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As far as metaphors
go, the notion of “buying time” has become a little ironic -- and some might say, quite prophetic -- for Madison Avenue. In its most common use, the term simply means to keep something
going beyond its functional capacity. In the ad industry, of course, it means something else: to buy … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
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The retailer hasn't conducted a full-blown media agency review in over a decade, when Omnicom's OMD was awarded the account. Word of the review comes after the company confirmed that … Read the full story by Steve McClellan
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Not that I've gone on it again since registering a few weeks ago, but Ello is starting to get more interesting, what with the news it just received $5.5 million … Read the full story by Catharine P. Taylor
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The selection follows the company's search earlier this year for a creative shop, and the winner in that contest was MEC sibling agency Ogilvy & Mather. The client's global ad … Read the full story by Steve McClellan
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These days, ad people like to think that things are pretty gender-neutral in advertising city. It goes along the lines of "So stop your yapping about that whole gender gap-flap … Read the full story by
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Bing Ads has developed a way to define and track performance and conversions to meet ad goals. The company announced Universal Event Tracking (UET) Thursday at its Bing Ads Next … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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Microsoft has plans to build out a third-party ad publisher network, similar to Google AdSense, placing premium high-quality ads on publisher sites supported by Bing and Bing Ads. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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IAB Canada President Chris Williams asked me a great question last week. We had just finished presenting the results of the new eye tracking study I told you about in … Read the full story by Gord Hotchkiss
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Ad-free social network Ello on Thursday announced raising $5.5 in new venture funding in a round led by the Foundry Group in Boulder, Colo. To affirm its founding manifesto, the … Read the full story by Mark Walsh
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CEO Maurice Levy blames a number of factors for the weak results, including himself. "What has been a distraction is the merger and that's my fault. Period," he said on … Read the full story by Larissa Faw
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Sir Martin Sorrell has reported he is "puzzled" by the transparency debate around programmatic -- but the real issue here is that unless the new technology solves the age-old problem … Read the full story by Sean Hargrave
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The Federal Communications Commission has delayed its review of Comcast's proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable -- which, if approved, would greatly increase Comcast's broadband
footprint. The FCC … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
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In marketing, sales, the agency business and leadership, being genuine and authentic is a requirement. When you don't have those qualities, your audience and colleagues can smell it a mile … Read the full story by Cory Treffiletti
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If you think some topics receive way too much attention in news coverage, you're not alone. Per a new online survey of 2,537 adults conducted by the Harris Poll in … Read the full story by Erik Sass
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The effort, which will include TV, cinema and out-of-home advertising (to make its appearance in November), is designed to build awareness and showcase the utility of Messenger's enhanced
communication abilities, … Read the full story by Aaron Baar
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CEO John Wren noted the "huge opportunity" presented by programmatic while stressing that the business today represents less than 2% of the holding company's revenue. He also said there's a … Read the full story by Steve McClellan
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Yahoo is in talks to acquire programmatic video ad platform BrightRoll, TechCrunch has reported, for anywhere between $500 million and $1 billion -- although TechCrunch notes it's "likely to be … Read the full story by Tyler Loechner
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Manuel Noriega, a real former dictator, is suing prominent video game company Activision over its fake portrayal of him in the real video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II." … Read the full story by Katie Meier
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Comcast should vow to refrain from charging content companies higher fees in exchange for speedier delivery of their material, the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Monday. The … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
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John Oliver is having his moment. His satirical news show on HBO, "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" is a critical darling and social media sensation. He's on the cover … Read the full story by Gary Holmes
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Internet ad revenue rose 15% to $23.1 billion during the first six months in 2014, compared with the same time period in 2013, per an IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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Snapchat just made online ads interesting and new. Snapchat ads give us an entirely new problem: we now need to make ads that people want to see, and we can … Read the full story by Tom Goodwin
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Let's just say the future of TV is pretty well established by now. The news that HBO is untethering itself from exclusive cable distribution and CBS will offer a paid-streaming … Read the full story by Bob Garfield
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Keeping its recent promise, Snapchat introduced ads to its messaging platform this weekend. The new ads are appearing in the "Recent Updates" section of U.S. users' accounts. "It's the first … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
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The Social Media Insider has (yet another) confession to make: if she could write about just anything this week, it would be the news that HBO and CBS are both … Read the full story by Catharine P. Taylor