Yesterday, “Facebook Performance Advertising” company, Nanigans, announced the hiring of former Yahoo! sales executive Marc Grabowski as it’s Chief Operating Officer. Given his sales and marketing responsibilities, Nanigans appears to be looking to grow its “feet on the street” and revenues as well as leverage Grabowski’s experience in the data-driven display world. See the release. […]
Taykey does real-time advertising, but not the kind you think. The company builds media plans for its large brand ad clients based on what their target audiences are buzzing about right this instant. Those media plans are executed on Facebook, Google, YouTube, and as of this summer, Twitter. Founded in Israel three years ago, Taykey […]
It was three months ago that Jack Bamberger joined GroupM agency MEC as president, digital for North America. He was in some ways an unusual choice, having far more experience on the media than the agency side. Of his last 20 years, 13 were spent at Time Inc., Meredith Corporation, and Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Media. […]
Facebook now holds a secure place behind YouTube as a video content property as online streaming continues to grow, according to the latest comScore rankings. Read the release. A year ago, comScore’s July 2011 video rankings had Facebook in the number three spot, behind video music site Vevo. Google Sites, as comScore identifies YouTube along […]
Facebook’s nascent real-time bidding marketplace is steadily ramping up. The Facebook Exchange continues to add new RTB partners and may be close to publishing a list of approved Facebook Exchange vendors to its Preferred Marketing Developers directory. The list of approved Exchange RTB partners now includes 14 firms, up from 9 in late June – […]
Facebook is trying out a new ad placement that lets advertisers build the reach of ads in the news feed – the most visible real estate for its sponsored ad units. In what’s being called “a very small test,” Page owners will be able to promote posts to Facebook users who are not fans of […]
Dentsu-owned 360i is well known for “earned” and social media strategies, but about half its revenue comes from paid media billings, search, and analytics. The agency has solved complex data problems for the likes of Capital One, J.C. Penney, and NBC Universal, and it’s positioning for a future of ballooning analytics requirements. EVP Jared Belsky […]
In addition to running several vertical blog networks around subjects from tech to food to health, Federated Media has built up its tech side in the past year. The first anniversary of its acquisition of ad net operator and supply side platform Lijit is approaching and FM is preparing to start offering private exchanges to […]
Facebook has certified DoubleClick for ad impression tracking, ending an unofficial policy against Google technologies on its platform. Sources tell AdExchanger Facebook’s decision went into effect in the last two weeks. It’s undoubtedly good news for DoubleClick and its customers, who will now be able to track and attribute Facebook campaign impressions alongside their other […]
Socially persistent Google will buy Wildfire Interactive for approximately $25o million. The deal comes just a few months after Google reportedly sniffed around Wildfire competitor Buddy Media, before Buddy sold to Salesforce. (Read Google’s blog post) The deal hasn’t closed but sources tell AdExchanger that Google doesn’t expect the need for regulatory review and hopes to finalize things […]
