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  • Erik Requidan, founder and CEO at Media Tradecraft

    Publishers: Stop Waiting For Tech To Save You

    There is a ton of fear and hysteria right now on both the buy side and the sell side, as the death of the third-party cookie nears. But there are still plenty of powerful ways to target audiences that don’t involve technology, writes Erik Requidan, Founder and CEO of Media Tradecraft.

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    The Pandemic Creates An Opening For Publishers To Reimagine Their Sites And Declutter

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, founder and CEO at Media Tradecraft. You may have noticed that as we all face months working at home, some of us took to a more rigorous brand of spring cleaning this year. […]

  • Ugly Delicious Advertising

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, founder and CEO at Media Tradecraft. There’s a lot to admire about restaurateur David Chang. He’s accomplished, innovative, highly creative and, these days, reflective. He rose from humble beginnings to attain “underground” […]

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    Privacy Regs And Chrome Changes Will Force An Evolution For Mid- And Long-Tail Publishers, Not Extinction

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, founder and CEO at Media Tradecraft. As Chrome sunsets third-party cookies and data privacy laws roll out globally, the only happy publishers are the select few with lots of first-party data. Mid- […]

  • How Direct Deals Are Evolving In The Age Of Programmatic

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. In a recent podcast, Chris Kane explained three ways that buyers navigate the complex programmatic supply landscape. The hardest: direct-to-publisher integrations. Some of the biggest names in media […]

  • The Mainstreaming Of Supply-Path Optimization

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. Supply-path optimization (SPO) is sometimes described as a way to reduce supply sources or consolidate multiple supply partners. When you consider how header bidding has […]

  • Explosions Across Ad Tech: Signs Of Consolidation Or Growth?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. We keep hearing about consolidation, but if you look at the recent Lumascapes, it’s clear there are actually more ad tech companies than ever before. […]

  • AppNexus Is No Longer Independent: How Will Its Clients React?

    AT&T has big plans to operate a programmatic exchange for the advanced TV advertising industry. Its Monday acquisition of AppNexus gives AT&T the infrastructure and relationships with content owners and buyers to operate that exchange at scale. But it remains to be seen if AppNexus clients will be spooked by its loss of independence and […]

  • Rumors Of The Demise Of Cookies And Banners Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. In advertising, we just love the death watch. Publishers often hear rumors like “Desktops are dead!” How many times have we heard the bell toll […]

  • Programmatic’s Crisis In Confidence: More Rumor Than Reality

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. Since the early days of programmatic, the tire kickers have loudly voiced concerns over its safety and effectiveness. They bemoaned the lack of transparency and […]

  • A Publisher’s Perspective: Will Buyers Pay More?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. Advertisers have demanded more of publishers in recent years, including for more inventory, more viewable inventory, a broader range of accepted formats and better targeting […]

  • The Hard Truth About Targeting Away From Hard News

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. For many, the news has not brought much joy in the last year; it seems to have brought more controversy than ever before. That’s created […]

  • A Closer Look At Demand-Path Optimization: Why Humans Matter

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. In September, I wrote a column that introduced the idea of demand-path optimization, the process by which publishers optimize the path from supply-side platforms (SSPs), […]

  • Demand-Path Optimization: The Flip Side Of Supply-Path Optimization

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. As marketers and agencies become more selective about inventory and demanding of transparency, publishers need to respond in a way that makes sense not just […]

  • Intermarkets Prizes Programmatic Connections Alongside Direct Conversations

    When it comes to anything new in the programmatic space, Intermarkets tends to be an early adopter. Header bidding? Check. Server-side header bidding? Check. Programmatic native? Check. Erik Requidan, VP of sales and programmatic strategy at Intermarkets, which represents right-leaning political publishers such as the Drudge Report, aims to balance all that new tech with […]