BURBANK, CA -- If you want to understand how a big media company thinks about innovating for the future, spend a day inside its startup incubator. If you want to understand how one thinks about imagineering for it, spend it inside Disney’s. That’s what I did recently when I sat in on the demo day … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
On the same day Gartner forecast that "by 2018, half of business ethics violations will occur through improper use of big data analytics," the esteemed Walt Mossberg wrote, "The ad … Read the full story by George Simpson
In an effort to get out in front of the rapid adoption of ad-blocking technologies -- and more importantly, behaviors -- the Interactive Advertising Bureau's "Tech Lab" this morning issued … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
People are installing ad-blockers at an epidemic rate. It's a crisis not only for advertisers but also for the entire economic ecosystem underpinning the Internet. We are semi-unintentionally undermining the … Read the full story by Kaila Colbin
There are a lot of reasons for mashing up Paul Klein's universal network television truth with programmatic, but mainly it's because that's what I hear other people doing lately. Most … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Fraud. Non-viewability. Low CTRs. Banner blindness. For years they were treated as nuisances, transitory and manageable. What we now face is a bona fide existential threat. Read the full story by Bob Garfield
Ask media owners what business they're in, and they'll say the content business -- that they are storytellers, and that their companies are well positioned for the future because "content … Read the full story by Dave Morgan
Alex Bogusky, the erstwhile poster child for Madison Avenue creativity, is returning to the business in the first meaningful way since leaving MDC Partners' CP+B five years ago, and this … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
The reason for the title was Thursday's launch of Alex Bogusky's new self-serve programmatic video advertising platform, Visibl, which was a cool name to riff off of, especially since I … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Aaron Sorkin, the man responsible for the line "You can't handle the truth!" in "A Few Good Men," seems to live by that philosophy in his screenplay for "Steve Jobs" … Read the full story by
Las Vegas seemed perfectly apropos as the the site of last night's Democratic presidential debate. The pre-event crawl on CNN.com talked about the network airing the first prime-time square-off between … Read the full story by J. Max Robins
CNN's first Democratic Presidential debate of the season posted record results versus other party debates of the past -- but less than recent Republican Presidential debates. The CNN event posted … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
While pundits weigh in on last night's prime-time politicking, there is no debating which candidates have been winning the Presidential Web engagement race. Utilizing an empirical measure of attention -- … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Major magazine publishers are mounting an ambitious industry-wide initiative to guarantee return on investment for print advertising, with a promise of additional free advertising placements to make good any shortfalls. … Read the full story by Erik Sass
After five weeks of the season, total national TV advertising revenue and value across all NFL TV networks -- CBS, NBC, Fox, ESPN, and NFL Network -- is up 5%, … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
Wal-Mart reiterated its commitment to becoming an e-commerce powerhouse, capable of bringing online shopping to mainstream America. It also unveiled a new TV spot intended to encourage "buy online, pick … Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney
Madison Avenue "televisionary" Mitch Oscar has quietly begun organizing a cross-section of industry players around another area that's vital to the future of television: programmatic. The initiative, which until this … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Despite ongoing efforts and technology advances on mobile and search engine query results, a recent study shows that long-term loyalty and customer engagement continues to decline. The research found that … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
S4M (Solutions for Mobile, a mobile-focused ad-tech platform), released the findings of a global study Tuesday showing that the mobile market is missing out on an additional $10 billion in … Read the full story by Ben Frederick
The return of "The Walking Dead" -- America's favorite paranoid brew of dystopianism, reanimation, and survivalism -- is a reminder of the powerful role that television plays in promoting the … Read the full story by Gary Holmes
Computer maker Dell and its owners, founder Michael S. Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake confirmed Monday the acquisition of EMC in a deal worth about $67 billion, making it … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
Nielsen has expanded mobile measurement for its Digital Ad Ratings to six additional countries. Mobile measurement will now be included in ratings across Australia, France, Germany, Italy and the UK. … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
"Digital technology and digital outreach and anything that facilitates that," says Brand Keys founder and president Robert Passikoff, "has become more differentiating to people than what brand of cereal they … Read the full story by Aaron Baar
Kinetic Worldwide, an audience-based out-of-home (OOH) media agency, plans to launch a programmatic offering for both static and digital OOH assets in first-quarter 2016. Read the full story by Sara Guaglione
Two weeks into the TV season, NBC is continuing where it left off -- in first place among key viewers -- while virtually all TV networks are showing lower traditional … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman