Digital News Daily Editions for February 2021
- Digital News Daily - Friday, Feb. 12, 2021
- Disney+ Hits 95M Subs In 14 Months, Though ARPU Down 28%
- Apple Tests New Search Ad, Moves To Become Safe Advertising Supplier
- Scrappy SMBs: Despite Pandemic, They Sent More Emails, Drove More Sales In 2020
- TVB Wants Nielsen To Slow Broadband-Only Homes Inclusion In Local TV Ratings
- HBO Max To Launch In Latin America In June
- Oklahoma Lawmakers Advance Opt-In Privacy Bill
- Court Grants Biden Administration Request To Delay Decision About WeChat
- Facebook Reports Double-Digit Drop In Hate Speech And Harmful Content, Cites Advances In AI
- AppsFlyer Develops Predictive Analytics Tool In Response To Apple's Privacy Rules
- Report: Industry Split On Whether Media Plans Drive Buys Or Vice Versa
- 2020 Recorded More Viewing Time, But Fewer Viewers
- Biden Administration Asks Court To Pause Battle Over TikTok
- Data Goldmine: Why Microsoft Pursued Pinterest
- B2C Brands Felt Need To Speak Out On Issues Last Year: Study
- Court Urged To Reconsider Lawmaker's Right To Block Critics On Twitter
- A Ranking Of Email Marketing Software Tools
- Digital News Daily - Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021
- Upfront Redux: Networks To Go Virtual, Again
- Maryland Lawmakers Poised To Override Ad Tax Veto This Week
- Report: Peacock Has Just 11.3M Active, Ad-Supported Viewing Households
- CBS All Access, Showtime Bundle Exits Apple TV+ As Paramount+ Launch Approaches
- Google Ads Lead Forms Convert Consumers Without Clicking Through
- IPG Reports 5.4% Q4 Organic Dip As U.S. Remains 'Remarkably Resilient'
- Harris Poll Finds Americans Burning Out Of Digital Screens, Tuning Out Digital Ads
- Super Bowl Spikes Ad Revenue 21% Higher To $545 Million
- Microsoft Reportedly Sought To Buy Pinterest
- Dentsu Finds 'Social Good' Branding Attitudes Index High Among Most Nations, Less So In Japan
- Promo Giant Inmar Unveils Plan To End 'Coupon Fraud,' Touts New Technology
- Valentine's Day Purchases Driven By Four Behavioral Triggers
- Foursquare Expands Data Partnerships As COVID-19 Forces Brands To Localize Campaigns
- Study: Brands Move Toward Adopting CDPs, With Email Top-5 App Function
- Brand Intent Data Shows Interest in Blogging Rising
- Why Do Marketers Prefer The Walled Gardens?
- Email Hassles: The Main Problems Facing Brands
- 5 Reasons Why Apple's Limiting IDFA Is Very Good For CTV
- Trump Used Media Money To Market An Insurrection
- Casual Games: Big User Bases But Modest Time-Spent, Consumer Spend
- Older Consumers Are Among The Most Likely To Be Victimized By Malicious Emails
- Jeep Removes Springsteen Video After News Of DUI Arrest Surfaces
- Digital News Daily - Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
- YouTube First Platform To Earn MRC Content-Level Brand Safety Accreditation
- TikTok Sale On Hold As Biden Admin Reviews Global Tech Security
- WFA Report Finds Many CMOs Not Yet Started, Or Just Beginning, Digital Transformation
- Supreme Court Urged To Tighten Rules For Privacy Class-Actions
- Why Fitness Ad CTRs Rose 45% Higher Than Other Advertisers'
- Net Neutrality Necessary For Public Safety, Groups Tell FCC
- Samba TV Starts Consumer-Driven Privacy Manager For Smart TVs
- Microsoft Ads Replaces Manual CPC Bidding - What Advertisers Need To Know
- Fox Corp.'s Tubi Estimated To Grow To $1B In Revenues, $300M For Current Year
- Guess What Other Medium Surged During 2020: Over-The-Air TV Antennas
- Continuity, Connection Key In Pandemic-Compromised Sports World
- Will Streaming Platforms Get Their True Share Of Super Bowl Ad Dollars?
- Postal Volume Plummets Despite Surge In Ecommerce: Marketing Mail Takes A Hit
- Study: Pandemic Drove B2C Content Marketers To Shift Tactics In 2020
- Word Press Parent Buys Content Analytics Platform Parse.ly
- Facebook And Snap Want Australia To Adopt GDPR-Style Privacy Act
- Aunt Jemima Rebrands As Pearl Milling Company
- Twitter Hits 192M Users, Dorsey Shrugs Off Trump Removal
- Digital News Daily - Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
- CBS' Super Bowl Sinks 9% In Viewing, Streaming Rises 65%
- Ratings Fumble? Nielsen Super Bowl Numbers AWOL More Than 24 Hours Later
- Super Bowl Streams At 20% For CTV Device Owners, Sports Wagering Higher
- Suzanne Scott Re-Ups As Fox News CEO
- Fox Moves To Dismiss Smartmatic Suit On First Amendment Grounds
- Virginia Online Privacy Law Nears Passage
- Biden Administration Abandons Challenge To California Net Neutrality Law
- Fewer Fans In The Stands Pays Off For Super Bowl Sponsors
- Brands Demonstrate Performance Marketing In Super Bowl LV Ads
- Miller Elevated To Global Chief Marketing and Communications Officer At McCann Worldgroup
- Donors Prefer Email For Nonprofit Messaging: Study
- Experian Company Develops Interoperable Way To Eliminate Fragmented Cookieless Advertising
- Fast-Growing Streamers' 'Reach' Levels Competitive With Big-Time TV Sports Leagues
- Mediabrands' Index Finds Social Media Generally More Responsible: Touts Endorsements From 4As, GARM
- CBS All Access Glitch Hits Just Ahead Of Super Bowl
- Are Legacy Sports Networks Still As Valuable?
- 60% Of Pay-TV Users Want Subs To Include Streaming Content From Online Video Services
- How A Microsoft Engineer Solved A Team's Meeting Problem
- Text Is Catching On With Retail Marketers
- Digital News Daily - Monday, Feb. 8, 2021
- Senate Democrats Propose Broad Curbs On Websites' Protections For Users' Speech
- Forecast: COVID Protocols Will Limit 2021 Beauty Advertising Spend
- Bye, Bye, Dobbsie: Fox Stands Up for What's Expedient
- Fox Business Drops 'Lou Dobbs Tonight,' Its Highest-Rated Show, Day After $2.7B Defamation Suit
- U.S. Management Reshuffle At Publicis Groupe
- Boomtown Metrics: Email, Text And Push All Saw Gains In 2020
- Mobile Fraud And Bots Peak During Economic Slowdown: Study
- CBS' Super Bowl Ramps Up On-Air Promos For Paramount+, Prime-Time Network Shows
- TV Networks Endure Sharp Ratings Declines, Makegoods Are An Issue
- Reddit's First Super Bowl Ad Lasted A Mere Five Seconds
- FCC Should Restore Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules, Incompas Urges
- One Of T-Mobile's Super Bowl Ads Reportedly Banned
- How CTV Changes This Year's Super Bowl Opportunity
- Jeep Enlists 'The Boss' For 2-Minute Unity Plea
- Snap, Unity Warn Of Ad Disruption Resulting From Apple's Privacy Change
- Industry Must Collaborate On Privacy Initiatives, Says IBM Watson Advertising Global Head
- Amazon's Super Bowl Ad Steams Up The Internet
- Why A Post-IDFA World Will Be Good, Not Bad For Advertising
- Digital News Daily - Friday, Feb. 5, 2021
- Fox, Three News Hosts, Trump Lawyers Hit With $2.7B Defamation Lawsuit
- Florida Governor Takes Aim At Tech Companies
- Google Pays Australian News Publishers For Content, Launches Platform And Analytics
- Magnite Acquires SpotX For $1.17 Billion
- Tobaccowala: Big Companies 'No Longer Scared' Of Big Tech Platforms
- Amazon Advertising: Monthly Viewers Have Nearly Tripled To 55 Million
- Automaker TV Spending Drops Slightly In January
- Anglo Media Markets Lost Nearly $8 Billion In 2020
- People Using TV Data Declined In Q4 After High Pandemic Viewing
- YouTube Expands CTV And Sports Offerings As Ad Spending Rebounds
- Google Must Face Android 'Spying' Suit, Judge Rules
- Retail Sales Grew, Especially Online, In January: Mastercard
- Nielsen To Expand Streaming Programming Metrics
- New Tubular Labs CEO To Tackle International Growth
- CIMM Day 1: Essence Media Chief Calls For 'Wholesale' Measurement Change
- Outreach Strategists Proves Cookieless Identity Improves Performance, Match Rates
- How Streaming's 'Platform Bouncers' Became The New Coupon Clippers
- P&G's Pritchard Named WFA Global Marketer Of The Year
- How AI Helps Email Marketing Campaigns
- Breach Report Shows 3.2 Billion Emails And Passwords Were Exposed
- Digital News Daily - Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021
- Consumer Attention Spans Plummet, Now Lower Than...
- Agency New Business Revenue Down 5.8% In 2020
- Bud Is A Big Pre-Super Bowl Social Winner, Despite No In-Game Ad
- Spotify Sees 30% Q4 Ad Revenue Gains, As Podcast Growth Rises
- NBCU To Start New 'Platform Developer' Conference
- Netflix Dominates Golden Globe Nominations
- How Streaming's 'Platform Bouncers' Became The New Coupon Clippers
- Kantar Raises Ad Measurement Standards With Google Data Integration
- Ascential Doubles Down On MediaOcean Rival Hudson MX, Leads New $63.5 Million Round
- NCM Adds Harkins Theatres To Cinema Ad Network, Anticipates 2021 Rebound
- Companies Fall Short Of Compliance With California Privacy Law, Consumer Reports Finds
- WideOrbit Integrates Tru Optik ID Resolution For Audio Audience Targeting
- Corona Hard Seltzer Transports Consumers To A Virtual Tropical Beach
- Moosejaw Settles Privacy Claims, But Ad-Tech Company NaviStone Aims To Continue Battle
- Almost All Retail Brands Are Increasing Their Email Budgets In 2021: Survey
- Hormel Reportedly Close To Acquiring Planters For $3B
- It's Almost Game Day: How Marketers Can Make Sure Their Ads Will Score Big
- What Ford's Partnership With Google Means
- How To Measure The Success Of WarnerMedia's Simultaneous Streaming-Theater Move
- Google Stops Deleting Robinhood's Critical Reviews
- How Email Retargeting Drives ROI
- Digital News Daily - Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021
- How Social Media Is Failing Luxury Brands
- Amid Stellar Sales and Profits, Amazon's Bezos Steps Down
- NBCU: More Layoffs, Executive Shuffling, As New Structure Is Finalized
- Crunchyroll Hits 4M Paid Subs And 100M Free Users, Inks Series Deal With Idris Elba
- Pre-Super Bowl Ad Releases Hit A Low: Down 73% Vs. 2020
- Amid Fewer CPG Ads, PepsiCo Stands To Score Big At Super Bowl
- Google Search, YouTube Advertising Push Alphabet Q4 Revenue To $57B
- CNN, MSNBC Post Major January Viewing Gains, Fox News Sinks To Third Place
- AT&T To Pay Additional $12 Million For Throttling 'Unlimited' Subscribers
- New CTV Ad Fraud: $30M To $50M In Theft
- Washington State Lawmaker Unveils Privacy Bill Requiring Opt-In Consent For Targeting
- How Digital Marketers Really Feel About Super Bowl Advertising
- Ford Plans Regional-Only Super Bowl Buy
- GM Releases Celeb-Filled Spot Ahead Of Game
- Helping Industry Move To Cross-Media Measurement: Q&A With CIMM's Jane Clarke
- Study: Few Brands Have Mastered AI And Machine Learning
- Search Engine Ekoru Sees 500% Spike In Traffic After Google Threatens To Pull Out From Australia
- Havas Taps Canvas' Ginsberg As Chief Investment Officer
- Startup Raises $1 Billion From Alphabet, Salesforce And Other Investors
- U.S. Officials Consider COVID-Testing Requirement For Domestic Travel
- Digital News Daily - Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021
- Facebook Unveils Plan To Convince Apple Users To Allow Tracking
- WPP, TikTok Announce Global Agency Partnership Wrapped In Data
- AMC Networks Buys Stake In Shaftesbury Production Company
- A+E Networks To Shift To Total Audience Guarantees In Upfront Deals
- Univision Acquires Spanish-Language AVOD VIX
- DPAA Expands Board: Adds Digital Media, Programmatic Experts
- Facebook Inc. Now Controls Nearly 30% Of Online Ad Spend
- Ad Industry Blasts California AG For Tweet Endorsing Universal Opt-Out Tool
- TVSquared Bows Cross-Platform Standardized TV Measurement Solution
- Cadent, Premion Expand TV Identity Graph Partnership
- Magnite Intros Open Beta For CTV/OTT Unified Decisioning Solution
- Warner Music Group Q1 Revenues Up 6.2%, Digital Revenue 17% Higher
- Digital Ad Spend Rose By 58.2% Worldwide In Q4 2020: Study
- Microsoft CEO Insists Bing Can Replace Google Search In Australia
- Report Finds No Anti-Right Bias On Social; Recommends Creating Digital Regulatory Agency
- FTC Finalizes Zoom Settlement, Despite Acting Chair's Dissent
- WARC Tackles 'Marketing In A Polarized Nation'
- Minority Miss: Hispanics And Asians Less Likely To Be Contacted By Political Campaigns
- TikTok User Activity Far Outpaces Other Social Apps', Trumps Facebook In U.S.
- Google Adds Icon In Search To Provide More Information
- Digital News Daily - Monday, Feb. 1, 2021
- Verizon $80M 5G Tampa-Area Network Investment Will Support Super Bowl Activations
- Apple Pays Record $25 Million For Rights To Movie 'CODA'
- Google And Facebook Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit By West Virginia Newspaper
- Massachusetts Bill Would Ban Data Caps And Price Hikes During Pandemic
- The Number Of TV Premium Shows Sank In 2020, First Drop In 11 Years
- AAM Creates Audit Program For Digital Publishers
- Advocacy Groups Continue Battle Over Trump's Social Media Crackdown
- Apple's Privacy Changes To Send Facebook's Ad Business Into Dark Ages
- Facebook To Give Brands Control Of Ad Buys Next To Its Most Organic Content: The Topics Of Its Newsfeed
- TV Show Discovery: On-Air Promos, Word-of-Mouth Still Strong, Social Media Growing
- Dour Dentsu Forecast Lowers U.S., Worldwide Ad Consensus
- Robinhood Records Rising National TV Ad Spend
- Google Deletes Thousands Of Negative Reviews On Robinhood App
- Sabio Advertisers Have Donated $10M Added-Value CTV And Mobile Impressions
- Consumers Now Say Online Platforms Are Essential: Study
- 59% Would Opt In To Apple's Privacy Tracking If They Received Relevant Content, Study Finds
- The BI Build: Business Intelligence/SQL Budgets Are Rising
- 1,984 Reasons To Check Out GroupM's New Data Ethics Tool
- An Email Marketer's Guide To Customer Journey Mapping
- Case Study: Salesforce Helps Adidas Send Dynamic Email Content
- Coachella Canceled A Third Time
- Publix Faces Blowback Linked To Capital Riot
