M&A 2016: Buyers Cross Boundaries As Ad Tech Grows Up (A Little)
AdExchanger | Despite predictions that winter is coming to ad tech, deal activity for the ad tech, mar tech and digital media sectors was tentatively...
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Medium Moves Away From Ad-Supporting Publishing; Pandora Launches New Ad Formats
AdExchanger | Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Death By Transformation Medium is moving away from the ad-supported publishing model announced last...
M&A 2016: The Year Ad Tech Cautiously Rose Again
AdExchanger | Ad tech mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has been a roller coaster in recent years, and 2016 certainly didn’t let up. In 2015, public...
Comic: Year of the Marketer
AdExchanger | A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem… AdExchanger: Origins AdExchanger: Crisis In Ad City (Part I) AdExchanger: Crisis...
Elf On The Shelf: 2016 Ad Tech Edition
AdExchanger | “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is...
The Year Header Bidding Went Mainstream
AdExchanger | 2016 was the year that header bidding crossed over and became a disruptive force in the ad industry. The wave of publisher...
Exchanges Downplay Methbot’s Impact, But The Fallout Will Extend Into 2017
AdExchanger | On Tuesday, White Ops exposed a sophisticated browser-based botnet called Methbot that was reportedly stealing somewhere between $3 million and $5 million of...
Comic: "We’re investing in A.I."
AdExchanger | A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem… AdExchanger: Origins AdExchanger: Crisis In Ad City (Part I) AdExchanger: Crisis...
Conversant Finally Converges? Epsilon-Owned Ad Tech Company Unveils Integrated Stack
AdExchanger | After being acquired by Epsilon, Conversant had two big challenges. First, continue combining its own disparate technologies into a single stack. Second, get...
Nielsen Acquires VisualDNA; Consumers Are Unhappy With Samsung OTT Ads
AdExchanger | Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Buy One, Get One Nielsen is on a Christmas shopping spree. After acquiring content...
Yieldmo Study Uncovers Consumer Sentiment on the Current State of Mobile Advertising, Identifying the Need for Better-Designed Mobile Ad Formats
User-friendly ad formats were preferred by two-thirds of U.S. consumers, which drove higher unaided brand recall for advertisers and improved brand favorability for both advertiser...
Now Marketers Can Ask Alexa How Their Ad Campaigns Did
That voice-activated Alexa system isn’t just for asking trivia questions, finding nearby movie times or creating a shopping list. For marketers, now it’s for work,...
Snapchat Acquihires The Flite Team; Alternative Funding Sources Fill The VC Gap
AdExchanger | Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Snap, Take Flite Snapchat has, er, snapped up rich media ad server Flite. Recode...
DashBid Launches DBeX The First Exchange Powered By The DashBid Engagement Spectrum
The Engagement Spectrum segments audiences based on video engagement and demographic distribution, becoming the first exchange allowing advertisers to buy against these parameters New York...
As IoT Ads Become Reality, Privacy and Security Concerns Follow
Ads have already come to the so-called Internet of Things, an Interactive Advertising Bureau report has found. The trade organization surveyed consumers about “IoT” devices,...
Viewability’s Double-Edged Sword
AdExchanger | “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is...
