by Wayne Friedman
Another Super Bowl; another TV viewing history record. The down-to-the-wire Super Bowl XLIX (Super Bowl 49) pulled in a Nielsen 114.4 million viewers for … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Total non-programming time, including brand advertising, and NFL and network promotions, was down nearly a minute from last year, and more than three minutes … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Yahoo continues to inch up in search market share at the expense of Google's decline. Google's share of U.S. searches, excluding mobile, dipped below … Read the whole story
by Erik Sass
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings is taking its European outdoor advertising business off the auction block, at least temporarily, due to the weakening euro. The … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Orabrush has spun off its video-marketing business Molio into a separate company. It launches with $3 million in Series A funding led by Greycroft … Read the whole story
by Erik Sass
Two big transit advertising contracts were renewed this week, as Outfront Media inked a new five-year deal with Miami-Dade Transit, and Titan extended its … Read the whole story
by Larissa Faw
Negativity doesn't sell, according to Super Bowl viewers. Nationwide's "Dead Kill" ad -- which featured a boy discussing things he would not be able … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
As with other Super Bowl advertising, sentimentality and strong emotional content were big drivers of highly viewed advertising content. A commercial featuring a lost … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Gary Holmes
Last year at this time I confidently predicted that our tolerance for violence in football had reached a tipping point and that this would … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
This year's Super Bowl pulled in the second-largest amount of commercial time from paying advertisers ever for the big game -- 39 minutes and … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Katie Meier
We had Data Privacy Day last week, but did anyone care? Privacy is the big white elephant at the media party right now. He's … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
In a rare second-by-second analysis of the Super Bowl's audience, Rentrak has released its Ad Retention Index for the Big Game showing that the … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Monster.com, a brand long associated with Super Bowl advertising, may not have been in this year's game, but that didn't stop it from running … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said on Monday that he will propose invalidating state restrictions on municipal broadband networks. Currently, at least 19 … Read the whole story
by Larissa Faw
"Our historical data shows that from an awareness perspective, it is actually better to be seen in a somewhat "off" light than to be … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
The Berlin-based digital agency strategic consultant will work in "close cooperation" with the holding company's CRM specialist Rapp. TLGG's clients include Astra, E.ON, HUK … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Adam Buckman, Featured Columnist
The voice of President Kennedy should not have been used to hawk cruises. Given the diminished physical state of Muhammad Ali today, the use … Read the whole story