Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Parag’s First CEO Rodeo Performance ad revenue is outgrowing brand revenue for Twitter – and there’s an interesting dynamic at play to explain that growth. Total ad engagement decreased 12% in the past year. With fewer engagements, prices should go up, but cost per […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The “Solid” In Consolidation Are you sick of hearing about M&A already? TOO BAD! We’ve still got multiple deals being announced on the regular. On Wednesday, the publisher services company OpenWeb – known for operating comment sections and targeting ads by user account IDs […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Relay Interference Mobile carriers hate Apple iCloud Private Relay, an iOS 15 feature that encrypts location data, IP addresses and Safari traffic so that no companies, including Apple, can track web usage. In Europe, four carriers – T-Mobile, Orange, Vodafone and Telefónica – are […]
“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. There’s nothing new about a tech-and-media giant like Comcast creating a venture capital arm. But Forecast Labs, a unit of Comcast Ventures, is putting a new spin on VC investments by leveraging unique access to Comcast inventory and media […]
Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. DoubleVerify went public in April, one of the biggest ad tech IPOs in recent memory. This week on AdExchanger Talks, we chat with the company’s first institutional investor, David Blumberg, a partner at Blumberg Capital. He describes DoubleVerify’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Buck Stops Here Brands are delaying agency payments as they manage cash crunches due to the coronavirus pandemic. The trend “threatens the collapse of the entire supply chain,” Ad Age reports. Hard-hit brands are asking to extend payment terms, which can already run […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Playing Politics Google’s and Facebook’s political advertising policies have been at the center of a heated debate over election ads. Smaller platforms like Twitter and Pinterest have said they will block political ads, but have discovered how complicated political ad policies can be. Twitter […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. That’s Settled Disney reached a deal with Amazon to carry Disney Plus on Fire TV sets. The two companies were at an impasse on a distribution deal because Amazon was demanding a substantial percentage of the media giant’s ad revenue, The Wall Street Journal […]
Although early video investments (and acquisitions) were focused on the desktop, a new influx of funding is pivoting to channels like over-the-top TV. In the span of three months, more than $150 million in VC funding has been injected into startups capitalizing on the demand for new video content – and addressing the challenges of […]
Like the rarely seen zedonk (half zebra, half donkey), agency-led VC is an odd little hybrid — a sometimes-awkward marriage of investing and marketing services. But the genre has staying power. Investing arms within WPP Group, Publicis Groupe (VivaKi Ventures), Interpublic Group, and MDC Partners are all notable players that have been researching and making […]
Location-based startups that allow advertisers to personalize their offers and provide other customized services are quickly becoming a highly lucrative space. Google recently bought Waze, the geography-based navigation application, for approximately $1 billion and Foursquare is exploring an IPO. Panelists Matt Turck, managing director of First Mark Capital, and Ben Siscovick, a former partner of […]
Jeff Crowe is Managing Partner of Norwest Venture Partners. AdExchanger.com: With investments in Brand.net and Turn, obviously Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) appears bullish on the digital media buying space. What drove NVP to invest in each of these companies? JC: Overall, we have been bullish on the digital advertising space for several years and continue […]
