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Yahoo! is on the warpath again today with its premium messaging as a blog post by Stephanie Dorman, Senior Director, Client Services and Operations, bangs the drum on the closing of DMX and the new “premium” focus for its Right Media Exchange: “We believe that the future of the Right Media Exchange lies in the […]

David Karnstedt is President and CEO of Efficient Frontier, a performance marketing company. AdExchanger.com: What are some of the key drivers for Efficient Frontier recently announcing expansion of its product line into display advertising? Our goal is to unify optimization across both search and display. There were several developments that led us to launch our […]

Murthy Nukala is CEO of Adchemy, a demand-side buying platform. AdExchanger.com: What is “de-averaging” as it relates to digital advertising and how does Adchemy “de-average”?  Would you say “addressable media” is an equivalent? MN: De-averaging summarizes a trend toward increasing the relevance of digital advertising. Today’s dominant online advertising model primarily relies on a one-size-fits-all approach […]

The funding hit parade has not abated as Boson-based, OwnerIQ, a targeting platform that uses ownership data points to effect client campaigns, and Bizo, an online B2B advertising company that uses its “bizographic” magic to target b2b audiences across inventory sources. CEO Jay Habegger told AdExchanger.com that this this funding round wasn’t as hard as […]

Toby Korner is VP, Account Management at [x+1], which released a new CPG-focused product today (Release here. More here from AdWeek.) AdExchanger.com: Why offer a CPG product? Curious your thoughts on product development for this as I assume you see identified CPG as low-hanging fruit for a reason – perhaps for brand dollars? TK: You […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Vizu Raises $6 Million+ Down economy? Not so much in the ad tech world. Fresh from its AdExchanger.com Q&A, online ad effectiveness firm Vizu announced it has raised $6.75 million from a group of investors including “iNovia Captial and Greycroft Partners with participation from […]

This post follows up on an article this week by MediaWeek’s Mike Shields in regards to concerns publishers have about agency demand-side platforms (DSPs). Read the article. In the article, Shields said that Rubicon Project met with some of these publishers. A Rubicon Project spokesperson provided the following responses. AdExchanger.com: Did Rubicon Project meet with […]

In a reflection of its shift toward a “premium” exchange strategy, Yahoo!’s Direct Media Exchange – acquired as part of the Right Media acquisition – is being shuttered effective January 2010. In an email, participating DMX publishers have been notified today: “Right Media will discontinue the DMX platform on January 31, 2010, so that we […]

Randy Nicolau is CEO of Demdex, a behavioral data management company. AdExchanger.com: What challenge is Demdex looking to solve in behavioral advertising data? RN: Demdex gives its clients the speed and flexibility to understand and adapt to that rapidly changing “audience data” marketplace. We help our clients better understand the value of the behavioral and […]

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Dan Beltramo is CEO of Vizu, an online advertising effectiveness research company. How did Vizu begin? And where did the name come from? Vizu began with the vision that market research could be made more widely available and useful by using the internet to make it much faster, easier, and less expensive to conduct. While […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Publishers And The Agency DSP Web publishers fear agency demand-side platforms – that’s what the headline says anyway in a Mediaweek article by Mike Shields. Not all publishers were willing to go “on the record” for Shields regarding their concerns, but their hesitancy is […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Grabbing TiVo Data According to Todd Spangler of Multichannel News, Google is looking to “combine second-by-second set-top data from TiVo with data from Dish Network, which will let the Web giant track the viewing habits associated with more than 5 million TV sets […]

A spokesperson from Yahoo! provided the following about the impact on Yahoo!’s Teracent partnership given Google’s acquisition of Teracent. Teracent provides multi-variate technology for Yahoo!’s Smart Ads for PC and Mobile: “Yahoo! works with multiple partners as part of its Smart Ads program, including Teracent, PointRoll, and Tumri, to help marketers develop and deploy dynamic […]

Lexi Reese has been named the new Director of Sales for the DoubleClick Ad Exchange in the US filling the void left by Michael Rubenstein, who joined AppNexus as President in September. Reese told AdExchanger.com that her range of experience with the Google AdWords product and her most recent role of Director of the Google […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Murdoch-Microsoft Machinations In an effort to undermine Google’s search dominance, Microsoft is reportedly in discussions with News Corp to be the only search engine allowed to index News Corp content. That’s over the top – let’s take it a step further. What if Microsoft […]

By Kent Wakeford, co-Founder and EVP of AdSafe Media. “Transparency.” It’s a word often heard in the discussion about Ad Exchanges. Advertisers want more of it. “Can’t I just get a site list?” they ask. But while buyers are asking for “transparency,” those operating (and contributing inventory to exchange platforms) know that the very existence […]

From the Official Google blog and the Teracent website’s home page, the news is finally confirmed: Google has purchased multi-variate display ad company, Teracent, after weeks of rumors. In the Google blog post, Neal Mohan, VP of Product Management and Joerg Heilig, Engineering Director commented said, “We’re looking forward to welcoming the Teracent team to […]

Seth Goldstein is the co-founder and CEO of SocialMedia, a social advertising platform. AdExchanger.com: AdKnowledge acquired SocialMedia.com’s ad network last week as noted here by TechCrunch. Where does this leave SocialMedia.com? We are excited about the transition of our ad network to Adknowledge. This move will allow SocialMedia.com to focus solely on its core business […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Lead Gen IPO QuinStreet will be taking the Street by storm as they announced plans for a $250 initial public offering according to alarm:clock. The company is already profitable having logged $17 million in profits through the first half of the year on gross […]

This is a response to AdExchanger.com’s recent survey, “Industry Reaction: The Impact Of Right Media And The Importance Of Multiple, Large Exchanges.” Publicis’ VivaKi Nerve Center – Kurt Unkel, SVP Being the slacker who didn’t turn in his homework on time on this one has afforded me the opportunity to read the many excellent perspectives […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Privacy Prodding In DC The Hill’s Kim Hart checked in on hearings taking place in D.C. around consumer privacy online and covers Acxiom executive Jennifer Barrett’s testimony regarding, “1,500 possible data points about individual consumers” that Acxiom tracks. Barrett said that “Acxiom receives that […]

Given the announcement earlier this week from Yahoo!, the plot thickens as the display ad ecosystem evolves into demand-side platforms. In this survey of a broad, cross-section of the digital ad industry, AdExchanger.com looks back and looks ahead with the help of the industry. The questions… What has been the impact of Right Media Exchange? […]

And now.. The Demand-Side Platform reaction. The questions… What has been the impact of Right Media Exchange? In the future, how important is having at least two, liquid, large scale, ad exchanges in the display ad ecosystem? And why. AdBuyer.com Brilig CPM Advisors DataXu Invite Media Triggit Turn [x+1] View Intro and More Reactions >> […]

And now.. Ad Networks and Exchanges reaction. The questions… What has been the impact of Right Media Exchange? In the future, how important is having at least two, liquid, large scale, ad exchanges in the display ad ecosystem? And why. 24/7 Real Media AdBrite Bizo Brand.net ContextWeb/ADSDAQ InterCLICK LucidMedia Rocket Fuel TRAFFIQ Undertone Networks XTEND […]

And now.. Agency reaction. The questions… What has been the impact of Right Media Exchange? In the future, how important is having at least two, liquid, large scale, ad exchanges in the display ad ecosystem? And why. Havas’ Adnetik Hill Holliday Infectious Media Razorfish Varick Media View Intro and More Reactions >> View Demand-Side Platform […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. [x+1] Announces Media+1 In a release, [x+1] announced it’s new Media+1 platform – “a full-featured media targeting platform” for marketers and agencies as the audience buying platform arms race continues toward a more self-service endgame. The company added in the release: “The Media+1 platform, […]

TARGUSinfo and Invite Media announced a partnership today. Here is the release. Below is a Q&A on the announcement with David Helmreich is VP of interactive markets at TARGUSinfo and Nat Turner, COO and Founder at Invite Media. AdExchanger.com: What is meant in the release in regards to “accessing AdAdvisor data in real-time”? Is AdAdvisor […]

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 […]