The in-housing trend prompted Gartner’s first-ever Magic Quadrant report for ad tech, which was released late last week. Even if not all marketers are ready or interested in taking their media buying in-house, there’s a desire across the board for more control over their tech stack – or at least to know what the heck’s […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Matt Harada, general manager of data at Sovrn. Publishers without an updated Ads.txt file are missing out on revenue and stand to lose more in the near future. Despite strong initial adoption of Ads.txt […]
“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 Jordan Lieberman, vice president at a4. The most progressive area of the digital advertising industry can be found on the campaign trail – both nationally and locally – where political […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Thanks For Sharing Procter & Gamble is asking retailers to share loyalty card and point-of-sale data so it can target customers likely to shop at a specific supermarket, Digiday reports. “It’s a big ask because it’s going way beyond EPOS data and click data,” […]
Publicis Groupe will divest part of its health care unit, Publicis Health Services (PHS), to restore its balance sheet and focus on the strategic growth areas of its business, the company announced Thursday. PHS, which services contract sales organizations and doesn’t exist in other health care communications networks, has been a drag on the overall […]
Sovrn closed a $25 million Series E round Thursday to help it acquire companies outside of ad tech. Sovrn’s original investors, led by Foundry Group, all participated in the round. “Our business is 100% focused on tools and technologies that help publishers – of which advertising is an important one,” said Sovrn CEO Walter Knapp. […]
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. The complexity of digital advertising means it revolves around trust. At the same time, everyone has to make money. That basic tension leads to […]
Brad Stamulis, director of digital marketing at Dish Network, has long called out viewability measurement’s shortcomings – but at AdExchanger’s Programmatic I/O in New York City on Tuesday, he specified the steps the industry needs to take to fix it. Eliminating waste in programmatic marketing is always a challenge when it comes to viewability and […]
Credit card loyalty programs are table stakes for banks – nearly every bank has one. Points often accumulate unused and consumers sometimes forget they’re even there. But HSBC uses data and artificial intelligence to personalize its offers and make its program more redeeming. “There are so many choices in the credit card market, so we really […]
“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 Tiffany Morris, vice president of global privacy at Lotame. The California Legislature passed privacy regulation AB 375 in June. Media coverage has rightly characterized AB 375 as the equivalent of the General […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Archie Sharma, senior director of corporate development and strategy at OpenX. Cable companies have historically dominated the TV advertising market, and through M&A over the last decade the industry is now led by a […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Easy Come, Easy Go Telco Ooyala’s management group has bought the company back from Telstra, the largest telco in Australia, which acquired the Silicon Valley OTT video technology startup in 2014. Telstra took more than $500 million in write-downs on the deal, acknowledging earlier […]
Facebook has been going full tilt since March to convince advertisers and consumers alike that it’s a safe platform on which to spend money and time. On Wednesday, for example, Facebook said it’s further reducing the distribution of low-quality, spammy ads within its auction. Advertisers with multiple low-quality ads – those that contain sensational language, for […]
Martin Sorrell is bullish on Amazon. The platform will eventually reach $100 billion in ad spend, Sorrell, the CEO of S4 Capital and former WPP honcho, predicted Tuesday at AdExchanger’s Programmatic IO in New York City. He did not mention a timeline. In Amazon’s Q3 earnings in July, the company said it brought in $2.5 […]
E.W. Scripps said Wednesday it will buy audio advertising and measurement company Triton for $150 million. Scripps had previously purchased on-demand audio service Stitcher and podcasting ad net Midroll, but Triton will be its first subscription software business and first advertising measurement offering. “We’re always looking for good opportunities, particularly if they diversify our revenue […]
Six top ad exchanges are asking the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) to referee auction dynamics. The CEOs of OpenX, PubMatic, Rubicon Project, Sovrn, SpotX and Telaria collectively signed a letter to advertisers and publishers outlining principles of transparency, efficiency and fair-market practices. They want to clearly state what’s acceptable and what’s not to restore trust […]
“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 Rick Milenthal, CEO at The Shipyard. As companies invest more in the collection and analysis of customer data, the expectation rises that deep customer knowledge alone will drive more efficient and […]
Mobile ad network InMobi will acquire Pinsight Media, Sprint’s mobile advertising and insights unit, the companies said on Wednesday. A team of roughly 100 people will join InMobi from Pinsight and remain based in Kansas City, Mo., where Sprint has its headquarters. The all-stock deal isn’t a typical acquisition. The idea is for InMobi to […]
Name a trend in digital media, and Bloomberg’s tried it in the past year: digital subscriptions, live events, agency-like strategic advisory services, podcasts, social media-distributed video and, of course, OTT. “The single most important thing for us is finding the right balance of revenue streams for our organization and thinking about maximizing and future-proofing where […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Actions Speak Louder… Google added Best Buy, Nike and Sephora to Shopping Actions, its ecommerce search service that charges retailers per transaction rather than by clicks or impressions. The product already features some of the largest store brands in the United States, including Walmart, […]
If there’s one thing that frustrates Oliver Maletz, Volkswagen AG’s head of international communications and media planning, it’s paying for nonviewable ads. His complaint is a perennial one. Advertisers have been banging the viewability drum for years, but it remains a major pet peeve. “Marketers should not have to pay for an ad that a […]
This article is sponsored by Signal. Identity continues to attract attention – and investment. U.S. marketers are responding to surging consumer expectations for more personalized, contextually relevant experiences by spending close to $900 million this year on services and solutions dedicated to solving identity resolution – a sum expected to triple to $2.6 billion in 2022 […]
AdExchanger Talks is a podcast focused on data-driven marketing. Subscribe here. This episode of AdExchanger Talks is supported by StackAdapt. Among the “Big Three” marketing clouds – Oracle, Adobe and Salesforce – Oracle has been the most active on mergers. The list of its acquisitions is long: Eloqua, Responsys, Maxymiser, BlueKai, Datalogix, Moat, Grapeshot, Crosswise, AddThis. These are […]
What do an international pop group, the creator of “American Idol,” Cirque du Soleil and actor Clive Owen have in common? SAP. “Marketers in the B2B space have to realize one very simple and fundamental thing: We are all human beings,” said Alicia Tillman, SAP’s chief marketing officer. “We as B2B marketers need to speak […]
Programmatic dollars flowing to video and mobile have finally surpassed spend on desktop and banner ads. This year, mobile made up 53% of global programmatic spend by device, while video ads accounted for 51% of programmatic spend by format, according to Magna’s Programmatic 2018 report. (Magna did not include video inventory on over-the-top devices 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 Jared Belsky, CEO at 360i. Since the first clicks on Lycos, AltaVista and Ask.com in the mid-1990s, search has been about keywords. Brands, clients and platforms like Google were built on this model […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. In The House Seventy-eight percent of ANA members reported having some form of an in-house agency, according to a study of 412 marketers that was released Monday by the trade body. That number is up from 58% in 2013. Forty-four percent of respondents said […]
FreeWheel released the next generation of its ad exchange on Tuesday. The Comcast-owned ad server built off its legacy ad exchange, enhanced by technology from its acquisition of StickyAds in 2016, for its updated ad product suite, DRIVE. The new exchange is designed to let marketers more easily buy over-the-top (OTT), set-top box video on […]
The switch to first-price auctions last year is causing programmatic buyers to pay more, according to research from media agency Hearts & Science. In one test, a first-price auction drove CPMs up by more than 50%. The Omnicom agency wants programmatic to create “clean” second-price auctions to remove the premium that buyers pay. It doesn’t […]
