“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 Jessica Yiu, audience analyst at PlaceIQ. The golden rule in real estate is location, location, location. The same mantra has been adopted by the world of digital marketing, albeit with […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Friends Of Friends Pursway unveiled an audience extension platform on Tuesday, dubbed Pursway Connect. Simply put, the platform helps markets identify and reach “real-life” friends of their known target audience, thereby extending a marketer’s overall pool of targets. Pursway Connect is only available for […]
Twitter has made good on its promise to roll out a tool designed to share, upload and measure video effectiveness. The company on Tuesday revealed in a blog post that it has begun beta testing a Promoted Video product following the launch of Twitter Video Cards earlier this year. Promoted Video piggybacks on Twitter Amplify, which allows broadcasters like ESPN […]
Dentsu reported steady quarterly earnings Tuesday both in Japan and abroad. The Japanese holding company saw Q2 revenue rise to $1.3 billion, a 9.8% increase YoY. The company saw 10.6% organic growth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 4.7% in the Americas and 14.8% in Asia-Pacific. The modest growth was driven by new client […]
AudienceXpress, a TV audience-buying platform and division of early addressable TV tech company Visible World, has named its first buy-side programmatic video partner: the newly public TubeMogul. As a result of the deal, media buyers using TubeMogul for digital video campaigns can now access select linear spots from AudienceXpress’s cable MSO and multichannel video programming […]
When asked what the mobile exchange environment looks like in China right now, PapayaMobile co-founder and CEO Si Shen said, “I haven’t seen too many private exchanges. … Then again, I don’t see much in the way of open exchanges, either.” But that’s because RTB is still brand spanking new. PapayaMobile subsidiary AppFlood — whose top […]
“Marketer’s Note” is a regular column informing marketers about the rapidly evolving, digital marketing technology ecosystem. It is written by Joanna O’Connell, Director of Research, AdExchanger Research. I don’t think I am alone in saying that the digital marketing ecosystem has always had mixed feelings about Rocket Fuel. From a performance standpoint, I’ve heard buyers (whether […]
“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 Lauren Moores, vice president of analytics at Dstillery. Mobile is becoming the primary bridge between online and offline data, driven largely by the availability of location data via mobile devices. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. BuzzFeed Optimizes Bank On Monday, BuzzFeed closed a $50 million investment deal from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. With the new injection of cash, BuzzFeed boats a $850 million valuation, according to The New York Times. The online publisher will likely use the funds […]
Australian telco Telstra has acquired video-monetization, streaming-video and content-management company Ooyala, the companies revealed Monday. Telstra had already invested $61 million for a 23% stake in Ooyala, which works with supply-side inventory partners and publishers to help monetize video content, and now owns 98% for an additional $270 million investment. Read the release. The acquisition, which is expected […]
It ain’t easy being a standalone mobile ad network/exchange these days, especially with Facebook, Google and Twitter breathing down your neck — and Millennial Media is feeling the burn. While Millennial reported $67.3 million in revenue in Q2, up 18% from the same time last year, the number needs to be taken with a grain of […]
Sizmek’s Q2 2014 revenues disappointed, with a meek 7% YoY increase to $44 million. In addition, the company said it had acquired Aerify Media for $6.25 million in cash (not reflected in Q2 revenue). First, the revenues: Despite double-digit growth in LATAM and EMEA, Sizmek struggled due to what CEO Neil Nguyen singled out as “lower-than-expected performance […]
Demand Media has named a former Ticketmaster chief Sean Moriarty as its new CEO. The move follows a rough second quarter, when it revealed last Thursday that its revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (ex-TAC) declined 10% year-over-year to $87.1 million. The company on Monday also acquired online art community Saatchi Online in a $17 million cash-and-stock deal. Moriarty […]
“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 Tom Manvydas, vice president of advertising strategy and solutions at Experian Marketing Services. To improve the performance of their digital advertising campaigns, marketers can use yield-optimization practices, which are common […]
While Google has gotten really good at display – more than $4 billion in display ad revenue good – how about the rest of Google’s digital marketing stack? Like enterprise platform players Oracle, IBM, Adobe and Salesforce.com, Google’s ad and marketing tech offering is a sum of many acquired parts. Google followed its $3.1 billion […]
Marketers hunger for native ads and publishers, spurred by the format’s lucrative cost, are happy to feed it to them. Yet while most publishers – 93% according to a survey conducted by the Online Publishers Association – claim to have a native offering, 47% of marketers said they were unsatisfied with their ability to distribute […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. What’s With The M&A? The NY Times explores the recent mergers and acquisitions trend – and what it means. NYT writers explain, “To some on Wall Street, the deal-making may not in fact be an indicator of golden years ahead. Optimism about economic growth […]
The shift to programmatic isn’t making things easier for Scripps, the media company behind properties like HGTV, The Food Network, and The Travel Channel. Programmatic, difficulties monetizing mobile, and declining display revenues brought Scripps’ digital business down 5.3% year over year. Since digital accounted for just $27 million out of Scripps’ $684 million in revenue […]
Rentrak sees surging interest in addressable TV advertising, according to Bill Livek, CEO of the audience measurement and data services firm. “We believe this will be a massive advertising category,” Livek remarked during the company’s quarterly earnings call Thursday. “The folks who are doing addressable campaigns, every time a brand runs a campaign they can […]
“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 Andrew Casale, vice president of strategy at Casale Media Inc. When I first wrote about deal ID more than two years ago, it was a simple idea with an uncertain […]
This is the second in a series of interviews with vendors combating the problem of ad fraud. Other companies participating in this series include White Ops, DoubleVerify, Forensiq, Moat, PubChecker and Telemetry. Read last week’s interview with Videology. When it comes to detecting and preventing ad fraud, Integral Ad Science is the middleman. That is, […]
Comparison shopping site Shopzilla has a lot of data. About 20 years’ worth, to be exact. Shopzilla’s been around since 1996 and unbeknownst to some, still drives 50 million monthly unique visitors across its owned-and-operated network that includes consumer insights and merchant ratings site Bizrate. But the company will soon become primarily a marketing services […]
“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 Justin Choi, CEO at Nativo. Last December, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released a native advertising playbook to establish a common framework for the industry. Since then, native has become […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Addressing Television The Drum prodded agency execs from Starcom Mediavest Group (SMG), VivaKi and Carat for insights on programmatic television. “Linear TV won’t go away – but as more digital video inventory within exchanges opens up, we will continue to look to programmatic to […]
As mobile traffic grows, the stakes for advertisers also climb. This is especially true for a publisher like Time Inc., where mobile traffic increased 35% in six short months – from 39 million unique views in December to 53 million unique views in June. As more traffic shifts to mobile, “being able to provide more […]
Marin Software’s net revenues are up at $23.9 million for Q2, a 31% YoY increase. The company served 776 active advertisers this quarter, with 13 coming from newly acquired Perfect Audience. The total was up 192 advertisers from Q2 2013, a 33% YoY increase. CEO David Yovanno, who just completed his first quarter as CEO, touted […]
Citi is aiming smaller to get bigger results with its digital marketing campaigns. The bank enlisted the help of CJ Affiliate, the affiliate marketing network formerly known as Commission Junction and part of Conversant (formerly ValueClick), to target ads beyond aggregators of credit card offers. Those aggregators are a staple of credit card marketing campaigns, […]
Agencies and marketers are forcing change on ad networks. Rocket Fuel’s $230 million acquisition of [x+1], announced Tuesday, was about more than one ad tech platform’s attempts to add new capabilities. While Rocket Fuel will benefit from [x+1]’s strong data management, demand-side platform, and site-side optimization features, Rocket Fuel CEO George John said on the […]
The Hispanic community is the fastest growing cohort of consumers in the United States and are prominent purchasers of CPGs. Yet many companies view this community as a single demographic when it can be segmented into multiple smaller groups, each with distinct characteristics. But brands like the family-run Goya Foods knew this wasn’t good enough. […]
