Watch Professor David Crystal's keynote presentation from the EU Publisher Forum in Barcelona, Spain: Professor David Crystal is a prolific writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster who divides his time between work on language and on internet applications. His recent publications include Language and the Internet (2006) and Txtng the Gr8…
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In advance of the EU Network Ops Forum we asked keynote speaker Sacha Berlik of Mexad a few questions about the new data driven marketplace.Q: Can you tell us about Mexad and what role the company has in the industry?SB: Mexad’s core team are made up of Ad Exchange Veterans…
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Maybe the title of the post is hyperbolic but at least this idea could put a big dent in their agency revenues.Note: these are my thoughts, not necessarily reflected of my employer.We talk about agencies having a digital backbone. Yet, for the most part, the technologies are licensed. For today’s…
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Matt Barash, Director of Publisher Development at Fox Audience Network, will be speaking at the US Network Ops Forum in San Francisco on June 17. In advance of his presentation we spoke with him about data and related techonologies.Q: Please give us a little information about your background in the…
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Editor's Note: As your business evolves and changes so should your revenue and operations tools. You may find it makes sense to upgrade or switch your tools. This will lead to the dreaded ad server migration. Neil Rigby, Head of Operations at Associated Newspapers Ltd. recently compiled some tips on…
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Chris Jay Hoofnagle will be giving the keynote address Networks, Regulation and Privacy: Understanding Where We are Today at the US Network Forum in San Francisco on June 17.We asked him a few questions in advance of his presentation about privacy issues facing the industry today.Q: Can you please give…
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Recently, an Ad Operations colleague at a publisher contacted me about ad discrepancies. They started preparing for end of month billing: pulling their primary ad server campaign delivery reports pulling 3rd party ad server campaign delivery reports compressing the data from ad serving sources, and sending it all off to…
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There has been a lot of buzz lately about ad verification in the digital space. The media is writing about it, publishers and agencies are arguing about it, clients are asking questions about it, and providers are pushing it. The IAB even recently hosted a half-day conference to address this…
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NPR was one of a few publishers to have a customized iPad application available at the product launch. The iPad app was a result of five weeks of intense development, but also, six months of learning through a successful app on the iPhone platform. Here are some things to consider…
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According to the Bain Study “Building Brands Online”, in the next 3 years, brand marketers will spend close to 40% of their budget on cross-platform campaigns (up from roughly 25%). That’s about $52,000,000,000 being spent on cross platform campaigns in the near future. Unless you start making changes in your…
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