The Guardian
trending topics
Close Box

Our news

Yes, it’s true: We are joining GigaOM...


Industry Moves

Shanda Online Brings In Yahoo Ad-Targeting Vet Zhu As Its New CTO

  • Comments Comments (View)
  • Text Size: A A

Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) Online, the ad and content-serving arm of Shanda Interactive, has reeled in Yahoo alum Dr. Jing Zhu as its new CTO. Zhu spent eight years with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), most recently serving as a senior director of the team that developed its contextual ad-targeting platform; the company rolled out a suite of advanced targeting options—including search retargeting and more “advanced” contextual targeting—earlier this year.

Zhu’s defection comes amid news that Yahoo is pulling the plug on its Direct Media Exchange, the self-serve ad-targeting unit of Right Media geared toward smaller publishers (via AdExchanger). Prior to the contextual ad team, Zhu spent five years as head of Yahoo Mail’s engineering team. Release.

Dec 1, 2009 6:03 PM ET

Shanda Games


Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Companies, Yahoo, Countries, Asia, China, shanda

(Page 1 of 1)


The Bestsellers

From iTunes and YouTube to Facebook and Kindle, the most popular content on the web, free and paid.

iTunes TV Shows iTunes TV Shows
1. Perception
2. The Spanish Teacher
3. Me? Jealous?
4. The Back Up Dan
5. The Landlord
See The Other Bestsellers »

Jobs RSS Job Listings

Social Standing

Which media brands are getting a lift from Tweeters and bloggers right now -- and which are getting panned?

"Sentiment" Scores for All the Companies »

Sponsors

Staff