Ménage à trois in display advertising starts on schedule.
AOL sticks with Yahoo for real-time bidding in mega display ad agreement.
A central place for ad buyers to plug data and tech into their media buys, DSP-style.
Next phase for Microsoft Ad Exchange is international rollout, including launches in the U.K., Canada, and the Netherlands.
Ari Paparo joins from Nielsen, where his nine-month stint overlapped with a rough patch for the researcher.
DSP is prevented from accessing real-time inventory after violating Google's exchange policies.
Real-time bidding of PPC search ads is great for all three participants of the online ecosystem: the searcher, the engine, and the advertiser. And this could be where we are in three years.
Investments in mobile ad exchange technology and AppNexus highlight intensifying rivalry with Yahoo and Google.
Analysts and agencies agree demand for display ads will rise, but they disagree about nearly everything else.

June 6, 2012
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