Google's Acquisition Shows It's Hungry for More Digital Video Advertising

Google is buying a mDialog, a small player in the digital video ad space to add to the search giant's DoubleClick collection. Canada-based mDialog provides technology to major media companies such as broadcasters, who use it to serve ads against their shows wherever they run digitally—across screens. “We’re committed to offering more ways for publishers to monetize live, linear and on-demand video content across all screens,” Google said in a blog post announcing its mDialog acquisition. “While nothing’s changing for their customers immediately, over time we’ll work with the mDialog team to incorporate their technology and expertise into our DoubleClick product suite.” Google did not reveal what it paid for mDialog. Google has been focused on digital video advertising, recently launching a special market called Google Select Partners for online publishers to sell commercials against their content. Moving forward, mDialog serves ads to Xbox and Apple TV, television video on demand, smartphones, and a number of other connected devices. The company emphasizes addressability data, which identifies whether ads are targeted to the right consumer. It also has technology that can serve linear TV advertising, a growing area of interest, especially for broadcasters. Video ad serving is evolving online and via television, and more media companies are investing in automated platforms to buy and sell commercials across screens and devices. Such programmatic technology is... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Szalay’s novel connects a dozen stories about people linked by air travel. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-15 15:35:38 UTC ]
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Pearson breaks from print with 'digital first' policy for US titles

Pearson will start releasing its updated US titles in digital form first as it breaks with traditional educational publishing and begins phasing out print textbooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 14:01:34 UTC ]
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Family-Owned Bonnier News Organizes for Continued Digital Growth

Lotta Edling is proud of her company’s journalistic excellence, as well as its growth in reach and digital subscription numbers Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-07-12 18:30:41 UTC ]
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Citing Embargo, Libraries Plan Boycott of Blackstone Digital Audio

A coalition of some 44 public libraries across Washington state is organizing a six-month boycott of Blackstone Publishing's digital audiobooks after the publisher announced last month that it would withhold new release audio titles from libraries for 90 days. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Google placed 'Stranger Things' AR ads in 'The New York Times'

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[ Engadget | 2019-07-11 13:00:00 UTC ]
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This Novel About the Publishing Industry in 1987 Shows How Little Has Changed

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[ Electric Literature | 2019-07-09 14:00:32 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-03 02:12:27 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-24 19:42:28 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-24 05:59:01 UTC ]
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