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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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  • Mobile, Get Back In Line

    “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 Walczak, VP Mobile at PubMatic. Do we split print media into magazine and newspaper? No, and in the same way, there is no reason to split digital into […]

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  • Introducing 'vCPM': The Right Way To Think About 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 Adrian Tompsett, VP of Business Development at DataXu. Viewability is on the top of every digital marketer’s wish list for 2013. The emerging metric seeks to measure how frequently an ad […]

  • Environment: Whither Goest Thou

    “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 was a long-held belief in media buying circles that environment mattered greatly in the final efficacy of a media plan.  That getting in front of […]

  • This Year, Social M&A Will Venture Into The Enterprise

    “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 Jessica Luterman Naeve, Managing Director at DeSilva & Phillips Media Investment Bankers. 2012 was a big year for social media – big multiples and headline deals – a testament […]

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  • DSPs Vs. Personalized Retargeters. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

    “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 Tal Keinan, CEO of AdExtent. Personalized retargeting has become its own frothy category, with many pure-play personalized retargeting vendors seeking to solve the technology and media problem of doing […]

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  • Shiny New Toys (Or: Data Comes From The Darndest Things)

    “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 Kyle Barber, SVP Global Performance Lead at McCann Worldgroup. The holidays are a wonderful time to catch up with family, unwind, eat a little too much.  Yet all I’ve been hearing […]

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  • Why Viewable Impressions Won’t Matter

    “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 Alex Calic, Chief Revenue Officer at The Media Trust. Based on the velocity of articles written on the topic last year, “viewable impressions” has displaced “ad verification” as the […]

  • How Newspapers Can Save Themselves

    “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 Andy Monfried, CEO of Lotame.  Old-school newspaper people are generally hard working, gritty, risk taking, roll-up-your-sleeve folks who aren’t afraid to go the extra mile. They will do anything to […]

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  • Is Ad Avoidance Inevitable?

    “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 Rob Leathern, CEO of social advertising platform Optim.al.  Like many in our industry, I have a love/hate relationship with advertising. Even though I’m an ad technology entrepreneur, I actively […]

  • Evolution, Not Revolution At CES

    “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 Darren Herman, Chief Digital Media Officer of The Media Kitchen and President of kbs+p Ventures, both of which are part of MDC Partners. AdExchanger asked Herman to give us […]

  • The Emergence of Engagement

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Dan Grigorovici is CEO at AdMobius. If brands and agencies are ever expected to invest significant dollars in mobile then it’s time for the industry to get serious about measurement. While it’s true that progress […]

  • Resolving For The Future

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Terence Kawaja is Founder and CEO at LUMA Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on the digital media sectors. In lieu of making the ubiquitous end of year Top 10 lists or predictions, […]

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  • 2013 Will Bring A Talent Correction in Digital Media Sales

    “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 Adam Chandler, CRO in Residence at Lerer Ventures. This fall, a number of companies, most notably Federated Media, announced sales force downsizings. In the process, these companies began what I expect […]

  • The Power Of The First-Party Consumer Relationship

    “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 Gordon McLeod, president of Krux Digital. I recently hosted an event for media industry friends where famed photographer Rick Smolan, co-creator of the just-released The Human Face of Big […]

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  • Online Video GRPs Place Undue Burden on Publishers

    “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 provider of a supply-side platform for video. The need for online GRPs has come clearly into focus this year. Solutions like ComScore VCE, DoubleVerify […]

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