If coffee drinkers receive personalized recommendations about which high-end coffee they’ll like best, will they start drinking more fancy java at home, and not just when they order their latte to go? Direct-to-consumer coffee business Trade launched in April backed by JAB Holdings, one of the biggest names in coffee and coffee chains. JAB’s massive […]
Few Hollywood icons have had a career as illustrious as Mickey Mouse, who made his silver screen debut in “Steamboat Willie” back in 1928. Now, his bosses at Disney-ABC have become more tech-savvy, reorganizing the company’s ad sales strategy to make magic in advanced TV advertising. About a year ago, Disney-ABC unified its ad sales […]
“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 Alessandro De Zanche, an independent audience strategy consultant. When I worked at Yahoo during the golden years, I met many extremely talented and knowledgeable people. In 2011, one of my […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. California, Here We Come The California Consumer Privacy Act rode a well-intentioned wave of activism into law but is out of sync with modern marketing, argues Ray Kingman at Ad Age. A company violates the law if it buys, sells or shares personal information […]
Following outcry over how it changed programmatic auction rules, Index Exchange has paused bid caching, said CEO Andrew Casale in a letter to clients Monday. The practice accounted for half of all impressions filled by Index Exchange, according to research conducted by Jounce Media and published Monday evening. The fallout from the buy side has been ferocious […]
Drawbridge is one of the cross-device OGs, but it’s in the midst of a pivot. The company revealed $15 million in new financing on Monday from existing investors Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins and Northgate. The money, which brings Drawbridge’s total funding to $70 million, will be immediately invested into a product road map focused on non-advertising-related […]
Over the past year, GroupM media agency Essence has reduced its investment in third-party data segments for certain clients by more than half. While the decline has been most prominent in Europe, it began well before GDPR took effect and is totally independent of the regulation, said Ryan Storrar, Essence’s head of media activation in […]
“AdExchanger Politics” is a recurring feature that tracks developments in politics and digital advertising. Today’s column is written by Ray Kingman, CEO at Semcasting. Political parties and their leadership pick winners and losers – when they legislate and, especially, in how they allocate resources to candidates running for office. The idea of picking winners and […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Brad Smith, senior vice president of revenue and operations at Videa. Cross-platform media buying and selling is not a new concept. A few years ago, the idea of integrating linear TV with over-the-top (OTT), […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Leviathan Stirs Netflix is testing promo ads between episodes with some European users. Netflix subscribers in the UK started seeing unskippable units suggesting other shows they might like, which bubbled up on Reddit and were first reported by Cord Cutters News. Netflix already runs […]
“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 Chuck Hemann, managing director and head of digital analytics at W20 Group. Today marketers are expanding their analytics budgets exponentially with the desire to determine return on investment (ROI). A […]
This is the latest installment in “PII,” a series featuring the talent that makes the wheels turn in our data-driven advertising world. Lindsay Pattison isn’t messing around about increasing diversity in WPP’s top ranks. The former global CEO of GroupM agency Maxus was promoted to chief transformation officer of WPP last year. While the job’s purpose […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is by Paul Bannister, co-founder and executive vice president at CafeMedia. It’s unquestionable that brands need to use brand safety platforms to ensure their ads run in safe and appropriate environments. While these platforms were developed with positive intent, they also created […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. WalSmart Walmart stock jumped almost 10% on Thursday after the world’s biggest retailer reported better-than-expected in-store and ecommerce sales, up 40% from the same period last year. It’s the most sales growth from the company in a decade. Walmart’s efforts to bolster grocery shopping […]
Index Exchange has for more than a year been doing bid caching, where if its buyer loses a programmatic auction, it holds onto the bid to see if it can serve an ad on the next piece of content the consumer views. Bid caching has enabled Index Exchange to gain market share against rival exchanges […]
The payments data company Cardlytics, which went public in February, said in its earnings call Wednesday that it hopes to expand its advertising program and the marketing applications of its consumer spending data. Cardlytics had $35.6 million in revenue during the second quarter, up from $32.8 million during the same period last year. Though the […]
The Big Story is a breezy new podcast featuring a roundtable of AdExchanger editors talking about the biggest stories from the past week. It is available wherever you subscribe to podcasts. As Google and Facebook built their castles and moats, Amazon lurked beneath surface. But in recent years, it’s breached. Its walled garden is still […]
Deep breaths: Altice USA’s advanced TV unit, A4, has partnered with Vizio’s Inscape data sales division to simplify cross-platform audience. A4, which launched in April, is an advanced TV product designed to position ads across digital and connected TV screens on both local and national inventory. A4’s data, which comes from Altice USA subscribers, allows […]
Marketing challenge: Selling your product requires getting millennials to contemplate their own mortality. That’s John Latona’s job. He oversees marketing at Haven Life, a three-year-old digitally focused subsidiary of MassMutual, which was one of the first companies in the sector to sell low-cost, medically underwritten term life insurance online, often requiring no exam, for people […]
“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. For media buyers today, ad tech platforms can be bucketed into two categories: the must-haves and nice-to-haves. For many, Google, Facebook and Amazon […]
Just a few years ago, Roku focused on getting devices into as many households as possible. But at a certain point, Roku realized it had to do more to innovate and stay relevant in the over-the-top (OTT) battleground for ad dollars. Since then Roku has become an advertising titan. In its Q2 earnings call last […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Retired, But Not Resting Justice Department appeal or not, AT&T is full steam ahead with its advertising platform plans. AT&T’s advertising and analytics group, run by Brian Lesser, officially closed its acquisition of AppNexus on Wednesday. Brian O’Kelley, co-founder and CEO of AppNexus, will […]
AdExchanger Talks is a podcast focused on data-driven marketing. Subscribe here. This episode of AdExchanger Talks is supported by Tealium. When, at age 18, Anda Gansca left her home in Transylvania, Romania, to study at Stanford, she had two passions: data science and political philosophy. Data science won out, and she went on to launch Knotch, a company […]
Ad tech, where art thou? Inc. Magazine released its annual Inc. 5000 revenue survey on Wednesday, with few well-known ad tech companies hitting the ranks. The list, which tracks the three-year revenue growth of indie companies, had numerous social mar tech and mobile marketing platforms with a few newbie programmatic agencies and old-school digital ad […]
RevJet wants to be an operating system for the customer experience, and it’s using a $21 million Series A round to get there. Total funding for the four-year-old startup, which helps marketers manage, test and optimize their digital advertising across touchpoints, is now $30 million. The round, revealed Wednesday, was led by private equity firm […]
“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 Gary Kibel, a partner in the digital media, technology and privacy practice group at Davis & Gilbert. When the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was passed and enacted, US ad […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. We keep hearing about consolidation, but if you look at the recent Lumascapes, it’s clear there are actually more ad tech companies than ever before. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Pulse On The Finger Banks and merchants are increasingly using online tools to track physical browsing habits on their sites and apps. “The way you press, scroll and type on a phone screen or keyboard can be as unique as your fingerprints or facial […]
Bacardi sees a big branding opportunity in digital audio. The rum brand turned to SoundCloud to launch an experiential activation with electronic music trio Major Lazer as part of an ongoing campaign that centers on music and dance. Starting Tuesday, artists from the US, the Bahamas and Puerto Rico can upload Bacardi-inspired tracks to SoundCloud […]
