ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. 1. Yahoo Parts Ways with COO De Castro Ahead Of Ad Exchange Roll-Out Earlier this week it emerged that Yahoo has axed its former Chief Operating Officer Henrique [...]

Sources indicate that data will be one of the hot topics of 2014, particularly as the French regulator begins to bear its teeth and advertisers begin to demand enhanced transparency. In short, the terms ‘privacy’ and ‘transparency’ could soon become [...]

Investment in internet advertising continues to buoy the overall UK marketing industry, according to the latest IPA Bellwether report. The report released today (16 January) reveals an overall increase in marketing spend in the fourth quarter of 2013, with over 11% [...]

January is always a time of reflection and prediction, reflecting on how mobile advertising has evolved and then predicting what is in store over the next 12 months. In 2013, the dust settled on some fundamental issues: programmatic (on its way [...]

MoneySuperMarket aims to increase the efficiency of its online media spend by cutting a deal with ad viewability firm Meetrics, as it continues to diversify its multi-million pound digital marketing strategy. The price comparison site today (13 January, 2014) announced it [...]

ExchangeWire sources musings on the potential implications of ad tech sales teams attempting to bypass media agencies, and the potential implications it can have on the dynamics of the market. The past couple of years have seen a common [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. 1. Publicis/Omnicom Merger Receives Green Light In Europe, So What Will This Mean For Accuen And Vivaki? The merger is quite rightly billed as one of the [...]

GroupM’s purchase of Germany-based Plista for a reputed €30m indicates an increased appetite for data-driven solutions among the industry’s big players, but also points to mounting pressure facing third-party tech partners as we enter 2014. This week WPP’s investment arm GroupM [...]

Earlier this week UK trade bodies representing brands, advertisers and the ad tech communities agreed a set of guidelines aimed at providing greater transparency in the online ad trading sector, bringing a near three-year deadlock to an end. The newly formed [...]

AppNexus’ deal with UIM (United Internet Media) will see the pair build a private marketplace letting advertisers bid on inventory on websites such as GMX and WEB.DE, in a move that could see the German programmatic ad market double in [...]