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Smaato Brings On Fourth CEO In A Year And Lays Off 10% Of Staff

As the mobile app space matures and consolidates, one of its early entrants is floundering. Smaato just appointed its fourth CEO in a year after laying off 10% of its staff. Total headcount is down 20% from the beginning of last year, with the mobile exchange going from 240 to 190 employees. Ajitpal Pannu, who... Continue reading »
by Sarah Sluis // February 3rd, 2020 //
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Some People Are Easing Off Phone Use, Hearts & Science Finds; YouTube Revamps Ad Targeting On Kids Videos

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Mobile Detox Are people cutting back on their mobile phone use? Media agency Hearts & Science tracked the phone usage of more than 2,000 Americans over 14 months and found that 64% scaled back their app usage during that period, with the average down... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // January 7th, 2020 //
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Activision Blizzard Media Launches Player Panel To Test Mobile Ads

On Monday, Activision Blizzard Media, the advertising and media arm within Activision Blizzard (parent company to juggernaut game studio King), launched King’s Council, a panel comprised of around 5,000 of its most engaged and active players across the United States and the United Kingdom. The purpose is to conduct user research and to test ad... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // December 16th, 2019 //
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News App SmartNews Eschews Subscriptions For Good Old Advertising

When Japan-based SmartNews raised its most recent funding round – $28 million in August – the company’s valuation hit $1.1 billion. It’s an eye-popping appraisal for a news discovery app. There aren’t many ad-supported unicorns galloping around the digital news biz these days. SmartNews has raised just over $116 million since 2013. The app, founded in Tokyo... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // September 18th, 2019 //
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Ericsson Emodo Beefs Up Its Ad Tech Chops With Placecast Acquisition

Ericsson remains keen on ad tech. On Wednesday, the Swedish networking and telecom company announced its acquisition of Placecast, a combo data management and demand-side platform (DSP) for location data. Placecast is now part of Emodo, Ericsson’s programmatic mobile ad platform that helps telcos monetize their subscriber data. Emodo is housed within a newly created... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // February 14th, 2018 //
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Inc. Mag’s Revenue Survey Points To The Maturing Of The Programmatic Market

Inc. Magazine released its annual 500/5000 revenue survey on Wednesday and the theme is: There is no theme. At least not from an ad tech perspective in the Advertising & Marketing category. (Click here to read coverage of last year’s list.) “The list does feel a little random,” said Melissa Parrish, VP and research director... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // August 16th, 2017 //
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Carriers Invest In Mobile Advertising, But Face Privacy And Scale Challenges

The revenue opportunity around mobile ad spend is too big to ignore, said Dan Rosen, global director of advertising at Spanish telco Telefonica, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in early March. It’s why telcos like Verizon, Telenor, Telstra and SingTel are spending big on ad tech. Telefonica carved out a niche in the mobile... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // March 14th, 2017 //
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Google Credits Mobile And Video Investments For Strong Revenue Growth

Google parent Alphabet finished out Q2 2016 with $21.5 billion in overall revenue, a 21% jump from Q2 2015. It's also a notable acceleration of growth rate from that year-ago quarter, when top line revenue grew 11%. [Read the earnings release.] The company chalked up the faster growth to investments in mobile and video. “The strength of the quarter... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 28th, 2016 //
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Fiksu Is Carving Itself Up Into Four Separate Companies So People Can Figure Out What The Heck They Do

It’s been a bumpy road for Fiksu – from app marketplace rock star to ad tech cautionary tale – but now comes the next chapter. On Monday, the mobile app marketing platform, which was acquired by private equity firm Noosphere in early June likely as part of a fire sale, announced that it’s splitting itself into four... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // July 25th, 2016 //
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Mobile Is The Main Ingredient In Taco Bell’s Recipe For Breakfast Success

When Taco Bell launched its breakfast option last year, the brand had two main challenges on its plate: driving awareness among millennials and translating that heightened awareness into repeat foot traffic. It was a tall order considering that Taco Bell isn’t known for breakfast and that competition in the quick-service restaurant space is fierce. (See the... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 5th, 2016 //
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