Opinion

“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. The digital advertising industry has long been shouting about the importance of applying first-party data to targeted digital advertising. Although some may […]

“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. I worked in San Francisco for a few days the other week and was amazed to see street closures, insanely disruptive out-of-home (OOH) […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris Cummings, CEO at PubNation. Ad ops has traditionally focused on one metric: revenue. Revenue is the ad ops’ North Star, the guiding light, the arbiter of decisions. It’s how publishers evaluate, prioritize 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 Ephraim (Jeff) Bander, president and chief revenue officer at Sticky. Randall Rothenberg’s evangelical speech at IAB’s Annual Leadership Meeting conference ignited fresh introspection into the role that digital advertising plays […]

Server-side ad insertion (SSAI), also known as ad stitching, is emerging as a key method for video publishers to mitigate ad blocking and boost video playback across devices. Though the technique is not new, industry insiders say there is massive growth potential as consumers stream more video content and new over-the-top devices enter the fray. […]

“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 O’Regan, CEO at Madison Logic. The marketing technology landscape is bloated. Scott Brinker’s super graphic shows a whopping 1,876 vendors across 43 categories. Marketing tech stacks tower with layers […]

“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. Monday’s news of the Tapad acquisition by the Norwegian mobile carrier Telenor is a complex play for the cross-device crown. The general feeling […]

“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 Vladimir Klimontovich, CTO and co-founder at GetIntent. The programmatic industry is suffering from a crisis. The ad tech IPO market is lukewarm, and big companies are struggling to raise new […]

For three trends affecting publishers today – native advertising, outside investments and ad blocking – Forbes has been ahead of the curve. Forbes first launched BrandVoice in 2010, a time when only BuzzFeed and Huffington Post had notable sponsored content programs. It sold a majority stake in the company to Hong Kong-based investors in 2014, […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Josh Speyer, CEO at AerServ. By now you’ve seen the headlines. Video viewers are shifting from TV and desktop to devices, making mobile video the fastest-growing digital advertising medium. And yet it remains to […]