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 Matt Keiser, founder and CEO at LiveIntent. The upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will increase risk for sharing data. The era of every platform getting willy-nilly access to first-party […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Chris Peterson, managing partner at R2C Group. I’ve sat through at least a dozen TV ad tech presentations that promise pretty much the same thing: the complete transformation of customer targeting for TV advertising. While […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Matlick, founder and CEO at Bombora. The data cooperative has emerged as a strategic weapon for publishers in the battle for online ad dollars against the Facebook and Google duopoly. In data co-ops, […]

Data is changing the way movies are marketed. Studios like Open Road Films are taking a more targeted approach to marketing, moving from broad-based buys – such as people aged 18 to 49 with a propensity for “dramas” – to more granular segmentation. “When finding audiences for a particular film, it used to be really […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ian Hewetson, vice president of client services at Eyereturn Marketing. Forget this summer’s solar eclipse. We’re witnessing something far more unusual right now: the universal endorsement of a single system in the ad tech […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tal Chalozin, co-founder and chief technology officer at Innovid. While traditional TV is a huge industry, the future of TV is becoming increasingly digital, with over-the-top (OTT) media platforms leading the way. With many […]

“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 Nima Wedlake, investor at Thomvest Ventures. When Snap announced its third quarter earnings last month, it reported $208 million in revenue and 178 million daily active users. The company missed […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Justin Festa, chief digital officer at LittleThings. It feels like every other week another publisher is making a pivot to video or a joke on social media talking about why the pivot to video […]

“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 Andrew Gu, vice president of product at Thunder. There’s six months left before GDPR kicks in, and judging by the number of articles popping up about GDPR compliance, everyone seems […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Anupam Gupta, chief product officer at 4C. Snap was recently in the headlines with disappointing financials for its second quarter in a row, but the company is already one step ahead thinking of ways […]

When Al Jazeera pulled its cable channel from the American market a few years ago, it saw one bright spot: social media. While the cable channel failed, Al Jazeera saw promise in AJ+, its social media arm focused on Facebook and YouTube distribution. The brand operates with a more youthful vibe, taking a personal tone that appeals to millennials. The English-language […]

“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 Dean Vegliante, president at Netmining. Whenever the press talks about programmatic advertising, most of the attention is focused on major holding companies and their trading desks. While holding companies have been […]

“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 Curt Larson, vice president of product at Sharethrough. The IAB’s OpenRTB 3.0 Draft Framework is currently available for industry comment. Although many OpenRTB releases make more purely technical enhancements, 3.0 […]

“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 Dobson, CEO at The Exchange Lab. Machine learning is revolutionizing digital advertising, driving efficiency through advanced algorithmic decision-making, and could generate $42 billion in annual ad spend by 2021. To […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rachel Parkin, senior vice president of strategy and sales at CafeMedia. While ad tech has seen a constant stream of innovation over the last few years, one thing has largely stayed the same: private […]

“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 Michael Wilhite, senior vice president of data strategy at 84.51°. Measuring the effectiveness of digital advertising depends less on absolute performance and more on the benchmark. Current standards suggest that the […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Joan FitzGerald, an independent consultant. In our entertainment-overloaded, attention-starved digital age, every teacher knows they need to balance the long and thoughtful with the short and punchy, or else they’ll lose the attention of […]

“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 Ashley Herzog, vice president of product at Visto. Like a good mass transit system, interconnectivity is the key differentiator for advertising technology these days. But for any brand embarking on a self-serve […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Allison Mezzafonte, executive vice president at Bauer Xcel Media. Media companies took notice when venture-backed sites such as Vox and BuzzFeed plunged tens of millions of dollars into their content management systems. With cool […]

“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 Oren Harnevo, CEO and co-founder at Eyeview. Last year, I was one of about 50 judges for a prestigious advertising award and one of the few without a creative or […]

“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 Dylan Collins, CEO at SuperAwesome. The European digital ad market is bracing itself for May, when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable. Advertisers and brands are scrambling to […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Mark Zagorski, CEO at Telaria. Hear him speak at the upcoming Industry Preview conference, January 17-18 in NYC. Sure, over-the-top (OTT) subscription content is all the rage. It’s buzzy, still new and the market […]

The rise of digital advertising has been tough on local news. Not only have legacy operations, like local newspapers, struggled to survive in the era of Craigslist, Google and Facebook, digital ones haven’t found it easy to gain a perch. Most recently, the owner of Gothamist and DNAinfo shut down the sites in early November […]

“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 Vejay G. Lalla, a partner in the advertising, marketing and promotions group at Davis & Gilbert. Over the last year, the online advertising industry has grappled with the threat posed […]

“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 Rich Kahn, co-founder and CEO at eZanga. Brands have reason to fear for the safety of their reputations. From headline-generating slip-ups – like when major brand ads appeared alongside extremist […]

“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 Ramsey McGrory, chief revenue officer at Mediaocean. “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” is one of the greatest movies of all time. I love the movie because Willy Wonka, like […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Evelina Grines, vice president of media and entertainment at MPP Global. Video audiences in the US are soaring, growing 46.8% from August 2016 to 2017, per the MPA. And while that’s good news, viewership […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Andy Vogel, global head of digital products at NewBase. The ad supply chain is underregulated, and this has become obvious with the recent Financial Times spoofing scandal that uncovered at least six industry players offering fake inventory. 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 Jared Belsky, president at 360i. Coming fresh off my latest trip to Palo Alto visiting with tech powerhouses and the C-suite of one of my favorite clients, I’m feeling energized, […]

The French video platform Dailymotion is a fraction of Google’s size – YouTube’s 1.5 billion-plus monthly viewers dwarf Dailymotion’s 300 million. But scale isn’t stopping the company from repositioning its platform to woo US advertisers and publishers from the dominant video-sharing site. Breaking into a video market ruled by streaming video services such as Netflix […]