DataXu came out of “stealth mode” today and stormed the stage at Mike Arrington’s TechCrunch 50 talent show. Among the nuggets to come from the presentation was a 150-200% improvement over “traditional” (digital) media buying methods using the DataXu real-time-bidding enabled platform according to presenting DataXu CEO Mike Baker. Baker also announced DataXu’s first major […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Not Everyone Wants AdSense Open Josh Dreller, VP of Media Technology for Fuor Digital, writes on the Search Engine Land blog that he was surprised that more SEMs who use the Google Content network weren’t upset by the recent announcement to open Content Network […]
Hello, search engine marketers. This one’s for you. Media traders, you may like this, too. There is no question that search engine marketing is a lucrative field that positions marketers as gatekeepers to the bottom of the digital purchase funnel for clients. Whether through organic listings using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques or through pay […]
Iggy Fanlo is CEO of AdBrite, an online advertising exchange. How’s business at AdBrite? Is the exchange model working? IF: The ad exchange model is very strong. We’re seeing incredible results from our targeting algorithms (black boxes). The addition of third party (open architecture) data and targeting algorithms is being implemented and the early results […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Media Contacts Picks Tribal Fusion Tribal Fusion is taking their relationship with Media Contacts, “the global interactive media network of Havas Digital, the interactive division of Havas Media” to another strategic level and will be supplying the agency with nearly every service an agency […]
Turn announced today that Bill Demas has been promoted to CEO of Turn, Inc., an online advertising platform and network company. Jim Barnett, who stepped down from the CEO role, will remain as Chairman. According to the company, this secession plan has been in the works for a while and Demas has been “deeply involved” […]
Michael Rubenstein, who managed the ongoing operations of Google Doubleclick’s ad exchange product (AdX), has joined cloud-computing and real-time advertising infrastructure company, AppNexus. Rubenstein told AdExchanger.com that after 3.5 years of growing AdX, it seemed like the right time to pursue his entrepreneurial instincts. At AppNexus, he’ll become the company’s President. He added that his […]
Helene Monat is President, AdSafe Media, an advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: What challenge does AdSafe Media solve for marketers? HM: AdSafe Media was founded with the goal of helping brands implement safe and successful digital advertising strategies. While many brands and agencies have adopted best practices for advertising on the Internet, the complexities of the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The IDG Ad Network Spencer Ante of Businessweek looks at how traditional print publisher, IDG, has created an ad network that not only sells advertising for its own properties but other non-IDG properties, too, as well as distributes content to those properties. It’s a […]
Eric Wheeler is CEO of 33Across, a social advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Any update you can provide on momentum at 33Across? Hey, what does the name, 33Across, mean anyway? EW: We’re working with a number of major brands and media agencies – The 33Across SocialDNA™ platform enables marketers to identify and anonymously target people with […]
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Siobhan Gorman’s “How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade” details the development of spy info company, Palantir Technologies from Palo Alto, California. The young, successful, outlier of a company has burst through the pack to provide leading edge solutions to the U.S. intelligence world. Hmm.. this sounds familiar. According to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. VivaKi Rebrands Exchange in India Publicis’ David Kenny continues his globetrotting and tells Kapil Ohri of “afaqs!” in India that “India Media Exchange (IMX) — the consolidated media buying arm of Starcom MediaVest Group, Zenith Optimedia and Solutions Digitas – will be renamed as […]
Jon Baron is Co-Founder and General Manager of TagMan. AdExchanger.com: What challenge is Tag Man solving for advertisers? How do you help publishers? JB: TagMan addresses a challenge facing all businesses involved in digital media. At all levels of the digital media business (creative through to publisher placement through to buying/selling) there is a transition […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Displaying In Social Media Peter Kafka of All Things D looks at display advertising CPMs in social media thanks to Comscore Media Metrix. Kafka notes that MySpace and Facebook “accounted for 17.4 percent of the display ads in the U.S” in July according to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ad:tech Chicago Cranks Up In Chicago, today and tomorrow, ad:tech Chicago takes place at historic Navy Pier. A jam-packed agenda includes opening keynote speaker Rishad Tobaccowala, CEO of Denuo and Chief Innovation Officer at Publicis Groupe Media as well as many other representatives from […]
Mark Redgrave is Founder & CEO of OpenAmplify, an online advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: How did your experience at an agency (HHCL Group in London) prepare you for running OpenAmplify? MR: I was lucky to work under some really brilliant client services and creative teams on some of the world’s most important brands. I learned […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. RTB at Yahoo!’s RightMedia Right Media’s Senior Manager of Professional Services, Pedro Ponce de Leon, announced on Thursday from the Right Media blog, that the Yahoo! exchange has real-time bidding and that “using Right Media’s predictive algorithms is the best path to take, as […]
Eyal Goldwerger, CEO of TargetSpot, an Internet radio advertising network. AdExchanger.com: What momentum has TargetSpot seen in 2009 for itself as well as its clients? 2009 is going to be a year of accelerating growth at TargetSpot, driven by rising advertiser demand. This is a result of both an increase in our advertisers’ budgets, as […]
John Vincent is CEO of EyeWonder, an online advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: How would you like to see standards evolve for in-stream video ad inventory? And in-page video ad inventory? JV: Standardization is still a work in progress for the in-stream industry, so at this point we’d really like to see more of it in […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. We Have A Winner The advertising industry may have finally found an able spokesperson in the human form of Berin Szoka, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Internet Freedom at The Progress & Freedom Foundation. (The title alone is impressive!) Szoka, in an interview […]
Calvin Lui is CEO and President of Tumri, a creative optimization technology company. AdExchanger.com: What trends have you seen at Tumri in 2009? Can you characterize trends in revenue momentum, deal size, client verticals, consumer audience targets, etc.? CL: Tumri has experienced tremendous growth and momentum in the last 18 months. While we are a private […]
George John is CEO of Rocket Fuel, Inc., an online advertising network. AdExchanger.com: How do you see the role of the ad network evolving over the next 12-24 months? Will ad network arbitrage disappear? It has been hyped that the ad network marketplace is overly crowded with more than 400 players. But when you take […]
Payam Zamani is CEO of Reply.com, a lead generation marketplace. AdExchanger.com: Reply.com started in lead generation. Why did you transition the business into an exchange and marketplace? PZ: Until the summer of 2006, Reply.com was focused on lead generation for the real estate and automotive markets. During that quarter, many of our largest real estate […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Jarvis Coffin Coming Soon To The OPA Burst Media CEO, Jarvis Coffin (AdExchanger.com Q&A), is ready to prove wrong the recent, link-baiting-extraordinaire study funded by the Online Publishers Association (OPA). Coffin says he may begin calling on his fellow OPA “dues-payers” such as 24/7 […]
Rob Friedman is Co-founder and EVP of Digital Element. AdExchanger.com: Can you layout the basic ways your clients are using Digital Element’s IP detection services? RF: Digital Element‘s customers use our IP Intelligence solutions in a variety of ways such as improving response and click-through rates through more accurate ad geotargeting; reducing advertiser variance issues […]
Jason Kates is Founder and CEO of Argo Digital Solutions, Inc. and rVue.com, a digital out-of-home advertising exchange. AdExchanger.com: Can you give quantify the Digital Out-Of-Home (DOOH) reach for Argo’s rVue Exchange? Do you think of reach in terms of networks or stores or consumers who are estimated to see particular digital media in a […]
Stephano Kim is President and Chief Operating Officer of x+1, an online buying platform and data company. AdExchanger.com: A recent SEC filing shows that [x+1] has recently raised approximately $2 million. What will the new funds be used for? And, why a smaller raise like this as opposed to a larger raise or using debt? […]
“the executioner” opinion expressed below is written by Sam Temes, Associate, Platform Management, Ad Exchanges, at Razorfish. In the last few months, those of us working in the world of ad exchanges have been bombarded by articles and discussions about issues that will directly affect our careers: privacy regulation, data sources, emerging business models and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Former aQuantive Exec Turns VC Emily Steel interviews former Microsoft ad executive and aQuantive CEO Brian McAndrews for the WSJ Digits blog. McAndrews is joining Seattle-based VC company, Madrona Venture Group, and will run a $250 million investment fund. You can read more from […]
