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It’s official.   The impossible will not happen and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has approved Google’s purchase of  mobile ad network powerhouse, AdMob. And, there will be no $700 million kill fee for AdMob and its investors.  But, it’s fun to think about. The FTC’s statement (PDF) on the approval reveals the reason for the […]

Demand-side platform technology company [x+1] announced earlier this week that it’s first quarter results for 2010 were strong in comparison to 2009 as “revenue increased 77 percent over the first quarter of 2009,” according to the release. [x+1] CEO John Nardone discussed the details of the company’s first quarter results. Among your Fortune 500 clientele […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. NY Times Calls On Editor For Digital Strategy The New York Times is pulling one if its editors off of their beat to help with digital strategy. “Jill Abramson, managing editor for news at The New York Times, will step aside for six months […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Buys VOIP Google has made its nearly weekly acquisition of a company for a sub $100 million price. This time it’s Global IP Solutions for $68.2 million according to MocoNews’ Joseph Tartikoff who adds that the company “sells technology used to deliver voice […]

Yahoo! officially opened up the pocketbook in an impressive way by acquiring Associated Content and getting its own content generating machine. Startups looking to be acquired should be jumping for joy as CEO Carol Bartz addresses her company’s content future in competition with companies like Demand Media and AOL’s Seed. There is also an important […]

LucidMedia announced a new self-service version of its demand-side platform targeting agencies and advertisers. Read the release. Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO and Founder of LucidMedia, discussed the different facets of the announcement. Why do you think agencies want self-service? Aren’t they overwhelmed as it is and need full or at least “fuller” service? Yes, agency media […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Picard On DSPs And Display On Imedia Connection, Microsoft’s Eric Picard writes a think piece titled: “DSPs: What they really are and why you should care.” Picard references last week’s “A Few Good DSPs” video by GCA Savvian’s Terence Kawaja and says in regards […]

In a release last week, Permuto, a CPC, display ad retargeting company, announced that through its ad platform, the company had shown return-on-ad-spend results “within three percent of SEM” for e-tailer Heels.com. Read more. Shaukat Shamim, Co-Founder and CEO of Permuto, discussed the company’s services and shared observations about the e-commerce landscape. AdExchanger.com: When working […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Time Inc.’s McDonald On Data Digiday Daily’s Melinda Gipson covers Time Inc.’s president of Digital Kurt McDonald at the recent AudienceScience Targeting Summit. Rather than shying away from the challenges that online data presents publishers today, McDonald is choosing a pro-active approach. According to […]

Chris Sukornyk is CEO of Chango, an search and display demand-side platform. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Chango solving? CS: Search Marketers know how to make money from the Internet searchers they reach.  They’ve got financial models, optimized keyword lists, optimized bid prices, and text ads tuned to get attention.  If they can reach more searchers […]

Efficient Frontier announced that it was getting in the demand-side platform game by adding a display media buying component to its paid search buying platform. According to the release, “The new display offering includes real-time bidding capabilities, which is dynamic bidding at the impression level, as well as a proven portfolio approach to optimization.” Read […]

“Displaying Search” is a column capturing the intersection of display advertising and search marketing. Today’s column is written by Nick Talbert, Director of Product Marketing, Eyeblaster, a campaign management and advertising technology company. Search and display budgets decisions made within their silos will only yield non-scalable results. Attribution decisions need to be channel agnostic and […]

“Social Exchange” is a column focused on the evolving roles of social media in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Andrew Pancer, Chief Operating Officer of Media6Degrees. There has been a lot of discussion around Mediaweek’s April 4th article “Web Publishers, Ad Nets at Odds”, where WSJ.com and several other major publishers accuse InterCLICK […]

Last week, AOL, owners of the Advertising.com ad network, announced Ad Desk, the company’s new, self-service platform for ad buying across the Advertising.com network and AOL properties. Read the release. AdExchanger.com interviewed AOL execs Dave Jacobs (SVP, Publisher Services), Don Kennedy (SVP, Network Sales) and Jamie Fellows (VP, Product Management, AOL Advertising) in regards to […]

David S. Kidder is co-founder and CEO of Clickable, a search networks and social advertising buying platform. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Clickable solving today overall? DSK: Our goal at Clickable is to help businesses survive and thrive by simplifying online advertising success. We began in 2007 with Clickable Pro, our flagship product. Clickable Pro removed […]

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Niel Robertson is Founder and CEO of Trada, a PPC marketing campaign marketplace. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Trada solving? NR: Fundamentally, the problem that Trada is solving is that paid search has become a complex and time-consuming task to do well. For small- and medium-sized businesses (spending between $1,000 and $50,000/mo on paid search) this […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook “Likes” Web CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced an update to the social networking giant’s platform at Facebook’s F8 developer conference.  In addition to the Facebook Connect brand disappearing (covered here by CNET), Zuckerberg says simply, “We have redesigned Facebook Platform to offer a simple […]

In a release this week, Turn publicly highlighted its relationship with ad holding company IPG’s buying platform, Cadreon, as well as new media planning tools integrated into the Turn platform for bid forecasting and audience extension.  Read more. Bill Demas, CEO of Turn, discussed updates to the Turn buying platform. For Turn’s platform, why are […]

Russell Glass, CEO of Bizo, discussed the b2b targeting data platform’s new self-service media application to debut later this quarter, MyAds.  Read more on the Bizo blog. AdExchanger.com: What keyed your interest in offering a self-serve media business that leverages Bizo data? RG: It’s all about getting our capabilities into the hands of businesses that […]

AdBuyer.com announced a new, free audience profiling tool aimed at search marketers. Read the release. AdBuyer.com CEO Tim Ogilvie discussed the new product and the company. AdExchanger.com: Why is your new “Audience Profiles” product free? TO: We’re making it free because it has such an impact on performance that we’re trying to get it as […]

Last Friday, [x+1] announced a new partnership with Knowledge Networks’ KN Dimestore and a “tool that allows marketers to enhance online ad campaign performance by adjusting offers and media on the fly based on real-time consumer feedback.” Read the release. [x+1] CEO John Nardone discussed the new tool and how it works. AdExchanger.com: Can you […]

J.B. Rudelle is CEO of Criteo, a pay-per-click, personalized retargeting company. AdExchanger.com: Why move into the U.S. market now? JBR: Criteo spent 3 years focused on R&D, building the most robust and precise retargeting solution on the market. With almost 2 years of in market experience and over 400 customers successfully implementing our pay per […]

Josh McFarland is CEO of TellApart, an online media buying platform. AdExchanger.com: Is TellApart a demand-side platform? JM: Our core business is in helping e-commerce companies unify, manage and predictively analyze their customer data — all within a “customer database in the cloud.”  Of course, what good is a beautifully manicured customer list without a […]

Julian Tol is the Founder & CEO of Brandscreen Inc., a digital media trading platform. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Brandscreen solving? JT: The problem we solve is the reduction of transactional friction. Generally speaking, the industry suffers from over-complexity, with online display sales systems built on top of offline technologies. There’s poor visibility for buyers, […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ad Network And Publishers In Mediaweek Following last week’s article in which Mediaweek reporter Mike Shields identified several publishers who claimed that ad network, InterCLICK, had misrepresented their inventory, this week, each is given the Mediaweek microphone to state their case. Read more. InterCLICK […]

John D. Corbett, PhD is Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of aWhere, which provides an analytics platform focused on location intelligence. AdExchanger.com: Please give us a bit of history about aWhere.  A new company?  Or pivoting for new opportunity? aWhere is a ten year old company that has historically focused on the agribusiness and […]

Following up Merkle’s presentation at the NexTargeting event hosted by [x+1] in March, demand-side platform, [x+1]. announced a broad partnership with customer relationship marketing agency, Merkle, as “the two companies will provide marketers with a truly integrated, analytics-based multichannel approach to customer acquisition.”  Read the release. John Nardone, Chairman and CEO of [x+1], discussed the […]

Jeremy Helfand, EVP and Chief Sales Officer, at United Online, discussed the company’s new audience-buying platform – Adcurate – which enables audience buying of United Online properties. AdExchanger.com: How will United Online differentiate from competitors such as Fox Audience Network with the Adcurate™ platform? JH: Adcurate is intensely focused on audiences – who they are, […]

Greg Rogers is CEO of Pictela, a brand content distribution platform. AdExchanger.com: How is your Tacoda experience relevant to what you’re doing today with Pictela? GR: At Tacoda we developed a sophisticated targeting engine. Now that the industry can effectively reach the right people, the next step is to build an advanced messaging platform that […]