Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. It’s Lang Time Looking to go digital, Time Inc. announced that it has finally filled its CEO role previously held by Jack Griffin with Publicis’ Digitas CEO Laura Lang. Was the hand of former Digitas CEO and Yahoo! board member David Kenny in here […]
David Soloff is CEO of Metamarkets, an analytics technology company. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Soloff to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of Metamarkets today. Click below or scroll down for more: Developing Products How Predictive Is Media? […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Responds Publicly Ad Age’s Jason Del Ray talks to Yahoo! head of North American sales Wayne Powers about DSPs, retargeters and ad networks (oh my!) and precluding them from buying Yahoo! owned and operated remnant display inventory through Right Media Exchange (RMX). Powers […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google-Admeld Approval Imminent U.S. Department of Justice scrutiny is almost over for Google’s acquisition of Admeld according to All Things D’s Peter Kafka. Approval appears imminent, says Kafka, who writes, “It’s unclear whether the DOJ will impose any restrictions on the deal. But Web […]
It’s an email – it must be real! Google-owned DSP Invite Media has informed at least one advertiser about buying policy changes for Yahoo! inventory sold through Right Media Exchange (RMX). Below, Invite Media delivers the news as advertisers need to get their own seat on RMX rather than use a DSPs seat if they […]
Last week, several demand-side platform (DSP) companies were informed that their advertiser clients could no longer buy Yahoo! remnant, display ad inventory through their DSP seat on the Right Media Exchange (RMX). Instead, those advertisers will need to get their own seats on RMX if they want to buy Yahoo! remnant display ads. Read more. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. DG Becomes Tastier Takeover Target The stock market has not been a forgiving marketplace as of late. DG can certainly attest to this. The company – which owns ad tech holdings MediaMind, Unicast and Eyewonder among others – is now worth just north of […]
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The other shoe appears to be falling. If you’re a demand-side platform or ad network on Right Media Exchange, you may not be allowed to buy Yahoo! Class 2/remnant inventory on behalf of your client unless your advertiser gets its very own seat on RMX. (Having an advertiser get its own seat is not easy […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. May I Scan Your Creative? Product Manager Drew Bradstock logs in to the DoubleClick Publisher blog and announces “enhanced advertiser-level controls” for publishers. “What does that mean?”, you ask… Bradstock says it means DoubleClick scans creative on behalf of the publisher and figures out […]
Randy Smith is President of ClearSaleing, an advertising analytics and attribution management platform company. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Smith to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of ClearSaleing today. Click below or scroll down for more: On Being […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ebay Looking For Recommendations In an effort to apparently maximize yield for its digital shelf space, Ebay is buying Chris Dixon’s Hunch – or so says indefatigable blogger Mike Arrington who estimates the prices at around $80 million and adds, “The Hunch recommendation technology […]
Mark Rabe is CEO of Sojern, a travel data and media company with exclusive partnerships with several major airlines. Adexchanger.com: So, in some ways, are you building an Orbitz competitor with Sojern? MR: The answer is no. We are partnered with our airline partners – and it’s the majority of the large domestic airlines, who […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook Ad Metrics Rob Hof provides an in-depth article on Facebook advertising in the December 5 issue of Forbes. Display ad success metrics, the click and other industry analytics pain points make an appearance as Hof writes that Facebook is trying to find a […]
Bill Duggan is Group Executive Vice President at the Association of National Advertisers, a trade association for the marketer and which “leads the marketing community by providing its members insights, collaboration, and advocacy.” Duggan discussed the trade group’s latest whitepaper (read the release) which reviews on behalf of marketers the agency trading desk model. Download […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. 24/7 RTB 24/7 announced that its Open AdStream ad platform is now real-time bidding(RTB)-enabled. The company claims that differentiation from other SSPs and ad exchanges includes “a single decision engine” and “instead of integrations between multiple systems, the experience for the users viewing the […]
Curt Hecht is CEO of VivaKi Nerve Center, part of agency holding company Publicis. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Hecht to discuss the Nerve Center, his views on the space, and the state of VivaKi Nerve Center today. Click below or scroll down for […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Getting Strategic With Video YuMe has received a cool, strategic $12 million investment from a group that includes Samsung Ventures among others as YuMe appears to be clearly warming to the role of solutions provider for the connected TV future – in addition to […]
Richard Harris is Co-Founder and CEO of Intent Media, an online ad platform for ecommerce publishers. AdExchanger.com: First, can you share a little bit about your background and how you arrived at deciding to launch Intent Media? RH: My background is – having been a retailer for a long time – I was part of […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Amazon Or IPO The Business Insider drank from the rumor cauldron (or something like that) yesterday and said that Amazon may want to acquire sell-side platform PubMatic. TBI’s Nicholas Carlson quotes a source and writes, “This source said a Pubmatic executive and another plugged-in […]
Joel Jones has been announced as VP, Americas Ad Marketplaces at Yahoo! which includes responsibilities as the new head of Yahoo!’s Right Media Exchange in North America. Jones spoke to AdExchanger.com during last week’s ad:tech event about RMX and its latest developments. AdExchanger.com: Can you share a little background on you and your new role? […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Video Is H-O-T Hot hot hot… Video DSP and analytics firm TubeMogul says pre-roll is “catching up” with online display ads in terms of inventory with real-time bidding attributes. See the graphic. According to a company blog post, “In the past five months, pre-roll […]
Joe Zawadzki is CEO of MediaMath, a demand-side platform technology company. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Zawadzki to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of MediaMath today. Click below or scroll down for more: Today’s M&A The Past Year […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Klout And Minors The New York Times examines Klout and the story of a mother who noticed that her own Klout score – which measures influence across several social media sources – was connected to the Klout score of her son and daughther who […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Retargeters Banned! Schwaaa? All Things D’s Peter Kafka says that retargeters are banned on Yahoo!: “People familiar with Yahoo say that this week it told at least three retargeting companies — Criteo, TellApart, and ValueClick’s Dotomi — that it would stop selling them its […]
Good times were had by all at the AppNexus Summit in NYC today, as AppNexus gathered Yahoo!, Microsoft and Aol together for a little chat about their, potentially, big deal that will allow each of the three, huge publishers to sell each other’s “premium,” non-guaranteed, display inventory. (Tuesday’s press release here.) Participants for the panel […]
Yesterday, Yahoo!, Aol and Microsoft announced that they were going to sell each other’s “premium” non-guaranteed display inventory through Microsoft Exchange (supported by AppNexus) and Right Media Exchange. From the release, RTB will be a part of the mix: “By integrating one another’s real-time bidding (RTB) technologies to facilitate the availability of nonreserved inventory by […]
