Sonja Kroll
EMEA Editor
Sonja is the EMEA editor for ExchangeWire and covers all things programmatic in Europe from her base in Dublin. She initially found her way into the online marketing world through editorial and management roles for Yahoo! Search Marketing in the mid 2000s, before switching sides in 2009 and reporting on the online advertising industry as a regular contributor to German language internet news portal internetworld.de, and working as a content creator for a variety of clients in the tech and marketing world. Sonja has a BA in Photographic Media under her belt and in a previous life, qualified as secondary school teacher from the University of Würzburg, Germany, conducted traffic surveys and acted as an extra on an Irish soap opera.Articles by Sonja
£11.4bn Ad Spend for UK in 2017; New Partnerships for Bitposter
ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: UK ad spend forecast 2017; Bitposter inks new partnerships; Device ID fraud costs USD$1bn (£730m) in damages; Funding for Funnel; PRISA uses [...]
Ad Tech Dominates: Looking Back at dmexco & Forward to the Future
With another highlight of the programmatic calendar done and dusted, Anton Kooijman (pictured below), managing director Northern Europe, Rubicon Project, looks at the behemoth of a trade show that dmexco has become and the key trends coming out of this [...]
GDPR-Compliance Is an Opportunity for Data Usage: Q&A with Themer Abourayan, Product Director, Platform161
It may look like an inconvenience, having to prepare for GDPR, yet apart from the threats connected with the implementation of new regulation, there are also opportunities. In this Q&A, Themer Abourayan (pictured below), product director, Platform161, talks about the [...]
Heiße Themen Viewability & Ad Fraud; ADEX übernimmt Batch Media
ExchangeWire bündelt die wichtigsten Nachrichten aus der Region DACH mit Schlaglicht-Interviews aus der deutschsprachigen Programmatic-Szene. Diese Woche: IAS bringt Media Quality Report für Deutschland; The ADEX übernimmt Batch Media ganz; Noch eine Übernahme für Glispa; Eigene SSP-Header Bidding-Lösung bei Plista; [...]
Brand Safety in the UK; Location Sciences Launches
ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Brand safety in the UK; Location Sciences launches; Inneractive releases VAMP; MadHive launches blockchain solve for GDPR; Guardian and OpenX collaborate; Ve receives funding; [...]
Data Science Brings Intelligence to Ad Tech: Q&A with Catherine Williams, Chief Data Scientist, AppNexus
In an industry based on data and real-time analysis, data scientists are the interpreters of complex variables that determine the outcome of advertising campaigns. Catherine Williams (pictured below), chief data scientist, AppNexus, talks about the role of data science in [...]
Glomex expandiert nach UK; Iotec startet in der DACH-Region
ExchangeWire bündelt die wichtigsten Nachrichten aus der Region DACH mit Schlaglicht-Interviews aus der deutschsprachigen Programmatic-Szene. Diese Woche: Glomex startet in UK; Iotec startet in DACH; ProSiebenSat1 starten Kooperation mit Line; und Fünf Fragen an Lars Hense, Inskin Media. Glomex expandiert in [...]
Sizmek Completes Acquisition of Rocket Fuel; Quantcast Audience Insights
ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Rocket Fuel belongs to Sizmek; Quantcast provides Audience Insights; Mindshare launches ANNA; Sublime Skinz introduces new ad format; S4M-Factual partnership; Funding for [...]
Solides Wachstum von Programmatic in Deutschland; smartclip kooperiert mit Goldbach Audience
ExchangeWire bündelt die wichtigsten Nachrichten aus der Region DACH mit Schlaglicht-Interviews aus der deutschsprachigen Programmatic-Szene. Diese Woche: Wachstumsrate von Programmatic in Deutschland; smartclip und Goldbach Audience kooperieren in Österreich; Ströer und Seeding Alliance machen Programmatic nativ; und Fünf Fragen an [...]
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