Digital News Daily Editions for January 2021
- Digital News Daily - Friday, Jan. 29, 2021
- Peacock Hits 33 Million Signups, 3 Years Early
- Apple CEO Calls For Reform To 'Data Exploitation' Industry
- Walmart Sets Sights On Building A Top-10 Advertising Platform, Rebrands Media Business
- Firefox Starts Blocking 'Supercookie' Tracking
- Facebook Reportedly Weighs Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple
- Will vMVPDs Rule After All? 43% Of Pay-TV Households Say They'll Likely Switch Within 12 Months
- Digitas, Weber Shandwick Are First Agencies To Join Global Video Measurement Alliance
- Facebook Oversight Board's First 5 Rulings Don't Include A Call On Trump Ban
- NBCU Q4 Broadcast, Cable Ad Revenues Down, Comcast Video Subscription Losses Grow
- OMD Prevails In $450 Million Home Depot Media Review
- Social Media-Related Entertainment, Sports Records Lower Q4 Engagement
- How Change Has Become The New Digital Normal
- It's Not About Reddit's Impact On AMC, GameStop, BlackBerry, Macy's Stocks...
- Marketers, Take Advantage Of The Podcast Boom
- Silencing Of Trump Produces Strange Peace Across The Land
- TikTok's Ban In India Led Company To Lay Off Hundreds
- Brands Decide How To Approach Super Bowl
- Why Apple Uses Google As Default Search Engine
- Digital News Daily - Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021
- Zuckerberg Claims Facebook Will Reduce Political Content Volume, 'Turn Down The Temperature'
- Mobile Apps Facing More Bad Actor Disruptions?
- Facebook Reports Best Ad Quarter In Two Years, Says Apple Now Among Its 'Biggest Competitors'
- 'Bridgerton' Is Netflix's Most-Watched Series Ever
- AT&T Q4: HBO Max Activations Doubled, But Warner Bros. Revenue Fell 21%
- AT&T's Turner Posts Stable Q4 Advertising, Distribution Revenue
- Apple's Privacy Report Follows Record-Breaking Earnings
- CBS Sells Out Super Bowl Ad Time
- Microsoft Advertising Quietly Introduces Multimedia Ad Unit In Search
- Roku Adds Competitor Amazon's IMDb TV App
- Google Details What Apple's App-Tracking Transparency Policy Means For Advertisers
- Comcast Shouldn't Boast Of Best WiFi Experience, Watchdog Says
- Missouri Lawmaker Defeats Lawsuit Over Twitter Block
- Vimeo Launches Video Lead-Generation Tool For Use In Email Platforms
- Life After Cookies? First-, Third-Party Data, Restored Consumer Trust All Part Of Solution
- Advertisers Return To Taxi Media
- General Motors Plans 2 Super Bowl Spots
- Digital News Daily - Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021
- Verizon: Two-Thirds Of Its Free Disney+ Promo Customers Are Now Paid Subs
- Lawmaker Blasts Facebook Over Political-Group Recommendations
- Peacock, Hulu Agree To Share 'Modern Family' Rights
- Most Viewers - Even On Pay TV - Don't Mind Watching Ads
- Preserve Section 230, Watchdogs Urge Biden
- Google Starting To Meet Consumer Demand For Organic Search
- Cross-Promotion For Streamers Benefits TV Universe
- NFL Championship Games Grow 2% To 5% Vs. 2020
- Simpli.fi Powers Through Pandemic With Surge In Addressable Programmatic
- North Dakota's Proposed Opt-In Privacy Law Needs Overhaul, Ad Industry Argues
- COMvergence Reports Smaller And Fewer Marcom M&A Deals in 2020
- Microsoft Surpasses $40B In Revenue During Holiday Quarter
- Roku Expectations: Big Ad Revs Mean More Opportunity For Brands In Connected TV
- Pinterest Makes Bets On Augmented Reality
- Quick-Change Artists: Why Brands Are Turning To Agile Marketing
- Despite In-Housing Trend, Clients Continue To Value Agency Relationships
- The Benefits of Niching Your Agency in 2021
- Lifestyle Shifts Led To Rise In Third-Party Data Despite Forthcoming Restrictions
- Google Claims New Ad Techniques Are Almost As Good As Cookies
- Digital News Daily - Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021
- Google Expects 'FLoC' To Replace Third-Party Cookies In Ads
- Google Suspends Donations To GOP Election Results Deniers
- TikTok Ban Raises 'Constitutional Alarms,' Watchdogs Say
- Agency Leaders Discuss Mission Critical Challenges, Opportunities For 2021
- Comscore Launches Cross-Platform Movie Measurement
- NBCU Promotes 3 Senior Ad Execs: Bhatia, Feldman, Winiarski
- Xaxis North America President Talks About Brand Safety
- WPP's Read Sees GDPR Becoming Industry Norm
- Streaming Now: The Rise And Fall Of Ad-Supported Cable TV
- Court Won't Revive Journalist's Lawsuit Against Twitter
- New Platform Brings Email, Other Channels Together For Consumers: Report
- Official Nielsen Inauguration Estimates Show Biden's Up 11.2%, With A Caveat
- Virtual Events Boomed In 2020 Despite Obstacles: Study
- Roku Expectations: Big Ad Revs Mean More Opportunity For Brands In Connected TV
- Algolia Acquires Startup Funded By Google Digital News Initiative
- Report: Most Digital Marketing Now Done In-House
- What's Your AI Strategy For Scaling Segment-Of-One Marketing?
- It's Raining Emails: Most Brands Are Sending More, But Engagement Is A Challenge
- WhatsApp Could Be Hit With EUR50 Million GDPR Fine
- Gmail Users Told They Must Accept New Terms Of Use On Jan. 25
- U.S. Adults Added Hour Of Digital Media Consumption In 2020, Video Up 27 Minutes
- Digital News Daily - Monday, Jan. 25, 2021
- NBCU, Twitter Expand Advertising, Content Deal Globally
- Budweiser Relocates Super Bowl LV Media Buy To Support COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness
- Peacock Snags Exclusive WWE Network U.S. Streaming Rights
- PE Firm TPG In Exclusive Talks For Stake In DirecTV: Reports
- NBCU To End Sports Net NBCSN At Year's End
- Bond Film Release Delayed Again, Other Big Films Follow Suit
- Fox Corp Taps Hotstar Exec As CPO, Overseeing Streaming Portfolio
- Global CTV Ad Impressions Up 76% In 2020's Second Half
- Privacy Bill Moves Forward In Washington State
- U.S. Ad Economy Ends 2020 With Fifth Consecutive Month Of Expansion
- Supreme Court Urged To Preserve Ruling Against Trump Over Twitter Blocks
- U.S. Streaming Viewing Minutes Up 12% In December; Netflix, YouTube Tops
- Marketing And Tech Spending Are Rising This Year: CMO Council Survey
- PayPal Transforms From Payment System To Marketing Powerhouse
- Google Mobile Search Gets Redesign
- DDB Chicago Slapped With $100 Million Lawsuit Over Army Contract
- Optimization -- Both Search And Social -- Are Trending Again
- Giving An Epidemiological Meaning To Passing The Olympic Torch
- Google Ads To Be Phased Out And Absorbed Into Google Discovery
- Digital News Daily - Friday, Jan. 22, 2021
- Biden Inauguration, With 40 Million TV Viewers, Tops Trump's 2017 Results
- Amazon Doesn't Have To Host Parler, Judge Rules
- Facebook Refers Trump Ban To Its Oversight Board
- Google Agrees To Pay French Publishers, While Threatening Search Engine Cut-Off In Australia
- Biden Names Slaughter Acting Chair Of FTC
- Rosenworcel Tapped For Acting FCC Chief
- Pluto TV To Be France's First Free, Ad-Supported Streamer
- Data Breaches Are Becoming More Sophisticated: Report
- Report Reveals Magnitude Of Google's Economic Impact To Business And Consumers
- Challenging Advertisers, Budgets Creep Monthly, Rather Than Yearly
- AI Sways Judgment On Breaking News, Misinformation, Study Suggests
- Wavemaker Taps Havas' Potgraven As Chief Strategy Officer
- Redbox, Screenvision Strike Ad Deal
- Microsoft And Verizon Media Expand Partnership
- Thryv Integrates With Gmail, Allowing Customer Account Data To Reside In Inbox
- Media Stocks Love Joe Biden. Will He Love Them Back?
- 3 Ways CPG Marketers Can Prepare For Post-Pandemic World
- The Modern Marketer's Take On Full-Funnel TV Advertising
- The Top Email Marketing Trends Of 2021
- Stick With The Marketing Basics In The New Year
- Retailers Deserting MyPillow Include, J.C. Penney, Kohl's
- Digital News Daily - Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021
- 2020 Was Banner Year For Mobile App Downloads, Too
- Late-Night Broadcast TV Shows Sink 14% In Viewers YOY
- Fox News Host's Ex-Spouse Gets Last-Minute Trump Pardon
- Battle Over Trump's Twitter Blocks Could Still Reach Supreme Court
- NFL Post Season: Lower Viewership Per Game, Higher Ad Revenues
- P&G's CFO Predicts Profits From Pandemic-Related Changes Will Continue
- Trump-Era FCC Issues Cheery Broadband Report
- Saturday Morning Seeks To Expand Beyond Advertising
- Targetspot To Integrate Tru Optik ID Resolution Tech For Streaming Audio
- The Most-Clicked Phishing Subject Lines: Analysis
- Billionaire Joe Ricketts Plans To Start National News Outlet
- Most SMBs Either Have A Mobile App Or Are Building One: Study
- Google Suspends Margaret Mitchell, Researcher In Its AI Division
- YouTube Security Flaw Exposes Data
- The 2021 Email Blast: Channel Is Even More Important Than It Was Last Year
- Consumers Spend Less Time With Ad-Supported Media, Publishers Will Feel Impact
- Whither The Lincoln Project Now That Trump Is Gone?
- So Nice To See!
- GDPR Fines Total GBP242.6 Million Since Inception
- Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski Among Trump's Long LIst Of Pardons
- Google Follows Adobe, Finally Kills Off Flash Plug-In Support
- Biden Administration Considering White House Person To Lead Antitrust Efforts
- Digital News Daily - Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021
- YouTube Extends Trump Ban For 'Minimum' Of Another 7 Days
- Micro-Influencers Average 185K Views For Their Videos
- Fox Digital Layoffs Include Exec Involved In Calling Arizona For Biden
- FTC Chairman Simons To Step Down
- Winterberry Projects Total 2021 U.S. Marketing Spending Will Remain Below Two Years Ago
- Survey: 46% Of SMBs Believe Recovery Will Start In June
- Charter Withdraws Request For Permission To Impose Data Caps
- DSP Tremor Intl Records 71% Ad Gain For 2020
- Ad Campaign Censored By Facebook Algorithm
- Former Twentieth TV Ad Exec Teicher Tapped As CRO, Scripps TV Networks
- Supreme Court Weighs Media Ownership Restrictions
- Simpli.fi Acquires ERP Software Developer To Improve Workflow Across All Media
- Facebook Upgraded To 'Outperform' Despite Apple's Moves And Antitrust Headwinds
- Canoe Ventures Sees Impression Declines For DAI Advertising In 2020
- Netflix Adds 8.5 Million Subscribers, Cash-Flow Positive in 2021
- Adthena Acquires Kantar's Paid-Search Intelligence Business, Formerly AdGooroo
- TV On-Promos Grows - But Less For Shows And More For Streamers
- SMBs Shun CRMs: They Don't Use Them With Email Marketing
- Sen. Marco Rubio Calls On Twitter's Jack Dorsey To Explain 'Content Moderation Process'
- Digital News Daily - Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
- ViacomCBS Announces Paramount+ Launch Dates
- Omnicom, Home Depot Shareholders Seek Ad Policy Investigations
- Time Spent With Ad-Supported Media Hits All-Time Low, Despite Gains In Total Media Use
- Influencers Urge Appeals Court To Allow TikTok To Continue Operating
- Facebook Upgraded To 'Outperform' Despite Apple's Moves And Antitrust Headwinds
- Rep. Boebert Sued For Violating 1st Amendment By Blocking Critic On Twitter
- More Than $80B Spent In FCC Auction, Wireless Providers Recalculate
- TV On-Promos Grows - But Less For Shows And More For Streamers
- Report: Apple Plans Podcasting Subscription Service
- What Skills Marketers Say They Want In 2021 -- And Why
- Instinct Vs. Data -- What Marketers Choose To Use
- Power Digital Acquires Social Method
- Taking A Stand: Why Brands Should Stay In Their Lane
- Competition, Price Hike, 'Cuties' Blowback Impact Netflix's U.S. New-Subs Share
- YouTube Tests Way For Consumers To Shop From Videos
- Reboot Your Customer Contact Strategy
- Digital News Daily - Monday, Jan. 18, 2021
- Google Completes Fitbit Purchase -- Without Waiting For Justice Department Approval
- Large Brands Funded Misinformation
- National CineMedia Strikes 'Noovie' Deal With Place-Based Captivate
- Coca-Cola Foregoes Super Bowl
- Google Ads Data Hub Accredited By Media Rating Council
- The Brands That Phishing Artists Impersonate The Most
- HBO Max Extends 20% Off Promo On Prepaid Six-Month Subs
- How To Win With Email Newsletters In 2021
- Pandemic-Affected Global Theatrical Movies Drops 72% To $12.2 Billion
- Free Local Broadcast Streaming Portal Locast Now Has 2.3M Registered Users, 26 Markets
- Cognito Taps Weiner As Chief Insights Officer
- Google Attempts To Debunk AG Paxton's Attack On Company's Ad-Tech Business
- Amazon Surpasses Facebook In Website Tracker Tags
- Apple May Lift Parler Block, If Parler Beefs Up Content Moderation
- The Lowdown On CTV/OTV Growth Prospects, And Challenges, For 2021
- Get The Addressable TV Ad You Want
- Omnicom's 180 Agency Expands Global Footprint, Names Volten Global CEO
- Mailchimp Blocks Pro-Gun Lobby Group's Email: Report
- Next Generation Of Advertising, Data Collaboration Looks Very Different
- ABM Sick Days: B2B Brands Change Their Budgets, Strategies Due To COVID-19
- FCB Chicago Names New Strategy Lead
- Madison Avenue, Brand Thyself
