Joshua Koran

Search and web traffic is getting replaced by AI, so earned media placements don’t quite look the same. Plus: More scrutiny on principal media.

As the quality of answer engines improves, people will click through to publisher websites less often. The solution isn’t to wage war against AI. It’s time to build a sustainable future for all stakeholders.

Among the most frequent benefits touted with SPO is improved efficiency. When costs are reduced while maintaining effectiveness, greater return on ad spend is achieved. But, asks InMarket’s Joshua Koran, is it really that simple?

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Joshua Koran, EVP of data and policy at Criteo. While it’s easy for marketers to fixate on Google’s threatened “cookiepocolypse,” being too hyper-focused on engagement tactics misses the big picture. […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.  Today’s column is written by Joshua Koran, head of innovation labs at Zeta Global. Google’s recent blog posts (one by David Temkin and another by Deepti Bhatnagar) created even more confusion regarding the future of […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.  Today’s column is written by Joshua Koran, head of innovation labs at Zeta Global. How would you feel if a proverbial Big Brother controlled all data access and processing on the web? There are certain […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Joshua Koran, head of innovation labs at Zeta Global. Google decided in March to postpone upcoming changes to Chrome, the world’s most-used browser, in response to the COVID-19 crisis. While Google has decided to […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Joshua Koran, head of innovation labs at Zeta Global. Before the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the spotlight and our daily lives, the digital advertising industry was rife with speculation about the future of marketing and advertising […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community.  Today’s column is written by Joshua Koran, managing director, DMP, at Sizmek. With the passage of California’s new Consumer Privacy Act, there is increasing attention to how data is collected, processed and sold online. Unfortunately, as with the General […]

In late April, Google said it would limit the portability of the DoubleClick ID outside of its ad server DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM), effectively killing independent attribution (at least to the extent that it was possible). Marketers who want access to the DoubleClick ID, which ties together data across Google’s properties, will have to use it […]

“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Joshua Koran, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Turn. The industry has settled on a hot new buzz phrase: programmatic direct. This certainly describes what the industry is […]

Maybe the Interactive Advertising Bureau should have titled its Annual Leadership Meeting, “Data, Data Everywhere And Not A Terabyte To Think.” This year’s theme was how Big Data can complement or conflict with big advertising – i.e., creative ideas. The general takeaway was that yes, the two sides can inform and influence each other, but […]