Ronan Shields
Senior Editor
Ronan Shields is the senior editor at ExchangeWire. He has extensive experience covering the digital media and advertising globally. His output focuses on challenges facing both media owners and media buyers as they attempt to negotiate the challenges posed by technology, data and the the strategic impact of programmatic trading. Ronan holds academic qualifications in journalism and has worked for a number of leading industry titles in both Europe and the Middle East.Articles by Ronan
Facebook: 'We Can Make Ad Serving Incorporate Real Identity'
Facebook will make its ATS debut this year in both New York and Paris to further explain its flagship ad tech product Atlas, which many have dubbed as a serious contender to Google's ad stack. ExchangeWire caught up with Lori [...]
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Google’s Search History Shows The Way For Display
Ahead of his ATS New York speaking engagement, John Snyder, Grapeshot, CEO, and veteran of the digital marketing space, reflects on how companies in the programmatic space can learn from Google's emphasis on simplicity in the workflow process. Back in [...]
Does Publicis' Epic Acquisition Spree Add Value?
Publicis Groupe has crowned its 2014 shopping spree with the announcement of its $3.7bn offer for digital advertising specialist Sapient, adding to its recent acquisition of mobile data management platform (DMP) RUN, plus last month's £40m stake in Matomy. But [...]
ExchangeWire European Weekly Round-Up
ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space, and in this week’s edition: Facebook's ad tech future; Countdown to ATS Paris kicks off with first European Programmatic survey; more consolidation; and more funding in [...]
AppNexus CTO On The Fight Against Ad Fraud
AppNexus will take to the stage at next month's ATS Paris to discuss issues around transparency, here Geir Magnusson, CTO, SVP of engineering at AppNexus, shares insights on the wildly varying accounts of the extent of the problem, plus potential [...]
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Facebook Talks Up Future Ad Tech Investment
Facebook spoke about the importance of ad tech in its recent earnings call with Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook, COO, telling investors it is vitally important to the company's 'mobile first' future, although the subsequent investment increase caused its share price to [...]
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Publicis In Latest Round Of Consolidation With Purchase Of Mobile DMP RUN
Publicis Groupe is continuing its transition to become a digital-first, cross screen outfit with the purchase of mobile-focused data management platform (DMP) RUN for a publicly undisclosed fee. The deal announced today (28 October) comes as the France-based media giant (which [...]
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'Où sont les talents?' French Programmatic Survey Reveals Skills Gap Impeding Growth
The French programmatic advertising sector is in buoyant health, spurred by a growing awareness of how data-led strategies can improve the efficiency of media trading, but a skills shortage prevents it from developing further, according to a survey ahead of [...]
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