NPD Group has released a new mobile study that finds leading companies like Facebook, Google and Pandora altering their business models as more people consume media on devices. ...Read the whole story
Professional networking site LinkedIn on Thursday reported revenue increased 81% in the fourth quarter, fueled by strong growth across all three of its key business lines. Like Facebook, LinkedIn has seen a growing shift toward use on mobile devices. ...Read the whole story
Marketers expect quirky idiosyncrasies in multichannel brand campaigns to produce the most disruption to strategies as a result of the U.S. Postal Service stopping Saturday mail delivery starting in August. ...Read the whole story
As far as Twitter advertising goes, Promoted Tweets that appear in response to user search queries are considerably more effective than less targeted Promoted Tweets, per TBG Digital, which finds click-through rates higher in search than Timeline. ...Read the whole story
Thomvest Ventures, a venture capital group headed by founder and managing director Peter Thomson, led DataXu's $27 million venture funding. DataXu is now focusing on becoming a global software company. ...Read the whole story
The industry group Association of National Advertisers says the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers should give marketers more protection for their brand names before launching new global top-level domain names. ...Read the whole story
Zite released an updated version of its personalized new reader app for iOS devices. Among the new features, Zite 2.1 allows users to see a history of articles and topics they've read and shared. ...Read the whole story
The New York Times Co. announced that total revenues increased 5.2% from $547 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 to almost $576 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, reflecting increased circulation revenues from digital subscriptions at its flagship newspaper. ...Read the whole story
So God Made A Whiner
Last year, Chrysler won the Super Bowl with a powerful, head-turning spot that seemed to sneak up out of nowhere, as opposed to those prelaunched ... ...More
Twitter And TV: Not a Good Mix
Apparently there is enough of a correlation between tweets about TV shows and actually watching those shows for Twitter to fork over about $80 million ... ...More
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