Jeff Crowe is Managing Partner of Norwest Venture Partners. AdExchanger.com: With investments in Brand.net and Turn, obviously Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) appears bullish on the digital media buying space. What drove NVP to invest in each of these companies? JC: Overall, we have been bullish on the digital advertising space for several years and continue […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Graphing The Ad Recovery Bnet’s Jim Edwards that the signs have arrived that show a recovery in the advertising market and plots a few Excel graphs showing signs of improvement at ad holding companies such as Omnicom, IPG, Publicis, MDC Partners, Lamar Advertising and […]
Bill Wise is Yahoo! VP/GM, Ad Platforms. Wise answered a few questions that follow up on yesterday’s announcement regarding Right Media’s new positioning. AdExchanger.com: When will Right Media have DSP capabilities? Right Media already has DSP capabilities by leveraging exchange inventory and linking and numerous decisioning, optimization, and analytics technology within the company, and has […]
Eric Roza is President of DataLogix, an advertising data and technology company. AdExchnanger.com: Can you discuss trends you’re seeing in the data marketplace? ER: There’s no question that data is hot all of a sudden. But, candidly, the use of data to drive online advertising effectiveness is still in its infancy. To give you perspective […]
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco chaired the Monaco Media Forum – YouTube channel here – in his diminutive principality this past week with luminaries from advertising taking part in panel discussions as well as ad tech companies showing their wares. (Post-show, cigarette boat tour video with Sean Connery here.) Among those on […]
Adi Orzel is CEO of Xtend Media, an online display advertising network. AdExchanger.com: How will ad networks need to change to remain viable? AO: I think that ad networks will need to rely much more on media buying, rather than developing their publisher networks, due to the fact that more and more publisher relationships will […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. We Advertise Therefore We Regulate Given the recent moves by the EU, it would appear that Google is taking the stance that it needs to become more involved in regulation. The Guardian notes that Google is stepping up its relationship with the UK regulatory […]
“the executioner” opinion expressed below is written by Sam Temes, Associate, Platform Management, Ad Exchanges, at Razorfish. The CEO of a major ad exchange recently likened the flow of data from real-time ad exchanges to a fire hose – I like to think of it as more of a broken water main. There is so […]
By John Ebbert, Managing Editor, AdExchanger.com. “Hey Frankie – have you heard? Brand safety solutions are the rage!” [Cue the surf music.] Within the recent demand-side platform (DSP) trend where advertisers effect buying strategies across multiple supply sources – and potentially hundreds of websites -, a growing list of companies and products is emerging to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook Faces Facts Nick O’Neill on All Facebook says that Facebook is starting to take down certain ad networks from the social media juggernaut after posting a warning on the Facebook Developers blog (Read it.). O’Neill writes, “While we can’t be completely sure, it […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The FAN Wins Again Fox Audience Network (FAN) scored another client win for its media buying platform as WPP Group signs on and the audience buying trend with agency holding companies drives forward. Two weeks ago FAN announced a deal with Omnicom that appeared […]
Following up our post on the media optimization festivities beginning with OMMA AdNets – Whoa, they’ve moved ad:tech to New York City’s Javits Center and out of its convenient but cramped midtown hotel location – ad technology is breaking out! ad:tech New York at the Javits Convention Center, NYC, Wednesday-Friday, November 4-6 On Wednesday, November […]
LucidMedia announced that it is making its display advertising auditing services free to clients. Read the release. Ajay Sravanapudi, President and CEO of LucidMedia, spoke with AdExchanger.com about the implications of the new pricing. AdExchanger.com: Has the digital media auditing space become commodotized? Offering services for free may indicate as much, after all. AS: No, […]
By John Ebbert, Managing Editor, AdExchanger.com. For starters, if I were a publisher these days, I’d become a buyer. I’m not exactly sure how this happens. What should publishers buy, after all? But, publishers need to jump into the weeds and close their gap of understanding when it comes to the rapid innovation occurring on […]
“Ad Agents” is a new column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Martin Kelly is co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based agency, Infectious Media Ltd. On a recent trip to New York, Infectious Media met with Adexchanger.com amongst others to chat about the exchange space. The sector is growing rapidly in the […]
Matt Spiegel is CEO of OMG Digital. This is the second part of a two-part interview. The first is here. AdExchanger.com: Given the speed of technological innovation today, some might say that media agencies will need to be more entrepreneurial, but they’re going to have a hell of a time because they’re just not built […]
Matt Spiegel is CEO of OMG Digital. This is the first part of a two-part interview. AdExchanger.com: Can you characterize what the buyer/planners of the future will look like? It would seem they have a math skillset and are focused on consumer insights – not just looking over an ad network plan and reporting the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Site For Exposing Fraudsters Following Emily Steel’s article in the Wall Street Journal about disappearing ads, it has come to AdExchanger.com’s attention that several ad networks have come together to out fraudsters and their sites. Called StopAdFraud.org, the site has comments and URL logs […]
There has been a growing waterfall of chatter about audience buying in online display advertising. Ad networks, demand-side buying platforms (DSPs) – whatever you want to call them – are targeting audience. Give me auto-intenders – stat! The venture capital world has taken a flying leap into the space as many of the big name […]
You would think that the digital advertising industry has found religion given all the talk about the legendary “Holy Grail” these days. Enormous change is occurring all at once creating opportunity across the board for publishers, advertisers, ad tech companies, data providers and even the occasional blogger. As a result, the quest is “in-process” as […]
John Federico is VP, Global Media and Marketing Alliances at Monster Worldwide, an online employment website. How important is online display advertising to your media buying strategy? Are there any current challenges to display that keeps you from spending more? Display is very important to us – especially for our b2b advertising efforts due to […]
Christine Watkins is CEO of INVISION INC., a provider of advertising sales management systems to the broadcast and cable network industries. The advertiser is looking for better attribution models across all forms of advertising these days including TV. Please discuss INVISION’s transition from a primary focus on tools for traditional television ad sales to an […]
Gal Trifon is CEO and Co-founder of Eyeblaster, a campaign management and advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Can you see video ad inventory available through an ad exchange model someday soon? What are the complexities? GT: That’s a tricky question — the efficiencies of an exchange are relevant for videos, but there is still the brand […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Invisible Ad Ben Edelman has returned from past ad exploits and this time he’s found that certain online display ads are being shown on websites – and you can’t see them nor can you see the pages on which they are displayed. Emily […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a new column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Michael Barrett is CEO of AdMeld, a publisher yield optimization company. There’s been a lot of interesting talk over the past few weeks about the potential impact of Google Ad Exchange. While there seems to be consensus that the platform […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a new column 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, media trading company. As loyal readers of AdExchanger.com know, we are currently seeing a very significant platform shift […]
Jason Tafler is the CEO of PointRoll, a rich media advertising provider. AdExchanger.com: How do you see online advertising evolving in the future? What role will rich media play in driving innovation? JT: A lot of it comes down to what users are doing online. If you start with the user and see what they’re […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Search, Schmidt, Display BusinessWeek’s Rob Hof goes inside the Mountain View headquarters of Google and is introduced to the human brains within the search engine that try to keep big G on top. Read the article. As an added bonus, Hof includes the transcripts […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. DoubleClick Ad Exchange and AdWords View-Throughs Good news for the DoubleClick Ad Exchange – If you’re advertising on AdWords through the Google Content Network, a new attribution feature has been enabled showing view-through conversions. This will undoubtedly encourage more display buyers to buy through […]
To close the gap between digital audio ad spend and audience engagement, audio platforms want to get more deeply embedded in omnichannel campaign planning tools.
How can companies put ads in new places without hurting the user experience? Smart TV makers, like Samsung, are adding programmatic ads to the home screen, and Roblox will now show ads to users under 13. We examine the trade-offs as platforms expand their ad footprint.
Innovid’s latest offering serves as the “brain” behind a company’s orchestration layer. Optimum says it reduces manual work and cuts down on execution time.
Advertisers can target high- and medium-attention ad inventory in Amazon DSP while filtering out low-attention placements and made-for-advertising sites.
Marketers and media buyers are gradually getting more comfortable talking about ad campaigns they’re testing on large-language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
In Connected TV Ad Land, proving performance is the priority for video advertisers. To drive more demonstrable reach and results, publishers are trying to expand their reach while wringing more data and AI features into their offerings.
