Below is video from a panel moderated by Simulmedia’s Dave Morgan (the former Tacoda and Real Media founder) from last week’s Monaco Media Forum. Among the highlights, Morgan required each panelist to pick a current company that will serve as a future model of how they want their business to evolve in the next few […]
Is Rubicon Project on the verge of announcing the acquisition of Fox Audience Network assets as previously reported here on AdExchanger.com? It looks like it all may – MAY – go down on Monday if one infers from this email sent to Fox Audience Network MyAds advertisers this evening. Dear Advertiser, We’re reaching out in […]
Tom Chavez is an entrepreneur, technologist, musician, and family man residing in San Francisco. He was the founder and CEO of Rapt Inc., and following the acquisition of Rapt by Microsoft, he served as General Manager of Microsoft Advertising’s Online Publisher Business Group. I’d like to take a moment to respond to Tolman Geffs recent query, […]
For last week’s Digital Media Summit, GCA Savvian’s Terence Kawaja (maker of “A Few Good DSPs“) mashed up a music video version of Nickelback’s “Rockstar” with a range of technology and media “stars” in a sunnier update to his video from last year called Mad Avenue Blues. Do you recognize all the faces of “Tech […]
AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” The following contribution is an agency perspective from Michael Brunick, VP, Media Technology Director at IPG’s Mediabrands Worldwide, and part […]
Michael Walrath is the former CEO of Yahoo!’s Right Media. As eBay became pervasive, a slew of companies appeared with the sole purpose of helping people buy and sell goods on the giant auction site more effectively. These service businesses earned a slice of the transaction value for their efforts. Others took a different approach. […]
Michael Walrath is the former CEO of Yahoo!’s Right Media. I believe that there is a cycle of innovation at work in digital advertising. Where we are in the cycle at any given time depends on many factors, including the economy, availability of capital, supply and demand imbalances, M&A appetite, etc. Let’s take a look […]
