“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by James Murphy, vice president of programmatic at RhythmOne. The only way programmatic will ever truly take off is if premium publishers come to the table with their entire video media inventory available for monetization. […]
“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 Dominic Satur, US platform director at Flashtalking. Data-driven marketing is only as strong as the ability to ingest, model and apply the data at our fingertips. But as adoption of data-management […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Dave Smith, vice president of monetization and yield at Pandora. There has been a lot of talk about programmatic audio lately. But where’s the beef? What is the publisher value proposition that’s going to […]
“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 Marc Grabowski, CEO at Iris Mobile. It recently dawned on me that the entire world would be dramatically improved if more global leaders had a marketing tech or automation background. […]
“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 Bob Gilbreath, co-founder and president of Ahalogy. When Apple recently announced it would allow a downloadable ad-blocking extension in its upcoming iOS9 release, I clicked to read the coverage at PC Magazine. I […]
“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 Brian d’Alessandro, senior vice president of digital intelligence at Dstillery. Despite their allure, buy-side guarantees of 100% ad viewability will not solve our industry’s ad viewability problem. I believe these […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Lorne Brown, CEO at Operative. I believe impressions will win over gross rating points (GRP) as digital and TV converge. Impressions are more granular, allow for better targeting and create better measurability. But I […]
“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 Rosenberg, senior vice president of marketing at 140 Proof. As we wander around the web, there are so many ads talking, blinking and popping out at you that it […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Gene Pizzolato, president and general manager of Gamut, a division of Cox Media Group. Direct sellers remain underutilized in the programmatic space. Some organizations are replacing direct sales with programmatic, but I believe this […]
“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. We have increasingly become familiar with jaw-dropping, disheartening stats around digital advertising fraud. A recent study suggests that there is […]
“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 Milen Mahadevan, senior vice president and head of client solutions and capabilities at 84.51°. Data is amazing. It will transform your business and create demand by connecting with customers better. […]
“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 digital at Bon Appétit & Epicurious, The Food Innovation Group Although many have noted the shortfalls of using click-through rates (CTR), premium publishers still fall victim to the pressure of […]
“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. Clayton Christensen, the father of “disruptive innovation,” would love the ad technology industry. With more than 2,500 Lumascape companies across various […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Manny Puentes, chief technology officer at Altitude Digital. For the first time this year, more than half of digital display advertising spending will be transacted programmatically. The practice of media trading with RTB, private […]
“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 Evan Krauss, vice president of emerging solutions at PubMatic. With 160 million people in the US listening to digital audio every day, advertisers’ ears are perking up at the possibilities. […]
As audiences increasingly find and engage with content on Facebook, publishers face two choices: Keep trying to monetize that audience off of Facebook, or find a way to sell their Facebook audiences to advertisers. Deseret Digital Media is going the latter route, using posts in its FamilyShare Facebook feed as part of the native 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 Victor Malachard, CEO at Byyd. In what many regarded as a litmus test for the advertising industry, a court in Germany ruled last month against two publishers, Die Zeit and […]
“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 Chandler, senior vice president of revenue at Rubicon Project’s Buyer Cloud. As more brands discuss in-house automation strategies, there is an increasing need to educate brand marketers on the […]
“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 Wheeler, CEO at 33Across. It was abundantly clear at AdExchanger’s Clean Ads I/O conference last week that fraud will continue to plague the industry for the foreseeable future. Its […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jourdain-Alexander Casale, senior director of solutions at Index Exchange. For more than 15 years, ad servers have been the go-to standard for publishers booking, trafficking and serving direct advertising campaigns. The ad server is […]
“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 Weston, CEO at Profusion. Imagine a world where every movement is tracked and analyzed. Businesses know everyone’s route to work, shopping habits, places they’ve eaten and socialized and friends, […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Walt Horstman, president at AudienceXpress. Based on the number of times it was cited in recent upfront presentations, people’s perception of programmatic TV appears to have morphed from wry skepticism among industry insiders to […]
“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 Paul Rostkowski, president at Varick Media Management. Viewability has become a major issue in online advertising, having come to represent advertisers’ fear and lack of trust in digital. Brands want […]
“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 Josh Speyer, CEO at AerServ. Israeli startup Shine recently made waves in the mobile ad tech world with its ad blocking platform, which enables users to remove ads from the […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by James Curran, CEO and founder at Staq. When it comes to discrepancies in digital advertising, publishers bear the brunt of the cost. It’s a fact that is so ingrained in the standard processes used […]
“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 Michele Appello, director of business solutions at Improve Digital. What makes an ad viewable? Your answer may differ based on whether you work on the buy side or the sell […]
Publishers often talk about wanting to “help the buyer however it wants to buy,” embracing methods like private marketplaces, direct sales or automated guaranteed. But a big part of how buyers want to buy today is with data. Tribune Publishing wants to create more data-focused advertising opportunities throughout the organization – which includes the Los […]
“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 strategic partnerships at MediaMath. There was a time when advertising was a game of statistical assumptions about the types of people who were consuming 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 Mendel Senf, CEO at Yieldr. There’s been plenty of commentary on the problems that exist within digital advertising, spanning from fraud and viewability issues to opaque practices and brand safety […]
“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 Patrick Hounsell, executive vice president and chief digital officer at Merkle. I was at an industry conference recently. It was another in a long line of events where one smart industry […]
Hundreds of exasperated and unexpected ad industry phone calls were made on Sunday, as agencies and ad tech vendors discussed the fallout of Publicis Groupe’s $2.2 billion acquisition of LiveRamp over the weekend.
Meet Kovva, a new AI ad tech startup tackling the unglamorous gruntwork that programmatic has never fully automated.
Upfront week is officially over. In case you missed any of the dog-and-pony shows — including Chappell Roan belting out “Pink Pony Club” during YouTube’s Broadcast — don’t worry; we’ve got you covered.
During upfronts, publishers flexed their ad performance muscles at media buyers all week long in an effort to appeal to the biggest demands media buyers have during their upfront negotiations: flexibility and results.
TelevisaUnivision and Disney took over Day Two of upfronts week in New York City on Tuesday, and the throughline was data quality.
Warner Bros. Discovery used its upfront stage to announce two new ad measurement efforts, including that it’s joining a CAPI-focused initiative led by OpenAP.
