
Report: Digital ad spend growth slowed in 2016; Snapchat overtook Pinterest
The two behemoths, Google and Facebook, account for some 76 percent of new investment in digital advertising, according to the Internet...

How digital media won the White House for an ‘analog’ audience
Recently in my opening remarks at The 614 Group’s Brand Safety Summit, I pointed out that while Donald Trump claims the media hates him,...

SteelHouse unveils a novel concept: Telling advertisers for free if their ads can be seen
Ad platform SteelHouse is out with a unique offer that, in any industry other than digital advertising, would be laughable. It is now...

Methbot: The beginning of the end for digital ad fraud
The latest ad fraud scandal to hit the digital advertising world has been exposed, and its name is Methbot. A Russia-based botnet with...

TripAdvisor adds new enhanced listings features for hotels, restaurants
TripAdvisor is enhancing its suite of tools and subscription-based ad products for both hotels and restaurants. The two programs are...

How digital advertising will change with today’s political climate
Hey ______, Are you aware that an ad for your company, with your name on it, appears on Breitbart’s home page? Screen shot attached....

My first CES: What I saw, learned and questioned
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for the first time. I work in Business Development and Innovation at the Ad Council and was...

Responsive ads for the Google Display Network: 6 months in
At the Google Performance Summit in May 2016, Google announced responsive ads for display, which subsequently rolled out to advertiser...

Acxiom launches Audience Cloud for unified generation of audience segments and targeting
Acxiom has announced a new self-service tool called Audience Cloud that allows marketers to generate audience segments using people-based...

AOL introduces BrandBuilder, a suite of goal-based ad programs and new ad formats
The Director program includes a variety of formats aimed at building brand awareness, while the Buyer program is aimed at driving direct...

How programmatic and header bidding will disrupt all media in 2017
Header bidding is all the rage in the programmatic ecosystem at the moment, and it signals a significant shift in the way advertising is...

Report: Amazon led big retailers in digital ad spend increases during early holiday season
“Most retailers are reducing print spend while focusing on other channels, like linear TV and digital,” said Todd Krizelman, CEO and...

10 behavioral science principles for great digital creative
“In an information-rich world,” he said, “the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that...

Industry consolidation and programmatic’s power: 2 hot topics explored by the top 10 display a
The year’s most popular Display Advertising column is a story whose end hasn’t yet been written, as we go into 2017 not knowing whether...

5 things you should know about the Google Display Network, direct from Google
As we move into the last few weeks of 2016, I’ve been feeling reflective. (Blame it on the eggnog.) Looking back, this was a big year for...

Hey Santa, here’s our 2016 ‘Marketing Naughty & Nice’ list
Even a Jewish guy like me knows that Santa — trying like everyone else to satisfy his customers — can barely keep up. Like many of us,...

Predictions for the digital advertising industry in 2017
IAB/PwC Internet Advertising Revenue Report, “across desktop and mobile, digital video generated the greatest gain of any format.” And...

First you thought your brand dollars were safe… then fake news happened
Fake news has been dominating the post-election political conversation in recent days. However, while the focus on fake news has been...

White Ops reports biggest ad fraud botnet found yet: ‘Methbot’ targeting high-CPM video
Digital advertising fraud security firm White Ops released a report Tuesday detailing the exploits of “Methbot,” a new variation on the...
























