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‘Are my selfish desires more worthy than Google's selfish desires?’: Experts on Google vs DOJ antitr
October 13, 2025
Industry leaders are divided, with some calling for stronger competition, while others are arguing Google’s dominance stems from innovation rather than malice.
Experts Share: How The Rise Of Ads Impacts The Quality Of Online Platforms
October 9, 2025
With adverts appearing on more platforms, users are starting to question whether free services are truly free. Are all these targeted ads and strategies to make users pay for no ads impacting the overall user experience?
Limelight names Jez Fawcett as Global Head of Product
October 7, 2025
Experienced marketing services, adtech and data professional will spearhead a customer-focused product strategy
How a Low-Fee Adtech Vendor Can Quietly Empty Your Pockets
October 2, 2025
Every few months in the life of a publisher, a new supply-side platform or white-label exchange appears with an attractive proposition: “license our technology for just 2-3% of spend, and we’ll even inject demand into your pipes on day one”.
Who will blink first in battle to topple Google adtech?
October 2, 2025
With US antitrust enforcers renewing their efforts this week to press for a forced sale of Google’s online ad business, publishers and rival adtech developers are watching closely.
Adtech Tarot: DMEXCO 2025 Limelight's David Nelson and James Macdonald
October 2, 2025
David Nelson and James MacDonald, co-Founders of global programmatic adtech Limelight Inc. work their way through Mediashotz's Adtech Tarot cards to give us a hint of what the future holds…
Beyond the Google vortex: who’s your plus-one?
September 22, 2025
David Nelson, co-founder and CEO, Limelight Inc., describes how publishers and agencies should be preparing for a post-Google monopoly ad ecosystem - starting today.
Programmatic Relationship Advice: Don’t Let Your Partner Eat Your Business
September 2, 2025
The underbelly of programmatic has always had issues like these. Right now, this double game appears to be a remarkably common state of affairs among ad platforms and their clients.
AI, connections, interactions and sweltering temperatures at MAD//FEST 2025
July 21, 2025
This was Limelight’s first visit to MAD//FEST , and the team deployed in numbers. We had Savina Parvanova , Andrew Macdonald , Graeme Rains and Russell Pegrum all joining the fray at The Digital Voice™ Cabana, and supporting our co-founder and CRO James Macdonald as he took centre stage for ‘The abracadabra magic touch
Podcast:  Limelight x Cannes Captures 2025
July 1, 2025
Cannes Captures host Ed Steer of Sphere Digital Recruitment speaks with James Macdonald, CRO, to cover all things AI, CTV and Audio. Sponsored by LoopMe!
Why AI alone isn’t a USP in advertising | Limelight Inc
June 26, 2025
In a landscape increasingly driven by automation and algorithms, it’s tempting for brands to pin their point of difference on AI. But in today’s crowded market, that’s no longer enough. David Nelson argues that while AI is undeniably a powerful enabler, it’s not a differentiator.
Cannes Lions 2025 – Industry comments and takeaways
June 25, 2025
This year the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity proved a hotbed for connections, discussing ‘hot’ themes, such as AI, CTV, human creativity, and figuring out new ways to work together. Mediashotz asked adtech, creative and marketing leaders from around the world for their thoughts.
Cannes Lions 2025 – Limelight Inc. Founder David Nelson
June 17, 2025
Mediashotz chat with David Nelson, the charismatic Founder of fast-growing programmatic adtech, Limelight Inc. at the Cannes Lions 2025 festival on how the company is growing, bringing new products to the markets, where it’s heading next and what conversations Limelight Inc. is having here in the South of France…
Cannes Lions predictions 2025: Which emerging channel will dominate the discourse?
June 11, 2025
As much of adland prepares for a week on the French Riviera, dive into expert predictions from PMW’s panel of experts on all things Cannes Lions 2025.
Q&A: how trading efficiency and AI will drive the programmatic roadmap
April 10, 2025
Limelight’s co-founder and chief revenue officer, James Macdonald, talks about the future of programmatic and explains how the company is rethinking the optimization landscape to drive greater trading efficiency.
MarTech Top Voice: Interview with Limelight Inc.’s James Macdonald
December 1, 2024
Today’s MarTech Top Voice features the Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Limelight Inc., James Macdonald. Join us as we explore James’ insights on his AdTec journey and the prospects of partnerships in the digital advertising markets.
DMEXCO Briefing: Ad tech leaders argue for a balanced approach to ‘Founder Mode’ concept
September 19, 2024
Ad tech execs love nothing more than a good, old-fashioned debate — whether it’s about auction dynamics or yield management, no topic is too hot to handle. That’s what makes the chatter around “founder mode” at DMEXCO so surprising: it seems ad tech has finally reached a rare consensus. Who knew?
Interview: DMEXCO 2024 Limelight CEO, David Nelson
September 18, 2024
David Nelson, CEO of Limelight, the programmatic platform for ad networks, publishers and agencies, chats to Mediashotz from DMEXCO about rebranding, programmatic challenges and why Amazon’s Jeff Bezos needs to ‘wise up’…
Programmatic: 5 Mins with... James Macdonald
June 6, 2024
Publishers face a rapidly changing ad tech ecosystem. InPublishing grabs five minutes with James MacDonald, co-founder and CRO at Limelight Inc, to see what advice he would give them.
Limelight Inc: Programmatic Platform cements market leading position
March 28, 2022
Programmatic enabler Limelight Inc., formerly Project Limelight, has announced a rebrand as it celebrates its fifth anniversary. Limelight Inc. helps companies in the ad tech ecosystem to navigate the complex programmatic landscape, blending cutting-edge technology with best-in-class expertise and genuine human support. Limelight Inc. helps companies in the ad tech ecosystem to easily navigate the complex programmatic landscape, blending cutting-edge technology with best-in-class expertise and human support. Hundreds of ad networks, publishers and agencies use Limelight’s programmatic oRTB solution to build bespoke, white-labelled trading environments and drive profitability and performance at scale - immediately.