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  • Rubicon Project Revenue up 33%; Rocket Fuel's Struggle Continues

    Yesterday (2 August), Rocket Fuel (the ad network desperately trying to transform itself into a software company) reported a loss of USD$16.7m (£12.53m) in second quarter ended 30 June, 2016. Highlights – Platform Solutions grew significantly year-on-year, representing 18% of GAAP revenue in the [...]

  • Spotify Sells Audio Ads Programmatically; Google AMP for Ads

    ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Automated buying of audio ads at Spotify; Google AMP goes ad; Phillipson to step down as IAB UK CEO; Adyoulike teams up [...]

  • Fundamentally, Users Aren't Cookies: Q&A with Ezra Pierce, CEO, Avocet & David de Jong, CEO, Screen6

    With people now almost exclusively cross-device, effective measurement and management of their consumption is crucial. ExchangeWire spoke with Ezra Pierce, co-founder and CEO, Avocet and David de Jong, co-founder and CEO, Screen6 about their partnership, which allows cross-device conversion management [...]

  • Let Machines Do What They Excel at: Q&A with Peter Silverwood, Chief Scientific Officer, IO

    The UK DSP market is a tough market to operate in, let alone launch in. Still a relatively new kid on the block, and founded by an ex-Met Office employee, Intelligent Optimisations (IO) are making a name for themselves in [...]

  • Marketo Acquired by Vista Equity Partners; Facebook Shutters LiveRail

    ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Marketo is snapped up by private equity firm; Facebook retires LiveRail; DoubleClick connects advertisers and marketing experts; Adsquare partners with Adelphi; and New partnership [...]

  • For Supply Chains, the Direct Approach Works Best

    Although successful and still growing, programmatic trading is outdated and overpriced. If it is to survive, the industry needs to up their game and update and optimise programmatic. In this piece, Andrew Eifler, VP product management, AppNexus Advertiser Technology Group (pictured [...]

  • Who Takes Legal Liability?

    Last week (18 May), UK law firm Kemp Little held their annual conference, 'The Fourth Industrial Revolution… or Evolution'. In this piece, we explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) increases the scalability of knowledge and legal liability for programmatic advertising.  Dynamic scalability [...]

  • Facebook Audience Network Sells Video Ads for Third Parties; Twitter Takes Ads to Embedded Feeds

    ExchangeWire round up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Facebook Audience Network Sells Video Ads; Twitter Ads in External Feeds; SAP introduces media exchange; Dynamic Email Retargeting by Criteo; More Transparency [...]

  • CEO "Proud" of Rubicon Q1 Results

    Yesterday, (3 May) Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI), reported record Q1 results: revenue is up 71% year-on-year; earnings per share are up by 1,450% year-on-year. Rubicon also reported that 30% of its revenue comes from mobile and the remaining 70% from desktop, [...]

  • Strong Performances by Facebook and WPP; ISBA Criticises UK Agencies

    ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Strong quarters for Facebook and WPP; ISBA calls for transparency; Xaxis appoints Harcus as UK MD; LiveRamp enters UK and FR markets; [...]