Magnite’s Gregory Sherrill: Supply Side Partners Are Taking Strategic Control of Media Buying

AMENIA, NY – The long-standing boundaries between buying and selling in programmatic advertising are dissolving as supply-side platforms assert greater influence over media investment decisions. “The supply side is taking on an increasingly more significant role in media buying today,” Gregory Sherrill, VP of Demand at Magnite, told Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan in an interview […]

 
 

Index Exchange’s Caley Lewis: SSPs Aren’t ‘Dumb Pipes’

NEW YORK — Supply-side platforms and holding companies are forging deeper partnerships as SSPs evolve beyond their traditional role of simply facilitating inventory transactions, according to Caley Lewis, VP Americas at Index Exchange. “SSPs are no longer just simply facilitating inventory to the DSPs, or actually playing a more valuable role in making sure that […]

 
 

Zimmerman’s Herman: Blockchain Promises to Save Brands Money in Multiple Ways

There have been some doubters when it comes to the potential impact of blockchain in the advertising business. Adam Herman, Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer at Zimmerman Advertising is a big believer. Herman has been employing technology from the startup Blockboard for numerous clients’ campaigns. And thus far, the technology is saving them money […]

 
 

Blockboard’s Wasserlauf: CTV Should Learn from Web Video’s Mistakes

Matt Wasserlauf, founder and CEO of Blockboard, sees the growth of connected TV advertising as a perfect money for the ad industry to undergo a necessary ad tech reset. He knows it won’t be easy. Having built and stewarded a previous startup through the early days of digital video advertising, Wasserlauf has seen what happens […]