What is a private exchange? How does it work? Is it an invite-only market? Will you still buy inventory through RTB? These are the type of questions that I have been trying to answer since Weather.com [...]

In a press conference this morning, Rubicon CEO Frank Adante gave details on the worst kept secret in the industry, namely the Rubicon acquisition of Fox Audience Network. The deal is primarily seen as a talent and technology acquisition. [...]

» I don't usually engage in conjecture and rumour - well not all the time. But the story of FAN's sale to Rubicon seems to be getting frothier by the minute. All the major tech gossip channels - [...]

Ben Barokas, Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Admeld, gave an in-depth presentation on the evolution of the European sell-side at the recent ExchangeWire Ad Trading Summit. The keynote provides an excellent overview of growth in the ad network market since [...]

» Google is now earning $2.5 billion from non-text display on the YouTube and DoubleClick platforms, as it uncharacteristically broke out details of its Q3 earnings. The numbers are a bit fuzzy on detail. There's no indication what [...]

Terry Kawaja published a visual overview of the convoluted US display eco-system last year. It demonstrated how crowded the middle ground between the advertiser and publisher was becoming - and indeed why the display space was ripe for mass [...]

Admeld today has announced a new funding round of $15 million dollars. The sell-side technology company has enjoyed considerable growth over the past twelve months, having quadrupled its customer base and established itself as the largest independent RTB platform [...]

Google's partnership with Omnicom to build out the agency's trading desk with the view of putting hundreds of millions of display dollars through automated channels (Google's mostly) could well be a transformational moment for the display market. I could [...]

Germany's leading ad exchange, Adscale, announced today that it has raised new funding from French investment firm, TIME Equity Partners. The deal is said to be in excess of five million euro, and will give TIME Investor a minor [...]

Malvertising is, according to Rubicon execs, putting about $600 million dollars of publisher revenue at risk every month. I take it that cost must include brand damage, loss of revenue due to drop in traffic (malware has led to [...]