Digital News Daily Editions for August 2020
Digital News Daily - Monday, Aug. 31, 2020
Upfront Deals May Not Be Sealed Until Q4
Prime-Time Shows Get Some Fall Start Dates -- Will TV Advertisers Move To Buy?
OTT Now The 'Default' Source For Most American TV Viewers, Conventional TV Becomes An Also-Ran
UM's Primis Finds Video Consumption Stabilizing, But Engagement Rates Soar
Apple Rejects Facebook App Update
AT&T Trying To Sell DirecTV -- Again
Comcast Looks To Integrate X1 In Smart TVs
IAB: The Impact Of COVID-19 On Data Spending
TiVo DVR Users Lose HBO App Access Today
Zuckerberg Apologizes For Facebook's Part In Kenosha Violence
Back-To-School Ad Spend Falls 70%
Most Consumers Will Not Shop In Stores This Black Friday
Narrative Snares $8.5 Million In Funding, Launches Data Service Platform
Media Kitchen CEO Barry Lowenthal Talks TikTok
Brands, Consumers, Look To Balance Duality In Pandemic Life
Kraft Heinz Awards Carat Media Duties Outside The U.S.
How Technology Brands Can Stand Out In The New Normal
Small Business Everyday, Facebook Sponsors Campaign Using Google-Backed Venture
Digital News Daily - Friday, Aug. 28, 2020
Peacock Debuts Voice-Activated Ads From Big Brands
Trump's Social Media Crackdown Violates Free Speech, Voter Groups Say
TikTok Bid: Walmart Reportedly Teams Up With Microsoft
TV Audience Drops For RNC's Third Night, Trails DNC Average
TV Set Usage Soars, Attention And Viewability Decline During COVID-19, Study Finds
CTV: The Next Walled Garden?
WPP Takes $3.5 Billion Impairment Charge; Q2 Organic Revenue Falls 15%
Google Shares Data: Agencies Fear Personally Identifiable Information Is Included In Reports
Amazon Launches Health-And-Fitness Tracker
Interest Piques For 'Customer Delight,' 'Data-Driven Marketing,' 'Intent Data'
As Pro Sports Teams Protest, TV Advertisers May Start To Worry
Consumers Want Brands To Reference Current Events, COVID-19 In Ad Messages, NBCU Study Finds
How About Never, Is Never Good For Consumers Sharing Data With You?
Dashlane Says The Secret Word, Finds Value In A Super Bowl Buy
Data Hermits: Consumers Are Wary About Sharing Information, Study Finds
Let's Hold Ad Platforms 'Strictly Liable' When They Sell Fraudulent Ads
Chicago Loses 30,000-Person Convention As Cancellations Creep Into 2021
Digital News Daily - Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020
TikTok CEO Resigns After 3 Months
Facebook: Advertising To Be 'Severely Impacted' By Apple's iOS 14 Privacy Updates
Netflix, Roku Stocks Jump On Bullish Analyst Takes
NBA Playoffs Stopped On Wednesday After Blake Shooting, TNT Airings Cancelled
Networks Devote Half Again More Coverage To RNC Vs. DNC
RNC's Second Night Viewing Up 14% From First Night
Nielsen Creates New Cross-Media Role, Taps Scott Brown To Lead It
Xandr Intros Programmatic Political Buys Across WarnerMedia Digital
Facebook Adds Features To Personalize Messenger Rooms
NHL Sponsors Activate Around Stanley Cup Playoffs
Transparency, Data, Control Drive Marketers' Programmatic Trading Models
Ericsson Emodo, CKDelta Partner To Improve Data Accuracy In Mobile Advertising
Agency Translation, Disney Ad Sales In Pact To Make Ads That Better Connect With Diverse Audiences
DoubleVerify Launches Publisher Division
Media Two Hires Mark Bayzath As Its First CMO
Winning Approaches From Two Great Minds
Are We Blindly Following Data?
Inventing An Audience: Lionsgate Hunts For The New Moviegoer
Identity As A Strategy: Planning The Cookie-less Future
Digital News Daily - Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020
Virtual RNC First Night Scores 17 Million Viewers -- Down 14% From Same DNC Night
After Successful U.S. Launch, Facebook Sets Global News Rollout By 2021
DNC Wins First Night Of Convention Ratings, But Has Greater Rate Of Erosion From 2016
Facebook Debuts Facebook Shop, Ups Ecommerce
TiVo+ Adds 18 Loop Media Music Video Channels, Library
CBS News Launches Diversity-Focused Cross-Platform Franchise, Village
Health-Care Focused DSP DeepIntent Starts CTV Marketplace
Verily, Alphabet's Life Sciences Unit, Gets Into Health Insurance Using AI, Data
CVS Aggregates Two Decades Of Data To Run Its Newly Launched Media Network
Amid A Postal Crisis, Biden Campaign Says It's Relying Heavily On Snail Mail
It's A COVID-19 Christmas: Shoppers Expect To Spend Less This Year
Rethinking Relevance, Messaging And Context Beyond The Crisis
Consumers Age 65 And Older Are Attracted To Non-Brand Terms
Case Study: The Method Is The Message
Absolutdata Joins Nielsen's Network For CPG Industry
Mocean Hatches Strategic Social Media Firm O2
The Irony Throne: First Lady Uses Rose Garden To Troll All Former First Ladies, The Media Too
Google AdSense Reports For Visualizing Data
Will The Email Address Replace The Cookie As An Identifier? Experts Weigh In
Digital News Daily - Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020
Summer Viewing Gains For Six Of 41 Prime-Time Shows
Disney Projected To Yield 19% Of Total Sales From Streaming This Year
CTV Gains Stronger Foothold In Subscription Services And Free, Ad-Supported Platforms
EMX Adds Inscape Data To Link Linear, CTV For Buying, Reporting
Google Search Data Challenges How People Trend Through COVID-19
Verizon Media Launches Contextual Targeting Solution
Holiday Season 2020 Hot Items Point To Building Materials, Spirits, Groceries, Per IBM Data
No Matter How You Add It Up, Cross-Platform Measurement Is In Demand
Brands And Influencers: Reemerging Emphasis On Driving Sales
General Atlantic, Sequoia Reportedly Driving Bid For TikTok
How Political Views Of College Students Influence Their Media Consumption
Car Shoppers Change What They Are 'Googling'
SEO Stuck In Gender Inequality
Upfront Ad Market Awaits: Place Your TV Bets
Wix Debuts Cross-Channel Customer Support Platform
Theatrical Movies' Less Dramatic Return: 'Unhinged' Scores $4 Million In U.S. Box Office
Economists' Outlook Dire As Congress Fails To Act On New Relief Package
Digital News Daily - Monday, Aug. 24, 2020
TikTok To File Suit Against Trump, Possibly Today, As GOP Convention Kicks Off
Twitter Flags Trump Tweet About Voting Mail Drop Boxes
Starcom Retains $578 Million Kraft Heinz U.S. Account
Chamber Of Commerce Backs Bid To Block California Net Neutrality Law
NBCU Adds Free NBC Sports Channel To Peacock
3D Search, Physna Readies A Google Ads Auction-Based Model
Streamers Still Watch Lots Of Linear... But 5% Of OTT Viewers Get No Linear Ads
Movie Studios Slowly Ramp Up TV Spending On Theatrical Films
Average CPM For Location-Based Audiences Might Surprise Marketers
Millions Are Earmarked For TV Political Ads - But Where?
Google Seeks Dismissal Of Privacy Suit Alleging It Tracks 'Incognito' Users
How Jack Daniel's Parent Brown-Forman Proves Content Performance
Facebook Elaborates On Its Data Portability Measures, Pushes For Legislation
Diversity Data Shows Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook Fail To Deliver
The Yawning Gap: Index Shows Lapses In Email Performance By Retailers
Amazon's Retail Chief, Whom Bezos Calls A 'Tutor,' Is Leaving In 2021
News Publisher Trade Group Asks Apple For Better Deal
What Do You Get When You Mix Brick, Mortar And Live Streaming?
Digital News Daily - Friday, Aug. 21, 2020
U.S. Advertising Falls 14% In July, Most Moderate Rate Of Erosion Since March
Trump Tells Supreme Court He Has Right To Block Critics
Consumer Home Entertainment Spend Up 26% In 1H, SVOD Up 37%
DNC's Third Night Sees Sharp 19% Increase To 22.8 Million TV Viewers
Dentsu Launches 'Comprehensive' Business Review, Reports 17% Q2 Organic Revenue Drop
California Should Ban Use Of Contact-Tracing Data For Ad Targeting, Watchdogs Say
Kids TV Viewing Lower On Legacy TV -- Even In A Pandemic
WFA: Most Marketers Now Using In-House 'Brand Trading Desks,' Reaping Full Transparency
Facebook's $650 Million 'Faceprint' Settlement Moves Forward
Ad Blocking Wanes, Though Ad Relevance Is Still A Top Complaint
Galloping Personalization: Ecommerce Brands Rush To Meet COVID-19-Driven Surge
Survey: 74% Of Movie Theater Customers Ready To Return In A Month
Weather Channel Appoints Former Charter Exec Bucher As CMO And SVP
Fraud Follows Connected TV Boom
'Leads' Lead Marketers' Attention, 'Conversational Commerce' Rises Too
How To Use Low-Production Video In Tougher Times
TikTok Creators Try To Influence Gen Z Voters
Compliance Will Create An Investment Opportunity: Analysis
Digital News Daily - Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020
Will Apple's Record Value Attract Unwanted Attention?
Facebook Steps Up Action Against QAnon, Other Dangerous Fringe Groups
OTT/CTV Ad Spend Up 60% In Early August Vs. Early April
MSNBC Tops DNC Virtual Event For Day 2, Biden, Trump Ramp Up National TV Buys
Netflix Tests Function That Automatically Chooses Programming For Users
Pandemic Pushes Podcast Advertising, Messages Consumers Want To Hear
Pluto TV Expands, Reorganizes Channels
Weather Company Resolves Location Privacy Battle In Los Angeles
White House Seeks New Hearing In Battle Over Journalist's Press Pass
COVID-19 Has Changed Media Sales Forever
Case Study: Waking Up To Gaming
Why Oracle, Not Microsoft, Should Buy TikTok
3 Lessons From The TikTok Controversy
A Five-Step Program For Deciding The Best Email Frequency
Free Gmail And YouTube May Be At Risk In Australia, Google Warns
Digital News Daily - Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020
NBCU Vice Chairman Ron Meyer Exits After Disclosing Affair, Private Settlement
Kirk McDonald Exits Xandr For GroupM; Mike Welch Named New Xandr Chief
D2C Brands' 1H TV Ad Impressions Up 14%, Despite 3% Ad Spend Decrease
U.S. Cable Network Affiliate Revenue Down For The First Time In Q2
ViacomCBS Exploring Sale Of CNET To Red Ventures
Facebook Sued For 'Censoring' Posts About Vaccines
Share Of CTV Video Impressions Down In First-Half 2020, Mobile App Use Climbs
Facial-Recognition Company Says Injunction Would Violate First Amendment
Virtual DNC Telecast Earns 19.75 Million Viewers, Down 20% From 2016
Former AMC Networks, Dish Addressable Ad Executive Gaynor Joins Vizio
Slope Agency Acquires TikTok-Focused Abacus Growth
Facebook Patent Shows How Technology Can Increase Ad Performance
TEGNA And Beasley Media Group Enhance Local Broadcast With Esports
Horizon Finds Three-Quarters Of Americans Support TikTok Ban, But Encourages Brands To Begin Using It
Embattled TikTok Launches Ad Blitz
Digital News Daily - Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020
California Privacy Regulations Gain Final Approval, Enforcement Begins
Lawsuit Claims Google Monopolizes App Distribution Market
Havas Media Becomes 1st Agency To Back Prebid.org
Audio Content Remains Strong Among Remote Workers As Local News, Radio, Podcasts, Music Thrive: Nielsen
Humongous 1st-Party Platform Integrates With Google Data Hub, Enables 1-to-1 YouTube Matching
Verizon Wireless Sweetens The Pot, Offers Free Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu Streamers
Summer TV Promo Airings See Skyrocketing Growth, Led By Cable Networks
Hulu Starts Creative Services Effort For Small, Medium-Sized Businesses
Internet Brands Inks Deal With AnyClip To Match Online Video With Content
TransUnion Acquires Signal, 'People-Based' Data Firm
How Wi-Fi Data Forecasts A Return To 'Normal' Amidst COVID-19
Quibi Shifts Media Assignment From W+K To UM
Most Consumers Want Their Health Data Shared Only With Permission Or Not At All
Back-To-School Flip-Flop: Mental Health Effects Of Pandemic Surface In Search Queries
Fortnite Game Maker Thinks Like A TV Network Group
Q2 Video Views Up 64% In North America, 40% Globally; CTV Leads Growth
Why eMarketer Forecasts U.S. Programmatic DOOH To Reach Nearly $534 Million By 2022
CCPA Takes Full Effect: Here's What It Means
Email Providers For Consumers Tired Of Gmail
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