Rakuten to acquire stake in market research player AIP
Rakuten Inc. has reached an agreement with a group of shareholders, which includes the largest individual shareholder, of AIP Corporation (AIP), a Tokyo based online...
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A-B InBev Shuffles Executive Ranks, Affecting Media, Digital
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s recently-installed marketing VP in the U.S. Jorn Socquet has begun putting his stamp on the brewer, overseeing key executive changes that affect media...
‘I have routinely heard clients say there is not enough print on this plan!’
Speaking with ExchangeWire from the recent ATS Singapore event, Matt Harty, Experian, general manager, audience solutions – one of Asia’s most well-respected programmatic figures –...
Axonix CEO: “Mobile Will Appear Out Of Nowhere in LatAm”
The sad tale of mobile ad exchange Mobclix, which was forced to declare bankruptcy in 2013 after being acquired — and mismanaged — by mobile...
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Smart Trafficking Matters So Much
“Marketer’s Note” is a weekly column informing marketers about the rapidly evolving, digital marketing technology ecosystem. It is written by Joanna O’Connell, Director of Research, AdExchanger...
Making TV Smarter And More Actionable In the Multi-Screen Era
With the emergence of mobile devices such as smartphone and tablets disrupting the traditional viewing experience in a way that was rarely foreseen by advertisers...
With Brazil Out, Marketers Shift Message to Praise Host
Brazilian marketers who were planning celebratory ads for a sixth World Cup victory had to switch quickly to plan B after Brazil’s humiliating 7-1 defeat...
Walmart: The New Media Agency
Walmart’s widely revered as a retail maven, but media buyer? It’s a brand-new capability for the $473-billion company, which on Friday revealed more details about...
Programmatic USPs Need Auditing And Testing
One of ExchangeWire’s ‘inside sources’ shares views views on why they are bored of the same old ‘USPs’, and why rigorous testing of media platforms is...
How The GroupM Ad Exchange Will Disrupt The Dynamic Of The Programmatic Supply Market
Ciaran O’Kane, ExchangeWire, global editor, muses over the potential impact of WPP’s GroupM arm apparently halting the purchase of ad inventory from open exchanges. In this...
Is It Time To Break Up With Your Managed Services Provider?
“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 Lance...
Coffee with OMD’s Mainardo de Nardis: Of leading with example
For media agencies, the past year has been an interesting one. Some markets slowed down in pitching, while some became more active. Certain large businesses...
AXA-Tianping assigns media duties to Vizeum China
Vizeum China has won the media planning and buying services for AXA Tianping Insurance, China’s largest foreign insurance company, following a competitive pitch. It’s the...
Experience, precision planning… key traits of Chinese shoppers
As brands focus to understand the Chinese shopper, a common observation made is that, like other growth markets, unique traits and trigger define shoppers in...
Omnicom’s John Wren on tech, talent & moving forward
“We dated, though in a very traditional sense; most of the time accompanied by a proper escort in the form of an attorney or someone...
SapientNitro’s James Chiu heads to Razorfish China
In a bid to bolster its creative offer in the Greater China region, digital and technology agency Razorfish has appointed James Chiu (Chiu Mang Hoo...
