Brian Silver is CEO of Travel Ad Network, an online advertising company. AdExchanger.com: Please discuss the pivots that Travel Ad Network (TAN) has made since its inception in 2003. TAN was bootstrapped from inception through its first institutional round in March 2008 when the company raised $15mm in Series A financing led by Rho Ventures […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. IPG’s Freeman Talks Display Matt Freeman who runs Interpublic Group of Cos.’ Mediabrands Ventures unit is featured in Ad Age where he talks about the 16 areas, count ’em 16 areas, that he oversees as well as his role as co-chairman of Mediabrands. In […]
AudienceScience announced last week that Alanna Clark has been hired as VP of Strategic Partnerships. See the release. A veteran of the digital media optimization space, Clark discussed the new role and trends in the industry with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Looking at the ad tech industry, in your mind, what has been the biggest surprise in […]
Philip Smolin, GM, Platform Solutions of demand-side platform Turn discussed the company’s recently announced ROI Optimizer (read the release) as well as offline data integration with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Please identify what verticals the ROI Optimizer might be best for – or will get initial traction? PS: The ROI Optimizer is available immediately and relevant for brands […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Earnings Release It was a strong quarter for Google as it exceeded, met or missed Wall Street analyst earnings expectations depending on who you talk to. Overall, Google reported Q2 2010 revenues of $6.82 billion, 24% better than Q2 2009. CEO Eric Schmidt […]
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Joe Doran is a board member at Legolas Media. He was previously founding CEO of Media6Degrees and GM for Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions. A few years ago, online publishers were told that salvation was just around the corner if only they’d sell their inventory on ad exchanges. Buyers would bid—in real-time no less—on available inventory […]
According to The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel, Google will announce on Thursday that Omnicom has entered into a non-exclusive partnership “to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy display ads for its clients through Google over the next two years (…) In return, Google will work with Omnicom to build a global ‘trading […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Criteo Sees U.S. Momentum Retargeter Criteo is knocking it out of the park according to a press release on their Q2 2010 momentum. Highlights include: ” Number of sales generated post-click increased more than 600 percent; In Q2 2010, Criteo doubled its U.S. client […]
Bill Wise is CEO of MediaBank, “a provider of integrated procurement technology and advanced analytics to the advertising industry”. Read the press release about Wise’s recent appointment. AdExchanger.com: What are the challenges that the MediaBank CEO role presents that you wouldn’t find in the startup world or elsewhere? With most startups, you’re enabling new opportunity […]
In a press release, AdReady announced AdReady for Agencies, “a hosted, privately labeled display advertising platform” as well the addition of Brian McAndrews of Madrona Ventures to its board. Read the release. CEO Karl Siebrecht of AdReady discussed the new ad platform focus and more. AdExchanger.com: Is the new AdReady for Agencies display ad platform […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Mobile Ad Network Gets $8 Mil Mobile ad network InMobi announced that it has raised $8 million in Series B round financing from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures. Tricia Duryee of MocoNews writes, “The round will help pay 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 Scott Portugal, CRO at TRAFFIQ. “We can build an DSP to manage RTB’s, leveraging data exchange segments for hyper-targeting and optimizing against CTR and eCPA to improve ROAS […]
“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. Now that Google has bought Invite Media and publicly stated that the purchase was all about real time bidding […]
Search data exchange Magnetic announced the hiring of former AOL and Tumri exec Mike Peralta as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Read the release. Peralta discussed his move to Magnetic and the company’s strategy. AdExchanger.com: With your experience, there are many places for you to go next in your career. Why did you choose Magnetic? […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Targeting Netezza? On the WSJ’s Venture Dispatch blog, Robert Armstrong talks “big data” and observes the consolidation taking place in the space such as EMC’s purchase of Greenplum recently. He writes, “Aster Data Systems Inc., Vertica Systems Group Inc., Netezza Corp. (every DSP and […]
“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, a behavioral analytics platform for publishers. As Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley recently pointed out, 28% percent of consumers time is […]
Bob Cell is CEO of MyBuys, a provider of personalization for multi-channel retailers. AdExchanger.com: How was the June 2010 Internet Retailer conference for you and MyBuys? Any overall trends that you sensed? BC: Internet Retailer was a great event for MyBuys . We had the opportunity to meet with many people, including potential customers, clients […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. New Exchange From Chitika Chitika announced that it is the latest company to offer an exchange with a focus on local advertising. Called “LAX Local Advertising Exchange”, this has nothing to do with an airport in L.A. but leveraging publisher search data. From the […]
Peter Longo is CEO of IDG TechNetwork, a vertical ad network. AdExchanger.com: Why was IDG TechNetwork started and how did you get involved? PL: IDG TechNetwork was started to engage the distributed content universe that existed outside of our parent company, IDG. There are literally thousands of websites that are focused on technology, and IDG […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo!’s McGrory On Openness Gavin Dunaway interviews Yahoo! VP Ramsey McGrory about Right Media, Yahoo! and even McGrory’s army days in a comprehensive, two-part interview on Adotas. McGrory once again does not mince words in a not-so-veiled reference to Google when discussing the difference […]
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Yoav Shaham is CEO of Kontera, a pay-per-click ad network. AdExchanger.com: What trends are you seeing from your clients today? YS: We are seeing “classic branding” verticals adopting and investing in our category at a faster pace. This includes CPG, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, etc. One of the stories unfolding for us this year is the […]
Simon Aurik is Business Development Director Europe of Yieldivision, a media agency based in The Netherlands. AdExchanger.com: What is Yieldivision? SA: We are a new breed of agency with a technology which allows us to buy inventory across multiple sources (exchanges, adnetworks, direct pubs and ssp’s). Our technology enables us to base our media buying […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Time Inc Puts Up Paywall Nieman Journalism Lab reported yesterday that Time Inc. may have put up a paywall for Time Magazine’s online site. Joshua Benton writes, “On almost every story that comes from the magazine, there’s this phrase: “The following is an abridged […]
Brett Wilson is CEO of TubeMogul, an online video, advertising and analytics platform company. AdExchanger.com: What problem is TubeMogul solving today? Seems like a couple, potentially. BW: The common theme among our offerings is that we help advertisers get their videos watched and watched longer by the right audiences. Currently we offer paid and free […]
Ad verification company, AdSafe Media, announced a $7.5 million Series B round of financing led by Atlas Venture and includes existing investors Founder Collective among others. The funds will be used in part to roll out products Network Monitor 2.0 and Content Rating API. Read more in the release. Co-Founder and CRO Kent Wakeford discussed […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. MediaMind Offers Video Ad Tool MediaWeek’s Mike Shields writes that MediaMind (was Eyeblaster) is now delivering the Video Ad Selector tool to CBS as it looks to solve this problem: “Display ads are often too small, or too tucked away to the side to […]
Andrew Weissman is founder and COO at Betaworks, which invests in and operates Internet and digital media companies. AdExchanger.com: There’s been a lot of good buzz about Betaworks recently. Why do you think that’s the case? AW: Luck? Right time at the right place? Our companies speak for themselves; to the extent there is attention […]
