Mark Trefgarne is Co-Founder and CEO of LiveRail, a video advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Let’s start with a little background on you. How did your consultancy lead to video advertising technology? MT: We started LiveRail about four years ago, which came out of a consulting company that I was running in London. The founding team […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Retargeting Search With +1 On the Official Google blog, Google Fellow Amit Singhal discusses his favorite fruit (Chikoo) and what Google appears to position as the biggest change in search since its inception – the addition of Google+ and +1 data feeds in informing […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jonathan Mendez, founder of Yieldbot. One of the most exciting and disruptive things going on right now in digital media is the rise of new businesses harvesting intent […]
Eric Roza is CEO of Datalogix, a company which focuses on integrating database marketing and digital media. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Roza to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of Datalogix today. Click below or scroll down for […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Fox Digital Strategy VentureBeat gets a taste of what Fox News is thinking in regards to its digital strategy in 2012. No surprise – Fox’s cross-platform strategy centers around video. VentureBeat writes, “One of Fox’s first major moves Fox on this front is is […]
Brian Silver has taken over as the head of Yahoo!’s Right Media Exchange in North America. Silver’s LinkedIn profile says his new title is “VP, Ad Platforms for the Americas at Yahoo!.” And Yahoo! confirms his new role saying, “Brian Silver will be joining Yahoo! as Vice President, Ad Platforms for the Americas, reporting to […]
Today, DataXu announced that it has acquired demand-side platform (DSP) Mexad, which has its headquarters in Germany as well as offices in France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Brazil. Dataxu said in a press release that it hopes to globally expand the use of its DX3 digital ad platform with brand advertisers. Read […]
James Avery is CEO of Adzerk, a publisher-side ad technology company. AdExchanger.com: Why focus on publisher ad serving as opposed to advertiser ad serving? JA: The reason is publishing. I view publishing as crucially important to us as a society. When I originally started running ad networks, the reason was due to the fact many […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Glam IPO On Ad Age, sources tell Cotton Delo that Glam Media will try to go public in Q2 of this year. Delo writes, “Glam’s offering will also demonstrate Wall Street’s appetite for a true digital-media IPO. Vertical properties such as Zillow or WebMD […]
Last Thursday, Aol and Bonnier’s Parenting Group announced a deal which will bring Parenting.com content to Aol owned and operated sites as well as leverage Aol’s salesforce and ad products on behalf of Parenting.com’s own site. Read more. Ned Brody, CRO and President of AOL Advertising, discussed the deal. Click below or scroll for more: […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ad Networks Are Alive And Well Mobile ad network Millennial Media says its ready to launch its initial public offering – and that means another company opens its financial kimono. All Things D’s Peter Kafka writes about the mobile ad network’s financials, “The company’s […]
At long last, Yahoo! has hired a new chief executive. After letting go of its previous CEO, Carol Bartz, four months ago, the company has hired eBay/PayPal exec Scott Thompson. Read the Yahoo! press release. AdExchanger.com reached out to a selection of industry execs – including former Yahoo!s – and asked the following question: “What’s […]
“Now Serving Mobile” is a column focused on the audience-buying opportunity in mobile advertising. Elizabeth Zalman is co-Founder at Media Armor, a mobile advertising technology company. Given that it’s the New Year and I’m in jovial spirits, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share my resolutions for 2012: Resolution #1: Surpass $1B in display […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Chooses Tech With CEO Selection And the new Yahoo! CEO is…. former ebay/PayPal President Scott Thompson. Read the release. With the choice, Yahoo! appears to hold dear its tech roots as Thompson has a decidedly “tech” pedigree and includes being the CTO of […]
Joe Apprendi is CEO of Collective, an online advertising technology and services company. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Apprendi to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of Collective today. Click below or scroll down for more: On Integrating The […]
Often, a question doesn’t have an easy answer in the digital advertising business. This is a column devoted to an answer to a single question or topic – and providing a bit of space for it. Today’s participant is Jeff Green is Founder and CEO of The Trade Desk, a demand-side platform technology company. He […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Reviewing The SSP Following up its demand-side platform (DSP) report, Forrester has published a new missive on sell-side platforms (SSPs). Authored by analyst Michael Greene, he teases the report on the Forrester marketing blog saying, “The 6 vendors we reviewed – Admeld, AppNexus, Doubleclick […]
Eric Stein is Executive Vice President, Online Solutions, of Epsilon, a database marketing company. AdExchanger.com: Can you give a quick background on the latest with Epsilon? ES: We have a platform, assets and client relationships with which we’re building an online business. Online Audience Central and other things that we’ve done over the past two […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Digital, Please -Wait, I Mean Advertising In a feature article, The Chicago Tribune’s Robert Channick covers momentum in the online advertising space in the Chicago area. Leo Burnett’s North American President says about digital, “We need to lead in this space, we need to […]
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Sign-up for the AdExchanger.com Daily Newsletter here. It’s been quite a year on AdExchanger.com as events encompassing the ecosystem of advertisers, publishers, agencies, tech and data companies have not disappointed and included many twist and turns. In that spirit, please climb aboard the AdExchanger.com time machine and re-live the excitement as you sip on your […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Holster Your Weapons In a very co-operative-sounding press release, measurement and research rivals Nielsen and comScore made nice over a patent dispute which awards comScore four patents owned by Nielsen in exchange for a worldwide license to said patents and $19 million in comScore […]
It’s the end of the year and it’s time to look forward, but it’s also time to look back and see what’s happened – or not. In its final plunge into the crystal ball of “predictions,” AdExchanger.com reached out to members of the venture capital community and asked them to critique their predictions of last […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Targeting Auto Ads Video ad network TidalTV targets automotive marketers with its latest product launch as it will integrate audience targeting data from automotive data company Polk via Datalogix. According to the release, TidalTV claims, “Integrating Polk data directly and through Datalogix’s technology, TidalTV […]
The 2012 version of the AdExchanger.com “predictions” piece comes with a twist as a selection of industry execs offer their thoughts on the following question: “What’s going to happen next year in advertising that hasn’t happened before? And why?” Neal Mohan, VP, Display Advertising, Google, offers his views. I’m excited about a ton of things, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Sparking Ad Sales In an Advertising Age article, Jim Spanfeller discusses Spanfeller Media Group and the success of its food-focused The Daily Meal site. Spanfeller admits to Ad Age’s Jason Del Rey that things didn’t going exactly as planned initially even though The Daily […]
The 2012 version of the AdExchanger.com “predictions” piece comes with a twist as a selection of industry execs offer their thoughts on the following question: “What’s going to happen next year in advertising that hasn’t happened before? And why?” Rik van der Kooi, Corporate Vice President, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group for Microsoft, offers his […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Reviewing The Exit In the Wall Street Journal, reporters look at whether New York Times CEO Janet Robinson’s decision to leave the company was a result of missteps with digital strategy. The WSJ’s Russell Adams and Christopher Stewart write, “Executives under Ms. Robinson used […]
The 2012 version of the AdExchanger.com “predictions” piece comes with a twist as a selection of industry execs offer their thoughts on the following question: “What’s going to happen next year in advertising that hasn’t happened before? And why?” Ross Levinsohn, executive vice president of the Americas region for Yahoo!, offers his views. One word– […]
