Publicis Groupe is continuing its transition to become a digital-first, cross screen outfit with the purchase of mobile-focused data management platform (DMP) RUN for a publicly undisclosed fee.  The deal announced today (28 October) comes as the France-based media giant (which [...]

The French programmatic advertising sector is in buoyant health, spurred by a growing awareness of how data-led strategies can improve the efficiency of media trading, but a skills shortage prevents it from developing further, according to a survey ahead of [...]

Cameron Hulett, Undertone, executive director, explains his opinion on how data shows that it's best to keep it simple when coming up with campaign creatives, especially with online audiences, which are notoriously promiscuous.   In the 1970’s the TV show ‘Sesame [...]

Careless retargeting executed by ad tech firms more interested in swelling their bottom lines, as opposed to performing a consumer service, are damaging their advertisers in the eyes of consumers that are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with just how much brands [...]

A sharp rise in marketers' willingness to buy mobile ad formats, plus media owners' increased willingness to experiment with a wider range of auction models will spur the US programmatic advertising sector to double in value between this year and [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space, and in this week’s edition: Google earnings continue to rise, but share price slips amid declining CPCs, and battles in Europe; The inter-related fortunes of Facebook [...]

Singapore-based mobile advertising firm AdNear has raised $19m in series B funding, in a sign of the rapidly developing digital economy there,  as the South East Asian (SEA) digital industry collectively bids to bolster its prominence in the wider advertising [...]

The decline of free marketing opportunities on social media and search engines, plus the growing rivalry between Facebook and Google, as well as an increased demand for cross-screen ad campaigns are all spurring the programmatic display ad sector, according to ExchangeWire sources.  The [...]

This week marks the first IAB UK Digital Upfronts, where some of the industry's biggest names pitch their wares ahead of the lucrative Xmas media trading season, and today is the turn of Yahoo which has unveiled its programmatic advertising [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space, and in this week's edition: Germany's Fyber sells to RNTS Media; ExchangeWire begins ATS New York countdown; UK digital spend valued at £7bn a year; Ebuzzing [...]