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Publicis outperforms its agency holding company rivals because of three primary factors: technology strategy, leadership and deal-making.

Integral Ad Science CEO Lisa Utzschneider, Magnite CEO Michael Barrett and DoubleVerify CEO Mark Zagorski talked about their experience heading public companies at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview Tuesday, in a panel moderated by LUMA CEO and founder Terence Kawaja.

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is written by Terence Kawaja, founder and CEO at LUMA Partners. Allbirds. Warby Parker. Brandless. Peloton. Dollar Shave Club. Over the past several years, an explosion of relatively young startups has garnered significant market share from major […]

2017 was a busy year of M&A for the digital media and marketing sector, according to reports released by investment banks JEGI and Luma Partners this week. Last year included 2,000 transactions in the sector hitting $272 billion in deal value, according to JEGI. It was the fourth consecutive year of increasing transaction value in […]

Today, LUMA Partners gathered together ad tech executives from near and far for its annual Digital Media Summit during New York City’s Internet Week.  The agenda featured a content-rich day of discussions on the corporate development and strategy side of ad tech, as opposed to the client side. Among the highlights was a keynote by […]

Terence Kawaja, founder and CEO at LUMA Partners, has surveyed the past few week’s notable deals — demand side platforms MediaMath’s acquisition of Akamai’s Advertising Decision Solutions (ADS) unit (which his firm helped broker); exchange platform AppNexus’ $75 million venture capital funding; and the shuttering of adBrite’s exchange business. And he sees the clear formation […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Terence Kawaja is Founder and CEO at LUMA Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on the digital media sectors. In lieu of making the ubiquitous end of year Top 10 lists or predictions, […]