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  • Programmatic Platforms Vs. ‘Standard’ Digital Platforms

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. I’ve been struggling lately with some oddities in how the “programmatic” media space functions. Ad-tech infrastructure — both the “standard” digital infrastructure made […]

  • Life After The Death Of Third-Party Cookies

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. In spite of plenty of criticism by the IAB and others in the industry, Mozilla is moving forward with its plan to block third-party […]

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  • Which Type Of Fraud Have You Been Suckered Into?

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. For the last few years, Mike Shields over at Adweek has done a great job of calling out bad actors in our space.  He’s […]

  • Changing The Industry: Don’t Just Complain, Do Something

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO of Rare Crowds. Take it from me: It’s easy to complain. I’ve been writing monthly articles in this space since 1999, which I think qualifies me […]

  • Time For A New Mobile Ad Format

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. I’ve been designing, prototyping and deploying new ad formats in digital advertising for more than 15 years. I started one of the first rich […]

  • Rare Crowds Aims to Help Publishers More Perfectly Answer RFPs

    Digital ad pioneer Eric Picard started Rare Crowds last year with the vision to help publishers and ad networks create more complete media packages in response to complex advertiser RFPs. He says the company does this by layering more attributes onto each impression than has previously been possible through existing ad serving technologies. Rare Crowds […]

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  • Entering the Fourth Wave of Ad Technology Innovation

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. Ad tech is a fascinating and constantly evolving space.  We’ve seen several ‘waves’ of evolution in ad tech over the years, and I believe […]

  • Why Media Companies Are Being Eaten by Tech Companies

    “Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Eric Picard, CEO at Rare Crowds. My friend and colleague Todd Herman (LinkedIn) once wrote a strategy paper about video content when we worked together at Microsoft. Called “Don’t […]

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