Following up his question for 5 ad tech, platform panelists during the Tuesday session of the Internet Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Annual Leadership Meeting (see the panel’s coverage), Tolman Geffs, Co-President of investment banking firm Jordan, Edmiston Group (JEGI) expands on his thinking for the AdExchanger audience. A question hit me hard during the IAB Summit […]
Media buying operating systems Donovan Data Systems and MediaBank have received approval from the U.S. Department of Justice to form a single company, Mediaocean in a deal estimated at $1.5 billion. The combination of the two former rivals was initiated almost six months ago, as the DOJ went through a comprehensive review that included gathering […]
Today, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced the launch of the organization’s new “Data-Driven Advertising” site. See it now at iab.net/data. And, read the release. Patrick Dolan, EVP & COO of Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), discussed the announcement with AdExchanger. AdExchanger: What triggered the creation of the site? Any anecdotes you can share? PD: DSP, […]
As part of Social Media Week festivities in NYC, Microsoft Advertising announced what it’s calling “People Powered Stories.” Formally launching next month, the offering will begin by incorporating social commerce tech from Bazaarvoice and is the first step in Microsoft’s social display strategy. Microsoft Advertising GM of Display Advertising Experiences, Jennifer Creegan said on the […]
Yuchun Lee is svp and general manager, Enterprise Marketing Management Group, IBM. Lee co-founded Unica which was acquired by IBM in 2010. Lee discussed industry trends and his company’s positioning – especially as it relates the CMO. Click below or scroll for more: Unica: Then And Now The Problem Unica (IBM) Solves Where Advertising Fits […]
Today, social analytics company and ad network 33across announced the acquisition of Tynt, a sell-side analytics tools company that aggregates data to tell publishers about their audience, protect their content and even leverage search engine optimization to drive traffic. Read the release. In addition to the new sell-side technology – it’s getting a boatload of […]
Skip Brand is CEO of Martini Media, an online ad network targeting “affluent” audience. Martini Media recently raised $13 million to “continue commercializing its proprietary analytics, targeting products, differentiated multimedia and social media formats.” Read the release. He shared insights about his company and the ad industry at-large in an interview with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: What’s […]
It’s earnings season! Today, Google was among the first of the big Internet companies to report calendar Q4 2011. It’s interesting to note that Microsoft and IBM decided to report today, too. Conspiracy?!?! Perhaps against Wall Street analysts – a busy day for them. Google CEO Larry Page remarked in the earnings release that the […]
The IAB has partnered with Winterberry Group to author a new study on the practices “in data aggregation, management and deployment” called “From Information to Audiences: The Emerging Marketing Data Use Cases.” According to a press release, four different use cases are used as a baseline for discovering how ad targeting data is being implemented […]
Today, DataXu announced that it has acquired demand-side platform (DSP) Mexad, which has its headquarters in Germany as well as offices in France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Brazil. Dataxu said in a press release that it hopes to globally expand the use of its DX3 digital ad platform with brand advertisers. Read […]
Joe Apprendi is CEO of Collective, an online advertising technology and services company. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Apprendi to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of Collective today. Click below or scroll down for more: On Integrating The […]
Often, a question doesn’t have an easy answer in the digital advertising business. This is a column devoted to an answer to a single question or topic – and providing a bit of space for it. Today’s participant is Jeff Green is Founder and CEO of The Trade Desk, a demand-side platform technology company. He […]
Eric Stein is Executive Vice President, Online Solutions, of Epsilon, a database marketing company. AdExchanger.com: Can you give a quick background on the latest with Epsilon? ES: We have a platform, assets and client relationships with which we’re building an online business. Online Audience Central and other things that we’ve done over the past two […]
Today, in an interview with AdExchanger.com, Microsoft Advertising Exchange‘s Eric Dahlberg and Dennis Buchheim outlined the latest on a number of company initiatives including their company’s approach to technology partners like demand-side platforms. Buchheim and Dahlberg stressed the importance of remaining open to innovation and that DSPs will remain a key demand-side player in the […]
Yesterday, a team of analysts from Forrester Research led by Joanna O’Connell, published a new report, “The Forrester Wave: Demand-Side Platforms, Q4 2011,” shining a light on the programmatic buying trend in display advertising, and looking at seven demand-side platforms and their capabilities, in particular. O’Connell begins her team’s analysis by stating the challenge for […]
IGN Entertainment, a media, digital distribution, and game technology company, and a division of News Corporation, recently announced that it will incorporate FreeWheel‘s Revenue & Payments Management (RPM) system to bring together reporting across syndication channels Read more. Bernard Ho, VP/GM of Video at IGN Entertainment, discussed the deal and its implications. AdExchanger.com: How does […]
The 2012 version of the AdExchanger.com “predictions” piece comes with a twist as a selection of industry execs offer their thoughts on the following question: “What’s going to happen next year in advertising that hasn’t happened before? And why?” Randall Rothenberg, President and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), offers his views. A Digital […]
“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 Nikhil Sethi, who is co-founder/CEO Adaptly. As we look at the emergence of social as a serious contender within a typical media buy, the marketplace is noticing an evolution […]
On Wednesday, Adobe Systems announced the acquisition of media buying platform and services company Efficient Frontier. In an interview with AdExchanger.com, Adobe’s John Mellor said in regards to the acquisition, “We are answering the call of customers to give them more capability in how they spend those dollars, how they understand performance, and how that […]
John Mellor is VP of strategy and business development for Adobe‘s Digital Marketing Business. He discussed yesterday’s acquisition of media buying services and platform company Efficient Frontier by Adobe (read the release) and its implications. AdExchanger.com: What would you say Adobe was looking for? And then we can get into why the Efficient Frontier offers… […]
Last week, several demand-side platform (DSP) companies were informed that their advertiser clients could no longer buy Yahoo! remnant, display ad inventory through their DSP seat on the Right Media Exchange (RMX). Instead, those advertisers will need to get their own seats on RMX if they want to buy Yahoo! remnant display ads. Read more. […]
Joe Zawadzki is CEO of MediaMath, a demand-side platform technology company. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Zawadzki to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of MediaMath today. Click below or scroll down for more: Today’s M&A The Past Year […]
Good times were had by all at the AppNexus Summit in NYC today, as AppNexus gathered Yahoo!, Microsoft and Aol together for a little chat about their, potentially, big deal that will allow each of the three, huge publishers to sell each other’s “premium,” non-guaranteed, display inventory. (Tuesday’s press release here.) Participants for the panel […]
It’s only been 60 or so days since All Things D’s Peter Kafka broke the story, but Microsoft, Yahoo! and Aol made it official in a press release: “The agreements will allow ad networks operated by Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL to offer each other’s premium nonreserved online display inventory to their respective advertising customers.” And […]
John Squire is Chief Strategy Officer of Coremetrics, an IBM company. He discussed his company’s new enterprise analytics product and digital data exchange as well as marketing challenges with data today. Click below or scroll down for more: Unica and Coremetrics Where SPSS Fits The Digital Data Exchange Agencies and IBM AdExchanger.com: Can you talk […]
Claiming an “average 20% revenue lift for adopted recommendations”, Google’s DoubleClick Ad Exchange announced this week that it was allowing its ad exchange publishers to set price floors as well as the ability to take advantage of new CPM pricing recommendations. Read the blog post. DoubleClick Ad Exchange’s product management director, Scott Spencer, answered questions […]
Brad Rencher is SVP and GM, Omniture Business Unit, Adobe. On Tuesday, he discussed his company’s acquisition of Auditude, data-driven marketing, and the Adobe strategy ahead. Click below or scoll for more: Why Buy Auditude? Other Acquisition Possibilities On Merging The Creative Of Adobe, Data Of Omniture Ad Networks And Exchanges AdExchanger.com: What were some […]
Yesterday, Adobe announced that acquisition of video monetization platform Auditude as Adobe said in a release that it was looking to provide an “end-to-end video offering (…) with the goal of helping customers build long-term businesses through the delivery of quality video content and superior viewing experience across all IP-enabled devices.” No terms were announced […]
Hundreds of exasperated and unexpected ad industry phone calls were made on Sunday, as agencies and ad tech vendors discussed the fallout of Publicis Groupe’s $2.2 billion acquisition of LiveRamp over the weekend.
Meet Kovva, a new AI ad tech startup tackling the unglamorous gruntwork that programmatic has never fully automated.
Upfront week is officially over. In case you missed any of the dog-and-pony shows — including Chappell Roan belting out “Pink Pony Club” during YouTube’s Broadcast — don’t worry; we’ve got you covered.
During upfronts, publishers flexed their ad performance muscles at media buyers all week long in an effort to appeal to the biggest demands media buyers have during their upfront negotiations: flexibility and results.
TelevisaUnivision and Disney took over Day Two of upfronts week in New York City on Tuesday, and the throughline was data quality.
Warner Bros. Discovery used its upfront stage to announce two new ad measurement efforts, including that it’s joining a CAPI-focused initiative led by OpenAP.
