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  • Making Digital Advertising Contracts Smart

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rob Beeler, managing editor, research, at The 614 Group, chairman of AdMonsters and founder of Beeler.Tech. When shopping online, transactions are practically automatic and mistakes are by far the exception. When we buy something […]

  • Publishers Must Conquer Thorny Issues Before Using Data Co-Ops To Fight The Duopoly

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Matlick, founder and CEO at Bombora. The data cooperative has emerged as a strategic weapon for publishers in the battle for online ad dollars against the Facebook and Google duopoly. In data co-ops, […]

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  • Tales From The Ads.txt Trenches

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ian Hewetson, vice president of client services at Eyereturn Marketing. Forget this summer’s solar eclipse. We’re witnessing something far more unusual right now: the universal endorsement of a single system in the ad tech […]

  • Publishers And The Inevitable Pivot To Video

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Justin Festa, chief digital officer at LittleThings. It feels like every other week another publisher is making a pivot to video or a joke on social media talking about why the pivot to video […]

  • Al Jazeera Sours On Social Platforms

    When Al Jazeera pulled its cable channel from the American market a few years ago, it saw one bright spot: social media. While the cable channel failed, Al Jazeera saw promise in AJ+, its social media arm focused on Facebook and YouTube distribution. The brand operates with a more youthful vibe, taking a personal tone that appeals to millennials. The English-language […]

  • Private Marketplaces: Ripe For The Next Great Transformation

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rachel Parkin, senior vice president of strategy and sales at CafeMedia. While ad tech has seen a constant stream of innovation over the last few years, one thing has largely stayed the same: private […]

  • Fast-Changing Industry Trends Force Publishers To Rethink Content Management

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Allison Mezzafonte, executive vice president at Bauer Xcel Media. Media companies took notice when venture-backed sites such as Vox and BuzzFeed plunged tens of millions of dollars into their content management systems. With cool […]

  • How Patch’s CEO Makes Hyperlocal Profitable

    The rise of digital advertising has been tough on local news. Not only have legacy operations, like local newspapers, struggled to survive in the era of Craigslist, Google and Facebook, digital ones haven’t found it easy to gain a perch. Most recently, the owner of Gothamist and DNAinfo shut down the sites in early November […]

  • Publishers Need To Step Up To Get A Clean Slate

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Andy Vogel, global head of digital products at NewBase. The ad supply chain is underregulated, and this has become obvious with the recent Financial Times spoofing scandal that uncovered at least six industry players offering fake inventory. With […]

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  • With Browsers Playing God, Publishers Must Find A New Religion

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Adam Hecht, vice president of monetization at SintecMedia. Apple and Google have both made changes to their browsers recently, and at a recent panel I attended, publishers reported decreased revenues as a result. In […]

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