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  • Real-Time Data Isn’t Always Necessary

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Ephraim (Jeff) Bander, president and chief revenue officer at Sticky. Two-thirds of of publishers, regardless of size, believe that real-time data is important to their efforts, according to a recent […]

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  • Are Artificial Price Floors The Next Iteration Of Ad Fraud?

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jim Caruso, senior vice president of product and client strategy at Varick Media Management. The digital advertising industry has a history of concerns around viewability, brand safety and nonhuman traffic, […]

  • As Ad Blocking Grows, What Legal Recourse Do Publishers And Marketers Have?

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Richard Eisert, partner at Davis & Gilbert. Ad-blocking software has long been a concern of agencies, marketers and publishers, but recent developments have pushed the issue to the forefront. Now […]

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  • As Competition Grows, Publishers Must Find A Way To Offer Data That Matters

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alex Magnin, chief revenue officer and partner at The Thought & Expression Co. Data has become table stakes for publishers wooing large advertisers. That’s how it should be. Data is the fuel that powers […]

  • TV Will Be Programmatic Before It Is Fully Addressable

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Oscar Rondon, senior director of TV strategy at TubeMogul. Brand marketers all seem to agree on what the future of TV buying should look like. It should include the automated planning, buying and delivery […]

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  • Marketers Need To Master Content Sequencing

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Russell Glass, head of products at LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. With the momentum behind ad blocking currently looking unstoppable, the ad industry is having a collective moment of reflection. It boils […]

  • Mic CEO Has High Hopes For Digital Publishing, Without Programmatic

    Mic CEO Chris Altchek looks at digital publishing and sees opportunity. His goal: to reach every college-educated millennial in the US – all 40 million of them. In the past year, Mic has grown from 9.5 million to 14.5 million uniques, according to comScore. But that growth transpired in the most modern of ways: Mobile […]

  • The New Lawmen Of Ad Tech

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Simeon Simeonov, founder and chief technology officer at Swoop. While most ad tech companies busily rake in short-term revenues, a handful of major players are quietly taking the law into their own […]

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  • The Tower Of Jargon: How Video Content and Media Are Converging And Diverging

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Bryan Noguchi, senior vice president and media director at R2C Group. Video content viewership has long been converging, with the content we watch on TV, a device or OTT platform becoming the same content. […]

  • Apple Gives Video Publishers An Early Holiday Gift: Search

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Frank Sinton, founder and CEO at Beachfront Media. “Hundreds of channels, and still nothing to watch,” as the old adage goes. In the app world, which will soon include the […]

  • Facebook Unveils Slideshow To Boost Video Ads In Emerging Markets

    Video advertising has grown steadily in recent years, with some predicting that spending will top $5.4 billion next year. Now a new video tool and ad unit from Facebook could send digital video ad spending even higher, particularly in developing countries. The social media giant on Thursday officially launched Slideshow, a dynamic ad unit that […]

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  • Publishers Must Approach Technology As An Investment, Not An Expense

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Will Doherty, vice president of business development at Index Exchange. There is a reason that B2B and enterprise companies, such as IBM, Oracle, Salesforce and HP, are so successful. Just as their customers must […]

  • Brands And Agencies Should Practice Safe Advertising With Google

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Zvika Netter, co-founder and CEO at Innovid. The disruption and transformation among media giants right now is not only an ideal breeding ground for industry reinvention. It’s also the perfect […]

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  • Unifying Reporting Across All Programmatic Vendors: No Small Task For Publishers

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Madhura Sengupta, director of ad product technology at Edmunds.com Programmatic yield management can easily become a nightmare for publishers. We’ve all tested dozens of demand sources, including ad networks and exchanges, such as DoubleClick […]

  • Macro Programmatic Vs. Micro: Stepping Over Dollars In The Pursuit Of Pennies

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tom Flanagan, director of strategic partnerships at DataXu. It has been said that we usually fail not because of the lack of a solution, but because we set out to […]

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  • Implementation Is The Destination: Slowing Down Can Boost The Value Of Ad Tech

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Mike Haight, an executive at Infinitive. In the digital advertising business, time is always of the essence. We offer real-time auctions and immediate placements and track impressions in microseconds. The […]

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  • Is PII Still The Third Rail Of Privacy For Ad Tech?

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Alan Chapell, president at Chapell & Associates. The rules around the merger of personally identifiable information (PII) with ad-serving data are perhaps the most oft-referenced privacy rules in ad tech. […]

  • Pre-Roll Will Always Trump In-Feed Native Video

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Vitaly Pecherskiy, co-founder and chief operating officer at StackAdapt Today’s online video advertising comes in all shapes and sizes, varying widely from platform to platform. But no matter how it’s packaged, one thing’s for […]

  • Marketers Won’t Get Transparency From Partners Unless They Demand It

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jennifer Pelino, vice president of omnichannel media at 84.51°. More than ever, marketers have the ability to truly act upon their defined objectives but they are surrounded by big data […]

  • The Strategic Implications Of Header Bidding

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ari Paparo, CEO at Beeswax. This is the Year of Header Bidding. OK, maybe it’s actually the Year of Ad Blocking, but header bidding is the second most talked-about topic in advertising, especially among […]

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  • Finding Success With The Second Screen: Univision Uses Apps To Complement Live Views

    Univision hasn’t been plagued with the problem of retaining live linear viewers, one of the byproducts of the cord-cutting craze. Although the Hispanic broadcaster claims 91% of viewers prefer to consume its content live, it still estimates visitors to its properties spend 36% more time on mobile than the average consumer. Thus, it determined its […]

  • DMP 4-5-6

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Chris O’Hara, vice president of strategic accounts at Krux. As I’ve previously discussed, there are several basic use cases of the modern data management platform (DMP) for marketers. They include […]

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  • To Boost Digital Video Engagement, Remedy Health Media Learns That Content Length Counts

    Last year, Remedy Health Media sites added video-heavy, multimedia content that explored life with chronic or life-threatening diseases. The sights and sounds of the patients evoked emotion in a way that articles couldn’t, which was the goal of these inspirational pieces. But with digital, the delivery method counts. Remedy Health started big, with a short-form […]

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  • Ad Tech Unicorns: How Did We Get Here?

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jonathan Hsu, chief operation officer and chief financial officer at AppNexus. Does it seem that every week we learn about the latest “unicorn” private company raising hundreds of millions of […]

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  • Is The Ad-Free Experience Only For The 1%?

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jay Friedman, COO at Goodway Group. Will the ad-free experience of the future only be available to consumers who pay enough to prevent the ads from being shown? The table is […]

  • Engagement Metrics: The Next Step In Programmatic TV

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Andreas Schroeter, co-founder and chief operating officer at wywy. Programmatic TV promises the automation of the TV buy and a data-driven approach to TV campaign planning. Using available data, in combination with the more […]

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  • The One-Size-Fits-All Approach Doesn’t Work In Mobile

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Ted Dhanik, CEO at engage:BDR.  Consumers love mobile devices, but as individual advertising channels, not all mobile devices are created equal. Too often, marketers group mobile into one category, when […]

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  • Pre-Bid, Placement-Level Viewability Will Change The Game

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Ted McConnell, an independent consultant in the digital marketing space. We only know the full truth about how viewable an ad is after the page on which it appears finishes […]

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  • Reach Extension Can Help Publishers Supersize Their Incremental Revenue

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Frost Prioleau, CEO and co-founder of Simpli.fi. When visiting McDonald’s, you could once count on hearing these six words: “Would you like fries with that?” This familiar phrase helped McDonald’s generate immediate high-margin revenue in […]

  • Big Data Discrimination: Is The Industry Responsible?

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Gary Kibel, a partner in the technology, digital media and privacy practice group at Davis & Gilbert. The ad tech industry continually improves its use of data to segment users into […]

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