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  • We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Third-Party Cookies

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. I’ve been writing about some of the ethical issues with “opt-out” third-party tracking for a long time. It’s a practice that makes me extremely […]

  • The Two Media Pillars That Will Remain Standing 100 Years From Now

    “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 Kirk McDonald, President at PubMatic. The constant stream of new technologies in our everyday lives has created a “shiny new penny” syndrome. One day it’s emerging mobile apps that take the […]

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  • The Clock Is Ticking On Viewability

    “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 Franchi, Co-founder at Undertone. Digital media does not lack topics suitable for debate and disagreement. We have a variety of forums to debate them in real time over the web, […]

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  • Firefox Cookie-Block Is The First Step Toward A Better Tomorrow

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. Mozilla recently announced that the next version of Firefox, one of the most popular web browsers in the world, would come with a default setting that […]

  • Barriers to Trading Innovation

    “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 Gurman Hundal, Co-founder at Media IQ. The expression “the elephant in the room” feels rather fitting when considering barriers to display trading innovation. As digital marketers, we have many “elephants” — […]

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  • A Publisher's History Of Programmatic 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 Chris O’Hara, Chief Revenue Officer at NextMark. It’s hard to argue that the banner ad era has been good to publishers. After a brief initial period in which banner inventory […]

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  • Sifting The Programmatic Conflation and Conflagration

    “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 Jed Nahum, Senior Director of Programmatic Sales at Microsoft Advertising. At the recent IAB Annual Leadership Conference, I attended a cocktail-fueled discussion of programmatic.  The discussion started with a […]

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  • Please Track Me?

    “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, executive VP-global partners at Dunnhumby. Fundamentally, people prefer to be treated personally. We like to be called by name at our favorite restaurant. A resort hotel’s excellence often is […]

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  • Privacy Confusion Is A Real Problem. Time To Solve 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 by Jay Stocki, VP of Business Development at Bering Media. All opinions are Jay’s alone and not those of Bering Media. We have a privacy problem in online advertising. An anecdote that sums […]

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  • Easy Pickings? The Trouble With Low-Hanging Fruit

    “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 Andrew Shebbeare, Founding Partner & Chief Strategist at Essence Digital. Digital marketing is at risk of becoming a demand-harvesting machine. We’re getting so good at finding audiences that will obligingly convert that […]

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  • The End Of Single Channel Measurement

    “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 Kim Reed Perell, the CEO of Adconion Direct.   Consumers are now everywhere when it comes to digital. They are networking on social media sites, watching videos, checking email, reading news […]

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  • Let's Not Expand 'Programmatic' To Include Everything

    “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 Shields, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Yieldex, an analytics tools provider for sell-side, yield optimization. Over the last three months, the word “programmatic” has been featured in the […]

  • Programmatic Premium Isn’t Just About Efficiency

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. The industry is rife with conversations about programmatic premium media buying and selling right now, and I could write a column about each of […]

  • The Myth of Unlimited Inventory

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jim Spanfeller, CEO, Spanfeller Media Group, a new age media company. It has often been said that due to nearly “unlimited inventory”, pricing on digital advertising will continue to decline.  This is a thought that has been […]

  • Google Is Pushing An Omni-Channel Mindset. Are You Ready?

    “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 Heather Pidgeon, VP of Services at iProspect. Imagine seamlessly delivering relevant content to customers and prospects based on their location, historical behavior, and current actions. Content that removes the boundaries […]

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  • Transparency Where It Matters

    “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 Jaysen Gillespie, Director of Analytics and Business Intelligence at Criteo. It is a response to an earlier AdExchanger column by Tal Keinan, CEO of AdExtent (Read it: “DSPs Vs. Personalized Retargeters. […]

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  • The Data Providers: One Quadrant Chart To Rule Them All

    “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 Ramsey McGrory, President & CEO of AddThis. In the world of magic quadrant charts, I like this as a starting point for a discussion about data: Starting with the Conclusion  Access […]

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  • If You Are Not All In For Multi-Screen… Good Luck!

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Steinberg, SVP, Digital Ad Sales at The Weather Company.   I started writing this post from my iPad. I finished it on my iPhone. Then I wordsmithed it on my MacBook. And I did it […]

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  • Programmatic Reserve: Let’s Solve The Right 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 by Andy Atherton SVP at AppNexus. It’s the first in a series on the emergence of programmatic reserve. There has been no shortage of attention paid to programmatic reserve of late. The […]

  • FBX Done Easy, FBX Done Right

    “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 Gurman Hundal, cofounder of Media iQ Digital, a performance trading specialists. I have always thought when something becomes too easy or too difficult, it will soon change and evolve in one […]

  • Time Can Be An Expensive Programmatic Price Regulator

    “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 Andrew Casale, VP Strategy, Casale Media. In broadcast, there’s a direct correlation between the time an ad airs and that ad’s relative worth. If we’re talking prime time, prices are high, […]

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  • Viewability Is Not A Tax On The Ecosystem

    “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 Andrew Shebbeare, Founding Partner & Chief Strategist at Essence Digital. Ad viewability is technically and logistically bewildering. If you need proof, read Jeremy Stanley’s excellent two-part overview of the space on […]

  • Monetizing Live Streams For The Super Bowl And Other Big Events: Three Approaches

    “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 Mark Trefgarne, CEO of LiveRail, a publisher monetization platform for video. A large number of Americans will watch this weekend’s big game live via our PC’s, tablets and other Internet-enabled devices […]

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  • Why Publishers Should Be Wary of Optimizing Their Direct and RTB Demand Sources Together

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Esco Strong, Director, Marketplace Strategy at Microsoft. If you’re a publisher managing a sizable direct-sold, guaranteed-delivery display ads business, you’ve almost certainly been tempted by the prospect of squeezing a few more dollars out of your […]

  • Real Time Bidding Ain't Real Time Targeting

    “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 Dave Zinman, CEO of Infolinks. When you buy display ads in an RTB environment, you’re targeting audience based on intent. Your assumption is that you’re reaching an audience while that […]

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  • Price Elasticity: Why Your CPA Is As Broke As A Joke

    “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, Chief Operating Officer of Nanigans. Not all customers are created equal. And if you are acquiring customers on a CPA basis, you are making three major mistakes: You […]

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  • Super Bowl Ads Call For Big Game Analytics

    “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 George Musi, Head of Cross-Platform Analytics at DG MediaMind. The Super Bowl, which will air Feb 3rd, draws the year’s largest TV audience. Last year’s game set a new […]

  • Ad Blocking: Theft Or Fair Use?

    “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 Dreller, Director Client & Industry Solutions at Visual IQ.  Most people aren’t fans of advertising — online or offline. They’re clutter. They’re distracting. And I’m not even talking […]

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  • Can That Startup Stand Alone, Or Is It Just A Feature?

    “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, CEO at Rare Crowds. One of the most common conversations I have on a regular basis about startups, especially in the ad technology space is whether a company […]

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  • Resolving Beyond The Acronyms

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Joanna O’Connell is Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. I stink at New Year’s resolutions. My track record is so bad I’ve all but given up making them in my non-work life. But as […]

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