The review is the first formal reassessment of the package goods giant's North America media agency assignments in over a decade. Publicis Groupe's Starcom MediaVest Group and Dentsu Aegis Network's … Read the full story by Steve McClellan
It's the latest in a string of recent victories for the Omnicom Media Group agency. Other recent new business wins include global communications planning for SCJ and media AORs for … Read the full story by Steve McClellan
Google reportedly will roll out a Buy button on search product ads that will take consumers to a landing page that allows them to complete the transaction. Last year at … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
Amazon announced the launch of an advertising platform for mobile app developers wanting to distribute their Android apps through Amazon's Appstore, and Google Play. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
The Radio Advertising Bureau revealed that it will no longer publish quarterly reports detailing ad revenues for publicly traded radio broadcasters. Instead, it will publish reports twice a year, with … Read the full story by Erik Sass
The firm notes that perception had been heading up for the NFL because of the draft, and that its levels of good vibes were higher than they would have been … Read the full story by Karl Greenberg
"I can't predict how long [this investigation] will take" said MDC Partners CFO David Doft at an investor conference Wednesday morning. "It has taken a few months, and will be … Read the full story by Larissa Faw
Could Matthew Weiner have actually planned that "The Milk & Honey Route" -- the second-to-last "Mad Men" episode of this final half-season, with its shockeroo death sentence for Betty -- … Read the full story by
Verizon's proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL gives the Federal Communications Commission another reason to impose privacy obligations on broadband providers. That's according to Public Knowledge, which today called for … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
While Verizon and AOL are both consumer-facing companies, analysts and industry watchers say their merging has more to do with data and ad technology. "Real-Time Daily" has compiled reactions from … Read the full story by Tyler LoechnerGavin O'Malley
Once again fellow Online Spin writer Tom Goodwin has piqued my interest. He starts to unwrap a tremendously thorny problem in his column of last Thursday, "Time to Think about … Read the full story by Gord Hotchkiss
AOL, which was once tied in an ill-fated marriage to a telecommunications giant, is tying the knot once again. This time it's Verizon, which announced a $4.4 billion acquisition of … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
I experimented to see what would happen if I started "binge-clicking" - basically, clicking on at least one ad on every Web page I was on for a predetermined period. … Read the full story by Cory Treffiletti
You think you've seen digital disruption? You haven't seen anything yet. It's just getting started. What's been vertical disruption is about to go horizontal in a big way. Read the full story by Dave Morgan
The threat from bots in online advertising and data breaches in electronic commerce and emerging payment systems continues to grow. While threats and new security challenges seem daunting, the online … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
The Federal Communications Commission denied broadband providers' requests to delay the portion of the net neutrality rules that reclassifies broadband as a utility service. The move means that the new … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Facebook is now the fastest-growing major media supplier to Madison Avenue, but Google remains No. 1, according to the 2015 edition of the "Top Thirty Global Media Owners" report from … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
You've been champing at the bit for streaming services to offer a large enough array of programming so you can call the cable company and tell them to pound sand. … Read the full story by Bob Garfield
The MDC Partners CEO and two of his consulting companies -- which are paid annual retainers by MDC -- agreed to waive rights to so-called "gross-up payments" that would cover … Read the full story by Steve McClellan
Google has released new data that says just over half (54%) of video advertisements across the Web -- excluding YouTube -- were viewable in April 2015. This suggests improvements are … Read the full story by Tyler Loechner