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Google Unleashes Next-Gen Ad Server

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February 24th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – The Rubicon Project says the ad server is dead, but apparently Google didn’t see the obituary. On Monday Google introduced what it called the “next generation” of ad-serving for publishers: DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP). Combining Google’s tech and infrastructure with DoubleClick’s display and ad serving expertise, DoubleClick for Publishers [...] more...

Salzman Is the Display Guy for Google

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February 19th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. DoubleClickers who have been around a block or two will recognize a familiar face in the new Google position of head of media and platforms for the Americas: Barry Salzman who was DoubleClick Global Media president between 1997 and [...] more...

AdECN Hosted System to Wither Away

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January 11th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – BOMP BOMP BOMP. Another exchange bites the dust. It may not make as much noise when it expires as Yahoo! Right Media’s Direct Marketing Exchange did, Microsoft is kicking AdECN’s Hosted system to the curb and going 100% real-time, bidding that is. In a letter sent to AdECN users reported [...] more...

Teracent Acquisition Validates Dynamic Display

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December 1st 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – While Black Friday in-store sales have been dragging for the last few years, comScore points out that online sales jumped by 11% this last Friday over the year before, hitting $595 million. comScore predicts Cyber Monday (today) online sales could top $900 million. Every year the threat of [...] more...

Yahoo! re-baptizes Right Media as ‘premium exchange’

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November 18th 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Ad exchanges may be increasing in popularity, but their reputations are worse for wear as suspicions linger about the actual worth of inventory on participating networks. The best way to clean up a soiled reputation is with a little rebranding magic. Yahoo!’s Right Media, the oldest of all exchanges, [...] more...

Microsoft to unveil ad network with RTB

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October 28th 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Two years ago Microsoft picked up ad exchange company AdECN and then… And then… Well nothing. Finally it appears that Microsoft will launch AdECN’s business — and launch it big — in January. According to a formal statement from the company, AdECN has been testing a demo version of [...] more...

Google to debut ad exchange shortly?

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September 15th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — The much discussed launch of the giant’s upgraded display ad marketplace could be by next week. According to ClickZ, Google, which has tested it in private beta, is about to open it to all buyers and sellers. The launch is expected by the end of the month, and could [...] more...

DataXu quietly gains funding

Written on
April 17th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — The startup online ad exchange raised $6 million in a first round of funding from Atlas Venture and Flybridge Capital Partners. According to peHub, DataXU, which didn’t release any information on the filing, was founded in 2007 by MIT professor Ed Crawley.  DataXu’s website says: “Our product will cause the [...] more...

Exelate and users

Written on
January 19th 2009
Author
Uriah Av-Ron

ADOTAS — A short question and answer with Mark Zagorski, Chief Revenue Office, eXelate: What inspired the beginnings of eXelate? EXelate’s founding was really driven by our belief that, simply put, “data is the next media”. Data has the power to create valuable relationships between consumers, advertisers and publishers by delivering a [...] more...

ADSDAQ’s Numbers Rise

Written on
January 23rd 2008
Author
Sarah Novotny

ADSDAQ by ContextWeb announced today that results from the latest ComScore Media Metrix Dec. 2007 Key Measures Report confirm that its ADSDAQ Ad Exchange now reaches 80.1 million monthly unique visitors, representing 43.6% of the U.S. online population.  Additionally, in the three months since the service has launched, the number [...] more...



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