The winners and losers of the Publicis-Omnicom deal aftermath
Plans to create the biggest agency in history have fallen apart. Here are the winners and losers of the Publicis-Omnicom deal that was never meant...
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Omnicom, Publicis call off proposed USD 35 billion merger
The proposed USD 35 billion merger between Omnicom Group and Publicis Groupe has been called off. Publicis Groupe and Omnicom jointly announced that they have...
Is Yahoo Tumbling In The Dark With Tumblr-Centric Ad Units?
Yahoo will try a new way to monetize Tumblr, via the introduction of posts that can be promoted as ad units across Yahoo’s network of owned and operated...
Death Of The B2B Ad Campaign
“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 written by...
Alibaba Has an Ad Business to Challenge Google, Amazon
If U.S. media sellers are worried about competing with Amazon’s burgeoning advertising business, wait until they run up against the e-commerce giant’s Chinese equivalent. Chinese...
Xapp Media Takes A Stab At Interactive Audio Ads
Audio advertisements have been largely one-sided: The advertiser speaks and consumers listen. Startup Xapp Media wants to change that with interactive audio ads. Through an...
At NewFronts, Time Inc. And Others Embrace TV-Equivalent Measurement
At its NewFront event last week, Time Inc. unveiled partnerships with Nielsen and comScore’s cross-platform measurement solutions to simplify the digital ad-buying process. TV-online audience...
Facebook, Twitter Ads Partner Unified Acquires Awe.sm
Unified, a company that helps brands with social ad buys, has acquired social analytics startup Awe.sm for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced Thursday. Unified...
Twitter Disappoints in Q1 Earnings Despite Strong Advertising Growth
Shares of Twitter tumbled toward record lows following yesterday’s publication of Q1 2014 earnings. On Tuesday, Twitter reported net losses have grown by $100 million...
As IPO Dust Settles, Rubicon Project Prepares To Invest
Rubicon Project went public earlier this month, becoming the fifth ad tech company – give or take – to do so since the IPO door...
NewFronts Begin: New York Times Pitches a Surge of Digital Video
The New York Times has bolstered its digital-video lineup with a slate of shows starring its editors and columnists as well as the series “Verbatim,”...
Rocket Fuel Stock Hits All-Time Low In Wake Of Insider Trades
Rocket Fuel’s stock closed at $31.04 Friday, near its lowest point since the ad tech company went public six months ago. The sell-off comes after a...
Q1 Roundup: Digital Media Strength Propels Agencies
With the Omnicom-Publicis merger now in some doubt, WPP Group retains a glimmer of hope that it could remain the world’s largest agency holding company...
Former Gaming Company RockYou Rocks Out As An In-Game Video Ad Network
RockYou is clawing its way back. The 8-year-old company, which once produced social games, was one of the first MySpace and Facebook third-party app developers...
Video Ad Server Says 11% Of Its Ads Are Shown To Bots
There are those within the digital advertising industry who argue its fraud problem attracts undue attention. Advances in the measurement of viewable impressions and attribution...
MMA Shares Results of First Ever Mobile Video Benchmark Study
On Thursday, the Mobile Marketing Association shared rge results of its first-ever Mobile Video Benchmark Study. The study, commissioned by the MMA, and its Mobile...
