"Can't wait to see ads on my Apple Watch!" said no one ever. I'm sure that consumers are wondering what genius will be the first to spam them with belly fat ads on the Watch. When an ad network for the Watch was announced at CES in January, a million fanboys…
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Upfront season seems like it never ends. From late February to May, buzzed buyers are carted from garish affair to ostentatious event, plied at each with swag and booze (but of course!) while networks and broadcasters (and don’t forget web-based content providers) roll out celebrities and musical acts to ornament…
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As the founder of AdMonsters, I’ve been to just about all of our conferences over the years. At this point I’m used to the fact that you all aren’t there to talk to me, but people do often ask me why and how I started the company.The simple answer is…
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Access Intelligence Acquires AdMonsters, Expanding Its Conference Portfolio with Leading Ad Ops & Digital Technology BrandROCKVILLE, MD, March 9, 2015 -- Access Intelligence announced today the acquisition of AdMonsters, the fast-growing and preeminent conference and trade show company serving the online advertising operations, advertising technology and digital media markets. This…
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Gawker co-founder and CEO Nick Denton sent the digital media world into a tizzy Wednesday by announcing he was stepping down as president and replacing himself with a group of senior managing partners to oversee the media empire. As I scrolled through the list of the anointed, I saw one…
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“The good thing is that we are on a vendor stack,” commented Ricardo Collison, VP of Revenue Platforms for CBSi. “The bad thing is that we are on a vendor stack.”A digital totem pole built out of a mishmash of mismatched pieces, the revenue tech stack stands in the center…
Read MoreAdMonsters Meetup at the Weather Channel: Join us after the AdMonsters Tech Forum at the Weather Channel for drinks and ad ops talk. Stay tuned for details about the event.Creative In FluxIt’s been years since Steve Jobs seemingly signed the death warrant for Flash, yet the technology is still feels omnipresent in digital…
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Today marks the hottest day of the year here outside of Portland at the Columbia Gorge. Today also marks our first day of sessions at Publisher Forum. Coincidence? Maybe. But, we like to think the blazing ad ops leaders in the house had something to do with the record heat.…
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I’ve been called a baby in the digital media space, but at the ripe old age of 33, I remember not only life without the Internet, but also those dark days in the pre-cable era. In 1990, my father hooked up our 86/88 PC to a modem to communicate with…
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I have just emerged from my sensory deprivation chamber following AdMonsters’ June 10 OPS conference – the stimulation of more than 500 industry players roaming four floors devoted to native advertising, multiscreen and technology was too much to digest. Just before I went into shock, Content Czar Rob Beeler guided…
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