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“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 Rajiv Maheshwari, cross-device technology leader at Neustar. With consumers increasingly accessing content and shopping via multiple devices, multiscreen and cross-device identity have become critical to advertisers. It offers a unified […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Down The Tubes August has been a tough month for media stocks, and last week may have been worst of all. The WSJ’s Nathalie Tadena reports that Time Warner and Disney have been downgraded by Bernstein, and companies like Viacom, 21st Century Fox and […]

The director of ad technology for Netflix, Tony Ralph, and director of marketing for Abe’s Market, Michelle Goldstein, will appear at AdExchanger’s Omni.Digital conference on Sept. 10, an event designed to educate marketers on advanced solutions for building seamless cross-channel brand experiences. Cross-channel attribution will be one topic discussed at the conference. As Netflix’s director of […]

A troupe of traditional broadcasters has a message for media buyers: Your perception of audio streaming audiences is skewed, according to a study by Advertiser Perceptions released Tuesday. The study, commissioned by terrestrial broadcasters (including Cumulus, Westwood One, iHeartMedia, CBS Radio, Cox Media Group, Hubbard Radio, Radio Advertising Bureau and Radio One) found media buyers […]

“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 Victor Lopez, programmatic media director at Affiperf. Latin America is not usually in the spotlight for the latest ad tech happenings. But as with many types of technology, developing countries […]

The programmatic pipes have been laid, but programmatic creative is still ramping up. “There’s a disconnect between media and creative that prevents the industry from taking advantage of what’s possible,” said Adam Cahill, who left his post as EVP and chief digital officer at Hill Holliday in April to found Anagram, a consultancy/agency hybrid focused […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Tony Uphoff, CEO at Business.com. In today’s digital media environment, unprecedented access to a plethora of firmographic and demographic data on audiences has allowed us to revolutionize the concept of the “premium publisher.” By […]

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Weathering The Cord Cut The Weather Channel is reportedly seeking new ownership and has hired investment bankers to get the job done. But will the cable network’s digital and mobile properties come along for the ride? Perhaps not. According to Bloomberg’s sources, The Weather […]

The marketing cloud arms race has given birth to some truly massive acquisitions over the years. Oracle’s Thursday acquisition of Maxymiser is not one of them. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a smart move, said Rebecca Lieb, an independent analyst most recently at Altimeter Group before its acquisition by Prophet in June. “It’s a […]

The Twitter Publisher Network is now the Twitter Audience Platform – but the name change is more than aesthetic, said Ameet Ranadive, Twitter’s senior director of revenue products. “This is one step in the direction of reaching our total audience,” Ranadive said. Several enhancements were made to the rebranded Twitter Audience Platform (TAP), which came out […]

Under Armour has muscled up since its origin as a supplier of compression tees, thanks to its work connecting channels like mobile and email to physical stores. Under Armour is now more than an apparel provider. One of its biggest data assets comes from its community Connected Fitness, which has grown 30% year over year […]

“Marketer’s Note” is a weekly column informing marketers about the rapidly evolving digital marketing technology ecosystem. This week, it is written by Melissa Parrish, executive director of AdExchanger Research. Google is rarely out of the news, but thanks to the coverage over the last couple of weeks I’ve found myself thinking about the behemoth more […]

“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 Tim Webster, chief strategy officer and co-founder at The Exchange Lab. Consumer data collection and privacy are increasingly hot topics as the world becomes more entwined with the technology and […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Symbiosis Ad Age’s Jeanine Poggi asked some observers what NBCUniversal’s investments in BuzzFeed and Vox mean for advertising. Jesse Redniss, co-founder of media consultant Brave Ventures, says the deals are mutually beneficial. NBCU lends BuzzFeed and Vox credibility as destinations for news, while BuzzFeed […]

Kahuna, a mobile marketing automation startup going against Adobe, Oracle and Salesforce.com, revealed Wednesday it had raised $45 million in Series B funding. The round, led by Tenaya Capital, Sequoia and SoftTech, will be used for product development and to expand Kahuna’s team of 80. Kahuna’s clients like Dollar Shave Club, Overstock.com, The Weather Channel […]

Even superfans need incentives. In the Pink, a regional Massachusetts-based retailer and the largest operator of Lilly Pulitzer affiliate stores in the US, wanted extra engagement during the busy summer season among “Lilly Lovers,” a term In The Pink founder Gordon Russell affectionately uses to describe his target demographic. “Lilly Pulitzer is to females what […]

Eyebrows and heart rates went up in 2012 when political ad spending across digital media surpassed $150 million. Analysts are shocked that campaigns and super PACs are projected to spend only $1.1 billion in 2016. The media research firm Borrell Associates released a report on Tuesday that demonstrates the gradual embrace of digital marketing methods […]

The founder and CEO of Hello Products, Craig Dubitsky, will appear at AdExchanger’s Omni.Digital conference on Sept. 10, an event designed to educate marketers on advanced solutions for building seamless cross-channel brand experiences. Most CPG brands have shifted to using data to make decisions about selling products. To challenge the giants in the space, startup […]

IDG Communications, publisher of more than 1,000 tech websites including PCWorld, TechHive and CIO.com, is launching a native platform Wednesday. The platform will span across all its properties and include contextual placements such as in-feed video or links to branded content created by IDG’s team. IDG is embracing native because it better aligns with how […]

Kik’s attempt to become “the WeChat of the West” has been bolstered by a $50 million infusion from WeChat’s Chinese developer, Tencent. Kik will use the funds to focus on the US teen market, a decision company President Josh Jacobs said came from observing Chinese-based WeChat’s accomplishments courting native smartphone users. He sees parallels with […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alex Magnin, chief revenue officer and partner at The Thought & Expression Co. For publishers, it’s obvious that direct sales generate the highest cost per thousand impressions (CPMs). It’s so obvious that we don’t […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Telekom Wants A Cut In a piece posted on LinkedIn, Deutsche Telekom’s SVP of tech strategy, Tomasz Gerszberg, takes fire at Internet giants like Google, Facebook and AppNexus. According to Gerszberg, the advertising strategies of large Internet companies eat into mobile subscriber’s data plans. […]

When Jun Group was founded in 2005, its bread and butter was serving desktop video ads and ads in social and mobile games, rewarding players with virtual currency when they opted in. But the video ad platform has its sights on bigger things today: mobile brand advertising dollars. And it’s using a $28 million investment […]

A number of ad tech vets made Inc. Magazine’s annual 500/5000 revenue survey this month, but there were also some notable new additions and absentees following acquisitions last year. Inc.’s survey, which was released late last week, features the revenues and employee growth figures of independent companies considered to be among the fastest-growing in the […]

Drawbridge has measurement on the mind. The probabilistic cross-device platform rolled out new reporting functionality Tuesday designed to peel away a few more layers of the attribution onion, including reporting around multitouch and cross-device path to conversion. Rather than giving each ad equal weight, Drawbridge is instituting time-weighted attribution on a sliding scale, in which […]

There’s CRM and then there’s MRM – mobile relationship management. In-app marketing company MobileBridge is looking to span the two with cloud-based tech that combines marketing automation and loyalty to boost app engagement. MobileBridge integrates both with a brand’s app and with its traditional CRM partners, including SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, IBM, Marketo and Salesforce […]

After Gannett CRO Kevin Gentzel reads his hometown newspaper, the Pensacola News Journal, he puts on his sales hat. Local papers are a “powerful environment” and Gentzel’s first order of business, as Gannett’s new sales chief, is to harness that power with branded content. If he has his way, that content will appear not just […]

Although Apple’s App Store is seven years old and has a worthy competitor in Google’s Play Store, the app store search and discovery ecosystem is stagnant, say many app store optimization (ASO) platforms. “When we look at the landscape, we see it like the early days of Internet, when search and discovery were a mess,” […]

“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 Allen Mason, vice president of strategy at 84.51°.  On a recent drive home, I wondered how data would define my family vs. the roughly 50 families that live in my […]