Lindsay Rowntree
Chief Operating Officer
Lindsay Rowntree joined ExchangeWire in 2016 as Head of Content, and after growing the team to include three full-time editorial staff, became Director of Operations in 2021. Her role includes managing the day-to-day operations of ExchangeWire's business functions, as well as the content and marketing teams, across ExchangeWire's suite of products, including its global conference series, ATS. Lindsay also features on stage at ATS events, as well as in ExchangeWire's audiovisual products, including The MadTech Podcast and TraderTalkTV. She previously held the role of director of search, UK at Starcom MediaVest Group, where she spent six years, providing her with extensive experience in digital advertising, performance marketing, data, technology, client servicing and media planning/buying.Articles by Lindsay
Last-Click Attribution Is Failing Marketers: Q&A with Amit Dar, Taptica
User acquisition is evolving. Where it used to be all about the number of installs, developers are becoming smarter and more discerning about campaign metrics and tying acquisition activity back to the bottom line. Now it's about finding the highest [...]
Data Democracy & the Support of Meritocratic Online Conversation: Q&A with Tim Wilson, CEO, Qutee
The gaming community is vast, dynamic, and incredibly engaged. However, in many environments, the popular misperceptions of what a gamer is reign. Tim Wilson (pictured below), CEO, Qutee, is passionate about changing this and is an ardent advocate of data [...]
How Blockchain Is the Future of the Gaming Industry
Year after year, the gaming industry produces more advanced, high-specification games that require powerful hardware which, due to high prices, is not available for all gamers. This is a problem that is not surprising, writes Egor Gurjev, CEO at Playkey, exclusively [...]
How Gaming Developers Can Tackle the Challenges of User Retention & Reactivation
In this piece, Elle Chen, head of strategic partnerships, Simplaex, tells TheGamingEconomy that for gaming app developers, the ultimate goal is not just to have high installs but to build a community of addicted gamers. Think about how expensive it [...]
How Brands Are Benefitting from Esports – Q&A with Minute Media
Once considered TV’s last safe bastion, the world of live sports is facing disruption. Ratings have dropped, subscriptions have fallen, and digital platforms continue to take an increasing share of eyeballs. Confronted with an ageing demographic, it’s no surprise rights [...]
Playable Ads Need Emphasis on Creative & Technical Design: Q&A with Jeff Marshall, CrossInstall
Arguably, one of the most crucial aspects of performance advertising for in-app gaming is creative. From leveraging the correct ad format – depending on your user acquisition, retention, and reactivation strategies – to multivariate testing of creative across those different [...]
In-App Fraud Erodes Trust in Ads for Mobile Games: Q&A with Asaf Greiner, Protected Media
For many gaming developers, there is a fear of advertising; and one of the major reasons for this is the bad publicity around fraud. TheGamingEconomy speaks exclusively with Asaf Greiner, CEO and co-founder, Protected Media, about why in-app fraud continues [...]
Rewarded Video Is the Best-Performing Format in Gaming: Q&A with Simon Spaull, AppLovin
TheGamingEconomy visited Casual Connect Europe this week, where we interviewed Simon Spaull, managing director, EMEA, AppLovin, about the challenges and opportunities of in-app monetisation for gaming developers both big and small. TheGamingEconomy: How do independent mobile gaming developers gain traction in [...]
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Network Communication Capabilities Compromise Gamer Experience: Q&A with PacketZoom
With a surge in popularity of multiplayer games, it comes in tandem with a number of challenges, not least of all with mobile app communication capabilities. TheGamingEconomy speaks exclusively with Shlomi Gian, CEO, and Chetan Ahuja, CTO, PacketZoom (both pictured), about [...]
The Rise of Connected Entertainment
We are living in the era of connected entertainment. Media companies have been quick to pounce on the second-screen phenomenon, where viewers watching a TV show are consuming supplementary content and applications simultaneously via their phones and tablets to create [...]
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