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Social Distancing With Friends: Known CEO Kern Schireson

What’s it like to start a new agency just as the coronavirus pandemic takes over the world and advertisers pull back spend? In early February, Kern Schireson unveiled his data agency Known, which he built by combining his company Schireson Associates with two acquisitions: Stun Creative and the branding agency Blackbird. A month later, the... Continue reading »
by Ryan Joe // May 14th, 2020 //
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Pluto TV Is Growing Like Gangbusters, And Here’s How

It’s been a year of breakneck user growth for Pluto TV. Monthly active users hit 20 million in November, a 70% increase since January, when Viacom acquired the free ad-supported streaming service for $340 million. That’s nearly 8 million new users in less than a year. So, how did Pluto do it? Its growth is... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // December 2nd, 2019 //
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Walmart Gets Serious About Programmatic Sales; Viacom-Owned Pluto Reaches 20M

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Walmart At Your Self-Service Walmart Media Group will roll out a self-serve ad platform and API in early 2020, Business Insider reports. The retail giant sees an opportunity to model an advertising business after Amazon, with the ability to bid programmatically for ad space... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // November 15th, 2019 //
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Podcast: The New Viacom

Bryson Gordon leads advanced advertising initiatives at Viacom. Catch him at AdExchanger’s upcoming Programmatic IO New York on Oct 15-16. Ahead of its planned merger with CBS, Viacom is scaling up new, more data-driven models for TV advertising. Its Vantage product offers impression guarantees against narrowly defined audience segments. Vantage was the brainchild of Bryson... Continue reading »
by Zach Rodgers // October 11th, 2019 //
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Viacom On Advanced TV: ‘Frustration Can Be Great For Innovation’

Viacom’s Bryson Gordon will speak at AdExchanger’s upcoming PROGRAMMATIC I/O New York conference on Oct. 15 and 16. Around five years ago, advanced TV was still “a science experiment,” said Bryson Gordon, Viacom’s EVP of advanced advertising. But during this year’s upfront cycle, data-driven buying through Vantage, Viacom’s advanced advertising platform, more than doubled. “Marketers... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // September 30th, 2019 //
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Comic: The Shari On Top

A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem...
by AdExchanger // August 16th, 2019 //
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Some See Delays As Walmart Brings Ad Sales In-House; Xandr Taps Comscore

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Walmart False Start Brands are seeing delays with their Walmart ad buys as a result of the retailer’s transition from Triad Retail Media, which previously repped its inventory, to an in-house sales team. “We are migrating remaining accounts from Triad to Walmart Media Group... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // August 15th, 2019 //
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Viacom And CBS Will Go Big On Streaming Without Abandoning Ad-Supported Content

CBS and Viacom are (finally) back together, and that will create lots of opportunity for advertisers. On Tuesday, after years of will-they-won’t-they corporate turmoil, the entertainment behemoths agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that values the combined company at around $30 billion, with $28 billion in annual revenue. The new entity will be called... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // August 13th, 2019 //
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CBS And Viacom Are Close To Sealing The Deal; Marin Sorrell's S4 Buys An Influencer Agency

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Come Together The CBS-Viacom merger is full speed ahead. Variety reports that there’s been significant headway in the negotiation process since last Friday, and the final details are being worked out. But there are still some serious wrinkles, the biggest being an agreement on... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // August 13th, 2019 //
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Pluto TV’s Play For CTV Ad Dollars

Pluto TV is the anti-Netflix. It’s free and ad-supported. Users scroll through channels and watch whatever show is already playing, replicating the channel surfing that’s a hallmark of old-fashioned TV watching. Viacom spent $340 million in cash to acquire Pluto TV in January, validating the concept and its audience. The deal felt like “Cinderella getting... Continue reading »
by Sarah Sluis // March 28th, 2019 //
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