Since its IPO in September – in which its share price more than doubled from $29 to $62 – media buying platform provider Rocket Fuel has pretty much shot the moon. In November, during its premier quarterly earnings disclosure, it reported top-line revenue growth of 132% and customer expansion from 406 in Q3 2012 to […]
Our series continues as AdExchanger reached out to several executives from the agency side of the ecosystem and asked the following question: “Given the increasing complexity of ad technology needed to service clients – particularly in digital media buying -, and ad tech companies need to build a service layer to activate its tech, where […]
Of many holy grails, the one involving effective cross-channel, digital media buying (let alone traditional channels) seems to remain elusive for the most part. Sure, you can capture a few search-ers who are showing intent for a blue Buick and then retarget them through display ad exchanges, but that’s hardly the scalable motherlode for effective […]
The 2012 version of the AdExchanger.com “predictions” piece comes with a twist as a selection of industry execs offer their thoughts on the following question: “What’s going to happen next year in advertising that hasn’t happened before? And why?” Neal Mohan, VP, Display Advertising, Google, offers his views. I’m excited about a ton of things, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Latest Yahoo! Rumors! With rumors swirling that Microsoft is huddling with private equity firms to acquire Yahoo!, The Business Insider’s Henry Blodget says that estimates on the price are being purposefully lowered “to condition Yahoo’s shareholders to expect very little…in the hope that […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Meeker Internet Trends Wall Street oracle Mary Meeker still has her Internet Trends report on her to-do list even though she joined venture firm Kleiner Perkins recently after a long stay at Morgan Stanley. Meeker and company have cranked out the latest edition of […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Efficient Frontier Buys Agency Efficient Frontier is starting to look like an ad agency holding company with its acquisitive ways. The search marketing platform – and display and social, too – announced the acquisition of Australia’s Downstream Media after having purchasesd social agency Context […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Paywalls Improve Traffic? Journalism.co.uk reports from the World Editors Forum in Vienna and relates a story from New York Times Assistant managing editor Jim Roberts who says the NYT’s paywall is NOT driving away traffic. In fact, unique users to the NYT’s website in […]
Former AudienceScience executive Jeff Hirsch has announced that he is joining Santa Barbara, California-based Underdog Media as its CEO. Hirsch discussed his new role and his new company’s future plans with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Please share some details about the new role. Why make the move? JH: It’s time for me to get back to basics […]
