Buys That Include Sponsored Content Now 20% of Ad Revenue at Forbes
When Forbes rolled out AdVoice in 2010, the architects planned to blow up the traditional publishing-advertising model. Instead of offering companies just online banner ads,...
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Social TV Gets Real? Twitter Button Will Change the Channel for You
Comcast and Twitter are taking another step meant to help social buzz directly impact TV ratings. Starting in November, Comcast subscribers will be able to...
Magazines’ Ad-Page Decline Slowed In Third Quarter
Ad pages in monthly and weekly magazines declined 1.8% in the third quarter compared with the quarter a year earlier, the Publishers Information Bureau said...
Urban Outfitters Preps for Holidays With Mobile Investments
A number of retailers, with an eye on the upcoming holiday season, are ramping up investments behind their mobile apps, including Urban Outfitters. The retailer...
Government Shutdown Could Delay Expected E-Cig TV Ban Again
The government shutdown could delay a Food and Drug Administration ruling that is expected to curb TV advertisements of e-cigarettes. The FDA had announced its...
Tweeting About Twerking Seen as a Lifeline for the TV Business
Meredith Parker, a 23-year-old sales rep in New York, spends most nights out meeting friends or attending work events. Any night but Monday. That’s when...
Clorox Fights Back Against Yale’s ‘Poopetrator’
A fecal scandal dropped at Yale University’s Saybrook College laundry room over the past week. The Yale Daily News has reported, horrifyingly, that the facility...
Video Networks Alloy Digital, Break Media to Merge Into Defy Media
In the latest sign of consolidation in online video, two major online video networks and production companies, Alloy Digital and Break Media will merge to...
The Festival of Marketing’s inaugural University Challenge winners are…
The charity event saw 16 teams of six people competing across five different rounds – digital, creative advertising, data and insight, media, and brands. All...
Barclaycard’s three step process for resetting the marketing agenda
When he started in his current role six months ago Hussey quickly realised that the team was in ‘order-taking mode’, working on pet projects for...
How Tiny Startups Like Hello and 800Razors Are Stealing Share From CPG Giants
Craig Dubitsky may represent big packaged-goods companies’ worst nightmare, but there’s a good chance they may not have even noticed him. He’s a small part...
How One Adult Site Attracts Mainstream Advertisers
Advertisers are always looking for cheap, effective ways to put ads in front of their target audiences. A growing number are turning to adult websites...
Xbox One’s Data Treasure Trove Could Reshape Marketing
Forty-nine days from an Xbox One rollout that could make or break one of Microsoft’s most successful brands, the key marketing executive behind the launch...
Twitter’s Overlooked Data Business Could Grow As Retailers Mine Chatter
When thinking about Twitter’s future, almost all the focus is on advertising. After all, 85% of its sales came from ads in the second quarter....
U.S. User Growth Slowing, Twitter Faces Tougher Slog In International Ad Markets
One thing we learned about Twitter this week: its user base is very international and growing more so by the day. That’s not an inherent...
Lucy Lights the Way for Runners
To those who’ve always wanted to run through a magical fairy forest with sparkling lights, today is your lucky day. Women’s sportswear brand lucy Activewear,...
