Following up a report from earlier today on AdExchanger.com, yet another reliable source says that Dotomi is being acquired by Aol as CEO Tim Armstrong reaches to his company’s cash and stock to add a quality retargeting solution. Given recent strategic AOL moves such as Project Devil which brings an integrated, “big ads” approach to […]
A reliable source has informed AdExchanger.com that performance marketing company Dotomi (AdExchanger.com Q&A from 2009) is in the final stages of being acquired by… fill-in-the-blank. Yes, I’m sorry to say I don’t know who it is. But my source has been rock-solid in the past and says the Dotomi exit is about to happen as […]
Yesterday, online advertising technology and services company Collective announced its new Collective Exchange. According to a press release about the Exchange, the new product “allows agency trading desks to directly access, and bid on, Collective’s premium, brand-safe inventory and extensive audience data.” Read more. CEO Joe Apprendi discussed the announcement and its implications. AdExchanger.com: Why […]
Online advertising technology company AudienceScience announced its new AudienceConnect product which “pairs premium publishers who wish to optimize yield and maintain content quality with top-tier advertisers and agencies seeking to associate their brand with select publishers to dramatically increase conversion and overall advertising effectiveness,” according to the release. Read more. CEO Jeff Hirsch talked about […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. 2011 Wild Card Reuters looks at the growing momentum in the media sector, but says, overall, their remains cautious optimism, at best. Reuters Paul Thomasch writes, “The wild card is 2011. If the job market improves and housing shows signs of life, consumer sentiment […]
Here’s the press release (read it): Regarding the funding, “The Rubicon Project also announced an $18 million round of funding, bringing total financial investments to $60 million. The current financing round included funding from News Corporation, Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures Asia, Mayfield Fund, NBC Universal’s Peacock Equity Fund and Jarl Mohn. the Rubicon Project […]
Today on the Yahoo! Advertising blog, Yahoo! announced its new “Personalized Retargeting” product which it claims can “turn prospects into customers at an even higher rate than standard retargeting—and you’ll only pay for clicks or conversions.” In addition the company announced the rebranding of its ad network calling it the ‘Yahoo! Network Plus’ ad network, […]
Video ad marketplace Adap.tv announced recently that it is seeing “a 92 percent average monthly growth rate for video ad views within its marketplace since the launch in February 2010”. Read the release. Adap.tv founder and VP of Product Teg Grenager provided some perspective on recent developments at his company. AdExchanger.com: Historically, there has been […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. WPP Group Hockey Stick For an ad holding company, WPP Group’s 3rd quarter 2010 financial growth surprised at it grew more than at any time in the past 10 years with a 7.5% increase in revenue to $3.6 billion which was helped by strong […]
Investment banking firm LUMA Partners – led by Terence Kawaja – announced that Brian Andersen, who recently headed corp development at Omniture, is joining LUMA Partners and opening the company’s Palo Alto office. Andersen discussed his new role and his view of the advertising landscape. AdExchanger.com: Why get into the investment banking business now? BA: […]
Announcement on Monday – likely regarding the acquisition of FAN assets… from the press release: the Rubicon Project Hosts Press Conference With CEO & Founder, Frank Addante LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–the Rubicon Project will host a press conference to discuss company strategy and future growth plans. Who: Frank Addante, CEO and Founder of the Rubicon Project […]
Gurbaksh Chahal is CEO of RadiumOne, an online advertising network. You’re back on the ad network scene with your newest company after a successful and very lucrative exit with Blue Lithium when it was sold to Yahoo!. Why? Why not kick back? GC: To sit still is not in my DNA. I sold my first […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Microsoft’s Major Moolah Microsoft reported its fiscal Q1 2011 earnings yesterday and – woohoo! – they make a lotta cash their in Redmond: “Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $7.12 billion, $5.41 billion and $0.62 per share, […]
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David Norris is the CEO of BlueCava, an advertising technology company. Please share a little history on the company. BlueCava was spun-off. Why? DN: In early 2010, BlueCava was spun out of its parent company, Uniloc, to be a focused operating company to take Uniloc’s core technology to market. As part of the spin-out, BlueCava […]
Dan Greenberg is CEO of Sharethrough, a social video advertising and technology company. AdExchanger.com: Your bio notes that you were a teaching assistant in a Facebook class in Stanford in 2007. Why is this relevant to your new venture at Sharethrough? Also, gotta ask, how did you “grade” someone in a Facebook class? DG: The […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Rapleaf Cont. It’s been an interesting week (understatement?) for Rapleaf as coverage continues in The Wall Street Journal with controversy about the company’s technology reaching a U.S. Senate campaign. According to The WSJ’s Emily Steel, “New Hampshire Republican Senate hopeful Jim Bender apologized to […]
“The Video Audience” is a column written by members of the media community and focused on the evolving world of online video advertising. Today’s column is written by Mike Gaffney, CRO, at Auditude. Television advertising dollars are starting to follow consumers and move online in a meaningful way. We will examine three strategies that digital […]
Adi Orzel is CEO of Xtend Media, an online display advertising network. Orzel recently updated AdExchanger.com on his company’s progress in the past year. AdExchanger.com: About a year ago, you suggested that there was a growing importance to the demand-side platform model and exchanges in XTEND media’s business. Where do you stand today in this […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Funding For Video Ad Marketplace VentureBeat’s Julie Klein noticed from the SEC’s funding wire that video ad marketplace Adap.tv is recipient of $4.5 million worth of funding from existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds and Spark Capital. Read more. See the SEC filing. […]
Is Rubicon Project on the verge of announcing the acquisition of Fox Audience Network assets as previously reported here on AdExchanger.com? It looks like it all may – MAY – go down on Monday if one infers from this email sent to Fox Audience Network MyAds advertisers this evening. Dear Advertiser, We’re reaching out in […]
Mike Leo is CEO of Operative, an online advertising systems company. (Editor’s note: Operative acquired Solbright last week – read more about the acquisition from Adotas’ Gavin Dunaway. And, read the release.) AdExchanger.com: Seven years as CEO and President for one company is not the norm for digital. Why does it make sense for you? […]
PerformLine annouced a new product recently aimed at the online education marketing space called PerformMatch™ BPS which “is a set of compliance rules for higher education marketers to proactively begin self-regulation of their online advertising campaigns against misrepresentations.” Read the release. PerformLine CEO Alex Baydin discussed his company’s new product as well as complexities in […]
In a press release, creative ad technology firm PointRoll announced new research that it says showed, “Through ad sequencing, advertisers can actively and frequently engage users on a one-to-one basis by developing an ad sequence based on a user’s previous exposure or engagement with ads. The study found that by using sequencing, advertisers are able […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Online Video Is Coming In an op-ed on AdWeek, Adap.tv’s Founder and VP of Product Teg Grenager makes a bold prediction: “Get ready, because in five years, half of TV ad budgets are going to shift over to online video.” He argues that TVs […]
Ari Paparo, EVP, Product Leadership at Nielsen, a media research and measurement firm, recently discussed with AdExchanger.com his new role, Nielsen’s initiatives in the digital space and his experience as an advertising product leader at Google. AdExchanger.com: Tell us about your new role and its responsibilities. AP: I’m in charge of online audience measurement and […]
On Tuesday, November 2, Yahoo! will be producing a Right Media forum in NYC as part of the ad:tech NYC hoopla. According to the forum’s info page, Right Media Exchange execs will “discuss core areas of focus, trust and safety, our extensible technology platform and new audience management capabilities.” Also, as part of the forum, […]
BlueKai recently announced a deal with SEM firm Efficient Frontier to provide “BlueKai Intent” which, according to a press release, provides marketers with “another way to buy in-market audiences — defined by existing search keyword lists — and reach them outside the walls of search engines with any media partner.” Read the release. BlueKai business […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Audience Buying Is King, Kinda AdWeek’s Brian Morrissey says that buying is moving from placement to the end user as audience buying swarms the digital display ad world. He writes, “Here’s how it works: Advertisers can hook into large ad exchanges and set a […]
“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 Marc Kiven, Founder and CRO BrightTag. Fall is upon us. It’s that time of year when experienced gardeners are preparing their plants for winter. It’s what you do […]
