed prices. This content includes programs like “Sorry For Your […]
Marketers’ push for viewability, ads.txt and GDPR eventually led to the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of RockYou, an ad network and media holding company, on Feb. 13. The bankruptcy filing listed $14.9 million in liabilities to 738 different ad tech companies and publishers. Most notably, RockYou owed $2.1 million to Facebook, where it likely paid 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 Daniel Jaye, founder and head of product at aqfer. Ad fraud has long been on marketers’ radar, but there is another type of overlooked fraudulent activity that carries potential regulatory and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Apple Newsonomics Publishers are struggling to make money from Apple News because the platform doesn’t allow them to use third-party data or execute programmatic sales, Digiday concludes based on interviews with seven unnamed publishers. A source described an “abysmal” fill rate of less than […]
Broadcast radio giant Cumulus Media is making programmatic audio sales a priority in 2019. Cumulus said Monday that DAX, the programmatic audio exchange owned by UK broadcaster Global, will be the exclusive sales rep for streaming and programmatic inventory across its 433 stations. Cumulus is the first terrestrial radio broadcaster to join DAX’s exchange, which […]
Once upon a time, direct-to-consumer startup Parachute sold high-quality sheets online, touting efficiencies by cutting out middlemen. Five years later, Parachute sells sheets, towels, mattresses, bathrobes and baby blankets to consumers online and in five stores on each coast. “Bedding was a vehicle to gain customer trust, but it was never the end goal,” said […]
“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 Tom Pallack, CEO at SITO Mobile. It’s no secret that legacy media models are under siege. Perhaps nowhere is that more obvious than in the world of media buying and planning […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Geoff Spence, regional vice president of business development at SpotX. For a few years now, traditional pay TV providers in the United States have lost subscribers each quarter as viewership shifts to less expensive […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Brand Collapse The global trend of cost-cutting at some of the world’s largest advertisers hit a brick wall on Thursday, when Kraft Heinz reported weak earnings and had to write down more than $15 billion in value from brands like Oscar Mayer and Kraft. […]
Amazon is ratcheting up conquesting campaigns, both as an ad platform and as a private-label brand operator. Conquesting is when a brand tries to directly peel off a competitor’s customers or audience. It was a limited strategy in the old world of media and shopping, where there wasn’t much data to identify a rival’s loyal […]
If Xandr wants to live up to its promise and create a programmatic marketplace for the TV industry, it’s going to have to convince agencies to buy what it’s offering. The AT&T-owned company recently hired Jay Askinasi for the job, and he joined Xandr in early February as VP, head of digital and agency partnerships. […]
Marketers are reacting differently to YouTube’s latest brand safety flare-up compared to 2017, when scores of global brands suspended YouTube campaigns over ads monetizing violent or offensive videos. There’s certainly some déjà vu, with Disney, Nestlé’s and McDonald’s halting YouTube spending after YouTube creator Matt Watson showed them advertising on a video that had a […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Kendell Timmers, vice president of advertising data at The New York Times. I recently looked myself up on BlueKai’s registry tool to see what audiences I belong to within their third-party data sets. While […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Verified Video DoubleVerify announced it acquired Zentrick, an online video middleware technology. Zentrick focuses on solving for “breakage,” when an ad fails to load or report properly due to failures in the video delivery process. It’s a headache for companies on both sides of […]
The Trade Desk’s growth streak shows no sign of diminishing, with revenue of $477 million in 2018, a 55% increase from the year before, according to the company’s earnings report on Thursday. Shares of The Trade Desk were up more than 10% in after-hours trading. The company raised eyebrows last year when its stock went […]
Marketers were slow to move their advertising dollars from desktop to mobile, but they are transitioning to connected TV more quickly, according to Roku CEO Anthony Wood. Advertisers’ quick adoption of connected TV contributed to its $151 million in Q4 platform revenue.Total revenue totaled $275.7 million. Next year, Roku expects more than $1 billion in […]
The Big Story is a podcast featuring a roundtable of AdExchanger editors talking about the biggest stories from the past week. It is available wherever you subscribe to podcasts. In 2019, US digital ad spend will finally hit the milestone we all knew it would reach: It will surpass traditional ad spend, according to eMarketer. […]
Verizon’s Visible, a low-cost, digital-only phone carrier, is using direct-to-consumer principles to attract millennials who are leaving a family plan for the first time in their lives. No stores exist. Consumers sign up for Visible by downloading an app. A new SIM card arrives in the mail for the $40-per-month service. Like direct-to-consumer brands, Visible […]
Nielsen’s move into addressable TV planning and measurement starts with the smart TV. About a week after Nielsen bought Sorenson Media for $11.25 million in a bankruptcy auction, the measurement company has formally launched a new unit: the Nielsen Advanced Video Advertising Group. That group consists of Gracenote, which was acquired in 2016 for $560 […]
“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 Jay Friedman, president and partner at Goodway Group. Want to start a social movement? There are plenty of resources online to help you; TED even offers a quick, four-step guide to […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Daniel Heer, founder and CEO at Zeotap. A central topic at CES last month – which will undoubtedly become the next frontier for digital advertising – was the arrival of 5G. It should be […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Connecting The TV Dots Agency buyers are facing roadblocks in buying connected TV inventory programmatically. While agencies are buying more CTV than in years past, they still face issues around pricing, inventory availability and targeting, Digiday reports. CTV ads are often cheaper when bought […]
AdExchanger Talks is a podcast focused on data-driven marketing. Subscribe here. This week on the podcast we hear from Jocelyn Lee, head of the AI advertising practice at Heat. Heat is one of several agencies acquired by Deloitte Digital, and Lee’s job there is to help brands and agencies drive creative impact using advanced data strategies. One […]
