When online infrastructure company Dyn got hit by three DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks Friday, it shut down major sites using Dyn, including Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify and The New York Times. The attack also disrupted the ad industry. Even if a publisher wasn’t affected, the attack impacted many of the tech partners delivering and […]
To even the most casual observer, AT&T’s $85.4 billion bid for Time Warner appears to accelerate the multiyear land grab between telcos like Verizon and the media and ad tech hybrids like AOL. Although the deals have obvious similarities – both AT&T and Verizon are mobile carriers seeking to grow subscribers and diversify their infrastructure […]
For a CMO, convincing the CEO or CRO to put more money toward marketing is a tall order. Because it’s difficult for marketing to prove ROI, large organizations often squeeze the budget. That’s changing. When Denise Karkos became CMO of TD Ameritrade, she told her board upfront that she planned to invest in data, analytics […]
“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 Carla Holtze, CEO and co-founder at Parrable. During the really early days of digital media, AOL and CompuServe were basically the only two consumer portals and total digital ad spend […]
The cable model may be going online, if last week’s reports around a possible Snapchat licensing model are true. (Snapchat declined to comment.) Publishers would receive a licensing fee for their content on Snapchat Discover, instead of selling ads themselves and taking a share of revenue. By moving to this model, Snapchat would consolidate all its […]
The ability to buy directly from a publisher, both programmatically and through direct integrations, is transforming agency media-buying practices. Premium inventory is going programmatic thanks to private marketplaces (PMPs) and programmatic guaranteed deals. Meanwhile, header technology has reinvented the way buyers connect with some media sellers. These converging trends have empowered more agencies to go […]
Chances are you haven’t heard of Hylink Digital Solutions. But it’s the largest independent agency in China, has been around for 22 years, employs 2,200 and just opened its first US office in Santa Monica in late September. Think of Hylink as a sort of hybrid between Merkle, Hill Holliday and Wieden+Kennedy. “Hylink isn’t really a […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tim Ware, vice president of advanced television at Tremor Video. Programmatic TV is among the most highly debated subjects in the media business and perhaps the best example of true convergence we’ve encountered as […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Cleaning House The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) is partnering with federal law enforcement to combat digital ad fraud. The aim is for TAG to work with the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the Justice Department to better understand ad fraud so those agencies are […]
By Kelly Liyakasa, Sarah Sluis and Allison Schiff Update: AT&T has reached a deal to acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion. The move gives the telco some seriously premium media assets, including HBO, Warner Bros., CNN, Turner Broadcasting and DC Comics. Yes, AT&T will own Batman. While the telco got a distribution outlet when it merged with DirecTV […]
Programmatic is growing, and it’s also growing up. That’s the message from the Magna Programmatic Growth Report released Friday. Magna projects global programmatic spend to grow from $19 billion this year to $42 billion in 2020. Non-programmatic spend is expected to grow from $27 billion this year to $31 billion, with programmatic becoming the default […]
IPG plans to boost investments in data analytics and coordinate its database across all its agencies, CEO Michael Roth said Friday during the holding company’s Q3 earnings call. Read the release. “That will be a key focus for us in 2017 – to make sure all the agencies at IPG have a consistent offering in […]
Johnson & Johnson saw the writing on the wall when it began marketing in a digital world. The 130-year-old CPG giant was born and raised in what Alison Lewis, CMO of J&J Consumer Brands, called a “right-handed world.” “We were dominated by brick-and-mortar, Mom was the CEO of the household, big players used size and […]
Cross-device recognition is often the difference between a sale and a fail for Land of Nod, a national retailer of high-end, trendy children’s furniture, bedding and toys. “The question I always ask my team is, ‘Would we really want to show a bunk bed to a new mom?’” said Joe Orlando, Land of Nod’s marketing […]
“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 Diaz Nesamoney, CEO at Jivox and co-chair of the IAB Tech Lab Dynamic Content Ad Standard Working Group. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) this week introduced the industry’s first standard for […]
This year, Facebook appeared to abandon its plan to develop an ad tech stack to rival Google’s DoubleClick. It shut down its SSP (LiveRail), closed the Facebook Exchange and threw away its DSP before it got off the ground. All that remains is Atlas, a former ad server repurposed as a measurement tool, and the […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Lorne Brown, CEO at Operative. There is a battle brewing in media land. For years, Google and Facebook have been the ultimate rulers of the digital advertising landscape. Not only do they command consumer […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Sharing Is Caring Nielsen launched a Connected Partner Platform, opening the company’s CPG data to third-party analytics. The new product “enables Connected Partner companies and Nielsen clients to find each other and collaborate in an open ecosystem, freeing them from common barriers to connecting applications and […]
“We need CMOs to turn up the leadership dial,” Association of National Advertisers CEO Bob Liodice told attendees during his opening keynote at the Masters of Marketing conference Thursday. Liodice rattled off a litany of problems familiar to the contemporary marketer, including fraud, viewability, privacy, talent shortages and poor creative, that have withered the effectiveness […]
Publicis Groupe’s organic growth rate was stagnant in the third quarter (up only 0.2%, a decrease from 0.7% growth in the same period last year), due to economic uncertainties related to the US election, Brexit and the surge of media reviews in 2015. Revenue for Q3 was 2.32 billion euros (or about $2.5 billion), down […]
Virtual reality is in its infancy, but USA Today Network thinks growing brand interest in 360-degree video will lead to greater VR adoption. The publisher network, which includes USA Today and 109 other Gannett-owned local media properties, on Thursday rolled out a weekly VR news series called “VRtually There.” YouTube has exclusive distribution rights to […]
Accenture Interactive exec Matt Gay’s 14-year-old son has a strict policy – he doesn’t look at ads, period. “He will actively avoid watching content if it’s got ads,” said Gay, a senior director and digital advertising lead at Accenture. But that’s not because Gay’s son hates advertising, per se. He just doesn’t have time to waste […]
Adidas-owned Reebok is in a unique position, both as a challenger to Nike and as a target of other challenger sports and apparel brands like Under Armour. As such, it invests heavily and consistently in content – despite its fluctuating ad spend over the years. Because content must generate larger, measurable performance results, Reebok bets the […]
“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 Santanu Kolay, senior vice president of engineering at Turn. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most-hyped topics in advertising right now. At Cannes, Saatchi & Saatchi featured an AI-created […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by John Roland, CEO at Extreme Reach. The advertising industry is in a state of perennial disruption. As new screens and services emerge, the viewing experience morphs – requiring advertisers to change the way they […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. A Snappy Twist Snapchat is planning an overhaul of its revenue model by paying media companies a licensing fee instead of a rev share on ad sales. The messaging app has been informing publishers of the change for the past month, anonymous sources tell Recode’s Peter […]
LeEco, the Chinese electronics company that shelled out $2 billion for smart TV manufacturer Vizio in July, held a splashy event Wednesday in San Francisco to mark its entry into the US, where it could one day give Apple a run for its money. Beyond making a selection of its smart devices available in the […]
By using an overhead shot of hands quickly mixing rainbow cake pops, potato spirals and other creative treats, Tastemade has mastered shooting video for audiences who are using their phones or scrolling through social media. “Today’s modern media company needs to be mobile, social, global,” said programming head Oren Katzeff. “Looking back 30 years to […]
Drivers and passengers buy about $225 billion a year in consumables at gas station convenience stores. That’s a lot of candy bars and potato chips. But targeting that on-the-go audience with specific offers and connecting sales to specific ads is far from convenient for marketers and retail operators, which comprise a highly fragmented landscape of […]
