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Today I'm proud to announce to that the Advertising.com Group has officially been renamed AOL Networks. This new brand better aligns with AOL, and should help all of our stakeholders to better understand the rich stack of assets and robust technology we bring together nearly 20,000 publishers and 4,000 advertisers. We believe this new name clearly represents the recognized cross-screen offerings across premium, programmatic and performance advertising.

Since our formation in April 2011, our mission has always been to simplify digital advertising at scale. AOL Networks will continue to offer global advertising solutions that help increase yield through a rich and broad set of platforms, formats, and technologies. We have heard from many clients that there are an increasing number of systems and partners they need to do business with to accomplish their online marketing objectives. AOL is synonymous with premium. And in the network space, there is a real need for premium experiences. With our established leadership in video, performance and now programmatic, plus AOL's foothold in premium advertising, we are better positioned than ever to define and own a transcending solution.

AOL Networks enables the world's top marketers and media brands to reach consumers across desktop, mobile, tablet and connected TVs with impact through premium experiences, programmatic buying and performance driven campaigns. It is the global partner of choice for leading publishers, advertisers and agencies seeking to maximize the value of their online brands.

The brands within AOL Networks will continue to operate under their existing names, including:

• ADTECH: Dominant cross-screen global ad management and serving platform.
• Advertising.com: Massive premium, cross-screen network with 596M* global unique visitors, programmatic buying, a proprietary DSP, and network-exclusive access to AOL inventory.
• The AOL On Network:Launched at AOL's Digital Content NewFront in 2012, AOL's premium video network reaching nearly 67M** unique viewers.
• goviral: Acquired in January 2011, the branded content distributor across premium publisher network in over 90 countries.
• Pictela: Acquired in December 2010, the award-winning content-based advertising and premium formats platform behind Premium Formats.

Additionally, BuySight, the recently acquired dynamic creative optimization firm, will be packaged into the Advertising.com product suite.

The new gateway, www.aolnetworks.com, launches today, providing publishers and marketers with information on, and access to, all of the offerings in the AOL Networks premium advertising suite.

*Source: comScore December 2012
**Source: comScore December 2012

AOL's @advertising_com Group becomes AOL Networks! aol.it/XJtq2o

- AOL PR (@AOLPR) February 5, 2013

We have some exciting news from over the pond. Steve Filler has joined goviral and Advertising.com UK as Managing Director, and Suhela Gremmel has been promoted to Managing Director of ADTECH UK and Ireland.

With over 18 years of experience in digital advertising and sales, Steve will focus on growing the goviral and Advertising.com presence in the UK, capitalizing on the business' reputation of partnering premium publishers, advertisers and agencies to maximize the value of online brands. Steve joins from Collective, where he held the position of Managing Director at media and technology network Collective, and prior to that was Commercial Director at Unruly Media and before that, Videojug.

In her new role, Suhela, former Head of Global Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for ADTECH, will take charge of ADTECH operations in the UK and Ireland and will be responsible for the sales, CRM and customer service divisions. Since 2009 Suhela has headed up the global CRM team from Dreieich. In recent months she also played an important role in opening up new markets in India and Israel. In addition, she has represented ADTECH on various working groups and expert committees of the German industry organization BVDW and the whole online marketing sector.

Learn more about ADTECH and its worldwide offerings for publishers, ad networks, agencies and advertisers by clicking here.

The Advertising.com Group returned to ad:tech San Francisco, a major industry event attracting over 10,000 digital marketers from across the globe, to showcase their suite of advertiser and publisher solutions. Ad:tech was held at the Moscone Center West, where the Advertising.com booth was prominently displayed on the first floor exhibit hall. The booth featured product demo stations for Advertising.com, ADTECH, Pictela and AOL Video.

During the conference, we reinforced the message of being an end-to-end provider of premium digital marketing solutions for publishers, agencies and advertisers. Our booth was staffed by knowledgeable product and sales reps who engaged the ad:tech audience and the two-day event was packed with client meetings and product demos that generated leads for the group.

In addition to the booth, the Advertising.com Group hosted an exciting opening night party at the W hotel. The party was attended by top clients and partners who enjoyed food, drinks and music. You can check out photos from the party on our Facebook page.

Ran Harnevo of AOL Video was on also hand during ad:tech and led a panel discussion on video titled, "Integrated Video Planning". He was joined by expert panelist from Nielsen, FreeWheel and Revision3. During the sessions, the panelists explores key topics like:

• Discovering best practices to help control your video distribution
• Learning how creating complimentary content can help reach customers
• Better understanding today's video consumption habits to better target your audience.

To learn more about our advertiser and publisher solutions, visit Advertising.com.