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 Kristian Schwartz, founder and partner at The Montgomery Group. It’s no secret that demand for programmatic talent exceeds supply. Adding to the complexity is the varying and opaque level of […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Sandie Milberg, chief revenue officer at Varick Media Management. This year, we decided as a family that it was time to do a major overhaul on our home. This entailed knocking walls down, building […]

“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 Craig Spiezle, CEO and executive director at the Online Trust Alliance. By some accounts, there are more than 200 variants of ad-blocking solutions, many of which utilize whitelisting that allows […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Richie Hyden, co-founder and chief operating officer at IRIS TV. In the fast-changing TV business, data will be the currency that pays for everything. It will allow for better ad targeting, smarter decision-making and […]

SheKnows built its own header bidding wrapper, which is now used by the 1,500 blogger sites it represents as well as its flagship property, SheKnows.com. Most publishers don’t build their own tech, instead using wrappers built and maintained by their ad tech partners. But Phil Bohn, VP of programmatic sales at SheKnows Media, said having […]

“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 Greene, vice president of product strategy at AudienceScience. The current fervor surrounding brand safety has brought a great deal of finger pointing as the industry tries to assess the blame. […]

“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 David Raab, principal at Raab Associates. When online marketers get tired of worrying about Google and Facebook taking over their world, they may instead fret over whether the EU’s upcoming […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Todd Tran, chief strategy officer at Teads. Although viewability has been a big topic for the past couple of years, the standard for viewability of video ads is still hotly debated. Most of the […]

“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 Voda, CEO at OptiMine. At a recent attribution conference, I was surprised to see that the term “attribution” holds many different meanings to different people in the advertising industry. […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris Martellotti, co-founder at Wholetone Media. We are sitting in the middle of a giant shift, as advertisers and publishers navigate from the old seller-driven market to the programmatic-buyer driven market. Today, most sellers […]

Despite being a universally recognized name in health and fitness wearables, Fitbit turns to paid media whenever it releases a new connected wristband. Because Fitbit is a lifestyle product, it wants to find ways to insert its brand into consumers’ fitness regimens – not just hammer them over the head with basic banner ads 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 My N. Tran, chief product officer at ADVR. The most common use case for virtual reality (VR) today is showing our friends how cool it is, which, as a VR […]

“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 Brian Jones, global head of performance advertising and biddable media at DWA Media. B2B advertisers always want to know where they should invest their marketing dollars. For a long time, […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Yoav Naveh, vice president of video at Taboola. The concept of online advertising has long been associated with the standard banner ad – the square unit that consumers breeze past as they scroll down […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tal Chalozin, co-founder and chief technology officer at Innovid. For years, some in the digital media industry have heralded the “death of TV” as an event nothing short of inevitable. For them, the steady […]

“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 Lung Huang, head of strategic partnerships at 84.51°. As a fan of HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” there are always parallels to the digital advertising industry that make me laugh uncomfortably at […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rob Rasko, founder and CEO at The 614 Group. Online publishers, now more than ever, must juggle the demands of creating great content while driving revenue. At the heart of this balancing act are […]

“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 Pete Spande, chief revenue officer at Business Insider. Imagine this unfortunately all-too-common scenario: A publisher works on a potential program with a new advertiser. After discussions promisingly move forward, the […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Lorne Brown, president at SintecMedia. Fox, Turner and Viacom recently announced an audience targeting alliance called Open AP just in time for the annual upfronts. Open AP is designed to allow buyers to define […]

Even with the best audience targeting, it can be tough for advertisers to find adventurous consumers in need of bear spray for their next hike or specialized biking, hiking or skiing gear for weekend treks. Because it serves as an online watering hole for outdoor enthusiasts, Outside magazine enjoys steady growth in its digital business […]

“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 Ramez Karkar, director of data architecture at Mediavest Spark. The current data landscape in which CPG marketers find themselves resembles an island without access to clean water. Luckily, supplies may […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Scott Ferber, founder and CEO at Videology. They say the first four stages of change are precontemplation, contemplation, preparation and, finally, action. After attending the recent National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, it’s clear […]

“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 Kibel, a partner in the digital media, technology and privacy practice group at Davis & Gilbert. To marketers, geofencing sounds like a perfect way to target the right consumer, at […]

“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 JB Brokaw, president at Sociomantic Labs North America. With the rampant spread of websites promoting fake news, hate speech and other malicious messaging on the web – often unbeknownst to […]

“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 Adam Solomon, vice president of product at PebblePost. If a marketer tells you he has mastered summing up total campaign conversion rates across all channels, I have a bridge 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. Fact: Nearly every advertiser wants video and there isn’t enough supply to go around. In light of that, why are publishers struggling to […]

“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 James G. Brooks, founder and CEO at GlassView. Programmatic advertising started with the premise that advertisers were unnecessarily limiting themselves. As MediaMath founder Joe Zawadzki explained, “At the time, it […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Michael Greene, vice president of product strategy at AudienceScience. Despite delays and more than a bit of methodological controversy, Nielsen finally released its Total Content Ratings metric in February. The spirit of bringing GRP-style measurement […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jaan Janes, senior vice president of market development at Yieldbot. The new law President Trump recently signed that rolls back many broadband consumer privacy protections has profound implications for consumers. But there’s another group […]

“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 Daniel Meehan, CEO at PadSquad. You can’t monetize poor creative. Yet so many content creators, brands and publishers simply “turn on” advertising with an automated ad tech solution and check […]