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30. Dave Zinman – on the first ad server, BlueLithium and beyond

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Dave co-founded a company while at Stanford Business School that built the first demand-side ad server, and he later went on to develop products at pioneering powerhouses such as BlueLithium, Yahoo, InfoLinks and Drawbridge. The company was acquired by Engage , a CMGI Company, for $193 million in 1999, right before the dot-com bust.

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30. Dave Zinman – on the first ad server, BlueLithium and beyond

Paleo AdTech

Dave co-founded a company while at Stanford Business School that built the first demand-side ad server, and he later went on to develop products at pioneering powerhouses such as BlueLithium, Yahoo, InfoLinks and Drawbridge. Mango, the tropically-named motherboard for FocaLink’s proto-ad server.

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If Google Opens Up YouTube Inventory to Third-Party Ad Tech, Who Comes Out On Top?

VideoWeek

Reuters reported on Monday that Google has offered to open up access to YouTube for third-party ad tech companies, as part of a settlement for an ongoing EU antitrust investigation. For example, a bill was recently proposed in the US Senate which would force Google to divest its ad tech business.

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The WIR: ITV Lays Off 200 Staff, UK Passes Key Media Bills, and WPP Signs AI Deal with Anthropic

VideoWeek

The job cuts are expected to focus on ITV’s media and entertainment unit, home of its streaming and broadcasting operations. The Media Bill, which was backed by all of the UK’s major broadcasters, will require that public service broadcasters are given prominence on smart TVs and connected devices. Read more on VideoWeek.

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Disney plans to extend Hulu’s ad targeting options to Disney+’s ad tier

Digiday

to Disney’s media properties and more than 100 million U.S. household-level IDs, she added. The targeting thing is probably big for them because they can better monetize the inventory as opposed to us just buying P2+ [the broad audience segment of anyone two years old and older] and there’s so much waste.

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Disney strikes a big adtech deal with The Trade Desk as Disney+ expands into ads

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The news comes in advance of Disney’s launch of an ad-supported tier for its flagship service, Disney+ , which would likely be another such target of such a deal. The Trade Desk develops advertising automation tools and manages an ad network that couples online publishers with brands.

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Best Guide to Display Lumascape [2023]

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At first glance, it seems like Pandora’s box but it is simply a digital map that classifies each and every entity in the ad tech ecosystem. Having emerged from its roots, the programmatic ad tech sector has greatly evolved into an ecosystem in itself. Ad Servers in Display Lumascape. Tag management.