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  • The Quest For Scale Is Ruining The Digital Ad Industry

    “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 Yael Avidan, vice president of product at Adelphic. The first question marketers or agencies ask ad tech vendors or media companies is probably this: “That audience is perfect, but can […]

  • CNN Curates A TV-To-Mobile Experience With The CNN MoneyStream App

    CNN sees a future where brand activations include everything from linear TV to custom-built mobile apps. The Turner-owned broadcaster built an app for CNNMoney called CNNMoneyStream that allows users to follow and personalize a feed of companies, influencers, news and market data. CNN borrowed the concept from Turner sports property Bleacher Report. E*Trade, one of […]

  • Don’t Become ‘That Brand’

    “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 Nancy Hall, senior vice president at Conversant. Whether it’s a phone, laptop or tablet, cross-device matching accuracy is essential to overall marketing success. The largest obstacle of optimal accuracy is […]

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  • Mind The Gap Between Buyer Intent And Publisher Inventory

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Paul Bannister, co-founder and executive vice president at CafeMedia. There’s no question that programmatic buying, particularly real-time bidding, has created many efficiencies and been a force in shifting advertising budgets toward digital. Smart buyers […]

  • For Today’s CMOs, Nuance Is Dead; Long Live Nuance

    “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 Aaron Dodez, vice president of digital marketing at RPA. We live in a world of extremes and exaggerations. The internet can be broken (impossible) by a single tweet or celebrity […]

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  • Pay To Play: The Future Of The Marketing Cloud

    “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 Carla Holtze, CEO and co-founder at Parrable. During the really early days of digital media, AOL and CompuServe were basically the only two consumer portals and total digital ad spend […]

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  • The Future Of The TV Business Begins And Ends With Measurement

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tim Ware, vice president of advanced television at Tremor Video. Programmatic TV is among the most highly debated subjects in the media business and perhaps the best example of true convergence we’ve encountered as […]

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  • The IAB's Dynamic Ad Standard Will Bridge The Divide Between Data And Creativity

    “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 Diaz Nesamoney, CEO at Jivox and co-chair of the IAB Tech Lab Dynamic Content Ad Standard Working Group. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) this week introduced the industry’s first standard for […]

  • Platform Wars Will Reverse The Ad Tech Tax

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Lorne Brown, CEO at Operative. There is a battle brewing in media land. For years, Google and Facebook have been the ultimate rulers of the digital advertising landscape. Not only do they command consumer […]

  • The Story About AI In Ad Tech Is Mostly Fiction

    “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 Santanu Kolay, senior vice president of engineering at Turn. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most-hyped topics in advertising right now. At Cannes, Saatchi & Saatchi featured an AI-created […]

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  • The 15- And 30-Second Ad Spots Aren’t Going Anywhere

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by John Roland, CEO at Extreme Reach. The advertising industry is in a state of perennial disruption. As new screens and services emerge, the viewing experience morphs – requiring advertisers to change the way they […]

  • Tastemade Shares Its Recipe For Becoming A Platform Publisher

    By using an overhead shot of hands quickly mixing rainbow cake pops, potato spirals and other creative treats, Tastemade has mastered shooting video for audiences who are using their phones or scrolling through social media. “Today’s modern media company needs to be mobile, social, global,” said programming head Oren Katzeff. “Looking back 30 years to […]

  • What Data Doesn’t Tell Us

    “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 Lowenstern, vice president of digital advertising at R/GA. Everywhere we go, we leave data in our exhaust. Our connected devices leave our footprints behind, like so much digital detritus, […]

  • With Accurate Measurement Facing So Many Challenges, Marketers Must Challenge Everything

    “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 Augustine Fou, digital strategist and independent ad fraud researcher. There are many limits to measurement that may lead to entirely different answers depending on when, where and how the measurements […]

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  • Hard Or Soft, Brexit Will Be Tough On Ad Tech

    “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 Stephen Taylor, senior vice president of enterprise solutions at Sojern. Two weeks ago, UK Prime Minister Theresa May expressed support for a “hard Brexit,” the process for the country’s planned […]

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  • Snapchat’s Spectacles Could Shape How Advertisers Think About Video

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Danielle Levitas, senior vice president of research and analysis at App Annie.  Snapchat has entered the hardware space with last month’s launch of Spectacles, its camera-enabled glasses. The premise is simple: Users tap the […]

  • Dynamic Ads: Cut Through The Clutter With Hyper-Relevant Messages

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Madhura Sengupta, director of ad product technology at Edmunds.com. With the rapid evolution of the internet, consumers have started to face a critical problem: information overload. As a result, many publishers have begun to […]

  • AT&T Sees A Future At The Intersection Of Cross-Screen And Addressable TV

    AT&T, which completed a $49 billion merger with DirecTV last July, is relatively behind competitive carrier Verizon in acquiring (or building) an ad stack and monetizing its mobile data set. AT&T has been largely silent on the mobile data front following its shift away from building a mobile ad network in 2013 in order to prioritize […]

  • Consumers’ Missions, Mindsets And Moods Offer Clues To Boosting Ad Relevancy

    “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°. To drive the most relevant content to the most relevant audience, digital media targeting has become more advanced than ever. […]

  • Flex Frame Ads: The Beginning Of The End For The Publisher-Side Ad Server?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ian Hewetson, vice president of client services at Eyereturn Marketing. The New York Times generated quite a buzz last week with the announcement that it’s doubling down on its Flex Frame initiative, which could […]

  • What Is The ‘Holy Grail’ Of Marketing?

    “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 Martin Kihn, research vice president at Gartner. “You would think that the digital advertising industry has found religion given all the talk about the legendary ‘holy grail’ these days.” So […]

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  • Missing In Action: Digital Media Training Plans

    “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 Jaclyn Stewart, senior director of publisher services at The 614 Group. Whenever you ask people who manage digital operations teams about training programs for their staff, they almost unanimously roll […]

  • Regulatory And Inventory Hurdles Cloud Programmatic TV’s Future

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Hew Bruce-Gardyne, co-founder at TVSquared. It’s an advertiser’s dream to deliver targeted content via programmatic, and the industry is certainly making progress. However, legislative, inventory-level and operational obstacles need to be overcome to seamlessly […]

  • Restoring Trust In Media Buying: Insights From Other Industries

    “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 Nico Neumann, senior research analyst for programmatic strategy and analytics at the University of South Australia. Last month, Dentsu admitted that 111 clients had been overcharged in more than 600 “suspicious […]

  • The Data Leakage Balancing Act

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Chris Kane, founder at Jounce Media. Publishers are right to be worried about data leakage. Selling through RTB pipes exposes a wealth of publisher data that rogue buyers can exploit for audience insights, modeling […]

  • The Facebook Video Metric Mess: Another Example Of Ad Tech’s Broken Telephone Problem

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in programmatic TV and video. Today’s column is written by Melinda Staros, senior manager of research and insights at Sharethrough. Facebook made major headlines recently when it came clean about its “serious” miscalculation of a key video metric. For two years when calculating the […]

  • Efficiency Vs. 100% Viewability: Which Is The More Important Metric?

    “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 Brad Nunn, director of trading operations at Varick Media Management. In 2012, the IAB first defined a “viewable” impression as one that’s at least 50% visible for at least one […]

  • CafeMedia Becomes The Latest Publisher To Join The Consolidation Trend

    In a media environment that increasingly favors scale, CafeMedia bought AdThrive on Thursday in a deal that will triple the reach it can offer to advertisers. AdThrive was founded by a blogger’s husband and manages all programmatic revenue for 1,100 other lifestyle bloggers. The deal, whose financial details were not disclosed, increases CafeMedia’s scale from […]

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  • Is Customer Strategy The Unicorn Of Marketing?

    “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 Williams, president and CEO at Merkle. Across industries, today’s marketing conversation is all about the personalized experience. Everything you hear and read seems to be focused on the importance of […]

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  • Advertisers Need To Reach Car Shoppers On Sofas, Long Before They Hit The Showroom

    “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 Tim Jenkins, CEO at 4INFO. Before taking a single step onto a showroom floor, 95% of car shoppers have already decided which car they plan to test-drive. Reports show most […]

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