Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The New Premium Ad Network Following on its Ad.com announcement last week, Aol announced yesterday that its Pictela unit “is partnering with FOXNews.com, Meredith Corporation, Variety, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network and The Weather Channel’s weather.com to help them deploy the IAB Portrait […]
Ben Kartzman is CEO of Spongecell, a creative ad technology company. Click below or scroll for more: Looking Back at the Past Year Success Metrics and Engagement Pricing Attribution Funding And The Future On Fragmentation and The Entrepreneur AdExchanger.com: How much has the company changed – or not – in the last year? BK: We’ve […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Video Ads Under The Microscope In “The Wild West of Online Video Ads,” a hard-hitting new article from DIGIDAY’s Mike Shields looks at an example from what he says is a Blinx screensaver which served a Tremor Video video ad as well as a […]
Late last week, IPG Mediabrands’ hyperlocal advertising agency, Geomentum, announced a new partnership with Aol and its hyperlocal content network, Patch. According to a release, the partnership will provide “Geomentum’s clients access to new digital solutions available on Patch’s network of over 800 news, information, and community sites.” Read the release. Chris Hiland, President, Strategic […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. $7 million More For OwnerIQ OwnerIQ has received $7 million in additional funding according to an article by Laurie Sullivan on MediaPost. Read more. Adding up the Crunchbase numbers, this gives the company $20 million in financing since 2007. OwnerIQ has an SEO-friendly network […]
Yesterday, online ad technology firm MediaMind was acquired by DG (formerly DG Fastchannel) for $414 million. Read more coverage. We asked a selection of ad industry participants their views on the following question: “What are the implications of yesterday’s acquisition of Mediamind by DG?” Click below or scroll down for more: Atul Patel, CEO, OneScreen […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Aol’s $500 Million Business TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld covers Aol Investor day and – did you know? – “AOL’s advertising platforms, which are grouped under the Advertising.com business, is now a $500 million business, the company revealed today at its Investor Day in New York […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. What Marketers Crave! Thanks to Adometry, a new study has been released by Forrester Research on what all of you naughty marketer types out there are thinking in regards to data-driven, digital ads. Evidently, measurement and audience insights are top of mind in your […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Capturing The B2B Targeting Data Bizo announced that it will look to the URL shortener world to generate more rich data feeds for its B2B data business. According to the press release, The Bizo Switchboard is “the first smart link shortener for business.(…) Switchboard […]
In an interview with AdExchanger.com, sell-side platform CEO Rajeev Goel of PubMatic offered his views on Monday’s acquisition of its competitor Admeld by Google. Read full coverage of the acquisition here. AdExchanger.com: Generally speaking, what is your view on the impact of the acquisition on the ad ecosystem, and publishers specifically? RAJEEV GOEL: An acquisition […]
On Monday, Google announced the acquisition of Admeld, a sell-side platform which includes RTB’d inventory, real-time bidded tools for publishers and a list of big brand publisher clients. Read yesterday’s coverage. We asked a selection of ad industry participants their views on the following question: “What’s your take on Google’s acquisition of AdMeld?” Click below […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. TellApart Grabs Mad Cash Led by former Googlers Josh McFarland and Mark Ayzenshtat, retailer retargeter TellApart announced a new $13 million round of funding led by vc firm Bain Capital Ventures and existing investor Greylock Partners. The press release shed some light on the […]
According to The Official Google blog, Google has purchased AdMeld for a still-to-be disclosed sum. From the Google blog post and VP Neal Mohan: “By combining Admeld’s services, expertise and technology with Google’s offerings, we’re investing in what we hope will be an improved era of flexible ad management tools for major publishers. Together with […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Turn Rolls Out DMP Swarmed over by the Google/AdMeld rumor last Thursday, Turn announced its “Turn Audience Platform” as the company positions its data management platform, or DMP, as a major part of its strategy targeting direct advertisers and agencies. Don’t worry media/DSP lovers, […]
John Squire is Chief Strategy Officer of Coremetrics, an IBM company. Click below or scroll down for more: Big Data and Marketers Is The Marketer Responsible For Actionable Insights? Coremetrics Lifecycle and Ad Target Products IBM’s Strategic Vision For The Marketer Watson For Ads Looking At Digital Ad Trends Today Will IBM Acquire A “Buying […]
Last Thursday, BMO Capital produced their 3rd annual Advertising & Marketing Services Conference which took place at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. An extensive schedule of public and private companies presented their ideas, products and services which included a panel discussion with MediaBank CEO Bill Wise, [x+1] CEO John Nardone, AppNexus CEO Brian […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Widget Race Like, Follow, now… +1. Google announced on Wednesday that it’s letting any web publisher add its “+1” widget button to its website and the implications are big. AdExchanger.com has kinda covered this one before but the fact any publisher can add this […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Publisher Tech Trends Inspired by OpenX’s funding announcement and a review of their product line, Forrester Research’s Michael Greene sees emerging trends on the publisher side of ad tech in the next year or two. He writes, “DoubleClick’s DFP still dominates the enterprise ad […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. OpenX Raises $20 Mil Ad server and exchange company OpenX announced that it has raised $20 million in a series D round led by SAP Ventures. This brings OpenX total capital raised to $50 million. OpenX CEO Tim Cadogan tells Reuters that the company […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. HP Eyeing Mobile Ads? GigaOm’s Jake Lynch offers an excerpt of his report on mergers and acquisition opportunities in 2011. He think Hewlett-Packard could be making a stronger entrance into the media space. Lynch writes, “In mobile, HP could differentiate its platform with compelling […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. IDC Says Google Display Is Biggest In IDC’s latest “Worldwide and U.S. Internet Advertising Report”, analyst Karsten Wilde says that as of Q4 2010, Google is now #1 in display advertising and displaces Yahoo! after Google Display Network (GDN) provided enough momentum to tip […]
Anthony Risicato is GM of Platforms at Tremor Media. He discussed Tremor Media’s new Video Hub (see the release) and brand advertising with online video ads recently with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: What was the trigger for the creation of the Video Hub for Tremor Media? AR: We compare everything we do to television advertising, because that’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. BuzzLogic Targeting Ads Yesterday, social analytics company BuzzLogic announced a $7.8 million Series C financing round. According to the release, “With revenue growing faster than 50 percent per quarter, the investment will serve to support BuzzLogic’s shift in business strategy and new product development […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. EU Getting Cookied Interclick COO Jason Lynn notes on his personal blog that the day has finally arrived (May 25) where the next step in the privacy regulation process will take effect regarding third-party cookie opt-in in the European Union. He explains details of […]
Chris Fralic is Managing Partner of First Round Capital, an early-stage investment company. In an update of his interview a year ago, Fralic recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about the investment climate and the digital advertising ecosystem. AdExchanger.com: In retrospect, what has surprised you about last year’s acquisition of Invite Media by Google? CF: I’m impressed […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Mapping Offline To Online There are a lot of players in the growing “attribution” field though I can’t say all players necessarily think of themselves as exclusively focused on helping marketers understand the success of their ad spend. The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel […]
Advertising business management systems company Operative announced today that Triad Retail Media, a shopper marketing services provider, has signed on as a client for its Operative.One product. According to the release, Operative.One will help Triad “create and deliver new, competitive product packages; reduce unsold inventory; conduct inventory reporting and analysis; reduce campaign billing costs and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. No Facebook Ad Network For Now, Ever At last Thursday’s Reuters Global Technology Summit, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said the company still isn’t ready to roll-out an ad network to third-party sites that would leverage the social behemoth’s “like” data for targeting. Sandberg said, […]
American Express OPEN announced its new AdManager product powered by display ad, demand-side platform AdReady. The companies claim that AdManager simplifies digital ad campaigns “by offering a start-to-finish platform that tackles every facet of building and sustaining campaigns, from creating ads to determining where they will appear.” Read the release. American Express OPEN vp Robert […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. LinkedIn Worth $8.9 Billion, AdExchanger.com Files For IPO This has nothing to do with your favorite subject and mine – digital ads – or does it!? LinkedIn went public and is now worth $5 or $6 billion more than what it was the day […]
