Tag Archives: Gannett

PointRoll Announces Promotions
Ad & Media Strategies
January 16, 2013 posted by Otilia Otlacan

PointRoll Announces Promotions

PointRoll, a Gannett company and the leading provider of digital marketing technology, today announced five new vice president promotions across its senior management team. The promotions include: Todd Pasternack to vice president, digital innovation; Cristina Westwood to vice president, operations; George Thomas to vice president, product management; Shannon Thompson to vice president, publisher sales; and Tonya Jones to vice president, finance. These promotions support PointRoll’s commitment to rewarding top talent within the organization and recognizing these employees’ importance to PointRoll’s growth and expansion.

PointRoll’s Rovion Acquisition Enables Interactive Flash and HTML5 Display Ad Creation in Minutes
Ad & Media Strategies
December 4, 2012 posted by Otilia Otlacan

PointRoll’s Rovion Acquisition Enables Interactive Flash and HTML5 Display Ad Creation in Minutes

PointRoll, a Gannett Company and the leading provider of digital marketing technology, today revealed additional capabilities including enabling ad creation in minutes, following the company’s acquisition of digital ad technology company, Rovion. PointRoll now offers Composer, a self-service, web-based ad creation technology formerly from Rovion that is being integrated into PointRoll’s OnPoint Platform, PointRoll’s premiere ad creation, delivery and measurement platform. The new tool empowers anyone to produce and deliver rich, interactive display ads in both Flash and HTML5, including video and mobile, in minutes and without knowing a single line of code.

New USATODAY.com Creates Better Viewing Experience for Consumers and Facilitates Visibility and Value for Advertisers with comScore Validated Impression Measurement
Ad & Media Strategies
October 4, 2012 posted by Otilia Otlacan

New USATODAY.com Creates Better Viewing Experience for Consumers and Facilitates Visibility and Value for Advertisers with comScore Validated Impression Measurement

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) and comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today announced an agreement to implement viewable impression measurement across ad campaigns appearing on the new USATODAY.com so that advertisers can quantify ads with the greatest ability to deliver an impact. The new USA TODAY offering leverages comScore’s validated Campaign Essentials (vCE) and Digital Analytix Monetization tools to optimize inventory and validate that digital ad impressions have been seen by a desired target audience, a clear requirement for delivering superior advertising performance and the accountability the industry has long needed.

PointRoll Unveils New Video Everywhere Technology, InTagration
Ad & Media Strategies
September 26, 2012 posted by Otilia Otlacan

PointRoll Unveils New Video Everywhere Technology, InTagration

PointRoll, a Gannett Company and the leading provider of digital marketing technology, today revealed its newest video campaign development technology, InTagration. InTagrationaddresses the challenges faced by many advertisers today who are looking for simplified ways to keep track of and meet publisher specifications for their video campaigns given varying formats and devices.

Fergus Mellon named Gannett’s Senior Vice President of Pricing and Planning, National Sales
Ad & Media Strategies
June 26, 2012 posted by Otilia Otlacan

Fergus Mellon named Gannett’s Senior Vice President of Pricing and Planning, National Sales

Fergus Mellon has been named senior vice president of Pricing and Planning, National Sales for the Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Mary Murcko, Gannett’s president of National Sales, announced today. He is responsible for sales pricing, planning and operational leadership and strategy of the National Sales Team. He reports to Murcko and is based in New York City.