John Ramey is CEO of isocket, a direct sales, self-service ad platform. AdExchanger.com: What inspired you to create isocket? JR: Because the actual process of buying and selling most forms of advertising still sucks. The last company I started dealt with offline marketing – print, direct response, etc. The computer geek in me kept getting […]
Last Thursday Brand.net announced the launch of “MFP On Demand, the demand-side interface to its Media Futures Platform, in partnership with Digitas and one of its largest customers.” Read the release. Brand.net COO Andy Atherton discussed the new platform and its implications for the company as well as the futures and market concepts. How will […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Certification And Self-Regulation MediaPost’s Wendy Davis reports that the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) will roll-out its second wave of strategy around self-regulation today as it will “launch a program to certify that online companies are in compliance with self-regulatory guidelines.” In addition, Better Advertising […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Chris Zaharias, SVP of Sales at Dapper, an online advertising technology company. Repeat after me: The #1 issue in retargeting is not privacy The #1 issue in retargeting is […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Microsoft Brings RTB To Its Mobile Platform On the Microsoft Advertising blog yesterday, Raj Kapoor, Global Director, Mobile Advertising Products, announced that real-time bidding (RTB) has come to the mobile exchange. He writes, “With this launch, Windows Phone 7 app developers can maximize their […]
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From his recent “Ignite” presentation at a Google Zeitgeist event, investment banker Terence Kawaja of LUMA Partners breaks down the key levers driving the digital media industry (data, data, data) as well as the types of companies which will be involved in this ecosystem going forward. For those deep in the industry, you may know […]
Doug Chavez leads digital marketing for all Del Monte Foods brands. He discussed online display advertising and the opportunity for brand marketers with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Is online display becoming more important to the marketer? Or is it a “backwater”? DC: The importance of display in an advertiser’s planning will vary for brands and DR advertising […]
“Social Exchange” is a column focused on the evolving roles of social media in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Andrew Pancer, Chief Operating Officer of Media6Degrees. Why wasn’t I happier last week when The New York Times (NYT) rolled out Facebook Connect, allowing readers to “connect” through their Facebook accounts? After all, I’m […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Yahoo! Ad Formula On The Register, Cade Metz writes about economist/mathematician Preston McAfee who is evidently working on the Right Media Exchange as well as inspiring a sweatshirt worn by Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz. Metz writes, “Bartz refers to the McAfee creation on […]
A reliable source indicates that News Corp’s Fox Audience Network (FAN) and Rubicon Project are in the final stages of putting together a deal to be announced in the next 24-48 hours. The specifics aren’t clear yet, but a News Corp acquisition of Rubicon Project would put Rubicon under the MySpace umbrella – not sure […]
Today, Peer39 announced that it is bringing its semantic technology to AppNexus’ real-time ad platform. Accordant Media Co-Founder Matt Greitzer comments in the release about its relevance to his company’s media buying needs: “With access to Peer39’s data, all impressions can now be relevant so we never have to buy Run of Network again.” AppNexus […]
David Cancel is CEO of Performable, a marketing platform technology company. AdExchanger.com: How is your experience as CTO of Lookery and Compete playing into what you’re doing with Performable? DC: Being a founder and CTO at Lookery and Compete were critical in my development, Performable is benefitting from both of those experiences. I don’t believe […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Wise On Madison Avenue And Tech In an opinion piece on AdWeek, MediaBank CEO Bill Wise warns Madison Avenue execs that they better find a solution to the increasingly automated nature of media – or else. He writes, “In an era when media buying […]
Auditude announced that a partnership with “Allied Pacific Sports Network (APSN), based in China and Hong Kong, to deliver dynamic insertion of advertising into live games online.” Read more. Auditude CRO Mike Gaffney discussed the company’s live event targeting capabilities and future plans. AdExchanger.com: What targeting options can you offer a marketer with insertion of […]
Criteo CEO JB Rudelle responds to the recent controversy – outlined in Ad Age and The New York Times – regarding the use of the popular online advertising tactic known as “retargeting” and its impact on consumer privacy. AdExchanger.com: There is a fairly active conversation happening in the marketplace with respect to targeting and consumer […]
In a press release, publisher-side yield optimizer AdMeld announced that it has hired Time Inc. executive Jason Kelly as its Chief Media Officer. Read more. Kelly discussed the new role and his view on the digital advertising space. AdExchanger.com: How has your previous experience – such as your executive role at Time Inc. – prepared you […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Devil And Big Aol Ads As large publishers look to create more compelling and higher yielding ads for marketers, the ad size keeps getting bigger. Last week, Undertone announced their “Page Grabber” ad. Now, Aol plans to re-enter the big ad fray. According […]
Andy Monfried is CEO of Lotame, an advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Lotame is on the Comscore list of ad networks? Overall, how do you position and differentiate Lotame today? AM: That’s a great question, and the answer is: It depends. For example, some agencies work with us as a one-stop shop for media procurement, creative […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. RIM Ads Drumbeat Quickens If you think RIM is just focused on your Blackberry phone development, (buzzer sound) you would be incorrect. Rumored to be in-market for a mobile ad network, Research-In-Motion (RIM) has also filed for a patent of a digital-out-of-home technology called […]
Seth Levine is a co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, an early stage technology venture firm based in Boulder, Colorado. AdExchanger.com: Why get into the venture capital side of the business? Do you ever get the entrepreneurial “itch”? SL: I first got into venture capital about 10 years ago and I love my job. […]
Netezza has sponsored a new white paper by Winterberry Group called, “Changing Mission of Marketing Data,” as the use of marketing data shifts online. The paper predicts, “U.S. marketers will more than double their annual spending on online-derived data sources over the next two years – investing as much as $840 million by 2012 on […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. NY Times To Stop Printing, Date TBD Speaking at an International Newsroom Summit in London, Chairman and publisher of the New York Times, Arthur Sulzberger says that a print version of the paper will inevitably be stopped. According to Editorsweblog.com which covered the event, […]
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On the Official Google blog, VP Neil Mohan summarizes the Google display strategy and announces the launch of a display display campaign. Mohan writes: “Our single message about display advertising can be summed up in three words: ‘WATCH THIS SPACE.’ (see a sample of the creative) Starting today, we’re going to be talking about our […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Matt Shanahan, SVP of Strategy for Scout Analytics. Several weeks back, I wrote an opinion piece that explored “attention economics” or the importance of impression quality in online advertising. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Gawker Overtaking Offline’s Online News Except for one newspaper’s website, Gawker has a larger online readership than any offline newspaper with an online presence. Gawker Media‘s Nick Denton is quoted on The Awl about the momentum: “The network as a whole drew 17.8m domestic […]
That’s what it’s called – “Google Instant” and according to the AdWords help section, as users type, AdWords will deliver ads: “As a user starts to type a search, Google Instant automatically shows results for a popular search that begins with those letters. An algorithm tries to predict what the rest of the query might […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Zach Coelius, CEO of Triggit, an online advertising technology company. As we all know, the balance between the amount of time people spend on the internet and the online […]
GroupM announced that its B3 platform is launching what it calls “the industry’s first Demand Side Platform (DSP) advertising solution for mobile media.” GroupM said in a press release that the “new DSP mobile initiative uses ad decisioning technology developed in conjunction with Boston-based DataXu. Read more. DataXu CEO Mike Baker discussed the deal with […]
