The new viewing metric for over-the-top content, coming from comScore, will measure dozens of OTT content providers, including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and YouTube. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
In a bid to make it more challenging for publishers to monetize low-quality Web sites, Facebook said it will apply artificial intelligence (AI) on sites that have too many ads, … Read the full story by Tobi Elkin
The platform launches with ad partners ESPN, Progressive Insurance, and Wendy's, each signing "long-term" agreements, said Adam Marchick, CEO at VoiceLabs. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
The FTC sent letters to 52 influencers and marketers, including Sofia Vergara, Naomi Campbell, Heidi Klum, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs, reminding them of the rules for influencer … Read the full story by Erik Sass
Meredith is bringing back House & Garden in a new incarnation - bookazines - licensing the brand from Conde Nast. Meredith will handle the content creation, advertising sales and marketing … Read the full story by Sara Guaglione
Both firms are controlled by Bollore Group, which has been pushing for closer cooperation between the two entities for years. The deal is subject to approval of European anti-trust authorities. Read the full story by Steve McClellan
At the LIGHT Summit at Stanford University, WPP CEO Martin Sorrell said Amazon "is certainly a threat to Google in search and one statistic from our retail operation is that … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
Company-wide advertising revenue -- TV and radio -- dropped to $395 million for first three months of the year, while non-ad revs such as retrans and content spiked. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
"We cannot afford to remain silent," FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn said in a speech this week. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Surprising no one, Snap's first earnings report is eliciting mixed feelings from analysts and company watchers. Among other issues, Jessica Liu, senior analyst at Forrester, believes that the "camera company" … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
Google's search and advertising tools in 2016 provided $222 billion of economic activity for 1.5 million businesses, Web site publishers, and nonprofits across the U.S., according to the company. Some … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
Artificial intelligence offers endless possibilities for marketers - and everyone else, for that matter. It can predict disease from patient records far better and faster than any human method, and … Read the full story by Mike Azzara