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 […]
Omar Tawakol, CEO of BlueKai, discussed today’s announcement regarding a new $21 million round of funding (Read the release.) with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Obviously, this is a big round. What plans can you share regarding future areas of investment at BlueKai and where this round will be funneled? OT: One area in particular will get a […]
Auren Hoffman is CEO of Rapleaf, a company which provides social data about a company’s audience. AdExchanger.com: Tell us about Rapleaf‘s history. AH: Rapleaf’s vision is to understand people. Like Google understands URLs, we want to better understand people. What problem is Rapleaf solving? At our core, we’re about helping companies understand their existing customers […]
Demand-side platform Invite Media issued a release today about its real-time biddable inventory sources which include AdBrite, AdMeld and PubMatic. Read the release. Invite Media COO Nat Turner discussed some of the intricacies of online media buying today with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: You discuss buying “brand-safe” inventory in your release. How do you determine whether inventory […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google May Expose AdSense Rev Share Schwaaaa??? From Davos, Switzerland, Jeff Jarvis reports for The Business Insider on Eric Schmidt’s and other Google execs’ meeting with reporters where a Google rep told Jarvis, “They would consider giving more transparency about revenue splits in Adsense.” […]
“Displaying Search” is a column capturing the intersection of display advertising and search marketing. Today’s column is written by Dax Hamman, VP, Display Media, at iCrossing, a digital marketing agency. The average search marketer doesn’t rate display very highly. They operate in a very ROI-orientated world based on hard facts and close to 100% accountability. […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Herman Takes On New Role MDC Partners took another step into digital waters as one of its agencies, Kirschenbaum, Bond, Senecal & Partners (kbs+p), announced a new Chief Digital Media Officer and tapped its own – Varick Media’s president, Darren Herman. According to AdWeek’s […]
Mobile ad network Jumptap announced targeting for the new Apple tablet computer, iPad, yesterday. Read the release. AdExchanger.com discussed the new iPad and the advertising opportunity enabled by it with Jumptap CMO Paran Johar. AdExchanger.com: What makes the Apple iPad (or tablet) a “mobile” opportunity? For Jumptap, what are the key differences of the iPad […]
Adam Cahan is CEO of Auditude which provides a technology platform for video management and monetization. AdExchanger.com: Please provide some background. How did Auditude begin? AC: Auditude was founded in 2005 around our Content ID/fingerprinting technology. In 2007, we took our first round of institutional financing and began to build the team we have in […]
AdRoll announced a new, self-service retargeting solution which it says has resulted in up to a 30% performance improvement when buying cross-platform. Read the release. AdRoll CEO Aaron Bell spoke with AdExchanger.com about the new product called Roundtrip and retargeting, in general. AdExchanger.com: You identify “cross-platform retargeting” (i.e. retargeting across multiple ad networks and exchanges) in […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The “I”s Have It Jules Polenetsky of the Future Of Privacy Forum is hoping that a new “i” image will be the indicator light for consumers telling them that they’re seeing an online ad due to behavioral, cookie-based targeting. Stephanie Clifford covers the story […]
Vlad Stesin is VP, Strategy at BLOOM Digital Platforms, makers of AdGear, an ad serving platform. AdExchanger.com: Please discuss AdGear. How did it start? And what challenge is AdGear trying to solve? The team working on the platform has built and operated the proprietary ad serving infrastructure at Cossette, Canada’s largest independent advertising agency. We’ve […]
Tom Pace is CEO of Solbright, a web publisher solutions provider. AdExchanger.com: Solbright has been around for a while. Discuss the evolution of your company and how it has tracked changes in the online ad industry. Solbright started out as a practical solution for addressing the basic business processes of publishers and Web sites looking […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Reports Q4 ’09 Yahoo! reported its Q4 earnings for 2009 and the big news is “CEO Carol Bartz noting that the company would disable its irksome ‘hover interaction’ on the homepage,” according to Kara Swisher of All Things D. The Associated Press reports […]
Turn announced feature upgrades to its demand-side platform as well as an agency holding company client win in Omnicom Media Group in a release today. Regarding the upgrades, the company said, “Capabilities include single-click deployment across all real-time bidding (RTB) inventory sources, automated budget allocation and a new audience extension technology.” Read the release. AdExchanger.com […]
Online targeting data provider, eXelate, and Invite Media, a demand-side platform, announced an agreement in which “Invite Media customers gain both seamless access to eXelate data across multiple media exchanges including Right Media, Google DoubleClick’s Ad Exchange, AdBrite, AppNexus, AdMeld, PubMatic and others, as well as dynamic insight reporting indicating the audience characteristics that are […]
Another independent digital agency has been gobbled. The Wall Street Journal’s Suzanne Vranica reported last night that top-5 holding company, Dentsu, was in the final stages of acquiring Innovation Interactive which owns 360i, Search Ignite and Netmining (AdExchanger.com Q&A). According to Vranica, “The deal under discussion is valued at roughly $200 million… In 2009, Innovation’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. VivaKi Ventures Transitions VivaKi Ventures has transitioned from the investment phase to the integration phase according to a ClickZ article by Zach Rodgers. Rodgers says that VivaKi investments such as Adap.tv, Aggregate Knowledge, Tumri and others will continue to be integrated into the VivaKi […]
