If you want to understand how much the economics of media have changed, nothing illustrates it better than the music industry. And a good example of that is the Gathering of the Vibes, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Bridgeport, CT’s Seaside Park this weekend. To call it a music festival doesn’t do it … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
The Association of National Advertisers is urging the Federal Trade Commission to reject a "misguided" effort to create a "right to be forgotten" in the United States. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
As far as media consumption milestones go, 2016 could well be "the year" for two important media: mobile and video. According to new estimates released this morning by Publicis' ZenithOptimedia … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Google is opposing a demand by European privacy regulators to broaden the "right to be forgotten" by censoring search results worldwide. "We believe that no one country should have the … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Despite the explosion in digital content, it appears that marketers in every industry lack the knowledge to increase engagement rates online. Brands reaching out to consumers find that engagement rates … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
While it's clear that the overcharging scandal hurt results in this past quarter, it seems just as evident that burned consumers are in no hurry to come back to a … Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney
In what likely is the first comprehensive analysis of actual data from big agency media buys of its kind, Madison Avenue's major agency holding companies have boosted their spending in … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
It's the dog days of summer. Why not go back, back, back to those pre-Internet days, a time when a) people watched TV in real time, and b) every now … Read the full story by
MDC Partners had net losses of $444 million over the last 10 years. Yet CEO Miles Nadal racked up some very handsome paydays during that time, earning $70 million in … Read the full story by Steve McClellan
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood repeatedly attempted to "coerce Google into censoring third-party speech," the company argues in new court papers. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
In a world where we're all running a million miles an hour, it's incredible how little attention we pay to how we speak. Sadly, we've begun to lose the art … Read the full story by Cory Treffiletti
comScore, the media measurement and analytics firm, is the latest to receive accreditation from the Media Rating Council (MRC) for video viewability technology. The company's display ad viewability measurement tech … Read the full story by Tyler Loechner
There's another reminder on this week's cover of New York magazine of just how tainted one of TV's biggest and brightest stars has become. The cover features 35 women -- … Read the full story by Steve McClellan
BIScience offers media analytics for display, mobile, video, and programmatic media covering more than 500,000 publishers worldwide. The firms said they would collaborate on enhanced cross-media and digital measurement products. Read the full story by Steve McClellan
While most marketers are using location-based advertising, the top strategy they employ is audience targeting. Marketers are starting to capitalize on the wealth of data flooding in from mobile devices … Read the full story by Ben Frederick
By 2017, Instagram's global mobile ad revenues will reach $2.81 billion -- accounting for over 10% of Facebook's global ad revenues. This year, Instagram's ad revenues will make up 5% … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
As the late Sen. Everett Dirksen famously observed, "a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money." And to show for it, what? Merely the … Read the full story by Bob Garfield
The first six months of the year were torrid for auto sales, with 8.5 million vehicles delivered, making it the strongest first half since 2005. Even if things take a … Read the full story by Karl Greenberg
AT&T's $49 billion merger with DirecTV cleared its last regulatory hurdle today, when the Federal Communications Commission announced it had approved the deal. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
An official from the Mississippi Attorney General's office proposed that the Motion Picture Association of America help coordinate a "media blitz" against Google -- which would include arranging for bad … Read the full story by Wendy Davis