Interactive Advertising Bureau
- Location
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Interactive Advertising Bureau
116 East 27th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
United States - Ads
- Telephone:
- 212 380 4700
- Website:
- http://www.iab.net/

The Interactive Advertising Bureau is a global association devoted exclusively to maximizing the use and effectiveness of advertising on the Internet.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is comprised of more than 375 leading media and technology companies who are responsible for selling 86% of online advertising in the United States. On behalf of its members, the IAB is dedicated to the growth of the interactive advertising marketplace, of interactive’s share of total marketing spend, and of its members’ share of total marketing spend. The IAB educates marketers, agencies, media companies and the wider business community about the value of interactive advertising. Working with its member companies, the IAB evaluates and recommends standards and practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising. Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City with a Public Policy office in Washington, D.C.
The IAB has six core objectives:
- Fend off adverse legislation and regulation
- Coalesce around market-making measurement guidelines and creative standards
- Create common ground with customers to reduce costly friction in the supply chain
- Share best practices that foster industry-wide growth
- Generate industry-wide research and thought leadership that solidifies Interactive as a mainstream medium
- Create countervailing force to balance power of other media, marketing, and agency trade groups
