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The new Amazon Video Direct will compete with the professional side of YouTube and will give those creators and advertisers another place to present their material. Read the full story by P.J. Bednarski

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Social media is supplanting search as the go-to source for discovering content, according results of a survey of active online users conducted by Publicis' Mediavest | Spark unit and BuzzFeed. … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

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The Washington Post has released its first augmented-reality experience to help explain the series of events that led to Freddie Gray's death and sparked riots in Baltimore. The launch of … Read the full story by Sara Guaglione

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High-end publisher Conde Nast is doubling down in its efforts to reach millennial consumers with the coming launch of a new social beauty franchise, #TheLookIs. It's powered by a new … Read the full story by Erik Sass

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Cuebiq, a location intelligence company, announced a data partnership with Intalytics, a predictive analytics firm, to provide retailers intelligence around the best location for a new franchise or
location. Read the full story by Ben Frederick
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Ibotta, a mobile shopping app that helps retailers increase incremental sales and acquire new customers, on Wednesday said it's partnering with data provider LiveRamp to offer a dynamic segmentation
capability. Read the full story by Tobi Elkin
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There's a lot of chatter about cross-device and cross-screen measurement. Lots of parties are working on it, including Lotame. Read the full story by Tobi Elkin

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At the risk of offending no one, Instagram on Wednesday debuted a new and supremely innocuous logo. Along with the new design, Instagram has modified the design of its service. Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley

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Total revenues for Opera Mediaworks were $117.2 million, higher than expected, and a growth of 41% over the same time last year. The company's growth rate is second only to … Read the full story by Ben Frederick
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Remember when the role of a marketer was simple? You had two things to accomplish; build a brand and drive demand. It was brand and demand - and half of … Read the full story by Cory Treffiletti