Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Transparency Is The New Daddy On The Official Google blog, transparency and openness is a theme AGAIN! – Just like here (potentially) and here. Can you dig the new positioning? Today’s transparent fact from Google: “We’re announcing that in 2009 we generated a total […]
Dave Williams, is CEO, president and co-founder of BLiNQ Media. AdExchanger.com: As a co-founder of 360i, were you surprised that Dentsu acquired 360i’s parent, Innovation Interactive? DW: I was not surprised by this because I know Innovation Interactive was looking to expand its global footprint, diversification of service offerings and revenue opportunities. What made you start […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Rajeev Goel is CEO of PubMatic, a publisher yield optimization company. With the development of so many sophisticated technical solutions to help online publishers minimize the risk of running malware and ads delivered to the wrong person at the wrong time […]
“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 Scott Portugal, CRO at TRAFFIQ. Transparency and Value, Value and Transparency. The Ying & Yang of digital media and two concepts that are embedded into nearly every conversation […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Armstrong On AOL’s Bebo Acquisition Caroline McCarthy reports from the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in NYC that AOL CEO Tim Armstrong shared his thoughts on AOL’s historically over-priced ($850 mil) acquisition of social network Bebo saying, “I don’t know whether or not I would have […]
Entrepreneur and writer of the Cogblog, Brent Halliburton, has created a new type of ecosystem map showing the interconnected web of funding for ad tech companies and organizes it by broad, functional groups. Halliburton tells AdExchanger.com that he used historical data from angel investor Jerry Neumann, AdExchanger.com and TechCrunch’s Crunchbase to show “every investor that […]
Publisher yield optimizer, Rubicon Project, announced that it has acquired SiteScout, a company whose technology looks to “prevent malicious ads and other dangerous Web content from reaching customers.” Read more. Craig Roah, COO and Founder of The Rubicon Project, talked about the acquisition and how it will be integrated into the company. AdExchanger.com: Why buy […]
Chris Mejia is President and CEO of ADSOVO and Contextual Media Group, makers of SureSafe. AdExchanger.com: First, a bit of background, how are ADSOVO and Contextual Media Group connected? How did the company begin overall? CM: Yes, there seems to be quite a bit of confusion in the market about this connection, so I’m happy […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Twitter Boots Some Ad Networks Twitter’s COO Dick Costolo announced from the Twitter blog that the company is booting specific ad network types. Costolo writes, “We will not allow any third party to inject paid tweets into a timeline on any service that leverages […]
Oh THAT’S where some of the agency margins are! Google has made another step toward a more transparent future as the company looks to beat competitive, privacy-related and anti-trust threats. Will it be enough? Today, on the Google AdSense blog, Big G’s VP of Product Management revealed its overall revenue share with publishers for Google […]
Valassis, a direct-mail and newspaper coupon marketer, said late last week that it has signed a deal with Yahoo! to provide SMBs an expanded digital marketing toolkit as “clients will gain access to Yahoo!’s premium online display advertising inventory and industry-leading behavioral and geographic targeting solutions.” Read the release. John Lieblang, President of Digital Media, […]
Magnetic has announced partnerships with a number of ad networks that it says will result in giving “advertisers and agencies search re-targeting capabilities for every campaign, using search data as the key indicator of intent to find customers in purchase mode…” Read the release. Josh Shatkin-Margolis, CEO of search data exchange Magnetic, discussed the announcement […]
All Things D’s Peter Kafka says that Google is considering the purchase of demand-side platform (DSP) Invite Media. Kafka says, “A deal has supposedly been in the works for some time, and one theory is that Google has been waiting for the AdMob saga to conclude before moving forward. Estimates for a price are all […]
AdReady announced recently a new $5.3 million round of funding from current investors Madrona Venture Group, Bain Capital and Khosla Ventures. Read the release. AdReady CEO Karl Siebrecht discussed the new funds and the company’s plans. AdExchanger.com: How will the company use the $5.3 million raised in this round? KS: This capital will be used […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Choose Your Own Video Ad Adventure Get ready for “Ad Selector” – a new video ad format being championed by VivaKi that puts the power of which ad to play in an online video, into the the hands of the viewer. According to Ad […]
Demand-side platform DataXu has released a new monthly study called “DataXu MarketPulse.” Among the insights: “DataXu analyzed the price paid for ad impressions across ad exchanges over the past 30 days, and discovered that the average daily price varied by over 100% during the period.” The company also compared CPM pricing volatility to other markets: […]
It’s official. The impossible will not happen and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has approved Google’s purchase of mobile ad network powerhouse, AdMob. And, there will be no $700 million kill fee for AdMob and its investors. But, it’s fun to think about. The FTC’s statement (PDF) on the approval reveals the reason for the […]
Richard Jalichandra is President & CEO of Technorati, a social media search site and owners of Technorati Media, an ad network. AdExchanger.com: Can you take us through some of the pivots that Technorati has gone through and where it is today? RJ: Our evolution from a single site into a network serving billions of ads […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. New Online Shopping Legislation U.S. Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller has introduced legislation aimed at prohibiting “companies from enrolling consumers in paid-subscription programs unless the consumers entered their credit card numbers and agreed to the program,” according to MediaPost’s Wendy Davis. And there’s more – […]
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“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Greg Hills is platform manager of media trading agency, Varick Media Management. My work focuses on the economics of advertising, but recently I’ve been thinking about the political economy of advertising. After all, advertising dollars don’t have a mind of their […]
Demand-side platform technology company [x+1] announced earlier this week that it’s first quarter results for 2010 were strong in comparison to 2009 as “revenue increased 77 percent over the first quarter of 2009,” according to the release. [x+1] CEO John Nardone discussed the details of the company’s first quarter results. Among your Fortune 500 clientele […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. NY Times Calls On Editor For Digital Strategy The New York Times is pulling one if its editors off of their beat to help with digital strategy. “Jill Abramson, managing editor for news at The New York Times, will step aside for six months […]
blip.tv, an online video broadcasting company, just announced a $10.1 million round of funding led by Canaan Partners and existing investors Bain Capital Ventures. Read the release. Mike Hudack, CEO and co-founder of blip.tv, discussed the new funding and upcoming plans. AdExchanger.com: What can you share regarding the funding environment today? There’s less irrational exuberance […]
Brad Terrell is VP and general manager of digital media at Netezza, a data warehouse and analytic appliances company. He recently discussed his company’s client momentum in the digital media space including their ongoing deal with Acxiom (PDF). AdExchanger.com: Can you quantify the scope of working with Acxiom either in dollars or by number of […]
“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 Roland Cozzolino, CTO of MediaMath, an online advertising technology company. Whenever someone wants to understand the basics of RTB, I like to tell them that they need to understand […]
John Federman is president and CEO of Searchandise Commerce, an online media network for product manufacturers and their retail channel partners. How did Searchandise Commerce come together? Searchandise Commerce was founded in July 2008 by an executive team with extensive advertising, retail, search and high-tech experience. Our business model is based on the proven technique […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Buys VOIP Google has made its nearly weekly acquisition of a company for a sub $100 million price. This time it’s Global IP Solutions for $68.2 million according to MocoNews’ Joseph Tartikoff who adds that the company “sells technology used to deliver voice […]
Yahoo! officially opened up the pocketbook in an impressive way by acquiring Associated Content and getting its own content generating machine. Startups looking to be acquired should be jumping for joy as CEO Carol Bartz addresses her company’s content future in competition with companies like Demand Media and AOL’s Seed. There is also an important […]
Dan Salmon is an equity research analyst at BMO Capital Markets and covers advertising and marketing services. AdExchanger.com: Please provide a bit of background on you and how you and Bank of Montreal got into the marketing services space. DS: BMO Capital Markets is the investment banking arm of BMO Financial Group (aka Bank of […]
