Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. HP Eyeing Mobile Ads? GigaOm’s Jake Lynch offers an excerpt of his report on mergers and acquisition opportunities in 2011. He think Hewlett-Packard could be making a stronger entrance into the media space. Lynch writes, “In mobile, HP could differentiate its platform with compelling […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. IDC Says Google Display Is Biggest In IDC’s latest “Worldwide and U.S. Internet Advertising Report”, analyst Karsten Wilde says that as of Q4 2010, Google is now #1 in display advertising and displaces Yahoo! after Google Display Network (GDN) provided enough momentum to tip […]
Anthony Risicato is GM of Platforms at Tremor Media. He discussed Tremor Media’s new Video Hub (see the release) and brand advertising with online video ads recently with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: What was the trigger for the creation of the Video Hub for Tremor Media? AR: We compare everything we do to television advertising, because that’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. BuzzLogic Targeting Ads Yesterday, social analytics company BuzzLogic announced a $7.8 million Series C financing round. According to the release, “With revenue growing faster than 50 percent per quarter, the investment will serve to support BuzzLogic’s shift in business strategy and new product development […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. EU Getting Cookied Interclick COO Jason Lynn notes on his personal blog that the day has finally arrived (May 25) where the next step in the privacy regulation process will take effect regarding third-party cookie opt-in in the European Union. He explains details of […]
Chris Fralic is Managing Partner of First Round Capital, an early-stage investment company. In an update of his interview a year ago, Fralic recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about the investment climate and the digital advertising ecosystem. AdExchanger.com: In retrospect, what has surprised you about last year’s acquisition of Invite Media by Google? CF: I’m impressed […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Mapping Offline To Online There are a lot of players in the growing “attribution” field though I can’t say all players necessarily think of themselves as exclusively focused on helping marketers understand the success of their ad spend. The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel […]
Advertising business management systems company Operative announced today that Triad Retail Media, a shopper marketing services provider, has signed on as a client for its Operative.One product. According to the release, Operative.One will help Triad “create and deliver new, competitive product packages; reduce unsold inventory; conduct inventory reporting and analysis; reduce campaign billing costs and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. No Facebook Ad Network For Now, Ever At last Thursday’s Reuters Global Technology Summit, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said the company still isn’t ready to roll-out an ad network to third-party sites that would leverage the social behemoth’s “like” data for targeting. Sandberg said, […]
American Express OPEN announced its new AdManager product powered by display ad, demand-side platform AdReady. The companies claim that AdManager simplifies digital ad campaigns “by offering a start-to-finish platform that tackles every facet of building and sustaining campaigns, from creating ads to determining where they will appear.” Read the release. American Express OPEN vp Robert […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. LinkedIn Worth $8.9 Billion, AdExchanger.com Files For IPO This has nothing to do with your favorite subject and mine – digital ads – or does it!? LinkedIn went public and is now worth $5 or $6 billion more than what it was the day […]
On Wednesday, demand-side platform DataXu announced its DX Brand product focused on increasing brand awareness in display advertising through what the company says is “an evidence-based approach to measuring brand metrics, such as awareness, recall, favorability, or purchase intent.” Read the release. And, read more on Digiday. John Gray is SVP Director of Interactive Media, […]
At the very least, it was a great photo op on Monday. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission director stood with the backdrop of the IAB’s Networks and Exchanges event behind him as industry members gathered to figuratively say, “Welcome. We don’t bite,” or “Please don’t shoot us,” or, quietly, “$@)&%#!” Of course, David Vladeck, Director […]
Oren Harnevo is CEO of Eyeview, a personalized video ad technology company. Can you briefly discuss your background and inspiration for Eyeview? OH: My vision for Eyeview began while I was simultaneously working on Bachelor’s degrees in Film and Television and Computer Science at Tel-Aviv University. I became fascinated with combining these two areas by […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Adds 5to1 If it’s a relatively small $$$ acquisition, it qualifies as a “tuck-in” acquisition in M&A parlance. Yesterday, Yahoo! officially “tucked in” sell-side platform 5to1 which is Yahoo! EVP of Americas Ross Levinsohn’s former company. According to the release, “5to1 focuses on […]
Jeremy Steinberg is VP, Digital Sales & Business Development, FOX News Network. He recently discussed his views on the digital advertising around audience-based buying and display advertising. Click below or scroll down for more: How Is Innovation In Ads Affecting Fox News? New Audience-Focused Display Products On Brand Or D.R. For New Products The Rate […]
Yesterday, PubMatic announced that it had acquired publisher yield optimizer Revinet, According to the release, PubMatic will a new office in Boston, 15 new employees, and a set of publishers in the news vertical “including The Christian Science Monitor, A.H. Belo, Boston Herald, The Sporting News, and more.” Read the release. PubMatic CEO Rajeev Goel […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. 575 Million Smackers Publicis has acquired the largest independent, digital, ad agencies left in Rosetta writes Ad Age’s Rupal Parekh and Kunur Patel. They add, “The deal means the third-largest agency holding company (Publicis) now owns three of the 10 top digital shops by […]
Scott Ferber is CEO of TidalTV, a video advertising, optimization, and yield management solutions provider. Click below for the interview with Ferber or keep scrolling: Ad.com’s Influence on TidalTV What problem is TidalTV Solving? Targeting Across Devices The Big Picture for TidalTV Thoughts on RTB, DSP, Other Acronyms Engagement and Buying Metrics Addressable TV AdExchanger.com: […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. FTC Talks Do-Not Track FTC’s David Vladeck presented his unit’s views on the online privacy debate and legislation at yesterday’s IAB Networks and Exchanges Marketplace. Vladeck spoke to Ad Age’s Edmund Lee after his speech and answered questions about the latest legislative efforts around […]
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 Matt Greitzer is Co-Founder and COO of Accordant Media, media buying and optimization company. He recently […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. R U Sharing Video Ads? Ad Age’s Michael Learmonth looks at the online video ad and how marketers are increasingly mesmerized by “the share”. Learmonth notes the competitive set for video ad sharing companies, “A new generation of video-seeding firms that launched to provide […]
Veering away (temporarily) from his ecosystem landscape map for display advertising, LUMA Partners‘ Terence Kawaja has released his latest display-related endeavor after being inspired by a tweet from Brian Morrissey of DIGIDAY. Morrissey suggested there was opportunity for action figures and a board game, too. Yes. It’s a send-up of Monopoly – display ad style… […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Agencies Moving To Platforms Agency Horizon Media announced a new partnership with Adap.tv and its Adap.tv for Advertisers product which will be Horizon’s online video advertising campaign management system of choice. In addition, the companies said in a release: “Together Horizon Media and Adap.tv […]
Today, social media marketing company Buddy Media announced the acquisition of Spinback, a social commerce analytics and technology company. On Buddy Media’s company blog, Buddy Media CEO Mike Lazerow explains how attribution was at the center of the reason for buying Spinback: “By combining sharing and conversion tracking into one elegant technology solution, Spinback shows […]
Today, Yahoo! announced two new Smart Ads products – Smart Ads for Homepage and Smart Ads for Video. According to the Yahoo! Advertising blog Smart Ads for Homepage is powered by Dapper and Smart Ads for Video is powered by Yahoo! partner Mixpo (as well as some Dapper tech), and serves 15-second segments of in-banner […]
