media buying
Icon International’s Reid Steinberg: Principal-Based Buying Shifts Media From ‘Expense Item’ To ‘Profit Maker’
LAS VEGAS — Principal-based media buying can best be seen as a not just an update of traditional “media barter” arrangements, but as a way to solve the problems associated with that old form of agency/publisher deals. As Incon International’s Reid Steinberg notes, principal-based buys can help advertisers unlock additional budgetary spending. On top of […]
OpenX’s Rebecca Bonell: AI Use Must Go Beyond Finding ‘Cheap CPMs’
Marketers need to demand more of artificial intelligence than just seeing it as a tool to find the lowest-cost ad prices. “AI shouldn’t be just finding cheap CPMs. No one wins at that. It’s about connecting the sellers and the buyers,” Rebecca Bonell, senior director, Business Development at OpenX, told Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan. This […]