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  • All Hail the V.A.D.A.R.

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by David Soloff, CEO, Metamarkets, a publisher analytics company. Around the time he was busy founding a retail bank, my good friend Josh Reich offered the insight that […]

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  • The Five Stages of Data Grief

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Michael Zimbalist is VP, Research & Development Operations for the New York Times Co. He also co-founded the Online Publishers Association (OPA) and serves as a member of its executive committee. In the years since Terry Kawaja first published his famous […]

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  • Why All Advertising Will Be Social – Navigating the Social Brand Map

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column 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 XA.net. XA.net’s optim.al is a Social Media Ad Platform. Names and signs were very much what early advertising was about: in the Middle […]

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  • The Battle For Consumer Data

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Tom Chavez, CEO, Krux Digital. The battle for consumer data just reached a new, much more feverish pitch. The day before yesterday, Apple announced what a lot […]

  • Why DSPs Are Not Enough

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Eric Bamberger, SVP, Performance Marketing Group, SearchIgnite, a unit of Dentsu’s Innovation Interactive. 2010 was a banner year for the Display industry – no pun intended.  Truthfully, Display has made a remarkable […]

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  • Dude... Would You Please Quit It With The Financial Markets Jargon Already?

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by David Soloff, CEO, Metamarkets, a publisher analytics company. During the summer of 2008, I was having one of those NY business breakfasts – the kind of meal […]

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  • The Drive-Time Web

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Niel Robertson, CEO of Trada, an online marketplace technology company. Driving between Boulder and Denver the other day, I did something completely old school – I turned […]

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  • Why 2011 is the Year of the Ad Network; Or, Why Nobody is an Ad Exchange

    “Data Driven Thinking” is a column 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 XA.net, an online advertising company. What’s an ad network anyway? Some would say: an entity that manages yield for both publishers and advertisers, […]

  • Say "Cheese" Agency Trading Desks, DSPs And Exchanges

    “The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Ali C. Mirian is VP, Product and Technology, at IAC Advertising. It was the greatest cheddar cheese I have ever tasted. Sweet, yet subtly sharp, and utterly mouth-watering. Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, Vermont has one goal – to produce, age […]

  • The Evolution of Our Data-Driven Ecosystem

    “Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Darren Herman is Founder, Varick Media Management and Chief Digital Media Officer of The Media Kitchen, kbs+p. Click To Enlarge  It’s that time of year again when business and trend forecasting articles start […]

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