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After years of ping-ponging around various industry publications, Gavin Dunaway finagled his way into the senior editor slot at Adotas, a depot for interactive advertising news and commentary. When not penning snarky articles about social media and behavioral targeting, the Washington, D.C. native and George Mason University graduate enjoys playing electric guitar so loud that the walls shake.

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Off-Duty: Hip Hop Hooray for CPAWay’s Bash With Naughty by Nature & Slick Rick

Written on
November 4th 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – During ad:tech, if you’re headed my way, you’re going CPAWay — the performance marketing network has recruited hip hop legends Naughty by Nature to headline its Xposure 2011 event at Terminal 5 on Thursday, Nov. 9, followed by a late-night bash featuring DJ Scrillionaire. Opening up for NbyN is another [...] More...

YuMe Jumps Into Connected TV Advertising With LG

Written on
November 3rd 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Always proud of its cross-channel capabilities, video tech firm YuMe has just opened on a big new front for advertisers — Internet-connected television. In a tech partnership with YuMe, LG Electronics has introduced an ad platform for its Internet-connected TVs and TV-related devices to serve targeted and relevant [...] More...

Tapjoy Re-Emerges as App Discovery Network

Written on
November 3rd 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – In attempt to enforce some kind of app purity system back in April, Apple decided to ban pay-per-install incentives from its app ecosystem after a bunch of apps that had rocketed up the App Store rankings. This took a huge chunk out of mobile ad network Tapjoy’s business, so it’s not [...] More...

Quick Hits: AdReady Employs Collective Insights, Turn Adds Video Capabilities

Written on
November 3rd 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – At its partner summit today, DSP AdReady introduced Collective Insights, aimed at improving the effectiveness of smaller-budgeted client campaigns that don’t have the spend to ramp up an exchange’s optimization algorithm. Instead, Collective Insights aggregates insight from numerous small campaigns as well as dynamic third-party data to assemble a solid buy [...] More...

Verizon’s Making Money Off Your Data, So Why Not Get a Better Deal?

Written on
November 2nd 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS - When Verizon changed its privacy policy last month to inform users it was collecting clickstream data, the company didn’t take to the streets, shouting through a bullhorn: “We at Verizon are now collecting your browsing, search string and location data, then melding it with demographic information and aggregating it [...] More...

Off-Duty: ChoiceStream CRUNCHes Out a Good Time

Written on
November 2nd 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS - Representatives from 24/7 Real Media, Flixster, LivePerson and more ventured to Tribeca to join a ghoulish Halloween-themed soiree hosted by ChoiceStream. The audience targeter was both celebrating the early results of its recently released CRUNCH platform as well as educating attendees further about the product. CRUNCH blends Choicestream’s 10-year supply [...] More...

Is Interclick Yahoo!’s Remnant Revenue Savior?

Written on
November 1st 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Somehow, Yahoo!’s third-quarter earnings proved to be worse than its second quarter earnings. The latter report raised a lot of eyebrows as U.S. display revenue — seemingly the only solid revenue performer, with the company’s search revenue still in freefall — took a major dive, attributed to a [...] More...

Off-Duty: Vibrant Wows Awards Gala Guests With Video Booth

Written on
November 1st 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – It was the first thing you noticed walking into the ballroom of the Bowery Hotel, where Vibrant Media was hosting its awards gala — a giant screen featuring live footage from a make-shift studio (a video booth rather than a photo booth) set up in the adjoining room. Oh, [...] More...

Adknowledge Acquires AdParlor’s Facebook Ad Management Platform

Written on
November 1st 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Long-tail-focused performance marketing network Adknowledge is upping its play in the social sector with the purchase of Facebook ad management platform AdParlor, which grabbed some attention earlier when big-time group-buying site Groupon tapped it as the exclusive platform for its Facebook ad spend. Reportedly the largest vendor with a Facebook Ads [...] More...

Off-Duty: You’re Invited to the INTENTclick PubCon After-Party

Written on
November 1st 2011
Author
  |   Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Coming to PubCon in Las Vegas this year? Want to meet fellow bloggers interested in making, saving and increasing money online? You are invited to the INTENTclick PubCon After-Party at Zuri Bar inside the MGM Grand. This shindig, of which Adotas is a media partner, will feature complimentary drinks, [...] More...


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