Today’s mega-retailers sit in a unique position that will prove a critical element to media online and off. They have a store at the corner. Many corners. And that’s because – news flash – humans aren’t going all-digital with an I.V. into a data warehouse. Though we may spend endless hours in our Facebook world […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Steve Sullivan, VP, Digital Supply Chain Solutions, IAB. In the 1991 Australian film Proof, Hugo Weaving plays a blind photographer named Martin, who must rely on his other senses […]
Lisa Hook is CEO of Neustar, a telecommunications company. Last Tuesday, Neustar acquired caller ID infrastructure and data company TARGUSinfo for $650 million. Read the release. Hook discussed the TARGUSinfo acquisition and the strategy ahead – especially as it relates to advertising. AdExchanger.com: What’s Neustar’s worldview on the opportunity in advertising and marketing? LH: We […]
Former Yahoo! and Right Media Exchange executive Ramsey McGrory has re-emerged since his departure only a couple of weeks ago to become the new CEO of Clearspring, a web content sharing tools and ad targeting data provider. Read the release. The company’s former CEO and founder, Hooman Radfar, will become Executive Chairman at the company. […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. David Danziger is Director of Data and Targeting Products at Acxiom Corporation. The Future of Privacy Forum recently analyzed the top 30 paid mobile apps (across multiple mobile platforms including Blackberry, Android, and iOS) […]
On Wednesday, ShareThis announced that former Google AdSense exec Kurt Abrahamson (and most recently CEO of SocialMedia.com which was sold to LivingSocial) would be taking over as CEO and former CEO Tim Schigel would become chairman of ShareThis’ board. Read more on the ShareThis blog. Abrahamson discussed his new role and the opportunity ahead for […]
On Wednesday, marketing data services and technology company Acxiom announced that former Microsoft and aQuantive executive, Scott Howe, has been hired as the company’s CEO and President. Read the release. Howe shared his thoughts on the new role and the industry with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: What attracted you to your new role as CEO and President […]
Ed Busby is Partner at Boston Consulting Group. He is finishing up a study on data strategy in the digital media space and presented some his findings at the BlueKai Summit in New York City. AdExchanger.com: How do you break the data ecosystem down -and in layman’s terms? EB: We think about the various services […]
Auren Hoffman is CEO of Rapleaf, a data company. AdExchanger.com: It’s been an interesting past year for Rapleaf, to say the least, regarding the company’s strategy and online privacy. What have you learned? AH: We definitely had our time in the spotlight and the publicity has been a factor in our fast growth in 2011. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Amazon And DSP Triggit Yesterday, All Things D’s Peter Kafka announced that demand-side platform Triggit will offer DSP services to e-Commerce giant Amazon.com. Kafka writes, “Amazon has noodled with Web ads in the past, but has confined itself to selling space on Amazon.com and […]
