Ad Network Consolidation

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Earlier this year, I wrote about the consolidation of spending on ad networks.   We've seen increasingly concentrated spending over the last several years, with the top five ad networks (by AA|RF spend) earning 71% of total ad network spending last year.  For the first half of 2008, the trend continued, ...

Three Reasons Federated Media is Growing

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

After weeks (months?) of rumors, word is out that Federated Media has completed a $50 million round. I'll save the questions around valuation of the company for the investors.  However, I can say that FM has established a nice track record with Avenue A | Razorfish (my employer) over the last ...

The window is closing

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

In the ad network category, Avenue A | Razorfish's spending continued to be consolidated with the biggest players, a trend that has been growing over the past two years. Our billings with ad networks grew 34% year over year, with nearly all of this increase in spending directed toward the ...