Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Omnicom Reports; Acquisitions Imminent? Agency holding company, Omnicom Group, reported Q4 earnings yesterday. Profit fell, but hey, there’s profit ($229.6 million worth). Organic revenue fell – but not as much as analysts expected. Read more from AdWeek. Also, it looks like Omnicom is on […]
David Kenny is Managing Partner of VivaKi, which combines the media and digital assets of the Publicis Groupe including Starcom, Zenith, Mediavest, Optimedia, Digitas, Razorfish and Denuo. AdExchanger.com: Everyone is talking about how agencies need to evolve media buying. Every major holding company has announced a media trading desk strategy. What areas of the workflow […]
“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 Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO at LucidMedia. Demand Side Platforms (DSP) are hot! I can tell by the huge agency interest, and even more eager venture capitalists anxious to get […]
Jon Werther, a former AOL/Time Warner executive has joined Dave Morgan’s Simulmedia, which leverages digital to optimize TV program promotion, as Chief Revenue Officer. View the release on Simulmedia’s website. Werther discussed the new opportunity with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: In your estimation, where is digital in the mindset of broadcast executives today? Have they caught up? […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. DSP Revenues Power Higher It’s happened again! Another private ad tech company is reporting its financial progress – this time it’s demand-side platform [x+1]. The company said in a release, “Fourth quarter revenue increased 62 percent over the same period in 2008, while revenue […]
“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. Last week the folks at Admeld threw a tremendous event on the topic of Real-Time Bidding (RTB) at the […]
After today’s announcement on the Google Blog by Neil Mohan regarding Publisher revenues through Google advertising products (also covered here by AdExchanger.com), AdExchanger.com asked Group Product Manager, Scott Spencer on DoubleClick Ad Exchange specifics. AdExchanger.com: How does the second-price auction work in DoubleClick Ad Exchange and why is this good for publishers? SS: AdX is […]
AdSafe Media recently released its first Safety Report that showed – when looking at display ad media across its platform – “58% of network traffic was ‘invisible’” and “29% of traffic was served to sites featuring UGC” among many data points. Read the release (PDF). And, you can download the report here (PDF – signup […]
This morning, Google released information on how publishers maximize revenues using the DoubleClick Ad Exchange as well as other Google products. The post by Neal Mohan, VP of Product Management, on the Google blog includes a one sheeter. View the post here. And, download the one-sheeter here. There’s not much that’s new here except for […]
“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 Ken Rona, PhD, V.P. Data Strategy and Client Analytics at [x+1]. Over the last couple of years, I have been in the data business, selling and buying, […]
“Networking” is a column focused on the evolving roles of networks in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Alan Schanzer, Chief Strategy Officer of Undertone Networks. The media landscape continues to evolve as advertisers move away from impression-based demographic buying to audience-centric strategies. This shift recognizes that audiences more accurately reflect potential customers and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Display Starting To Pump In a BusinessWeek article by Douglas Macmillan, Doug Anmuth of Barclay’s Capital tells BW, “Display ads are likely to contribute a little more than $1 billion, or about 4% of Google’s (GOOG) total sales this year—an increase of as […]
“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. Audience targeting has come a long way, baby. In the last 5 years, we’ve evolved from simple intra-site and intra-network retargeting to advanced, […]
“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. The rise of social tools has given the publishing industry an opportunity to leverage connections to increase traffic and time spent with their core audience, while attracting […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Display Comeback Brian Morrissey pens “Display Ads Aim for a Banner Year” on AdWeek and says, “Banner ads, nearly given up for dead, are showing new life thanks to developments in the display ad business that could close the gap between ad spending […]
“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 Nat Turner, CEO, at Invite Media. If you asked a group of people in the display industry to pick the biggest theme for display in 2010, I […]
Resonate Networks announced that it has launched attitudinal targeting in a release on Wednesday. AdExchanger.com discussed the new targeting capabilities with Resonate Networks’ CEO Bryan Gernert. AdExchanger.com: Given the rich sources of social data available today, how important is social media to creating Resonate’s dataset? Or, is it important? BG: While social data is important […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Choose Your Weapon The Wall Street Journal’s Suzanne Vranica takes a look at recent efforts by a combo of Publicis Groupe, Microsoft, Yahoo, CBS and Hulu that is trying to find a more effective way to advertise through online video. The answer? Let the […]
Michael Walrath is the former CEO of Yahoo!’s Right Media. I believe that there is a cycle of innovation at work in digital advertising. Where we are in the cycle at any given time depends on many factors, including the economy, availability of capital, supply and demand imbalances, M&A appetite, etc. Let’s take a look […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AOL Reports For The First Time AOL reported its 4th quarter 2009 earnings and among the takeways, “Domestic display revenue grew year-over-year for the first time in 8 quarters.” Get the Investor Relations Presentation (PDF) here. ClickZ’s Christopher Heine looks deeper into the earnings […]
Recent Eyeblaster research led by Ariel Gelfman looked at conversions from more than 10 billion impressions and showed that their are correlations between online and offline buying habits. Read the release. Geifman discussed the research with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: In the release about your eCommerce report you say, “This research also highlights the unique potential of […]
Mpire announced new ad blocking capabilities for its AdXpose product where, “AdXpose analyzes the content on publisher sites in real-time, and cross-references it with the prescribed rules set by the advertiser.” If the content is acceptable, the ad is served. If not, it’s not. Read the release. AdExchanger.com spoke to Mpire CEO Kirby Winfield about […]
“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 Brad Terrell is VP and General Manager of Digital Media at Netezza, a data warehouse and analytic appliances company. Agency holding firms face significant strategic and operational […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ValueClick Sells Lead Gen Biz Valueclick pre-empted its February 16 earnings release announcing that it has sold its Web Clients lead generation business for $45 million according to a release. The company also said that its Q4 2009 revenues will fall a few million […]
Adify released a survey of media planner and agencies today that looked at the importance of ad networks in online media buys and found that “branding has become the top priority for online campaigns as compared to direct response. Read the release. CEO Russ Fradin spoke to AdExchanger.com about the results of the survey and […]
Last week, demand-side platform, [x+1], announced Open Data Bridge which it says gives advertisers the ability to “simply integrate and use client and third party data for online targeting.” Read the release. Ken Rona, VP of Data Strategy and Analytics at [x+1] discussed the new product as well as provided insights on the uses of […]
“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Adam Cahill is SVP, Director of Digital Media at Hill Holliday, a full-service communications agency. Ad exchanges were undoubtedly the digital world’s Rookie of the Year in 2009, but in terms of buzz, the industry has moved on (it’s all “mobile, […]
Brand.net announced on Monday that it is expanding beyond graphical display advertising and including video in its solution set. Read the release. Brand.net CEO Elizabeth Blair discussed the company’s opportunity in online video advertising with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Why do you see the VAST video standard as important for Brand.net as well as the industry as […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. More Microsoft Ad Exchange Tidbits According to Peter Kafka on All Things D, in a couple of weeks, Microsoft may be ready to start testing with many of the demand-side platforms that are likely already hooked into Google’s DoubleClick Ad Exchange where the DSPs […]
