With economic gyrations affecting stock markets and money supplies the world over, it is yet another excuse for marketers to go back to their recession playbook and consider, “What happens if things get worse from here and, during the next board meeting, the CFO challenges me to cut still more from my supposed, bloated marketing […]
Yesterday, rich media ad tech firm Eyewonder was acquired by DG (formerly DG Fastchannel) for $66 million from Limelight Networks. Read the release. DG President & COO Neil Nguyen discussed the implications of the transaction with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: You have Unicast, MediaMind (formerly Eyeblaster) and now Eyewonder under one roof. What do you think that […]
Seth Dallaire is VP, Global Agencies/Accounts and Sales at Yahoo!. Dallaire discussed industry trends and Yahoo!’s plans to address the agency in an interview with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Do you feel that agency trading desks are more of an ad network these days? Or are they an agent of the client? SD: I see them as […]
Will Price is CEO of Flite, a cloud-based ad platform. AdExchanger.com: You’ve had extensive experience as a venture capitalist. What’s your opinion on the investment world today and the so‑called “bubble”? WP: I think it was John Doerr who said that the Internet is over‑hyped in the near term but under‑hyped in the long term. […]
Have you noticed? The ad tech, audience buying ecosystem is shrinking. For all the talk about how complicated the ecosystem is and how many companies there still there are, it’s smaller than it was a year or two ago if you look at the number of VC-backed startups in the ad tech space. I did […]
Using 2010 data from its DoubleClick for Advertisers platform, Google has released its latest display ad benchmark figures “for the entirety of 2010 by ad format, ad size and industry vertical.” Read more on the DoubleClick Advertisers blog. Among the “highlights:” “Interaction rates trended slightly lower when comparing Q4 2010 to Q4 2009” – Display […]
It’s time to put on the AdExchanger.com Swami hat and look ahead as the ad tech ecosystem continues to bubble and mergers and acquisitions abound with Fall approaching. Through the end of the year, AdExchanger.com sees many possibilities. Let’s Swami-fy, shall we? Prediction #1 This one’s been bouncing around the ecosystem forEVER… ever since the […]
Tim Vanderhook, CEO of interactive media company Specific Media, spoke recently to AdExchanger.com about everything from his company’s acquisition of MySpace to the effects of the exchange model on his business. AdExchanger.com: What does Specific Media’s acquisition of Myspace say about the evolution of the ad network model? TV: I don’t believe our acquisition of […]
On Tuesday, ValueClick announced the acquisition of Dotomi, an online personalized ad retargeting firm, for an impressive $295 million. Read more. AdExchanger.com reached out to several executives in the online ad ecosystem for their thoughts on the deal. Click below or continue scrolling: Michael Katz, CEO, interclick Layton Han, CEO Adara Media Mike Sprouse, CMO, […]
Yesterday, integrated online marketing company, ValueClick, acquired Dotomi, a personalized ad technology and services company, for $295 million in cash and stock. Read the release. Bill Todd, President of ValueClick Media, discussed the acquisition and its implications. AdExchanger.com: Why was this the right time to buy Dotomi? BT: This is a significant acquisition for ValueClick […]
