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 […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Portals, Publishers and Networks, Oh My! Citing three years of data that include more than 4,800 marketing campaigns collected by WPP’s Dynamic Logic, The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel delivers the details on a new OPA study which says that large publisher’s premium (i.e. […]
Victor Wong is CEO of PaperG, an online advertising provider. AdExchanger.com: PaperG is getting a lot of traction in the online news vertical. Why? VW: Flyerboard is based on one of the most popular methods of exchanging local news — the community bulletin board. It isn’t surprising to the PaperG team that Flyerboard has been […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Bull Found Martin Peers of The Wall Street Journal discusses the recent benefits of the Microsoft search deal to Yahoo! and suggests that it may be in a good position to capitalize on display. Peers says that “although Yahoo is taking the risky […]
Ari Brandt is CEO of Linkstorm, an online advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Why are brand marketers attracted to Linkstorm‘s technology? AB: Measurable performance. Brand marketers require greater return from their campaigns and can’t rely on “soft metrics” like engagement and awareness anymore. In this economy, there’s too much pressure to demonstrate real ROI. What attracts […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Razorfish CEO On Acquisition CEO Bob Lord of Razorfish tells David Kaplan of PaidContent.org that he expects to fill a clear niche within VivaKi and believes that collaboration between Razorfish, Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia is logical. But, he expects to maintain a wall […]
Paul Cimino is CEO of Brilig, a data optimization platform. AdExchanger.com: What is Brilig? Do you consider it a technology or services company? Gotta ask – what does the name mean? PC: Brilig is a technology company with a patent pending process for data integration that provides advertising data and analysis capabilities to online publishers, […]
