If you’re an Oracle competitor, the Datalogix acquisition looks formidable indeed. It adds considerable power to its data-as-a-service offering, which to this point had mostly online data. But if you’re a marketer using Oracle’s technologies – or using Datalogix data to link online advertising to offline sales – what additional benefits can you expect? While, […]
The out-of-home market will get a little more data-rich next quarter as some big digital billboard networks embrace location analytics courtesy of Posterscope and Vistar Media. Posterscope, a London-based OOH agency owned by Dentsu Aegis Network, will use Vistar Media’s location data to support an bidding platform for ad delivery to signs owned by Lamar Advertising and […]
“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 JB Brokaw, president, North America, at Sociomantic Labs from dunnhumby. The advertising industry has seen the “years” of mobile, big data and programmatic come and go. There’s no doubt we’ve […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Peter Spande, chief revenue officer at Business Insider. Back in September, ahead of the banner ad’s 20th birthday, Mediasmith’s Marcus Pratt opined on its uncertain future and proclaimed that it has long passed its […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Viewability Nonstarter Ad buyers and trading groups are pushing back against the IAB’s proposed viewability standards. In an open letter published last week, the IAB claimed that 100% viewability measurement is an impossibility, and that advertisers should aim instead for 70% viewability. But on […]
The mad dash for offline-to-online data connections has been one of the top trends of 2014. Enterprise giant Oracle was the latest to close the loop between the online and offline worlds when it revealed Monday its intent to acquire data solutions company Datalogix. “This deal is about championing commerce,” said Ray Wang, principal analyst at […]
In today’s mobile ad tech landscape, the blind lead the blind. That’s according to Forrester in a report released Monday that aims to help advertisers get some clarity into what’s become an immature and murky market of mobile vendors. Most mobile tech players aren’t clear enough about the services they provide, often using jargon and […]
CPGs are starting to spend more on digital – and that makes Snuggle Bear very happy. “It’s no secret that we’re all dealing with ongoing media fragmentation,” said Brendan O’Marra, director of digital and promotion for the fabric softener’s parent company, Sun Products Corporation, the laundry conglomerate also responsible for Wisk and Surf. “It might […]
Oracle has agreed to acquire Datalogix, a data solutions company that shopped itself around in recent weeks, as AdExchanger has reported. As we previously reported, Facebook, Nielsen and Adobe have also shown interest in the business. Although the deal price was undisclosed, Oracle paid about 6.25x for BlueKai. If Datalogix had revenue of $125 million, that means […]
While advertisers are eyeing the vast possibilities for location tracking, behavioral targeting and interest discovery associated with wearables and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the intimate nature of such devices creates consumer privacy concerns. Despite the opportunity around wearables, it might behoove advertisers and agencies to temper their excitement a little. “Wearables will generally be […]
“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 Mike Seiman, CEO at CPXi. Wired Magazine served the first banner ad on the web on Oct. 27, 1994. It prophesied a new revolution with the words: “Have you ever […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AppNexus Shops Again AppNexus acquired cross-device advertising startup MediaGlu, bringing its combined M&A outlay this year to a whopping $200 million (most of it spent on ad server Open AdStream). “We have a tremendous opportunity to redefine how advertising on the Internet works,” AppNexus […]
Google spent the year branding YouTube as the de facto video partner for brand advertisers. 2014 was certainly active for Google’s video properties. Its ads and commerce chief, Susan Wojcicki, took the reins at YouTube as senior vice president, Google packaged the top 5% performing YouTube videos for brand buys in a program called Google […]
The attribution space heated up this year. First Google snapped up Adometry, then AOL grabbed Convertro. Not to be left out, Rakuten bought DC Storm. Everybody wants a solution to the attribution problem – but attribution is more than just another shiny object. “The marketer’s world has never been more fragmented – from channels to possibilities […]
If banner advertising has peaked, native advertising is still on its way up. Proponents of native cite better consumer engagement and higher rates for publishers. London-based market research firm Mintel pegged the current native advertising market at $1.8 billion, predicting it will rise to $9.4 billion by 2018. Of course, “native” is a broad term […]
“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 Joe Prusz, head of mobile at Rubicon Project. In 2013, many observers marveled at the growth in mobile users. If 2013 was the year of mobile adoption, mobile advertising moved […]
“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 Krishna Boppana, chief data scientist at Digilant. With Facebook’s recent Atlas launch, Apple’s iAd refocus and Google’s restrictions on DMPs’ pixel firing, we’re seeing the rapid emergence of the “walled-garden” […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Merger Talk Do Yahoo and AOL belong together? Some Yahoo shareholders are trying hard to make the case, as Business Insider reporter Nicholas Carlson reports in The New York Times Magazine. These investors have advanced spreadsheets “that calculate that AOL and Yahoo are worth […]
Financial marketers notably increased their investment in programmatic media during the third quarter, according to Casale Media’s Index Exchange. Programmatic spending by financial and brands increased 53.2% over the previous quarter in Q3 2014, the company said Thursday in its quarterly programmatic spending report. Casale/Index Exchange was unable to provide YoY change in financial industry spending. […]
General Electric is about to make its first foray into over-the-top devices and connected TVs, said Alexa Christon, the company’s global head of media innovation. Through a deal with music and entertainment platform Vevo, GE will serve as a paid distributor of an original and curated video bundle to connected devices such as Samsung, Roku, […]
The Trade Desk made headlines this week when it raked in $45 million in debt financing and brought on Microsoft, RGM Group and Delivery Agent alum Gabe Greenberg to manage its Advanced TV division. The company positions itself as both a DSP and a DMP, and its leaders have longstanding roots in automation, according to […]
Halloween 2014 might be dead and buried, but the Zombify app is still alive and well. Zombify is just one of the many “-ify” apps created by developer Apptly, the publisher behind Wolfify, Santify, Vampify, Fatify, Oldify and a host of other face-morphing apps that allow you to apply animated effects to selfies and 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 Tony Casson, senior director of ad tech products at sovrn. When I stopped at a local store the other day, there was a sign on the door that read, “Back […]
“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 Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, founder and CEO at Drawbridge For the past five or six years, we’ve been told that it will be the “Year of Mobile.” Not this year. With companies […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. HP’s Behind The Wheel HP is on a quest to take control of its programmatic buying and force pricing transparency in its automated dealings, Ad Age reports. HP’s programmatic and media planning business sits with Omnicom, whose Accuen trading desk has come under fire […]
Gartner Research’s first-ever Magic Quadrant for Digital Marketing Hubs, released Wednesday, assumes that ad tech, marketing tech and CRM will naturally converge. As such, it pits enterprise platforms like Salesforce.com against ad tech regulars like Rocket Fuel [x+1] and Turn. No doubt many in the industry will debate whether or not this is fair, or […]
One week after completing its $2.3 billion acquisition of ad tech company Conversant on behalf of its Epsilon subsidiary, Alliance Data Systems has made some C-level org changes. Epsilon President Andy Frawley has become Epsilon’s CEO, reporting to Bryan Kennedy, the former Epsilon CEO who has been placed in charge of a joint Conversant-Epsilon unit. His title? That’s right. […]
Christmas came early for digital video ad platform true[X]. The ad platform, which serves both advertisers and publishers, revealed Wednesday that News Corp. spinoff 21st Century Fox intends to acquire it. Although the terms of the deal were not disclosed, The Wall Street Journal pegged that figure at about $200 million. (Read the release). This acquisition indicates 21st […]
Adelphic has mobile programmatic on the brain – which makes sense for a mobile DSP. The company said Wednesday that it had closed its Series B to the tune of $11 million in a round led by Blue Chip Venture Co., Google Ventures and Matrix Partners, bringing its total funding to $23 million. Adelphic – which […]
