ESPN’s Bill Simmons suspension backfires online
ESPN’s suspension of Bill Simmons, its most popular writer, has proven problematic for the media company’s own brand. Not only have users rallied to support...
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Smartphones first: 69% Aussies check their smartphone upon waking up
Aiming to discover which devices are used to access the web, and the differences in how they are used, digital market research and technology company,...
The Force Is With Mobile as ‘Star Wars Rebels’ TV Series Has Digital Debut
A long time ago, in a galaxy dominated by network TV, people gathered to watch a new show on a fixed day and time. The...
‘We Believe Strongly That The Agency Is The Right Place For Programmatic Technology’
Earlier this week AppNexus and Xaxis announced a two-part deal that will see the ad tech firm acquire Open AdStream for an as yet publicly undisclosed...
What kept onliners busy during Singapore Grand Prix
Love was not on many minds at the 2014 Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix despite skyrocketing social media engagement. Advertising technology and big data company,...
WPP’s VML Digital Agency Is Buying Another Shop in China
Digital marketing agency VML is acquiring 10-year-old Chinese social media agency Teein, its second purchase in China in less than a year. With the addition...
IPG Mediabrands sets up DMP offering Sixth Sense for Asia
In continuation with its focus on augmenting its data offer, IPG Mediabrands Asia has set up its Data Management Platform (DMP), Sixth Sense. Sixth Sense...
Social Media Myth Busters: AOL and Converto Separate Advertising Fact from Fiction
Do ads on social Web sites work? That’s what AOL wanted to know. (And don’t we all?) “It’s a question many have been trying to...
In The New Wave Of Social Marketing M&A, Facebook PMDs Call The Shots
The participants in a new race to snap up social marketing technology companies aren’t the usual enterprise software suspects. In the latest wave of consolidation,...
Why agency people are so unhappy
“It’d be a great business if there weren’t any clients.” “I can’t think of a single person who loves their job.” “Everyone in this industry...
Winner of Cannes Mobile LionsComedy Theater Saved By “Pay-Per-Laugh” Mobile App
Every once in awhile we see a mobile-based application that is just so innovative we have to write about it. And the “Pay-per-Laugh” application from...
Dentsu Buys Covario; Programmatic Models
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Dentsu Buys Covario Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired search and content marketing agency Covario....
Unified Inbox boosts tech chops with SocialGrow acquisition
Singapore-heardquarted Unified Inbox has announced the acquisition of Boston-based social networking application company SocialGrow for an undisclosed amount. Via DNA
Facebook Marketing Boss Shares Three Lessons for Brands
Even a 29-year marketing vet like Gary Briggs has a few things left to learn. Facebook’s CMO, whose previous stints span Pepsi, IBM, eBay and...
Adconion Direct & Kontera unified under Amobee brand post acquisition
Amobee has completed acquisitions of Adconion Direct and Kontera Technologies, Inc. (Kontera), and the integration of all three companies under the Amobee brand. Amobee now...
Native ads are getting a direct-response makeover
Native advertising is often used by publishers as a way out of being held to the direct-response metrics that have long been associated with banner...
