“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 Triscari, co-founder and managing partner at Labmatik. The best project engagement I ever experienced started with an unambiguous CMO mandate. “I am going to make it simple for you guys,” […]
“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 Jay Friedman, president and partner at Goodway Group. Accenture Interactive’s recent purchase of creative agency Droga5 presents a fundamental question of whether consulting and creative can be combined effectively. Can a creative […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Scott Swanson, CEO at Aki Technologies. Apple’s move into streaming TV is a significant milestone in the already-in-progress, cord-cutting revolution. It should serve as an important nudge for marketers: Yes, it’s time to get […]
“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 Dan Kalinski, CEO at iProspect Canada. For many traditional advertisers, the old ways of planning and executing marketing remain as entrenched as ever. The mindset of spray-and-pray persists with the […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Sara Badler, senior vice president of programmatic revenue and strategy at Dotdash. While programmatic buying strategies and buzzwords du jour change, one fact remains constant: Every impression counts. The buyer emphasis on achieving the best […]
“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 Kevin Ryan, CEO at Motivity Marketing. Hertz is really sore at Accenture – $32 million sore – over an allegedly disastrous website redesign that has culminated in a federal lawsuit. And […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Kevin Mullen, head of international at Drawbridge. Cable TV in the United States is easy to pick on. It’s expensive, we have thousands of channels we pay for but don’t watch, and the untargeted […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jean-François Bernard, co-founder and chief product officer at Adomik. Google’s move to a first-price auction will change the dynamics of the publisher stack and redistribute revenue for publishers across all the channels they 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 Bruno Gralpois, co-founder and principal at Agency Mania Solutions. Self-reflection is an important part of personal development. Only by asking ourselves the tough questions and reflecting on what we’ve done […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Steve Carbone, chief digital and investment officer at MediaCom US. With another NewFronts upon us, there are, as always, a number of key trends, themes and questions that have emerged. Among those that have […]
“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 Shuptrine, vice president of marketing at Adzerk. Consent management platforms (CMPs) are ad tech’s response to Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These platforms provide tools for collecting user consent […]
Brands are being tough on platforms, pulling advertising dollars after brand safety fiascoes and thinking critically about appearing adjacent to unpredictable content that can expose them to brand-safety risks. Yet Reddit, which languished with minimal advertising for years in part due to those brand-safety concerns, is thriving. Revenue grew by a factor of three in […]
“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 Amit Dar, general manager, US, at Taptica. Mobile attribution has evolved from connecting clicks to installs to helping marketers understand the post-install world and detect and mitigate fraud. As the […]
Gamut President Rachel Williamson has two words to describe local over-the-top (OTT) ad buying: “It’s hard.” Inventory is scattered. Data is fragmented. And advertisers need different strategies to hit different demos based on geography. A buyer might want to reach 34-year-old moms, for example, but that can mean one thing in Birmingham, Ala., and another […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alessandro De Zanche, an audience and data strategy consultant. Unilever recently announced “Unilever Trusted Publishers,” a network of global, regional and local publishers and platforms with whom it will build a media environment with […]
“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 Sara Livingston, head of operations at Narrative. Right now, everyone in marketing and media has severe direct-to-consumer (DTC) envy. Those in marketing circles, in particular, are enamored with DTC companies […]
“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 Wong, CEO at Thunder Experience Cloud. Some might not consider the US government to be a technological innovator. Yet as it arguably tracks more information about US citizens than any […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jay Prasad, chief strategy officer at VideoAmp. In a multibillion-dollar ad market where digital will finally overtake traditional ad spend, TV remains the highest-valued medium, particularly as it evolves to become an even more […]
“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 Gary Ellis is the co-founder and COO of Remesh. In recent months, Procter & Gamble chief brand officer Marc Pritchard has shared his prediction that we’re evolving into a “world […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is by Paul Bannister, co-founder and executive vice president at CafeMedia. Over the last few years, there has been a steady trend toward complexity on the sell side. The growth of programmatic unleashed an explosion of innovation, with new vendors emerging to solve […]
“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 Maja Milicevic, co-founder and principal at Sparrow Advisers. On Sunday Publicis Groupe announced it is buying data provider Epsilon in a $4.4 billion deal. It identified two main considerations that […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Lindsey Harju, co-founder at Blinc Digital Group. Advanced TV has experienced an explosion of change over the last couple of years, largely driven by consumer behavior shifts like the introduction of eSports. In eSports, […]
Healthline Media embarked on the road to recovery by taking a content-focused approach to health information. The profitable company racked up more than $100 million in revenue last year. With audience growth rates topping 60% year over year, Healthline is on the cusp of eclipsing slow-growing WebMD as the web’s top health property. The ascension […]
“On TV and Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Maggie Zhang, senior vice president of video research and insights at Dentsu Aegis Network. As the timeless tale of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” goes, the young girl tastes three different bowls of porridge […]
“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 Dolan, CEO at Varick. The rise of the platform economy has disrupted nearly every industry, but perhaps nowhere have the effects been as evident and widespread as they have in reimagining […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Michael Weaver, senior vice president of business growth and development at Al Jazeera Media Network. Innovation and disruption are lauded virtues in technology, but they present hard realities in the media business. Today’s 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 written by Amanda Martin, vice president of enterprise partnerships at Goodway Group. Recently attending an executive-level ad tech dinner, I found myself in an all-too familiar situation: I was the only woman […]
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands reshaped the way many digital media agencies buy online and pioneered social media, ecommerce and first-party data strategies. Now those same companies are bringing a new mindset to television. “It can be a bit scary, because in Silicon Valley, TV ads often stand for wasted spend,” said Philip Inghelbrecht, co-founder and CEO […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Harry Kargman, founder and CEO at Kargo. Google announced last month that it would switch to a first-price auction in Google Ad Manager by the end of 2019. The move brings Google into parity […]
“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 Ellen Houston, director of applied data science at Civis Analytics. Marketers are increasingly shifting to performance and optimizing their investments with the right audience to drive business growth. This is […]
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.
AdExchanger Senior Editor Alyssa Boyle and Associate Editor Victoria McNally traversed the island of Manhattan on Monday to scope out upfront presentations by NBCUniversal, Fox and Amazon.
Viant’s modest growth story took a backseat to a far louder claim: that fed-up advertisers are finally ready to ditch the rigged economics of Big Tech’s walled gardens.
Amazon Ads expects this year’s television upfronts to be an outcomes-focused affair. That may explain why the company preempted its Monday evening presentation by announcing the launch of a new ad product called Dynamic TV Creative.
For companies like Shopify, Criteo and Instacart – and even for giants like Amazon and Walmart – figuring out if the agentic oasis is real or a mirage is their priority No. 1.
