The boom town in digital is being built in a video player, and the dilemma created by the boom is now a pretty famous one: There's more demand from advertisers for premium video inventory than most publishers can reasonably accommodate. That's where outstream video comes in. The promise of outstream…
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If you want to hear about real-life examples of how a historic, trusted but largely regional publication can adapt to and thrive in digital, Ray Faust is one of those people you’d want to talk to. The VP, National and Emerging Sales at the Star Tribune Media Company helped lead…
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Just what is the state of ad ops? It’s complicated. Literally. As AdMonsters Publisher Rob Beeler suggests in his executive summary to the State of Ad Ops 2015 (sponsored by Sizmek), complexity is more foe to a digital publisher than competing sites. Indeed, that’s why digital pubs are willing to…
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The crowd is re-assembling at Estancia La Jolla on this, the second day of AdMonsters Publisher Forum 37 (you can check out the liveblog for the first day here -- there was a lot going on). We had a packed day yesterday, with some excellent discussions and a ton of…
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As consumers of digital media, the connected device revolution has been a wonder, giving users the ability to experience the entire Internet virtually whenever, wherever and on whatever they choose. For digital publishers, it's been a bit more of a pain. Publisher audiences are consuming content on a wealth of…
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Looks like the AdMonsters editorial team chose just the right moment to get out of cloudy, autumnal New York City, and the right destination. La Jolla, CA is about as sunny and warm as any travel agent would want us to believe. These are prime conditions for AdMonsters Publisher Forum…
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When it comes to media, video is a near universal medium. It’s the foundation of television, the hottest thing on desktop web and an emerging star on smartphones and tablets. And video is video is video on whatever screen it may appear on – for the most part, viewers don’t…
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We’re two months past Sept. 1, the date when Google Chrome started detecting and pausing any Flash content it deemed “unimportant” to a page’s main content — in other words, Flash ads. Mozilla’s own Flash-blocking practices preceded Chrome’s, in practice. And yet, not only has the internet not broken itself,…
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There’s a curious thing about DMPs: Publishers generally understand it’s a good idea for them to be aligned with one. A DMP is supposed to help publishers get the most value for their proprietary data, and to pass along the value of its audience extension capabilities to advertisers. But at…
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AdMonsters Holiday PartyDecember 2, 2015, 8 to 10 pm, The Royalton New YorkNetwork and socialize with the world's online advertising leadersWhat a year 2015 has been for AdMonsters and the industry as a whole. It's time to celebrate all that we have accomplished and take a break before heading into…
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