AudienceScience shut down its ad network, laid off 33 employees and reassigned others to positions focusing on the company's advertising platform business to better support brands. ...Read the whole story
Tags on Web sites can provide marketing benefits but also pose privacy risks, the Interactive Advertising Bureau said in a draft guide to best practices for site tagging. ...Read the whole story
comScore has unveiled a beta version of its cross-platform measurement system offering consolidated audience metrics across Web sites, apps and video content. The rollout of Media Metrix Multi-Platform reporting will give a boost to more mobile-centric sites, like Pandora, Twitter, Yelp and Instagram. ...Read the whole story
While smartphones gave new meaning to the word "multitask," 76% of single consumers use a tablet to get more information about a product or service seen on TV, compared with 63% of those married. While more consumers 18 to 34 own tablets, more people 55+ use their tablet while watching TV. ...Read the whole story
Equal parts gatekeeper and insider, bartenders hold a special position among nightlife habitus. When Absolut wanted to reach young males, it enlisted lifestyle brand Thrillist to help it befriend barkeeps nationwide. ...Read the whole story
The Omnicom media shop is installing a global "operating system" for internal communications and client planning that utilizes the same type of technology platform used by so-called massively multiplayer online games ...Read the whole story
Triton Digital is teaming up with Microsoft to provide a number of services for Xbox Music, a new streaming digital audio platform available on Xbox 360 consoles as well as mobile devices. ...Read the whole story
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Poor Donald. He's fallen off the fame cliff, and he can't get up. ... ...More
Conversion Rates Up 50%, BS Up 100%
When, as I often am, you are called to listen to an early-stage ad-tech company principal explain what they do and how it will change ... ...More
Mobile Along The Path To Purchase: An Unrealized Opportunity For MarketersThe purchase path is not linear. Mobile is one of the most effective ways for a brand to be accessible to the consumer when she ... ...More
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