“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Sudha Reddy, director of ad operations, West Coast, at xAd. While it seems that everyone is talking about header bidding, fraud, cross-screen, viewability and data, I see the biggest issues facing the industry being […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Addressing The Merger Is the pending AT&T-Time Warner merger an addressable TV play? The companies’ CEOs told investors the combined entity will leverage troves of consumer data for marketers, The New York Times reports. According to Simulmedia CEO Dave Morgan, more data in the addressable ecosystem […]
Google is seeing strong growth in its dynamic allocation exchange bidding, countering the advantages gained by other exchanges via header bidding. Six months ago, Google reversed its DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) policy when it opened the server up to third-party exchanges. Since then, it’s more than doubled the number of outside exchange partners, adding Smaato, […]
When Publicis Groupe shed its trading desk model, the holding company had to train employees across its media and digital agencies to execute programmatic campaigns. The transition was led by Carol Sinko, VP of global learning strategy at Publicis Media, and Rick Ransome, associate director of global learning strategy. On Wednesday, they told attendees at […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed a stringent set of online privacy regulations on Thursday. The law, expected to go into effect next year, expands the FCC’s mandate over internet service providers (ISPs), which will soon have to obtain individual consent to use data drawn from a subscriber’s activity, such as web browsing, app usage […]
After a six-month sabbatical, Chief Revenue Officer Laura Desmond will leave Publicis Groupe due to a family health emergency, the company announced Thursday. (Press release) Desmond’s term with the organization will end on Dec. 31. Rishad Tobaccowala, the holding company’s chief strategy and growth officer who performed Desmond’s responsibilities during the sabbatical, will continue executing […]
“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 Yael Avidan, vice president of product at Adelphic. The first question marketers or agencies ask ad tech vendors or media companies is probably this: “That audience is perfect, but can […]
The top trending post about ad tech on the Ad Ops subreddit page asks the pertinent question: “Is it safe to assume 95%-plus of ad tech companies are full of shit?” The responses aren’t pretty. “This is the sentiment that our industry has – this post got a 93% upvote,” Jayne Pimentel, Reddit’s revenue and ad […]
Cox Interactive is piloting smart routing technology from Dyn that speeds up the outbound bid request to demand-side platforms (DSPs). It unveiled early results of the test at AdExchanger’s Programmatic I/O Ops Talks in New York on Wednesday. Faster connections mean more DSPs can deliver bids before publisher-set timeouts. And more bids mean more programmatic […]
With swirling acquisition rumors sidelined for the moment, Twitter announced during its Q3 earnings call Thursday that it’s cutting 9% of its workforce, ending the quarter with 3,910 employees. The restructure, which is being made with an eye on eventual profitability, will mostly affect its sales, partnerships and marketing teams. Product and development and R&D […]
CNN sees a future where brand activations include everything from linear TV to custom-built mobile apps. The Turner-owned broadcaster built an app for CNNMoney called CNNMoneyStream that allows users to follow and personalize a feed of companies, influencers, news and market data. CNN borrowed the concept from Turner sports property Bleacher Report. E*Trade, one of […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. New Times As deputy publisher for The New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger plans to “help speed and smooth our transformation into a truly digital first company,” he told Poynter in an email interview. Sulzberger, credited for creating the Innovation Report, the blueprint behind the Times’ digital […]
Workflow management software provider Mediaocean will integrate with four demand-side platforms (DSPs) to automate programmatic account management and billing for its agency partners, the company announced Wednesday. The program, announced at AdExchanger’s Programmatic I/O conference in New York City and called Connect Programmatic, launches with DSPs TubeMogul, The Trade Desk, Rocket Fuel and MediaMath on […]
Singtel-owned Amobee is shuttering its supply-side platform and giving walking papers to a little less than 5% of its workforce. Headcount as of 2014 stood at roughly 600, according to CEO Mark Strecker in a previous interview with AdExchanger. The mobile ad firm reached out to its third-party demand-side partners this week – Amobee works with […]
Snaplytics, a third-party Snapchat measurement vendor, came out of beta Wednesday after spending more than a year developing the hardware and software needed to pull marketing insights from Snapchat accounts. “It’s not similar to fairly straightforward API analytics like with Twitter and Facebook,” Snaplytics co-founder and CEO Thomas Cilius told AdExchanger. “You need some custom […]
“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 Nancy Hall, senior vice president at Conversant. Whether it’s a phone, laptop or tablet, cross-device matching accuracy is essential to overall marketing success. The largest obstacle of optimal accuracy is […]
Roku has added comScore’s validated Campaign Essentials (vCE) to its list of video measurement partners. Although Roku had embedded Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings directly into its operating system in 2015, its customers wanted to use the vCE currency for measuring OTT, said Scott Rosenberg, VP of advertising and audience development for Roku. “We’re not trying […]
In lieu of a quarterly earnings call, Pandora invited investors to Terra Gallery in San Francisco on Tuesday for an in-depth discussion of its new product suite, developed to breathe life back into its struggling platform. Pandora, which has long monetized on in-stream audio and display ads, now faces a multiplying set of competitors that has […]
The old military saying that “generals are always fighting the last war” cautions those who are more concerned with history than with current challenges. It’s a worthwhile lesson for political spenders and media companies as the 2016 US election lurches toward an unexpected battleground map. State Of Play “So far, this election has been the complete opposite […]
Goldieblox, the toymaker that cultivates girls’ curiosity in math, science and engineering, generated a huge amount of goodwill and brand love when it launched four years ago. Newly appointed Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Davis plans to expand Goldieblox from earned media sensation to a brand kids beg their parents to buy, while still delivering its […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Paul Bannister, co-founder and executive vice president at CafeMedia. There’s no question that programmatic buying, particularly real-time bidding, has created many efficiencies and been a force in shifting advertising budgets toward digital. Smart buyers […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ecommerce As Media Retailers are rushing headlong into ad tech. The fresh acquisitions of HookLogic by Criteo and Triad Media by Xaxis underscore this point, but other ecommerce inventory is hitting the market as well. Index Exchange CEO Andrew Casale says six retail/ecommerce clients use the […]
While Rocket Fuel’s Q3 revenue missed its guidance, CEO Randy Wootton emphasized the company’s continued transition from an ad net into a platform solutions provider. Rocket Fuel’s Q3 non-GAAP revenue of $62.3 million was down 8% compared to last year, while its GAAP revenue of $109.7 million was 2% lower year over year (YoY). Read the release. […]
Welcome to episode No. 4 of AdExchanger Talks, a new podcast on data-driven marketing. Let us know if you like it, and please subscribe via your preferred channel. Use the player below to listen now. Joe Zawadzki is an original gangster of ad tech, having founded multiple companies, including [x+1] and MediaMath, and angel-backed some 40 others. […]
Just weeks after acquiring HookLogic for $250 million in an all-cash deal, Criteo is pushing into paid search. Criteo played primarily in performance display until now, but its Predictive Search product marks its first major move into a different part of the marketing funnel. It’s a $33.2 billion market that’s dominated by Google, whose Shopping […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is surging in ad/mar tech land. Or resurging, depending on how good your memory is. IBM continues to push Watson, and, in the run-up to their respective conferences, Salesforce and Oracle talked up their own AI initiatives. Also, Google, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft and Amazon banded together to create best practices around […]
The football site Scout attracts avid fans who congregate en masse during the season but spend the offseason elsewhere. That seasonality adds complexity to Scout’s advertising sales business. Scout employs a small sales force on the direct side, focusing on custom integrations and some display. Most advertisers buy direct in-season. It sells the rest of […]
LaMusica knows its largely millennial audience likes to snack. “It’s very hard to get their attention,” said Jesus Lara, EVP of digital media at Spanish Broadcasting System, one of the largest Spanish-language radio broadcasters in the United States and owner of LaMusica, a free streaming music app aimed at Hispanic millennials. “Our strategy is to […]
Dunkin’ Donuts’ marketing might be known for big awareness campaigns like “America Runs On Dunkin” and “Keep On,” but the brand also breaks down media into smaller, product-specific activations. For instance, when Dunkin’ began serving cold-brew coffee this past summer, it let consumers unlock custom geofilters through a special code on Snapchat. “Coffee is such […]
