
Google Display Network Ads Support New Free Music Service
Google announced the launch of a free version of Google Play Music that will be supported by display and video ads. Advertisers running...

About.com Launches Sponsored Content Studio For Native Ads
To beef up its brand advertising offerings, About.com is the latest online publisher to launch a sponsored content unit. The 19 year-old...

Rubicon Project Says Mobile Now More Than 20% Of Programmatic Ad Spend
Ad tech giant Rubicon Project says mobile ad spend on its platform increased more than 1,300 percent in the two years between Q1 2013 and...

Connecting The Dots With Device Targeting
We have reached a true cross-screen state. A recent comScore report revealed that in the past four years alone, time spent by platform is...

Marketers Don’t Need To Choose Between Efficiency And Premium
In 2014, we saw greater emphasis placed on automation and data-driven ad buying than ever before. Spend on audience targeting solutions...

42 Percent Of Programmatic Buyers Still Get Reporting In Spreadsheet Attachments
While programmatic has brought automation to buying and selling of digital advertising, buyers say reporting from ad exchanges often...

LiveIntent Lands $32.5 Million In Funding For Email Advertising Platform
LiveIntent announced it secured $32.5 million in growth equity investment, led by private equity firm FTV Capital, to expand its platform...

DoubleClick Adds Cross-Device Measurement Across Web, Native Units, Programmatic Guaranteed
announcements during its Leadership Summit in Florida on Wednesday to address the needs of mobile advertisers and publishers. Building on...

AdRoll Launches First-Party Data Pool For New Customer Targeting
The new product called Prospecting launches in beta Wednesday with more than 1,000 advertisers already participating in early test...

Why Learnings From The ‘90s Banner Ad Still Apply Today
Mobile, wearables, interactive TV and other sexy visions of the future are dominating industry headlines right now. However, if a...

Cards Are Fueling In-Stream Ad Growth & Transforming Digital Advertising
In-stream native advertising is thriving with the rise of mobile, but it’s cards that will keep propelling growth in ad spend. Cards...

Scaling Programmatic Advertising With Dynamic Ads
So you’ve tagged your site. You’ve identified some interesting audience segments. You’ve got some great data, and you are ready to go!...

IAB: US Digital Ad Spend Jumps 16% To Top $13.3 Billion In Q1 2015
The latest numbers, issued in an interim quarterly report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC US’s New Media Group,...

Users Could Soon Start Blocking Mobile Ads On Safari With iOS 9
To be clear, Apple never actually uses the term “ad blocking” in its latest developer specs, but instead says that the functionality...

Yahoo Opens Up To Third-Party Measurement For Fraud, Viewability
Yahoo said, this week, that it is now offering brands independent verification on display and video advertising for both viewability and...

Digital Forecast: A Data-Protection Storm Is Brewing In Europe
If you are like me and keep a close eye on all things related to the future of digital media, then you may remember a conversation from...

InMobi And Rubicon Project Add Mobile Video Inventory To Native Ad Exchange
InMobi and Rubicon Project have added video inventory to the InMobi Exchange, which launched just last week as a hub buying for mobile...

Facebook Instant Articles: What’s In It For Advertisers?
Earlier this month, Facebook took the wraps off of its new Instant Articles offering. Another content-focused play for Facebook, Instant...

Navigating The Modern Ad Serving Stack, Part 3: Private Marketplaces (Deal ID)
In the previous installment of this series, we examined programmatic direct, a method of buying media space directly from publishers in a...