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

• Facebook Retires Atlas; INVIDI Acquired by AT&T, DISH & WPP

  8 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire round up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Facebook shutters Atlas; INVIDI changes ownership; Programmatic audio ads by Adform; New publishers for Outbrain; Code of Conduct for German programmatic market; [...]

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• Programmatic in Deutschland wächst; Teads vermarktet Spiegel Online

  8 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire bündelt die wichtigsten Nachrichten aus der Region DACH. Diese Woche: Programmatic in Deutschland auf Wachstumskurs; Teads übernimmt Outstream-Vermarktung von Spiegel; Adblock-Rate in Deutschland sinkt; und Deutsche Unternehmen misstrauen ihren Mediaagenturen. Programmatic in Deutschland wächst 51% Zwischen September und Oktober 2016 wurden [...]

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• Facebook Updates Metrics & Reporting; LiveRamp Buys Arbor and Circulate

  8 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire round up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Facebook updates metrics and reporting; LiveRamp buys Arbor and Circulate; IAB and ISBA cooperate on mobile buying handbook; Snapchat IPO is coming; More [...]

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• Real-Time Media Buying is Just the Tip of the Programmatic Iceberg

  8 years ago News

  

  Programmatic advertising is still not used to its full potential. In this piece, Chris Le May (pictured below), SVP and MD Europe and emerging markets, DataXu, specifically addresses marketers and explains how they can make the most of their programmatic spend by breaking down silos [...]

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• Smartclip vermarktet für IP und G+J; ADITION, ADEX, Roq.ad Partnerschaft

  8 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire bündelt die wichtigsten Nachrichten aus der Region DACH mit Schlaglicht-Interviews aus der deutschsprachigen Programmatic-Szene. Diese Woche: Smartclip übernimmt Outstream-Vermarktung für IP und G+J EMS; ADITION, ADEX und Roq.ad schließen Technologiepartnerschaft; AdDefend bringt Anti-Adblock-Technologie nach Österreich; Neuzugang bei OpenX Deutschland; [...]

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• Adobe Buys TubeMogul; Digital Video Advertising Strategies are Maturing

  8 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire round up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: TubeMogul bought up by Adobe; iab Europe digital video advertising survey; Earnings for YuMe and Marin; FastPay fintech financing program; Targeted display solution [...]

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• Partnerschaft zwischen Outbrain und Spiegel; Adjust expandiert in USA

  8 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire bündelt die wichtigsten Nachrichten aus der Region DACH mit Schlaglicht-Interviews aus der deutschsprachigen Programmatic-Szene. Diese Woche: Outbrain schließt weitere strategische Partnerschaft in Deutschland; Adjust expandiert in USA; Mobile immer dominanter; und Fünf Fragen an Oliver Hülse, Rocket Fuel. Strategische Partnerschaft [...]

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• EU Data Protection Working Group Vs WhatsApp; Adyoulike & Trade Desk Partner

  8 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire round up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: EU data protection takes on Facebook-WhatsApp; Native advertising partnership between Adyoulike and The Trade Desk; Weve and AppNexus; Series A Funding for Convertr; and partnership [...]

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• Publishers on Programmatic in Finland

  8 years ago News

  

  According to statistics from earlier this year, programmatic advertising is really taking off in Finland. Looking at ad sales from December 2015, the Association of Finnish Advertisers found that 75% of advertisers engaged in programmatic buying of ads. Sounds like [...]

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• Refined Labs wechselt Besitzer; Neustar investiert in Europa

  8 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire bündelt die wichtigsten Nachrichten aus der Region DACH mit Schlaglicht-Interviews aus der deutschsprachigen Programmatic-Szene. Diese Woche: Refined Labs gehört Visual IQ; Sven Bagemihl wird Geschäftsführer für Neustar Deutschland; Süddeutsche Zeitung gegen Adblocker; und Vier Fragen an Thomas Bindl, Refined [...]

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