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Facebook is encouraging partners to reimage their consumer-facing business in terms of bots. A number of business partners are already showing off their new bots, including Fandango and CNN. The … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley

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Nielsen is starting up a cloud-based tool for marketers to manage their marketing spending across all media. It will have 95% cross-platform capabilities for all U.S. devices. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
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As the programmatic TV drumbeat continues to accelerate, data and its use in the ecosystem remain at the center of the conversation. Many are talking about data's ability to drive … Read the full story by Brad Smith
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Springbot released two new product features on Friday to help Magento and Shopify retailers engage with consumers via social and email marketing. Advanced Shoppable Instagram and Behavioral Trigger
email adds … Read the full story by Jess Nelson

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Starbucks launched a slick new mobile app to go along with the launch of their new rewards program. A redesign of this program is an auspicious move from a company … Read the full story by Ben Frederick
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Historically, most marketers have assumed that only companies with significant marketing budgets could afford moving to an advanced measurement approach without taking a hit to their bottom line. But
that's … Read the full story by Anto Chittilappilly
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Conde Nast, in the process of ramping up its programmatic offerings, is focused on marrying its first-party data with content to create large-scale opportunities for advertisers. Read the full story by Tobi Elkin

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Mobile advertising may suffer from the hype surrounding it. Some 21% of respondents to a recent survey said they either did not know how to measure their return on investment … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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Ad-serving and video platform SpotX on Wednesday said it saw global net revenue growth of 56% year-over-year in 2015. The company attributed the growth to video delivered via mobile and … Read the full story by Tobi Elkin