All Things D’s Peter Kafka says that Google is considering the purchase of demand-side platform (DSP) Invite Media. Kafka says, “A deal has supposedly been in the works for some time, and one theory is that Google has been waiting for the AdMob saga to conclude before moving forward. Estimates for a price are all […]
AdReady announced recently a new $5.3 million round of funding from current investors Madrona Venture Group, Bain Capital and Khosla Ventures. Read the release. AdReady CEO Karl Siebrecht discussed the new funds and the company’s plans. AdExchanger.com: How will the company use the $5.3 million raised in this round? KS: This capital will be used […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Choose Your Own Video Ad Adventure Get ready for “Ad Selector” – a new video ad format being championed by VivaKi that puts the power of which ad to play in an online video, into the the hands of the viewer. According to Ad […]
Demand-side platform DataXu has released a new monthly study called “DataXu MarketPulse.” Among the insights: “DataXu analyzed the price paid for ad impressions across ad exchanges over the past 30 days, and discovered that the average daily price varied by over 100% during the period.” The company also compared CPM pricing volatility to other markets: […]
It’s official. The impossible will not happen and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has approved Google’s purchase of mobile ad network powerhouse, AdMob. And, there will be no $700 million kill fee for AdMob and its investors. But, it’s fun to think about. The FTC’s statement (PDF) on the approval reveals the reason for the […]
Richard Jalichandra is President & CEO of Technorati, a social media search site and owners of Technorati Media, an ad network. AdExchanger.com: Can you take us through some of the pivots that Technorati has gone through and where it is today? RJ: Our evolution from a single site into a network serving billions of ads […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. New Online Shopping Legislation U.S. Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller has introduced legislation aimed at prohibiting “companies from enrolling consumers in paid-subscription programs unless the consumers entered their credit card numbers and agreed to the program,” according to MediaPost’s Wendy Davis. And there’s more – […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. NY Times Calls On Editor For Digital Strategy The New York Times is pulling one if its editors off of their beat to help with digital strategy. “Jill Abramson, managing editor for news at The New York Times, will step aside for six months […]
blip.tv, an online video broadcasting company, just announced a $10.1 million round of funding led by Canaan Partners and existing investors Bain Capital Ventures. Read the release. Mike Hudack, CEO and co-founder of blip.tv, discussed the new funding and upcoming plans. AdExchanger.com: What can you share regarding the funding environment today? There’s less irrational exuberance […]
Brad Terrell is VP and general manager of digital media at Netezza, a data warehouse and analytic appliances company. He recently discussed his company’s client momentum in the digital media space including their ongoing deal with Acxiom (PDF). AdExchanger.com: Can you quantify the scope of working with Acxiom either in dollars or by number of […]
“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 Roland Cozzolino, CTO of MediaMath, an online advertising technology company. Whenever someone wants to understand the basics of RTB, I like to tell them that they need to understand […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Buys VOIP Google has made its nearly weekly acquisition of a company for a sub $100 million price. This time it’s Global IP Solutions for $68.2 million according to MocoNews’ Joseph Tartikoff who adds that the company “sells technology used to deliver voice […]
Dan Salmon is an equity research analyst at BMO Capital Markets and covers advertising and marketing services. AdExchanger.com: Please provide a bit of background on you and how you and Bank of Montreal got into the marketing services space. DS: BMO Capital Markets is the investment banking arm of BMO Financial Group (aka Bank of […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. MySpace Simplifies Privacy In a battle of privacy policies, MySpace has simplified its privacy setting that enable users to control what is tracked and what isn’t of their online MySpace experience. The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel writes, “The new MySpace privacy controls, which […]
LucidMedia announced a new self-service version of its demand-side platform targeting agencies and advertisers. Read the release. Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO and Founder of LucidMedia, discussed the different facets of the announcement. Why do you think agencies want self-service? Aren’t they overwhelmed as it is and need full or at least “fuller” service? Yes, agency media […]
Google, Facebook and Apple are on a collision course as each company’s content and technology are merging into super-heated cauldrons of profit. So, how will these three compete in the data-driven, addressable future of tomorrow’s display media? It’s still not crystal clear but there are clues. And, it should be noted that this is the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Brand Marketer Invasion Ad Age’s Michael Learmonth reveals that brand marketers such as Unilever are invading Silicon Valley to keep track of the latest and greatest from technology companies that will impact their digital marketing mix. Unilever CMO Keith Weed tells Ad Age, “What […]
Nick Wilson, CTO, Break Media, a network of properties targeting young men. AdExchanger.com What problem is Break Media solving for advertisers today? NW: We offer clients the ability to reach a targeted audience of young men by producing, promoting, and distributing clients’ original videos and branded content across the Break Media Network of sites. Additionally, we […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ComScore: Big Numbers For Display ComScore put out a monster figure that Americans received 1 trillion display in the first quarter of 2010. Not billion, TRILLION. How many were teeth whitening ads? -Not sure, but the company estimated, “Total U.S. display ad spending in […]
Though they aren’t big numbers in terms of the Internet’s hottest, three-word phrases, “demand-side platform” has come from nowhere to relative, online display advertising fame since January 1, 2010. Consider, if you will, the recent momentum for organic search traffic to AdExchanger.com when a phrase containing “demand side platform” is entered into a search engine […]
“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 Zach Coelius, CEO of Triggit, an online advertising technology company. For anyone who has been watching the data space over the last year and a half, the explosion of […]
Andy Cocker, co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based, Infectious Media Ltd, a media agency, discussed the company’s momentum in the media trading space – and the company’s Impression Desk media buying platform – with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Please define Infectious Media‘s value proposition. AC: We are a media buying services company, specializing in data driven display […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Picard On DSPs And Display On Imedia Connection, Microsoft’s Eric Picard writes a think piece titled: “DSPs: What they really are and why you should care.” Picard references last week’s “A Few Good DSPs” video by GCA Savvian’s Terence Kawaja and says in regards […]
In a release last week, Permuto, a CPC, display ad retargeting company, announced that through its ad platform, the company had shown return-on-ad-spend results “within three percent of SEM” for e-tailer Heels.com. Read more. Shaukat Shamim, Co-Founder and CEO of Permuto, discussed the company’s services and shared observations about the e-commerce landscape. AdExchanger.com: When working […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jonathan Mendez, founder of Yieldbot. “So far audience targeted media optimization has been a huge party that only the demand side has shown up for. The supply side […]
Satya Patel is a Partner at Battery Ventures, a venture capital and private equity investment firm. AdExchanger.com: Battery Ventures has been around since the ’80s as a venture and private equity firm. Looking at a high level, can you take us through some of the strategy pivots the firm has made in regards to digital […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Advocating For Transparency Standards Demand-side platform Turn’s CEO Bill Demas writes on ClickZ that publishers need to embrace RTB since it will help provide control by enabling “the means to create custom audience segments through direct sales teams” and more. Furthermore, Demas says, “As […]
Alan Pearlstein is CEO and President of Cross Pixel Media, a data-centric marketing services company. AdExchanger.com: How about a little background? How did you get where you are today? AP: I have always been a direct response marketer by training. The first business I started was a mail order catalog, and in 2002 I launched […]
At New York City’s Time Warner Center last Thursday, Collective sponsored its 2nd annual “Display Advertising Uncensored” event, which brought together a broad cross-section of display advertising players to discuss the growing momentum (and confusion!) in the display ad space. The panel was moderated by Randy Cohen of Advertiser Perceptions and included Lexi Reese of […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Publicis Buys Back From Dentsu Publicis bought back 7.5 million of its own shares from ad holding company rival and shareholder Dentsu. Back in 2003, according to the Wall Street Journal, both companies had entered into a stock-swap agreement which gave each roughly 10% […]
