Data is part of the foundation at L’Oreal Canada – but that wasn’t always the case. “L’Oreal is a marketing company, not an IT company – yet,” said Khoi Truong, director of media and data optimization at L’Oreal Canada. “But for the last year, we’ve been setting up our CRM and thinking about what we could do […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Craig Kostelic, head of digital at Bon Appétit & Epicurious, The Food Innovation Group Editorial brands have an emotional relationship with their audiences. Advertisers work with editorial brands to get the halo effect of […]
“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 Andy Fisher, chief analytics officer at Merkle. The TV network industry has seen extraordinary change over the past several years. Consumer viewing behaviors are in constant flux as they consume […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook Admits To EU Tracking ‘Bug’ Last week, Belgian academics updated a report that accused Facebook of illegally tracking Internet users in the EU. Facebook has denounced the allegations, but on Thursday, it conceded that a “bug” had been responsible for the debacle. Still, […]
In the words of Amy Grant, “It takes a little time sometimes.” She might have been singing about video ad network YuMe’s programmatic push. While competing platforms like LiveRail and TubeMogul have either been acquired or pivoted into automation, some industry insiders say that YuMe is in survival mode. Consider that TubeMogul’s market cap of […]
Sell-side programmatic television player Clypd revealed Thursday that it’s raised $19.4 million on Series B funding, led by European television and radio media company RTL Group. TiVo, which inked a partnership last week that will bake TiVo Research and Analytics data products into Clypd’s platform, also contributed funds to the Series B. Clypd plans to […]
“Brand Aware” explores the data-driven digital ad ecosystem from the marketer’s point of view. Today’s column is by Tony Ralph, director of advertising technology at Netflix. Over the last year, I’ve spoken with at least a dozen representatives from brands both large and small that are looking for advice on first steps as they consider […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Adam Berke, president at AdRoll. The new ways that marketers are leveraging customer relationship management (CRM) data is re-drawing traditional fault lines within the digital advertising industry. Historically, […]
The McClatchy Company’s programmatic strategy didn’t look good when it played second to direct sales. CPMs were low and block lists barred big advertisers. With the support of McClatchy leadership, Tobias Bennett, the digital display revenue manager, removed block lists and implemented Google’s dynamic allocation tool, designed to let all impressions compete with each other. […]
As the cookie weakens, brands and agencies are looking for an alternative. Cross-device seems to be the answer – but questions remain. AdExchanger examines the state-of-play around cross-device IDs. Consumers are media multitaskers – and cookies are not. As users migrate to mobile at record speeds – according to comScore, apps already account for more than 50% […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. YouTube’s Rules Of Engagement YouTube is debuting a new format for its TrueView ads. Viewers will still be able to opt out of an ad after a few seconds, but brands will have an additional element aimed at generating engagement: interactive cards that “can […]
Six months after it came to light that AppNexus has a problem with invalid inventory, the New York-based company is imposing more transparency on ad networks and websites that use its platform to sell media. AppNexus confirmed to AdExchanger that it has started inserting a new snippet of JavaScript into its ad tag in order to […]
iHeartMedia media revealed Wednesday that it’s bringing programmatic, real-time radio ad-buying to terrestrial radio, powered by Jelli’s cloud-based ad platform. The news means that advertisers and agencies will soon be able to access iHeartMedia’s inventory in private exchanges for broadcast radio. As part of the unveil, iHeartMedia and Katz Media Group, a firm that does […]
Oil changes are not slushies. Even the most passionate car enthusiast isn’t going to buy motor oil more than two or three times a year – and that’s a challenge for a motor oil brand like Shell-owned Pennzoil, especially on the mobile front. It’s a matter of figuring out what your consumers are looking for and […]
Video branding and YouTube rights management platform Zefr – the brainchild of entrepreneur Rich Raddon, who sold the streaming video company he co-founded, Movieclips, to Comcast’s Fandango last year – is setting its sights on audio app SoundCloud. “SoundCloud is now partnering with us to understand the fan activity that’s going on on the platform,” […]
Even publishers embracing programmatic question how it will affect their overall business in the future. In a survey conducted for Bill Ammerman’s MA thesis (he’s since taken a job as VP of programmatic for Tribune Media), 46% of those surveyed said they “didn’t know” or felt “mixed” about programmatic’s revenue impact. The 100-plus publishers who […]
“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 Matt Keiser, founder and CEO at LiveIntent. Oracle’s new ID Graph uses the company’s data to match unique identifiers to its BlueKai data-management platform (DMP). That means unique identifiers associated […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. CEO Talkin’ Former [x+1] CEO John Nardone has left Rocket Fuel, which acquired the self-serve DSP/DMP hybrid last August, and joined UK-based ad-serving tech firm Flashtalking as its new chief executive. He replaces the firm’s elusive CEO and founder, Paul Cunningham. Nardone wastes no […]
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s payment startup Square is moving farther up the funnel. Known mainly as a lightweight mobile payment processor for boutique mom-and-pop stores and taxi cabs, Square on Tuesday rolled out Square Marketing, a product that will fit in to its growing set of Customer Engagement tools for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). […]
Holding company WPP’s Data Alliance and Facebook have expanded their partnership such that WPP clients globally can use data assets from Kantar Media, media agency GroupM and Wunderman’s KBM Group to build unique audience segments to target across the Facebook ecosystem. This partnership is considerably different from what Facebook has with third-party data providers like Acxiom and Datalogix. […]
Database marketing and CRM agency Merkle has acquired performance marketing agency Pointmarc, a Seattle-based digital analytics consultancy. Terms were not disclosed. The deal is the latest in an acquisitions spree for Merkle, which acquired paid search and social agency RKG last July and earlier bought Chicago digital agency New Control, design firm 5th Finger and […]
Women’s clothing retailer Bebe is rewiring the way it turns data into personalized offers for young, fashion-forward females on their devices of choice. Founded in 1998 and now operating more than 200 retail stores with 100 international franchisees, the company hired a chief digital officer, Erik Lautier, in January 2014 to improve conversions on Bebe’s […]
“Marketer’s Note” is a regular column informing marketers about the rapidly evolving, digital marketing technology ecosystem. This week it is written by Lizzie Komar, Associate Analyst, AdExchanger Research. Over the past few weeks there’s been a good deal of news coverage on the growing trend of independent publishers banding together to form programmatic media selling coalitions. 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 Michael Katz, CEO and co-founder at mParticle. We’ve heard talk about massive ad tech consolidation for years. Whether it’s through M&A, a nuclear winter-like event or convergence with the marketing […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google’s Search Data Once upon a time, Google’s ad platform chief, Sridhar Ramaswamy, locked horns with his peer, Susan Wojcicki (now YouTube CEO), over the proper use of the company’s valuable search data. The Information’s Amir Efra tells the tale of some meetings where […]
In 2012, Barack Obama’s and Mitt Romney’s campaigns spent almost $80 million combined on online advertisements leading up to the election. And that total was in turn dwarfed by the amount that was channeled through digital by super PACs, whose expenditures are more difficult to track with precision. While those fundraising totals may have bowled […]
Ad tech companies have been rolling out more self-serve interfaces that aspire to give more transparency and control for ad buyers while introducing a new software licensing revenue stream for the platform owner. Rocket Fuel, Dstillery and Yahoo’s BrightRoll have moved in this direction recently. But it’s not an option exclusively available to the big […]
Boom and pop. One is the sound of VC money pouring into the ad tech industry. The other is the sound a bubble makes when it bursts. Ad tech has been notorious for heavyweight funding rounds and even larger, some might say bloated, valuations. And companies that were flying high before they went public – Rocket […]
Today marks the debut of “On TV & Video,” a new column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Bob Rupczynski, vice president of media, data and CRM at Kraft Foods Group. As I continue hearing about the tremendous progress we have made in programmatic television, I can’t help but […]
