Ad agency hold cos have broadcasted their earnings. As AI and acquisitions transform their businesses, there are clear winners and losers. With media as a strong spot, we discuss the paradox of “transparent nontransparency.”
Kepler Group, which launched Kepler Creative in October, wants to fix the disconnect between media and creative.
To survive and stay relevant, publishers like Ziff Davis and Black Enterprise are creating commerce-related content.
Industry Preview is a special, limited-run audio series, featuring interviews with key leaders in marketing, media and technology who share their predictions and key priorities for 2021. This podcast is sponsored by IBM Watson Advertising. Axios published its first article in January 2017, the same month Trump took office. Now Axios CEO and co-founder Jim VandeHei […]
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Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. Ad management company Operative serves some of the world’s biggest media brands, including NBCUniversal, ABC, AT&T, Starz and Sky. This week on AdExchanger Talks, longtime CEO Lorne Brown describes the growth of his company, its 2016 merger with […]
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The New York Times once worked with thousands of advertisers, but it’s now narrowed its focus to the top 100 global brands. “The business is shrinking in terms of the overall number of advertisers, as there are more places to do longtail advertising,” said Sebastian Tomich, global head of advertising and marketing solutions at The […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The old adage applies to the new media landscape, where sweeping technology changes have scattered US audiences across new devices but has also greatly increased the amount of content consumed per year. The average American adult watches 5 hours and 24 minutes per day of […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rob Gabel, founder and CEO at Tubular Labs. Digital-native publishers sailed against strong headwinds in 2018, as continual shifts in the business model forced budget cuts, downsizing, “pivots to video” and more hurdles to […]
A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
Media and telco M&A volume in the US increased 29% year over year in 2017 to nearly $140 billion, driven mostly by megadeals like Disney’s $68.4 billion bid for 21st Century Fox, according to new data from PwC. More specifically, there were 18 megadeals in 2017, including Discovery’s $11.8 billion merger with Scripps. Although large […]
As consumer attention continues to fragment, creative agencies are relying more on real-time insights to craft personalized messages and optimize them on the fly. That requires bringing media and creative services closer together. While smaller indie shops are bringing media execution in-house to make messaging more relevant, holding companies experiment with cross-discipline and cross-agency teams. […]
Not all network agencies are beholden to their holding company trading desks. Dentsu-owned 360i, for one, “has never spent a dime with Amnet,” said Chairman Bryan Wiener. Rather, it buys all media – roughly $1.5 billion worth – in-house. And programmatic, he said, should be integrated into 360i’s “overall offering.” 360i originally focused on search […]
360i – the digital agency recently recognized by the Forrester Wave – prides itself on its ability to adapt to rapid changes in technology. “Marketers need agencies that are adaptable, but still retain the fundamentals,” CEO Sarah Hofstetter said. Forrester singled out 360i’s strong data chops, its ability to facilitate collaboration rather than competition between […]
Media and creative are merging, and agencies are rushing to become experts in areas where traditionally they were not. Full-service agencies like Hill Holliday and MARC USA, for instance, are fast-tracking their media planning and buying abilities. On the flip side, media agencies like GroupM’s Maxus are working to build stronger ties with creatives. Count […]
Rocket Fuel intends to release a free anti-fraud product in June called Bot Or Not – available to advertisers regardless of whether they’re clients. (Update 5/27: The company has settled on the name Botfinder.) CTO Mark Torrance announced the product’s existence at the Rocket Fuel Summit in New York City on Tuesday and shined a little light into […]
The growing demand for personalized, “real-time marketing” (think: the doings of Oreo and its digital agency 360i that resulted in “Dunk in the Dark” during the Super Bowl), is one of the forces underpinning the push toward unifying the “human” and “technological” elements of the programmatic equation. AOL’s earlier announcement of a new strategic partnership […]
With a media background at McCann Erickson and venture financing raised this past April from Redpoint Ventures and WPP Digital among others, Miaozhen Systems CEO Wei Zhu sounds like your typical “Western” entrepreneur. Calling his 310-person firm “the Nielsen of China,” Zhu claims Beijing-based Miaozhen already has 80% market share for online measurement – with DoubleClick […]
After a relatively quiet period following its acquisition by WPP Group for $540 million last year, AKQA’s executives popped up in New York on Friday to deliver what the digital agency described as an “experiment” in reaching out to clients and the media. “We wanted to give back to our customers by sharing with them […]
As the data-driven, digital ecosystem expands, so are the number of people looking to understand its intricacies. In an effort to bring transparency to the many industry terms and buzzphrases spinning ’round, AdExchanger asked several executives their thoughts on the following: “What is programmatic buying?” Click below to read their responses: Andy Cocker, COO/ Co […]
Dave Zinman has seen his fair share of the display advertising business as recent stints at BlueLithium and then Yahoo! – where he was GM of Display – gave him a front row seat. Zinman says there are still plenty of things to “fix” in display and his latest role as chief executive looks to […]
The ad tech ‘animal’ comes in different shapes and sizes. For co-founders Amit Shah and Scott Switzer, the ‘animal’ is analytical as their growing analytics startup, Jirafe, aims to provide merchant publishers a better view on their digital business – including ads, sales, conversions and more. So far the company has impressed 5,000 ecommerce clients […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Linking-In Presentations Yesterday, LinkedIn announced the acquisition of SlideShare, a popular, shareable, slide presentation site for nearly $120 million. Linkedin CEO Jeff Weiner says in a release, “These presentations also enable professionals to discover new connections and gain the insights they need to become […]
At X+1’s Nextargeting Summit last Thursday, the advertising technology company produced a half-day long event that spoke to how the programmatic buying business is becoming an “enterprise” class challenge especially when you look at it from the big, brand marketer’s perspective. As part of the Summit’s “Process and Organization” track, Deloitte’s Ed See (who is […]
Little Rock, Ark.-based Acxiom is the original data management platform. The 42-year-old company has arguably done more than anyone to blend online and offline data sources – for instance by helping automakers compile leads from their own branded sites, car research sites, dealer walk-ins, and other sources. Customers in financial services, media, CPG, and tech, […]
Jonah Peretti is CEO of Buzzfeed, a social content sharing site. He recently spoke to AdExchanger about his company and the way the viral nature of the Web continues to enhance content and advertising opportunities. Click below or scroll for more: What Social Tools Do You Use? Using The Historical With Today’s RT Social Web […]
Dan Salmon is an equity research analyst at BMO Capital Markets and covers advertising and marketing services. With earnings season beginning to wane, Salmon shared a few thoughts with AdExchanger on the latest machinations in the data-driven ecosystem including today’s announcement regarding Aol selling remnant display inventory through Yahoo!’s Right Media Exchange. AdExchanger.com: You suggested […]
Alan Yan is CEO of AdChina, an online advertising platform company in China. Yan discussed his company and the Chinese online advertising market with AdExchanger. AdExchanger.com: What are some of the challenges with the Chinese market when it comes to online advertising? AY: There are several major challenges. First, the pricing model – the majority is […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Apple Teller Machine Apple made enough money in the fourth quarter to buy the startup ad tech ecosystem and ad holding company or two. From the release, “The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, […]
