Why Publicis Groupe paid a 44% premium to create Publicis.Sapient
“Christmas came early for Sapient share owners,” WPP’s Chief, Sir Martin Sorrell, made this remark on the recently concluded Publicis-Sapient deal. While Mr Sorrell calls...
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Publicis.Sapient: Transformative in India?
Publicis Groupe’s global acquisition of Sapient in a USD 3.7 billion all-cash deal witnessed its fair share of news frenzy in India. Through this deal,...
Does Publicis’ Epic Acquisition Spree Add Value?
Publicis Groupe has crowned its 2014 shopping spree with the announcement of its $3.7bn offer for digital advertising specialist Sapient, adding to its recent acquisition...
Can Facebook Overtake Google And Fix Cross-Channel Marketing?
“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...
Creative Polite Banners Corner Best Click Rates for Luxury Ads
Perhaps it says as much about the general state of the economy as advertising, but when it comes to click rates for polite banner ads...
Publishers Need To Help Brands Move Beyond The CTR
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ephraim Bander, president and...
Adobe’s Nick Bogaty on 5 factors that impact taking content online
As more corporate and media brands look to engage digital audiences by taking their content online, the likes of Adobe are playing a critical role...
AppNexus CTO On The Fight Against Ad Fraud
AppNexus will take to the stage at next month’s ATS Paris to discuss issues around transparency, here Geir Magnusson, CTO, SVP of engineering at AppNexus,...
The case of Facebook, ice-bucket challenge & a ‘cool’ Q3 report
Facebook’s total revenue reached $3.2 billion and advertising revenue grew 64 per cent year-over-year in Q3 2014. Mobile accounted for 66 per cent of the...
InMobi engages Digital Element to enhance targeted mobile ad delivery
Mobile advertising platform InMobi has engaged Digital Element, a provider of IP geolocation technology, to deployed the latter’s NetAcuity Edge hyperlocal IP geolocation solution. The...
NTUC FairPrice Xtra goes mobile for anniversary contest
NTUC FairPrice Xtra supermarket in Singapore recently celebrated its seventh anniversary and so was looking to increase brand engagement with local families. Background The supermarket...
Augmenting mobile offer, Criteo goes cross-device
Performance advertising technology company, Criteo, has launched a cross-device advertising solution which would encapsulate consumer’s behaviour across all devices and enable the delivery of accurate...
Publicis In Latest Round Of Consolidation With Purchase Of Mobile DMP RUN
Publicis Groupe is continuing its transition to become a digital-first, cross screen outfit with the purchase of mobile-focused data management platform (DMP) RUN for a...
ComScore’s Q3 Earnings Reemphasize Video, Cross-Platform Credo
ComScore reported Q3 earnings of $82.1 million, a 15% increase YOY, and reemphasized its focus on cross-platform measurements. ComScore added 43 new Media Metrix Multi-Platform...
More retailers turn videos into direct sales channels
Buying products from inside a video is not a new concept — YouTube introduced a click-to-buy feature in January 2009 — but more online retailers...
SoftBank buys $627 million stake in Snapdeal
SoftBank Internet and Media, Inc. (“SIMI”) announced the investment of $627 million in Indian e-commerce website Snapdeal, making it the largest investor in the website....
