Yahoo Poaches Washington Post’s Kevin Gentzel to Lead Ad Sales
Yahoo hired Kevin Gentzel as head of advertising sales, according to The Washington Post, where he was chief revenue officer. Mr. Gentzel will report to...
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Publicis Acquires 20% Of Matomy For £40m
Publicis announced this morning that it is acquiring 20% of Matomy for approximately £40m, with an option to increase its stake in the company to...
Missed call ad unit: Hit or a miss?
In markets such as India, the ‘missed call’ tactic in mobile marketing initiatives is not uncommon. Popularly seen on platforms such as Facebook that have...
Visible Measures Inks SSP Deals To Drive Programmatic Native
Visible Measures has forged a number of supply-side integrations with AdsNative, TripleLift and DistroScale, adding “thousands” of publisher supply sources as a result of the deal, revealed Friday....
What brands think about when they think about Snapchat ads
Ephemeral messaging app Snapchat is getting ads. Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel told Katie Couric during a live interview at the Vanity Fair New...
Fraud-day With Moat: Finding Fraud Without Calling It Fraud
This is the 11th in a series of interviews with vendors combating the problem of ad fraud. Other companies participating in this series include Sizmek. Read...
ATS Comes To New York On 4 November; Event Agenda Now Published
ATS is now on three continents – well, it will be from 4 November, when the inaugural ATS New York will take place. ExchangeWire will make its US...
Microsoft Poaches From Publicis for New U.S. Sales Chief
Microsoft finally has a U.S. sales boss, eight months after it ousted Keith Lorizio. The tech giant has tapped former Publicis exec Bob Bejan to...
The Next Big Thing: Local Businesses and Facebook
“In my opinion, local small businesses are the great-untapped segment for Facebook and is one that has massive potential. Imagine if “Joe the Plumber” could...
ComScore, Datalogix Strike Deal To Measure Digital-To-Offline Ad Effectiveness
Datalogix, which is known for connecting digital media with offline sales impact, will begin to tie ad viewability to in-store ROI via a partnership with...
Ad Tech Firms Prepare For Bolstered US Profile
Ad tech firms are set to play a more prominent role on the agenda of some of the digital media and advertising industries’ largest trade organisations,...
Ecommerce players’ Diwali battle marks the rise of new trends in India
Flipkart rolled out its ‘Big Billion Day’ sale amid much fanfare on October 6, where the ecommerce giant offered large discounts and deals across 70...
Facebook Poses Further Threat To Google With Full FAN Roll Out
Facebook is building on its momentum in the ad tech space with the announcement of the global launch of its Audience Network (FAN) tool, which...
The price of entry for programmatic
The automation of digital media buying has been on the rise for a number of years now and the benefits of programmatic and RTB (real...
Keeping sports’ spirit energised: 361° at 2014 Incheon Asian Games
One of the most highly anticipated showdowns at the recently concluded Asian Games in Incheon was the three matchups between Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and...
Fraud-day With RTB Asia: The China Perspective
This is the tenth in a series of interviews with vendors combating the problem of ad fraud. Other companies participating in this series include Moat...
