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»Brian Lesser

Failure To Launch: Why Xandr’s ‘Community Garden’ Was Always A Long Shot

When Xandr launched in 2018, it had a grand vision to be the data-driven platform and ad marketplace for the TV industry. But from the start, industry insiders were skeptical that plan would ever come to fruition, and few were surprised when Xandr announced last week it would fold into WarnerMedia. “We kind of thought... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // May 6th, 2020 //
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AT&T Folds Xandr Into WarnerMedia

AT&T said Thursday it will combine TV ad tech division Xandr with WarnerMedia. Xandr Chief Business Officer Kirk McDonald will continue to lead the group and report into WarnerMedia Chief Revenue Officer Gerhard Zeiler. Zeiler reports to John Stankey, AT&T’s new CEO. “Xandr and WarnerMedia have always worked hand-in-hand to benefit our incredible advertising partners,” McDonald said in a statement.... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // April 30th, 2020 //
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Content Consumption During COVID-19; More On Brian Lesser’s Exit From AT&T

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Mobile Response People forced into quarantine, isolation or however you want to put it are boosting overall content consumption in the United States. Live television is still down year over year, from three hours and 44 minutes per day to three hours and 27... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // March 17th, 2020 //
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Xandr CEO Brian Lesser Reportedly Resigns

Xandr CEO Brian Lesser has resigned, Reuters reported. Xandr did not respond to AdExchanger's request for comment. There'd been rumblings within the advertising community about Xandr not living up to expectations. AT&T's ad unit missed internal revenue projections and was off-pace to meet goals it set for later this year, multiple sources told AdExchanger. The... Continue reading »
by Sarah Sluis // March 11th, 2020 //
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Who Sells What? NCC Media And Xandr Aim To Consolidate The Confusing Addressable TV Market

The two minutes of television inventory sold by multichannel video players (MVPDs) – which can be made addressable by targeting through the set-top box – has historically been fragmented across providers, making it complex for a national advertiser to run addressable campaigns at scale. Today, MVPDs are jockeying to sell each other’s addressable TV supply,... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // April 23rd, 2019 //
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Xandr CEO Brian Lesser: AT&T’s Strategy Is 'Fundamentally Different' Than Verizon’s

When AT&T bought Time Warner in June to create a programmatic exchange for the TV industry, many looked to Verizon’s purchases of AOL and Yahoo as a comparison. But the two telco’s strategies “could not be any more different,” said Xandr CEO Brian Lesser on stage at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview last Thursday. “Oath, I think,... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // January 28th, 2019 //
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AT&T’s Xandr Officially Combines Its TV Ad Biz With The AppNexus Digital Ad Platform

AT&T’s ad tech unit Xandr has big hopes for TV advertising, but the company said Thursday during an analyst call that it’s also going to be heavily involved in powering online ads. “You will continue to see Xandr media business outpace the television market in 2019,” Xandr CEO Brian Lesser told investors. “And now what... Continue reading »
by Rae Paoletta // November 29th, 2018 //
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AT&T Unveils Xandr, Its Answer To The Future Of Advertising

Two multibillion-dollar acquisitions and one Justice Department lawsuit later, AT&T’s advertising and analytics unit finally has a name: Xandr. AT&T revealed the brand at its Relevance Conference in Santa Barbara, Calif., Tuesday, a debutante ball for the new unit that gathered 300 top advertising and media executives at the lavish Ritz-Carlton Bacara. The name pays... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // September 25th, 2018 //
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by Nate Neal // September 14th, 2018 //
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Brian Lesser's Challenge At AT&T; Jun Group Acquired

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Time Will Telco There’s plenty of pressure on Brian Lesser to build advertising into a pillar of AT&T’s business and marry the wireless company’s customer data to the new WarnerMedia content assets. "But probably more than anything, I feel this sense of responsibility to... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // September 11th, 2018 //
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