- Facebook Could Lose Ability To Send EU Data To U.S.
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 14, 2021
Facebook failed to block an EU privacy decision that could suspend its ability to send data about European users to U.S. computer servers, something the ad industry has been struggli ...
- SVOD Subscriptions To Increase 65%, To Nearly 1.5B, By 2026
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The average subscriber will pay for 2.14 SVOD services, according to a forecast by Digital TV Research. Subscription growth peaked last year, with the addition of 201 million subscriptions. ...
- Biden Administration Still Weighing TikTok And WeChat Bans
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
"New and incoming leadership at the Department of Commerce and other interested agencies need additional time to consider potential options," lawyers for the Dept. of Justice wrote in reports fil ...
- In First Post-Pandemic Comp, Publicis Continues To Lag
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, April 15, 2021
In its first quarter to reflect the year-over-year impact of the pandemic, albeit partially, Publicis Groupe reported a moderate decline in net revenues, but actually posted organic growth. ...
- Alibaba Group Co-Founder's Ant Group Expected To See Slower Growth
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Beijing is forcing Jack Ma's financial-technology giant, Ant Group, to scale back its activities and dismantle the company that have given it a big advantage over rivals and China's ban ...
- GroupM: China Now Accounts For 5% Of World's Biggest Marketers, But Tensions Abound
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
As trade tensions with China continue, a new report from GroupM's Business Intelligence unit indicates the nation currently accounts for about 5% of the revenue for the world's biggest marketer ...
- P&G Tests Workaround To Apple's Data Privacy Rules With China Trade Groups
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 9, 2021
One of the world's largest CPG companies that depends on data is looking into other ways to target ads to consumers. TikTok's parent company ByteDance, Deloitte, and PricewaterhouseCoopers also a ...
- ByteDance Buys Gaming Studio For $4B In Move Toward Ecommerce, Less Reliance On Ads
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
ByteDance's push into gaming will diversify its business model away from advertising toward ecommerce and other forms of monetization. ByteDance spent a reported $4 billion this week to buy Shanghai-bas ...
- Microsoft's LinkedIn Pauses Sign-Ups In China
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Microsoft's networking site LinkedIn will pause new member sign-ups for its service in China, while it works to ensure it is complying with local law. ...
- Huawei Readies New Email Service Provider: Petal Mail
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 8, 2021
A report says Chinese firm Huawei can no longer use Gmail, and is testing its own ESP. ...
- White House Is Concerned As Microsoft Email Breach Spreads
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 5, 2021
A hack of Microsoft's email server was apparently caused by China-based hackers and is being monitored by the White House even as it spreads to Europe. Microsoft attributes the atta ...
- TAG Rolls Out Anti-Fraud And Brand-Safety Certifications In China
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 1, 2021
The Trustworthy Accountability Group and China Advertising Association will begin issuing certifications immediately to companies that meet the groups' anti-fraud and brand-safety standards. ...
- TikTok Violates EU Privacy And Consumer Protection Laws, Watchdog Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Social video app TikTok violates the rights of European consumers, fails to protect children from "hidden advertising and inappropriate content" and doesn't clearly inform users about its data practices, ...
- ByteDance Reportedly Calls Off Oracle, Walmart Deal
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 15, 2021
TikTok's parent company ByteDance reportedly shelved its deal with Oracle and Walmart now that former President Donald Trump is no longer in office. ...
- Court Grants Biden Administration Request To Delay Decision About WeChat
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 11, 2021
At the request of the Biden administration, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday agreed to hold off on deciding a battle over the former administration's attempt to b ...
- TikTok Sale On Hold As Biden Admin Reviews Global Tech Security
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
TikTok's deal to sell its U.S. operations to Oracle and Walmart has been shelved indefinitely, awaiting a resolution based on the Biden administration's in-process review of security issues surrounding technolo ...
- Dentsu Finds 'Social Good' Branding Attitudes Index High Among Most Nations, Less So In Japan
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
An overwhelming majority of consumers have a "positive" attitude toward brands that promote social good, according to a multinational survey released today by Dentsu. The study, conducted among social med ...
- TikTok Ban Raises 'Constitutional Alarms,' Watchdogs Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 25, 2021
The government's attempt to ban TikTok should "ring constitutional alarms," the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation are telling a feder ...
- Sen. Marco Rubio Calls On Twitter's Jack Dorsey To Explain 'Content Moderation Process'
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Sen. Marco Rubio's letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey requested an explanation for the company's failure to remove or label a falsified image posted by a member of the Chine ...
- Influencers Urge Appeals Court To Allow TikTok To Continue Operating
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 18, 2021
President Trump's planned TikTok ban would harm people who post content to the service for profit, three influencers tell appeals court. ...
- L'Oreal China Taps Publicis For Media Planning And Buying, Cites 'Bespoke Agency Solution'
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
L'Oreal China has named Publicis Groupe its media planning and buying agency in China. The assignment, which is a three-year contract, begins early this year. ...
- Alibaba Investigated By China's Government For Monopolistic Practices
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 24, 2020
The probe looks into why merchants are required to sign exclusive cooperation pacts preventing their products and services being sold on other platforms. ...
- Trump Administration Fights To Proceed With TikTok Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 11, 2020
An injunction preventing the planned TikTok ban "disrupts national security efforts," the government tells a federal appellate court. ...
- Second Judge Blocks TikTok Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 8, 2020
A second federal judge has prohibited the government from enforcing an executive order by President Trump that would have effectively shut down TikTok in the U.S. ...
- White House Appeals Injunction That Prevents TikTok Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 13, 2020
The White House is appealing an order issued earlier this month that prohibits the government from effectively shutting down the social video app TikTok in the U.S. ...
- White House Lacks Authority To Ban TikTok Downloads, Company Tells Appeals Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 9, 2020
TikTok has asked an appellate court in Washington, D.C. to uphold an injunction that prevents the Commerce Department from attempting to ban downloads of the app. ...
- Holiday Shoppers Are Spending More Or The Same As In 2019: Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, November 9, 2020
But many want personalized suggestions, and others plan to rely on social media, McKinsey reports. ...
- Baidu: Data Reveals Requirements To Rank Higher
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Traditional western commerce brands can rank on the first page of Baidu, China's top search engine, even if their website includes links to blocked sites such as Facebook and YouT ...
- White House Fights To Reinstate Ban On WeChat Downloads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 2, 2020
WeChat gives Chinese authorities "a powerful avenue to collect vast amounts of sensitive personal data that can then be used to the detriment of all Americans," the White House argu ...
- Judge Blocks Trump Administration's TikTok Ban
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, November 1, 2020
Siding with TikTok content creators, a federal judge has prohibited the government from enforcing an executive order that would have effectively shut down the social video app in the ...
