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Live from DPAC4: Media moguls weigh in

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October 27th 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – The room didn’t shake literally, but some kind of metaphysical ripple passed through the audience as the panelists lumbered on stage at DPAC4. These were the media moguls — The Wall Street Journal, NBC/Universal, Turner Entertainment, Reuters and Zinio — or rather their representatives, on stage to discuss [...] more...

Publisher collusion fraud rises

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July 23rd 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — Click Forensics says that the overall industry average click fraud rate was 12.7 percent. That’s down from 13.8 percent for Q1 2009 and from the 16.2 percent rate reported for Q2 2008. According to the company’s industry pay-per-click fraud figures though, click fraud traffic from sophisticated sources and scripted [...] more...

OPA large ad units unfurl across the web

Written on
July 1st 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — The Online Publishers Association said a group of leading brands have started using the new ad units across OPA member sites. The units, which were originally announced in March, are designed to help marketers deliver their brand experiences directly on the pages of these rich content sites. Today, a [...] more...

Bigger, fewer ads works, dooms reluctant ad networks

Written on
June 3rd 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — When the online publishers association released new advertising formats a few months ago, it was clearly a shot at ad networks, especially ones that don’t adapt. And if initial indications prove reliable, the larger ads are here to stay and will squeeze third-party networks even more. Speaking at a ContentNext [...] more...

Seeking Alpha, thrives despite – or because of – meltdown

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March 12th 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — Business and financial sites might be struggling, but at least one is doing well. Seeking Alpha, an ad-supported financial news and analysis site, has hired an ad sales team in new york in the recent months. In February, according to the company, the site had 32.9  million page views, [...] more...



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