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

• Adblock Plus Defeats Publisher in Court; Facebook Instant Articles Gets Video Ads

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  ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Publishers lose again against Adblock Plus; Video ads for Facebook Instant Articles; AMP-compliant header bidding solution by Rubicon Project; and LiveRail's past [...]

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• Eastern European Tablet Market Continues to Grow; Programmatic Ad Spend in US

  9 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire Research’s weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world, with additional insight provided by Rebecca Muir, head of research and analysis, ExchangeWire. In this week’s edition: the majority of ANA marketers have made programmatic buys; Eastern [...]

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• RTL Mediengruppe Buys SmartClip; USD$60m funding for The Trade Desk

  9 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: RTL Mediengruppe buys SmartClip; Trade Desk takes USD$60m in funding; AppNexus partners with Le Figaro; Moat uses funding for developing new metrics; [...]

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• AppNexus Outstream Video Exchange: Q&A with Eric Hoffert, SVP Video Technology, AppNexus

  9 years ago News

  

  AppNexus's outstream video has been launched for buyers and is four weeks into closed testing for publishers. Eric Hoffert (pictured below), SVP of video technology, AppNexus, speaks to ExchangeWire about the open exchange approach for outstream, viewability and engagement rates [...]

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• Google Launches Analytics 360 Suite; Sky Go Linear Partners with Yospace

  9 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Google Analytics 360 Suite; Live ad insertion for Sky Go Linear; Rubicon Project and Mediaocean partner up; M&C Saatchi Mobile use Drawbridge; and [...]

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• Mobile Video Plays on the Rise; Viewability Affects Ad Effectiveness

  9 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire Research’s weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world, with additional insight provided by Rebecca Muir, head of research and analysis, ExchangeWire. In this week’s edition: Mobile video on the rise; Ad effectiveness increases with viewability; [...]

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• Publicis Media Reshuffled; PubMatic UK Appoints Paul Gubbins

  9 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Publicis Media reveals new structure; New country manager for PubMatic UK; AppNexus announces video SSP; AerServ and Pixalate cooperate; and Fyber releases ad [...]

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• Programmatic Ads Drive Greater ROI; Ideal Video Ad Length is 15 Seconds

  9 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire Research’s weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world, with additional insight provided by Rebecca Muir, head of research and analysis, ExchangeWire. In this week’s edition: Programmatic ads return more ROI than traditional media; Micro ads [...]

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• Glow Merges with ADTZ; Inneractive Snapped Up by RNTS

  9 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: London-based Glow merges with Spanish ADTZ; RNTS buys Inneractive; EU releases more details on 'Privacy Shield'; UK cultural secretary slams ad blocking; Facebook faces German anti-trust [...]

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• £416.2m Digital Revenues in 2015 for Publishers; Use of Ad Blockers Rises

  9 years ago News

  

  ExchangeWire Research’s weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world, with additional insight provided by Rebecca Muir, head of research and analysis, ExchangeWire. In this week’s edition: £416.2m digital revenues in 2015 for UK publishers; use of [...]

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