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  • A Year-long Profitable Streak for Amazon

    Last week (28 April), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock skyrocketed after the company announced financial results for its first quarter, ended 31 March, 2016. AWS accounted for 56% of the company's profit this quarter and is the most profitable business at [...]

  • The Basics of Successful Mobile Audience Data Handling for Marketers

    What do marketers have to consider when buying data, modelling audience segments, and selecting the right platform? In this piece on mobile audience data handling, Tom Laband, CEO AdSquare (pictured below), addresses marketers who are unsure how to approach audience targeting; [...]

  • It’s Not Mobile vs Desktop – It’s In-App vs Web: Q&A with Fyber

    The global ad industry is plagued by a big misconception at the moment: the idea that there’s a huge difference between buying and selling inventory programmatically on mobile versus desktop. But, according to Fyber’s co-founder and COO Janis Zech, and [...]

  • Facebook Triumphs Over Expectations

    Yesterday (27 April) Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016. The company's results dwarfed analysts' expectations, resulting in a 9% increase in stock in after-hours trading.  Facebook's triumphant earnings are refreshing after a week of poor results [...]

  • UK Internet Ad Spend Grows 17.3%; RTB Media Auction Volume Increases 217%

    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 drives UK ad spend; RTB media auction volume rises 217%; [...]

  • Target People Over Pages: Q&A with Dean Akinjobi, CEO, Football Media

    In March OpenX held its third event as part of its School of Programmatic initiative (a series of workshops designed to fill the knowledge gaps and supply the skills and know-how to make the most of programmatic), focusing on strategies [...]

  • Twitter & Apple Fail to Meet Expectations

    Yesterday (26 April) analysts forecast the first ever quarterly decline in iPhone sales on a year-over-year basis. Overall expectations for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) earnings were bleak. Analysts' predictions were realised - and stock fell by 8%. This quarter marks Apple's first quarterly sales [...]

  • IPA Bellwether Report Q1 2016

    Marketers remain undeterred by financial and economic concerns, including Brexit and government spending cuts, illustrated by continued growth in marketing budgets, according the IPA Bellwether Report Q1 2016, released last Thursday (14 April).  Report Highlights  – Marketing budget growth sustained for fourteenth successive [...]

  • Data Analytics Drives Digital Marketing Budget in Brazil; Abril Announces Deal with MOAT

    This week’s Latin American Roundup: How digital marketing teams have been investing their budget around data solutions in Brazil; Teads appoints Luciana Salazar as their new head of programmatic for Latin America; Editora Abril sets a deal with MOAT to [...]

  • Alphabet's Earnings Miss Forecasts

    Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) yesterday (21 April), announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016. Google continues to prop up the company's overall performance turning a profit whilst 'Other Bets' operate at a loss. Immediately after the [...]