Digital News Daily Editions for April 2020
- Digital News Daily - Thursday, April 16, 2020
- Charter To Distribute WarnerMedia's HBO Max
- Can Fintech Find Its Way Amid Global Pandemic?
- Facebook Sued For Selling Political Ads In Washington State
- Comcast's FreeWheel Rolling Out Unified Ad Decisioning Across Direct, Programmatic
- Omnicom To Reduce Numbers, Cut Wages And Furlough Staff
- Tubi To Use TransUnion Data For Ad Targeting
- Is Medium Letting COVID-19 Misinformation Flourish?
- Holding Group League Table The Same For 2019 As 2018
- Nielsen Report Finds 'Heavy Sports Viewers' Remain Heaviest Viewers Even Without It
- TV Marketplace Sees Uptick For Streamers, But Trouble For Traditional TV
- Business Confidence Slumped To A Record Low Last Month
- Consumers Reluctant To Use Product Sites, Note Privacy Concerns
- Apple, Google COVID-19 Tracing Technology Integrates Into Mobile Operating Systems
- Digital Commerce Spending To Drop 14% This Year: Study
- Meredith Corp. Expands Sales Guarantee To Advertisers
- Programmatic Mobile Ad Demand Erodes, Even As Some Categories Spike
- AMC Networks Offers Upfront Platform For Agencies, Marketers
- Digital Media 'Demand' Higher For Netflix, Apple TV+
- Ad Council Finds Consumer Angst Moderating Slightly: Economy, Health Remain Top Worries
- Nielsen Study Finds European Consumers Expect Pandemic To Last Year Or More, Alter Behaviors
- Crisis Sways Consumer Opinions About Brands
- Mashable Prevails In Battle Over Instagram Photo
- Watchdogs Seek New Privacy Protections For Students
- Digital News Daily - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
- IAB Finds Buyers Shorter Than Sellers For Near-Term Ad Market Revisions
- Facebook Gives Apple Watch Owners Their Own Messaging App
- Sellers Align With Buyers: Pandemic More Severe For Ad Economy Than Financial Crisis
- Trump's TV Approval Ratings Drop
- Burgeoning Streaming Marketplace Impacting TV And/Or Video Ad Plans
- Michigan Governor Urged To Lift Non-Essential Ad Restrictions
- NBCU's Peacock Starts This Week, Expects No Near-Term Ad Erosion
- Roku Sees Strong Near-Term Streaming Results, But Concerns For Full Year Remain
- Horizon's Campanelli: Rescheduled Upfronts Could Be New Normal
- Fox Seeks To Dismiss Suit Alleging False Virus Info Violated Consumer Protection Law
- COVID-19 TV: March Madness Viewers Drive Growth Of News, Religious Programming
- Sling TV Makes Blue Package Free To All During Prime Time
- Americans Deem Pandemic Advertising Appropriate, Looking For Good Deals
- Survey Finds Marketers Planned Lower TV Ad $ Pre-Pandemic, Considered TV Relatively Less Effective
- Report: Digital Subscription Services Hold Steady
- 'Los Angeles Times' Furloughs Staffers, Ad Revs 'Nearly' Eliminated
- Privacy Group Urges Supreme Court To Intervene In LinkedIn Scraping Battle
- Making Sense Of Google's Cookieless Environment
- Is Marketing Industry Prepared For What Lies Ahead?
- Brand Safety Institute Names BabyCenter Veteran 'Officer In Residence'
- Houseparty Sign-ups Soar
- 5G Launch Set For This Year
- Grubhub, DoorDash, Postmates, Uber Eats Sued
- It's Not Just Toilet Paper Being Hoarded
- Digital News Daily - Tuesday, April 14, 2020
- ABC Mulls Upfront TV Changes, Could Impact Selling Process
- Mindshare Detects Signs Of Pandemic Wear-Out: Less Brand Awareness, Time With Media
- Universal Claims 'Trolls World Tour' Set Record For Digital Movie Debut
- National TV Ad Spending Faces Immediate Cuts, But Slightly Brighter Picture Going Forward
- Quibi Claims 1.7M Downloads In First Week
- Ten Big Brands On Board For NBCU's Peacock Launch This Week
- Ad Sentiment Deteriorates For Near Term, Focus More On Pandemic Than Economic Factors
- Survey Finds Marketers Planned Lower TV Ad $ Pre-Pandemic, Considered TV Relatively Less Effective
- Facebook, LinkedIn Sued For Allegedly 'Eavesdropping' On Zoom Users
- Movie Fans Adding Streaming Services During Pandemic
- Study: 60% Of Content Related To COVID-19 Considered Brand Safe
- COVID-19 TV: March Madness Viewers Drive Growth Of News, Religious Programming
- Broadband Industry Presses Judge To Scrap Maine Privacy Law
- YouTube Introduces Video Builder, Geared Toward Small Businesses And First-Time Creators
- Semcasting Develops Free Digital Activity Score To Identify Best Media For Engaging Consumers
- Prioritizing Your Marketing Dollars During a Recession
- COVID-19 And The Resurgence Of Local News: Why It Might Be Bad News For President Trump
- We're All Consuming More Media, But Our Choices (Including Video) Vary By Age
- Zoom Accounts Being Sold On Dark Web
- Video Games With 'Loot Boxes' Getting New Label
- Reddit Revealing Identities Of Political Advertisers
- Universal Movie Campaign Adds AR Snapchat Lens
- Amazon To Hire 75,000 More Workers
- Publicis Groupe Expected To Cut Wages And Furlough Staff
- Digital News Daily - Monday, April 13, 2020
- Iger Effectively Back In Charge At Disney: Report
- Necessity Is The Mother Of Taking New Roads
- Network Scatter Ad Terms Become 'Flexible,' Upfront Projected To Be 'Very Light'
- National TV Impressions Maintain High Level, More Program Fragmentation, Due To COVID-19 Crisis
- Microsoft Usership Skyrockets, Platform Used In Novel Ways
- CNBC Digital Doubles Traffic, Grows Subscriptions
- NCS On OTT Metrics Misperceptions, Growing Opportunities
- COVID-19 Changes Content Preferences
- ARF: American Sentiment For A 'Return-To-Normal' Deteriorates
- Consumers Worry About Finances, Shift Spending During Pandemic
- Apple, Google Partner On COVID-19 Mobile Tracing Tech To Identify Those Infected With Virus
- After Suspending Its Season, XFL Shuts Operations Completely
- Walmart Grocery Tops Amazon In App Downloads, Shopping Apps Hit 106 Million
- Search Experts Applying For U.S. Paycheck Protection Program Say Process Mismanaged
- Google's Complex Search Technology Halting Progress For SEOs Amid COVID-19 Crisis
- Activist Wants Appeals Court To Scrap Google 'Street View' Privacy Settlement
- Yelp Axes 1,000 Jobs, Furloughs Staffers
- Judge Refuses To Send Alexa Privacy Battle To Arbitration
- Google's G Suite Offerings Drop 'Hangouts' Handle
- Researchers Finds 'Fleeceware' Apps on App Store
- Is Facebook Testing New 'Campus' Feature?
- Digital News Daily - Friday, April 10, 2020
- Target Sponsors Limited-Ads NBCU Family Movie Nights Across Cable Networks
- IAB Touts Ad Targeting In Fight Against COVID-19
- Nielsen: Streaming Minutes Up Again In March's Last 2 Weeks; Netflix Gains Share
- Hulu's Ad Chief Naylor Departs, Heads To Snap Inc.
- Facebook Sues Software Developer For Allegedly Circumventing Ad Review Filters
- Twitter Shifts Data-Sharing Policy, Loosens Ad Restrictions
- Gallup/Knight Study: TV News Consumption Rising, Perceptions Of News Media Unchanged
- Page Views Climbing, With Online Orders Close Behind
- TikTok Donates Millions To COVID-19 Healthcare, SMBs And For Ad PSAs
- Court Revives Claims Privacy Claims Over Facebook's 'Like' Button
- Social Media Users Value Brands Responsive To COVID-19 Crisis
- Should Agencies Rethink Individually Created COVID-19 Campaigns?
- Roller Coaster Mobile App Spend, Ad Revenue Tracks COVID-19 Ups And Downs
- Getting Involved In Gaming And Esports -- Where To Begin
- New Normal Demands New Marketing Tactics To Win Moms
- TV Must Retool Now: Lessons Not Learned By U.S. Automakers In '70s
- The COV-Ad Pandemic, And How To Avoid It
- QR Codes Used To Track Consumers During Pandemic
- Digital News Daily - Thursday, April 9, 2020
- Quibi Launch Generates Underwhelming Downloads, Social Buzz
- Prominent Figures Filling Apps With Fake News
- Disney+ Rockets To 50 Million Global Subscribers
- Facebook CPMs Crash, Fall To All-Time Low
- Poll: NFL Delay Likely To Accelerate Cord Cutting
- Mindshare Begins Tracking Pandemic, Finds Striking Emotional And Time Spent Patterns
- Cable TV News Networks See Dips After Recent Soaring Gains
- Neustar Integrates iSpot Data For Cross-Platform, MTA Attribution
- TV Audiences Continue To Normalize, Entertainment Rises As News Dips
- IPG Units Find 'HVAs' Work Better Than Conventional Targeting, Rival Contextual's Premiums
- Lawsuit Seeks Injunction Requiring Clearview To Destroy Data
- FTC Urged To Scrutinize Video Conferencing Platforms, Issue Guidance
- Marketers, Time To Dust Off Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs
- Social Distancing Makes Consumers Want To Engage More With Brands, Ads, Content
- Report: COVID-19 News Coverage Gets High Marks From Readers
- Marketing Teams Huddle In Place
- TikTok Donates Millions To COVID-19 Healthcare, SMBs And For Ad PSAs
- Twitter CEO Pledges $1 Billion To COVID-19 Efforts
- Pandemic Leading To Phone-Call Revival
- Microsoft Pausing Hardware Launches Due To Pandemic
- Pandemic Hastening Expansion Of Web Infrastructure
- Digital News Daily - Wednesday, April 8, 2020
- Roku Launches UK Streaming Service
- Auto Ads Rise, Other Top Categories See Sharp National TV Declines
- Social Platforms, Local Media Face Small-Business Ad Cutbacks
- AT&T Offers Free HBO To Boost DirecTV, AT&T TV Subscriptions
- Netflix Adding Parental Controls
- GDPR Fines Total EUR144,815,145
- Digital Media Faces Greatest Risk From Near-Term Pandemic Ad Cuts
- Google's G Suite Surpasses 6M Paying Businesses
- Verizon Media Launches COVID-19 Search Engine For Research
- Internet Holding Up Through COVID-19: Trade Group
- WPP 'Can't Rule Out' Job Cuts
- Disney Launches Free Website For Family Entertainment During Shelter At Home
- U.S. Sports Leagues, Now Off Air, Could Still Command Future TV Price Rights Hikes
- Xandr Donates $200K, Delivers PSAs, To Help Coronavirus Fight
- TV Ad Blues Continue
- Zoom Hit With New Lawsuit Over Privacy, Encryption, Zoombombing
- Google Questioned By Senators Over COVID-19 Reports
- Samsung's Resilience Amid Pandemic: Q1 Revs Forecast To Hit $45 Billion
- CNN Purchases Canopy For Upcoming Digital News Platform
- Pinterest Pushes Out New Ways To Shop From Search And Recommendations
- Agility Is The New Secret Sauce: How To Boost SEO During The COVID-19 Crisis
- Quant Vs. Qual During Crisis Time
- Digital News Daily - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
- WFA Finds 81% Of Global Marketers Postponing Campaigns
- NBCU Will Cut TV Ad Time, Advertisers Asked To Pause Plans
- Virtual Video Platform Ad Spending Sees Sharp Increase
- Most Ad Execs Project A Second Wave Of Pandemic Cuts Later This Year, Weak Signals For Upfront
- Former Fox Sports Marketing Execs Indicted For Alleged Soccer Match Rights Bribes
- Comscore Launches Faster Local TV Ratings
- Vizio Adds 30 New Free TV Channels To Its Smart TV Platform
- Fox News Sued Over COVID-19 Commentary
- ANA Finds In-House Teams Becoming Even More Important Than Agencies Post-Pandemic
- ANA: Most Brands Have Adjusted Their Creative Since COVID-19 Named A Pandemic
- Auto Ad Spending Dips 30% In March
- FTC Urged To Investigate Zoom Over Privacy
- Facebook Advertising Costs Decline During Pandemic
- Customer Journey, Search Terms Take New Direction With COVID-19 -- Are Brands Ready?
- Charter To Up Minimum Wage To $20 Over Two Years, Starting With 'Frontline' Workers
- D2C Brands Gain Amid Virus-Fueled Shopping
- Sampling Trend: Xfinity X1, Flex Make VOD From 2 Dozen Latino, A-A Networks, SVODs Free, For Now
- Facebook Cracking Down on False COVID-19 Claims
- Microsoft Hires Ex-Apple Exec To Develop Mixed-Reality Hardware
- App Optimizer Glassbox Gets $40M
- Allstate Will Return $600 Million In Premiums Due To Fewer Drivers
- Security Firm Intros AI Camera For Fever Detection
- Digital News Daily - Monday, April 6, 2020
- Quibi Launches Today, Facing Unforeseeable Reality Shift, Considerable Skepticism
- Snapchat Viewership Soars, Both For Pandemic News, Gaming
- Political Advertising Sees Slowdown, Digital Remains Stable
- Search Data Forecasts How Consumers Will Spend U.S. Government Stimulus Checks
- Pandemic-Driven Sea Changes Make Advanced TV's Targeting Even More Valuable
- Recent TV Usage Due To COVID-19 Is Climbing More Slowly
- Amazon Product Targeting In Sponsored Display Rolls Out In U.S.
- Google Sued For Allegedly Collecting Students' Biometric Data
- Facebook Makes $100 Million Offer To Local TV Hard Hit By COVID-19
- White House Mulls Appeal In Battle Over Alleged Retaliation Against Journalists
- Facebook Apologizes For Inadvertently Hampering Homemade Mask Volunteers
- Retail Brands' Reckoning: How They Treat Workers Finally Matters
- COVID-19 Disruption: Brands Send Fewer Email Campaigns In March By Half
- Women In Martech, New Trade Group, Is Formed
- Former Apple, Gap, Intuit Analytics Guru Charged With Changing Amperity's Direction
- Advertising As An Anti-Recession Tool
- Cook: Apple Has Sourced Over 20M Masks For Healthcare Workers
- Lowe's Launches App To Track Store Foot Traffic
- Google And Twitter To Allow COVID-19 Advertising
- Young People Are Hardest Hit Economically By COVID-19
- Carnage About To Unfold On The High Street Over COVID-19 Lockdown
- Vermont Tells Big Retailers To Stop Selling Non-Essentials
- Corona Factory Closes, Deemed Non-Essential
- Google Introduces COVID-19 Announcement Tool In Search Console
- Apple Video Unveils 'Air Tags'
- China Pushes Ahead With 5G During Global Pandemic
- Time To Save Local Papers, 'Press Gazette' Warns
- UK Officials Ask Facebook, Twitter To Help Curb Conspiracy Theories
- Apple Has Sourced Over 20 Million Masks For Healthcare Workers
- Apple's US Stores To Remain Closed Until May
- Must Tracking Pandemic Data Betray Civil Liberties?
- Helplessly Hoping, But Inextricably Connected
- Digital News Daily - Friday, April 3, 2020
- Google, Others Use Location History Data To Track Peoples' Movements During Pandemic
- In Shift, Google Will Allow Political Ads Related To COVID-19
- 74 Journalism Professors Write Open Letter To Murdochs, Criticizing Fox News Coverage Of COVID-19
- Cannes Canceled: Next Lions Festival Slated For June 2021
- Ads Next To COVID-19 Get More Attention
- Shifting Prime Time: Global Daytime Streaming Soars, Evening Streaming Slips
- Nearly Two In Three Have Seen Fake COVID-19 News On Social
- HBO Starts Free, No-Trial-Sub Sampling Of Nearly 500 Hours of Content During Pandemic
- Should Spreading COVID-19 Fake News Be An Offence?
- Fox, Discovery, AMC To See Mostly Double-Digit Ad Declines For 2020: Analyst Estimate
- Quibi Offers Free Year Through T-Mobile Tie-In; Quibi's Launch Shadowed By Tech Lawsuit
- Dentsu's Andree Returning To Work After Medical Leave
- Comcast's Xfinity X1 Adds Hulu App
- Maryland Governor Urged To Veto Digital Ad Tax
- NewsGuard Offers Database Of COVID-19 Misinformation Sites To Protect Credible News Sites From Blacklisting
- Local Media Consortium, Brand Safety Institute Partner On Local News Advertising Whitelist
- Zoom Commits To Tightened Security
- Lockdown TV Viewing: From 'Me' To 'We'
- Russian Trolls Are Still Contaminating Media
- With Many Campaigns On Pause, Brands Turn To Local Causes
- How to Avoid Sounding Tone-Deaf During The COVID-19 Shutdown
- More People Are Watching TV: What's Your Next Move?
