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  • Website Breakdown: When Ad Blocking Goes Wrong

    “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 James Avery, CEO at Adzerk. As ad blockers become more prevalent, it’s important to understand how they actually work and what they mean to publishers, ad tech companies and users. […]

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  • Viewability And The Evolution Of Online Video Measurement

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Kelly McMahon, vice president of demand at SpotX. Viewability is now the No. 1 KPI among all online video media buyers, according to eMarketer, a sign that the industry is evolving past CTR and […]

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  • Data Security And Encryption: A Path Less Traveled

    “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 Steve Cox, chief operating officer at Technology Services Group. With the proliferation of mobile devices and remote access, the boundaries between a company’s data and the outside world have increasingly […]

  • OpenRTB Protocol Fails To Align Market Interests

    “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. The biggest and most insidious myth of programmatic advertising today is that ad prices are a proxy for some universal notion of quality […]

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  • For Publishers, The Tide Will Turn On Branded Content

    “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. Over the past two years, we’ve seen a wide variety of publishers get into the branded content game. Native ad spending […]

  • Bloomberg’s Revenue Chief On Bridging Data, TV And Terminals

    Bloomberg Media is at an inflection point. The business and financial media company has had numerous high-profile exits (including Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel and Bloomberg’s chief digital content officer, Verge co-founder Josh Topolsky) following former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s return. A number of layoffs resulted as Bloomberg Media pulled back on nonbusiness content in […]

  • Bad Metrics Will Make Ad Blocking Worse

    “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 Elliot Hirsch, CEO at AdYapper. You can see the breakdown in accountability in digital advertising everywhere these days as conflicts of interest continuously arise. It’s why viewability has driven publishers […]

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  • Trivializing Engagement Is A Fool’s Errand

    “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 Adam Kleinberg, CEO at Traction. Math wonks are quick to deprecate the value of engagement. For those who believe spreadsheets and algorithms never lie, this makes perfect sense. If you […]

  • Will Fast-Follower Google Dominate People-Based Advertising?

    “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 Matt Keiser, founder and CEO at LiveIntent. We knew that Google would one day enter the people-based advertising fray as a serious contender, but with last week’s launch of Custom […]

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  • The Ascendency Of Analytics

    “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. Two weeks ago I had the good fortune to be invited to participate in Quest MT, a conference at the University of Montana […]

  • Creatives Need Better Data

    “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. In 2010, comScore debuted a landmark study that reported “creative quality drives more than half of the sales changes for […]

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  • For Successful Publishers And Their Ads, Small Will Be The Next Big Thing

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Peter Spande, chief revenue officer at Business Insider. The hits keep coming. Publishers must contend with so many threats that they all feel existential. The list is long but a handful of very real […]

  • Why Have We Only Mastered Viewability Measurement On Desktop?

    “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 Azad Jacobs, head of business operations at Drawbridge. Marketers increasingly and understandably want paid media to be viewable, and with that desire comes the need for third-party measurement and validation. […]

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  • Bad Data Makes Ad Fraud An Even Bigger Problem

    “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 Keith Fagan, vice president of data solutions at sovrn. While the digital advertising industry is well on its way to mitigating ad fraud via prevention and new cost models that […]

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  • Why Do Web Pages Load So Slowly In A Broadband World?

    “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 Eric Picard, vice president of product planning at MediaMath. If you ask anyone, anywhere, if they like advertising, the answer will likely be a laugh and quick “no.” From a […]

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  • What Publishers Are Talking About At Advertising Week

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by John Trimble, chief revenue officer at Pandora. Like many events in the ad business, the conversations that happen offstage at Advertising Week can be even more impactful than those that take place in the […]

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  • Addressable Marketing Changed Yesterday

    “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 by Matt Naeger, executive vice president of strategy and analytics for Merkle’s Digital Agency Group. Addressable marketing is not new – we’ve been doing it for many years in the offline world. […]

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  • Money’s Coming To Video But The Industry Isn’t Ready

    “On TV and Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Kevin Lenane, general manager of video at Integral Ad Science. If you regularly read digital advertising news, you may be forgiven for believing that marketers have embraced video advertising in a monumental way. In […]

  • Flash In The Pan: Historical Lessons Of Adobe's Macromedia Acquisition

    “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 Victor Wong, CEO at PaperG. Adobe’s 2005 acquisition of Macromedia, along with its flagship products Flash and Dreamweaver, for $3.4 billion in stock, had huge potential. Macromedia’s plan for Flash to […]

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  • Email: The New Home Page

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Craig Kostelic, head of revenue at Bon Appétit & Epicurious, The Food Innovation Group. Publishers have historically treated their home pages as their waterfront property, with a finite amount of space and availability that […]

  • When Marketers Lose Control Of Their Campaigns

    “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 Eoin Townsend, chief product officer at Collective. Today’s digital marketers must invest in the best tools available to manage their campaigns and drive measureable results. But marketing technology tools require […]

  • LiveRail Exec: ‘Facebook Video And TV Are Not An Either/Or Thing’

    In a perfect world, products gel. For Facebook, achieving a harmony between its buy- and sell-side offerings has propelled its go-to-market strategy. While Facebook’s ad server, Atlas, is its buy-side play, LiveRail, the video SSP it acquired last July, services the sell side. “Ideally, everything works very well together,” said F. Scott Woods, head of […]

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  • The Untapped Potential Of All This Data

    “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 Amihai Ulman, founder and chief operating officer at Mass Exchange. We’ve all marveled at the new technology solutions entering the programmatic marketing and advertising ecosystems, along with the vast quantities […]

  • We Need To Overcome The Peter Principle In Digital Media

    “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 Dan Reiners, principal at Infinitive. In business, individuals rising to the level of their incompetence is often referred to as the Peter Principle. People rise through the organization, based on […]

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  • As Ad Blocking Grows, How Can We Balance The Scale Between Publishers And Consumers?

    “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. Publishers face increasing pressure in a competitive space, marked by gradual price deflation from ad exchanges, stricter viewability standards from advertisers and now the rise […]

  • Programmatic 3.0: The Next Paradigm In Inventory Procurement

    “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. Marketers have always craved access to quality audience at scale. That was once as easy as scheduling buys on the top […]

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  • How Our Brains React To Re-Messaging

    “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 Matt Scharf, senior manager of display media operations and analytics at Adobe. What’s the secret to more effective retargeting? You might say brilliant creative, predictive modeling or segmented data. True, […]

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  • The Odyssey Sets Course To Attract Advertisers

    Upstart publishing platform The Odyssey is reminiscent of fellow “platishers” like Medium, Thought Catalog and Slant News. Its twist is to cultivate pods of writers who create content for their own communities. By harnessing interest about local events, The Odyssey hopes to attract a millennial audience and the advertisers that want to reach that audience. […]

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  • Who Will Win The Marketing Tech Playoffs?

    “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 Nishat Mehta, head of brands at 84.51°. As a Los Angeles Lakers fan, you might think the playoffs are the furthest thing from my mind given that it’s only September. […]

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  • For Publishers, Ad Blocking Is Painful But Don’t Call It An Apocalypse

    “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. Ad blocking has all the ingredients for a hot story. There are clear good guys (us publishers, of course) and villains. […]

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