New IAB chairman: content is king in an imperfect kingdom

This event report addresses some of the major challenges facing members of the digital advertising industry in 2015.

New IAB chairman: content is king in an imperfect kingdom

Geoffrey PrecourtWarc

Before an audience containing 1,100 supporters of a digital ecosystem which prides itself on youthful vitality, the new chair of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) spoke about the length of his career.

"I would venture to say that I have been in advertising longer than anyone in this room," David Morris, chief revenue officer for CBS Interactive, told an opening-night audience at the IAB's 2015 Annual Leadership Meeting. "I got my start in the ad business doing a voiceover in a Clairol TV ad when I was...

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