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Warner Bros. Discovery officially launched OpenPath last week, with the goal of driving demand for its news sites’ display inventory. But for now, CTV is not part of the integration.

The mobile web version of Wordle now features interstitial video and display ads that will run after a user clicks “Play” and before the game loads on their screen. The move is part of a broader initiative to expand ad offerings across the company’s portfolio.

Among streaming ad providers, there is a temptation to make streaming ad ROI look better than it really is (and definitely better than linear).

Finding new customers is hard work. The online adult retailer Adam and Eve is tapping into machine learning to help.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. After A Fashion Criteo inked an exclusive deal with British online clothing retailer ASOS to be the ad tech pipes for its advertising business. “The ASOS vision is to become the go-to global destination for fashion-loving 20-somethings and we want to take brands […]

Yahoo will try a new way to monetize Tumblr, via the introduction of posts that can be promoted as ad units across Yahoo’s network of owned and operated sites. While neither Yahoo nor its Tumblr subsidiary confirmed to AdExchanger that this is in the works or when the product is scheduled to debut, the existence of ads designed […]

One of PC giant Dell’s first steps as a private company is overhauling its marketing spend. Dell executives unveiled results from its work with marketing attribution firm Visual IQ on Thursday at Forrester’s Forum for Marketing Leaders. “Our goal was to understand the optimal ways to reach our customers through all the channels that we […]

Winning a hotel guest takes more than a swimming pool and a spa package. Like its competitors, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide looks for opportunities to give its accommodations an edge over other hotels. With more than 1,100 properties in nearly 100 countries across nine brands, the company has strong brand awareness. But that isn’t […]

Hey, what’s this…? Looks like Amazon has started retargeting as last week’s news from analyst Ben Schachter of Macquerie Research (via GigaOm) may just be a hint at what’s happening inside the e-commerce giant. After visiting a few tech news sites where I’ve found many retargeting ads in the past, I visited 9 to 5 […]

Jim Ensign is Vice President, Digital Marketing of Papa John’s International, the world’s third largest pizza company. He recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about data-driven media and his expectations for AdKeeper. Papa John’s is one of the initial brands to sign-up for Adkeeper’s “keep” product. Read the release. Click below or scroll down: Responsibilities Blending E-Commerce […]

In an effort to curb the effects of content farms, an interesting development in the world of Google search has arisen which could impact the world of Google display: users will be able to block sites in search engine result pages. Google search engineers explain on the Official Google blog: “Now when you click a […]

The Internet Advertising Bureau has posted a short video clip for its data-and-media “Great Debate” panel led by Federated Media’s John Battelle on Day 3 of the Ecosystem 2.0 conference in Palm Springs, California. Not included in the clip is Mediabrands’ agency exec Quentin George giving clear guidance to publishers with a dose of audience-based […]

Russ Mann is Co-Founder and CEO of Covario, an interactive marketing analytics and agency services company. AdExchanger.com: Please share a bit of background on Covario. RM: Covario is one of the nation’s largest independent providers of search marketing software and services. We have smart digital marketing investors of whom we are very proud, including Voyager, […]

Paul McLenaghan is Vice President, AdAdvisor Platform for TARGUSinfo. AdExchanger.com: TARGUSinfo launched AdAdvisor data solution in February of 2009. Knowing what you know now, what one change would you make to the AdAdvisor strategy if you could start over again? PM: I don’t think we would have changed our approach at all. We knew we […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! And Right Media On RTB Given all the hubbub created by the articles in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and included AppNexus, Google and others, Yahoo! has responded with its real-time bidding thoughts via VP/GM Bill Wise who writes, […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Twitter Ad Platform Lurks All Things D’s Peter Kafka has unearthed what Twitter’s new ad platform will look like – it will look like Google’s according to Kafka’s sources. In addition to using 140 character or less ads, Kafka writes, “Twitter will work with […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! On Q1 2010 Barron’s Eric Savitz provides a bulleted list from the remarks made by Hilary Schneider, EVP of Yahoo! North America, at the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference in San Francisco. According to Savitz, Schneider said that the “rebound in brand advertising the […]

James Beriker was named CEO of Dapper, an online advertising technology company. Beriker’s previous roles include CEO at Efficient Frontier, a search engine marketing firm. See the story. Beriker discussed Dapper and his experience with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: AdWeek quoted you as saying, “It’s [the] beginning days of display is a very powerful direct response channel.” […]

Ad-Juster announced a deal with software solutions provider Solbright which will allow Solbright clients “to automatically access third party delivery data from Ad-Juster for billing reconciliation and discrepancy management.” Read the release. AdExchanger.com caught up with Ad-Juster CEO Mike Lewis to discuss his company’s positioning and the marketplace. AdExchanger.com: What types of companies are buying […]

Pubmatic has released its latest Ad Price Index focusing on “premium publishers.” According to the report, CPM pricing has been moving up. Read the release. And, download the report (PDF). AdExchanger.com spoke to PubMatic’s CEO Rajeev Goel about the report. AdExchanger.com: In your estimation, what’s the biggest “a ha!” in the report? RG: The most […]

“Networking” is a new column focused on the evolving roles of networks in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Richard Frankel, President, of Rocket Fuel, Inc. He says there’s no doubt about it It was the myth of fingerprints I’ve seen them all and man They’re all the same –        Paul Simon, Graceland One […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Thumbs Down On CPMs Lightening rod, David Koretz (AdExchanger.com Q&A), takes a less controversial position than usual and says that the CPM is dead save for a few large sites (WSJ, NY Times, etal.) which can still provide a unique branding experience for advertisers.  […]

Henry Wong is CEO of Adgregate Markets, a transactional performance ad network and technology company. The company announced today that it ran its first mobile commerce campaign with NBC Universal using its ShopAds technology. Read the release. Generally speaking, when do you think mobile display advertising reaches significant scale and what may be some of […]

Sam Barnett is CEO of Struq, an online advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Would you say that the secret sauce in Struq‘s technology sn the matching of ads according to a behavioral profile? How is this different than other solutions which retarget and match users with specific creative? Display ads have a poor click-through rate and […]

John Federico is VP, Global Media and Marketing Alliances at Monster Worldwide, an online employment website. How important is online display advertising to your media buying strategy? Are there any current challenges to display that keeps you from spending more? Display is very important to us – especially for our b2b advertising efforts due to […]

Matt Greitzer is VP of Search Marketing and Head of ATOM Systems at Razorfish. AdExchanger.com: What can you tell us about momentum in Razorfish’s ad exchange practice? Any year-over-year comparisons that you can draw? We’ve only been in market for about nine months, so it’s too early for year-over-year comparisons, but we’ve seen consistent month […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Traditional Media Revolts It appears traditional media companies are tired of their Nielsen main course and have decided to try something else from the menu. Bill Carter and Stuart Elliott of The New York Times cover a recent diabolical plot by the heads of […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Getting Hyper With IPG Mediabrands’ Geomentum IPG’s Mediabrands announced a new unit (or practice) today called Geomentum. Check out the new site here. With graphical arrows pointing upwards on the site, Mediabrands appears to have a clear vision on the opportunity in cross-channel, local […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Search Retargeting Just Got Bigger Details on the forever imminent “Microsoft/Yahoo search deal” should happen today and AdAge claims that Yahoo! will run search ad sales for both companies. Also of note, according to AdAge’s Michael Learmonth, Yahoo!’s search retargeting product will now incorporate […]

Rob Hof of BusinessWeek brings the lens of mainstream media to display ad exchanges in his article, “Google’s Grab for the Display Ad Market.” As the title partially suggests, Google’s display ad business and industry perceptions about upcoming updates to its exchange strategies are the focus. In the article, industry pundits have a decidedly negative […]