Enough. The unending criticism from ad industry leadership of ad exchanges, networks and their technology is an abomination. Cut to a scene from the movie, “Network” with Yahoo!’s Carol Bartz poised in the window instead of Peter Finch. Carol: “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” Today – the […]
You’ve read all the press about declining CPMs in Pubmatic’s AdPrice Index and the dark, dwindling outlook for online advertising. Truth be told, ad budgets are continuing to come online as premium content sites are showing remarkable resilience in spite of the sputtering economy. Yesterday, health and wellness website, WebMD, reported better than expected earnings […]
Today’s ClickZ has a story on a new company, ReachLocal, started by former executives at skill-based gaming company, WorldWinner. ReachLocal offers local advertisers a “display ad and retargeting offering” with media purchased through Google, Yahoo! and RightMedia Exchange. CEO Zorik Gordon suggests that they want the fat end of the local advertiser pie which means […]
AOL Platform-A’s BidPlace SB has launched, or relaunched, depending on what you know and when you started knowing it. In our previous post on BidPlace SB, it appeared maintenance was underway or a change in strategy. Today, a commenter informs us that all is well and BidPlace SB (no one knows what SB means) is […]
Data exchanges offer publishers, who are sweating bullets over 2009 revenue targets, an opportunity to create a new source of revenue as they are able to leverage their valuable user base and resell anonymous cookie data that advertisers can serve against. In yesterday’s MediaPost, CEO Mark Zagorski, from Israeli-based behavioral targeting data exchange, eXelate, exhorted […]
Recent ad exchange-related news… these articles point to the growing importance of performance display advertising. The display ad is definitely not dead. The Wall Street Journal’s Martin Peers looks at the weak demand in internet advertising and harps on social media being partly the cause of over-supply of inventory. Nick Gonzalez takes Peers comments further […]
During today’s conference call, A.H. Belo Corporation (AHC) which closed at a precarious $1.81 per share today and better known as owners of major regional and local newspapers such as the Dallas Morning News, reported that they have integrated their newspaper sites fully onto Yahoo!’s APT platform and are realizing revenue. Unfortunately, it’s not enough […]
This past week, iMedia’s semi-annual, pay-to-play, U.S. Brand Summit featured sponsored content from the Online Publishers Association (OPA), led by Pam Horan, which was intended to persuade brand marketers and, consequently, agency media buyers that there was no “future” like the “single site buy future.” The OPA’s argument goes something like this: “Sure, Ms. Brand […]
Another player joined the yield optimization space today which currently includes Pubmatic, Rubicon Project and AdMeld. Yieldex announced that the first client for its “BusinessIQ” inventory management product is Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. According to the release: “The Yieldex BusinessIQ product provides accurate revenue, inventory and availability forecasting; eliminates manual spreadsheets, increases transparency of data […]
Let’s get it out in the open. Exchange is the new dirty word for agencies and advertisers – and even a few exchanges. Many advertisers and their agencies are running scared of exchanges these days as concern persists about brand safety and low quality remnant media. The most successful of the exchanges (arguably), Right Media, […]
Looks like Pinterest has its eyes – or its pins, rather – fixed on connected TV.
Publisher comment sections remain an untapped source of intent-based data, according to Kelly Andresen, who recently left USA Today to head up comment monetization platform OpenWeb’s direct sales efforts.
Shopify launched its latest advertising business line on Wednesday, called the Shopify Product Network.
Criteo recently debuted new AI tech and pilot programs to a group of reporters – including a backend shopper data partnership with an unnamed LLM.
Agency buyers are facing a new wave of Google account hijackings that steal funds and lock out admins for weeks or even months.
Spencer has exited The Trade Desk after 12 years, marking another major leadership change amid friction with ad tech trade groups and intensifying competition across the DSP landscape.
