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Brown will be expected to help news organizations and journalists work more closely with the social network. The news media business is currently undergoing a fundamental shift. Facebook is
responsible … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
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Song sales were down 25% in 2016 to 734.2 million units, while album sales slipped 15.6% to 173.4 million. But on-demand audio streams almost doubled -- up 82.6% to 250.7 … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
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VideoAmp announced on Thursday it was partnering with Immersv to connect its user graph to Immersv's VR/360 advertising platform. VideoAmp clients will have access to 360 video inventory in VR … Read the full story by Philip Rosenstein
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The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) said Friday the Tech Lab will take responsibility for governance of the Mobile Verification Open-Source Software Development Kit (SDK) initiative, formerly
managed by Integral Ad … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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BuzzFeed has managed to turn viral videos into publishing gold. The company's popular cooking vertical Tasty has sold more than 100,000 copies of the "Tasty: The Cookbook" since its launch … Read the full story by Sara Guaglione
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Four people are being charged with hate crimes in addition to a number of other offenses after they tortured a mentally disabled man while live streaming the incident on Facebook. Read the full story by Erik Sass
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Mattel has developed a voice-activated connected kids room hub similar to Amazon Echo and Google Home, with technology from Microsoft, Qualcomm Technology and Silk Labs. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
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One of the striking evolutions of the Internet of Things highlighted at this year's CES is the scope of major brand involvement in very many ways. However, this not an … Read the full story by Chuck Martin
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The great thing about forecasting the future in this space: Nobody ever remembers if you were right or wrong. So in that spirit, here are Over The Line's Fearless Forecasts … Read the full story by George Simpson
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Alex Bogusky. What just went on in your head when you read those words? Envy, perhaps? Admiration? No doubt a confusing mix of love and hate as well. Advertising loves … Read the full story by Jack Feuer
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When Bob Liodice joined the Association of National Advertisers in 1995, there was already a pretty pervasive sense that the Internet was about to change advertising as we know it. … Read the full story by Joe Mandese