- Amazon Data Mishandling Suggests Ad Industry Needs High-Security Clearance Certification Process
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, November 29, 2021
Analysis of internal documents reveals how employees abuse customer data, stalk celebrities, and do little to plug major leaks. The clearance would reduce or eliminate some instances of data mishandl ...
- What's Behind China's New Personal Information Protection Law
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, November 15, 2021
China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) is similar to GDPR. But the compulsory law is “happening through a Chinese lens—and this means there will be no independent organizations f ...
- Yahoo Pulls Out Of China, Citing 'Challenging' Environment
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, November 2, 2021
"In recognition of the increasingly challenging business and legal environment in China, Yahoo's suite of services will no longer be accessible from mainland China as of November 1," the stateme ...
- Advertising Strong Focus In Microsoft Earnings
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 27, 2021
While some believe reports of supply constraints influencing the outcome of the holiday season across the ad industry are exaggerated, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood is keeping a close eye ...
- The Immigrant Spirit of an Entrepreneur
MediaPost Connect, Lisa Singer - Thursday, October 21, 2021
Born in China, Ming Zhao says it was her "immigrant spirit" that helped give her the courage to start her own company, "It's very similar; you don't have resources, y ...
- Microsoft To Remove 'Social' Part Of LinkedIn In China
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 14, 2021
Microsoft will shut down its current version of LinkedIn in China to rid the site of social networking features, making it the last major U.S. social network to leave t ...
- Alibaba To Sell Stake In State-Owned Broadcaster
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 24, 2021
Mango, which runs a popular video-streaming service, is among Alibaba’s largest state-owned media assets. The ecommerce giant in China bought more than 93 million shares of Mango in December 2020 f ...
- Mozilla Tests Bing As Default Search Engine
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 17, 2021
Mozilla began running an experiment in early September, testing Microsoft's Bing as the default search engine for Firefox. The company already has a deal with Google, but it's set ...
- China Restricts Video Game Use, As U.S. Media Usage Explodes
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Due to the explosion of media choices, determining the effect has become more complicated. ...
- No More Video Games During The School Week
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 30, 2021
Think how this new rule will affect advertisers that want to reach their audience in video games. ...
- DOJ Says Newspaper Is A Chinese Agent
Around the Net In Publishing, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, August 25, 2021
The Justice Department is scrutinizing foreign-owned media to determine their influence. It has demanded that Chinese-owned Sing Tao register as a foreign agent as tensions escalate between the U.S. a ...
- China Passes Tough New Data Privacy Law
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, August 20, 2021
China’s National People’s Congress has passed a law, greatly restricting how companies use data and adding more compliance requirements. The policy will be implemented starting on
November 1. ...
- Facebook Sued Over 'Scam Ads'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 12, 2021
The class-action complaint states that "Facebook users continue to be bilked out of billions of dollars by scammers while Facebook continues to collect billions of dollars in revenues from tho ...
- Baidu Spent Nearly $2.5B To Ramp Up Products In Q2 2021
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 12, 2021
Baidu's quarterly earnings results topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as the Chinese search giant benefited from a rebound in advertising and higher demand for its artificial intelligence and clo ...
- IAB Analyzes World's Privacy Legislation, Finds Half Lack 'Affirmative Consent' Mandates
Digital News Daily, Joe Mandese - Thursday, July 22, 2021
Two-thirds of the world has enacted legislation to protect consumer data privacy, but at least half of the jurisdictions have not mandated some form of affirmative consent to digital advertisin ...
- China's New Privacy Law Could Result In Tough Fines For Firms
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
The data protection authority can impose penalties of up to U.S. $7.8 million. ...
- Zoom To Acquire Five9 In Bid To Surpass Growth Of Google Meet, Microsoft Teams
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 19, 2021
The deal, which is likely to close in first-half 2022, gives publishers and media companies a stronger way to communicate with brands as they work through and collaborate in t ...
- Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten To Leave Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Big tech companies threatened to leave Hong Kong Tuesday after the Chinese government released new guidelines that focus on data security, cross-border data flow and other confidential information
management. ...
- The COVID Shadow: Shoppers Are Upbeat, But Remain Wary Of Catching COVID-19 In Stores
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 1, 2021
BOPIS and online shopping in general are popular, Mood:Media reports, while 48% of worldwide shoppers worry about catching COVID-19 in stores -- only a slight decline from 49% in 2 ...
- Apple Search Ads Expand To Mainland China
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 24, 2021
Apple launched search ads in the U.S. about five years ago. This week the company launched search ads in mainland China. ...
- GroupM: Top 25 Media Suppliers Now Control Two-Thirds Of All Ad Spending
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, June 21, 2021
While Google and Facebook remain the world's biggest advertising behemoths, four of China's media companies now rank among the world's top 10, including TikTok owner Bytedance, which barely even exist ...
- Magna Boosts 2021 U.S. Ad Forecast To +15%, Strongest Growth Rate In 40 Years
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 14, 2021
Magna now projects 15% U.S. advertising growth this year, to $259 billion, and 14% growth globally, to $657 billion -- both record-setting. ...
- Google Cloud Chief Joins Federal Task Force Researching AI
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 10, 2021
Moore has joined a task force to help the government determine how it can use data on U.S. citizens to train and support AI models, helping the U.S. better compe ...
- Biden Revokes Ban On TikTok And WeChat
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 9, 2021
The White House Wednesday rescinded executive orders issued by former President Donald Trump that aimed to ban Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat from operating in the U.S. ...
- Facebook Ends Ban On Covid-19 Posts Asserting Virus Man-Made
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 27, 2021
Facebook ended its ban on posts asserting Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a shift in policy as experts continue the debate as to whether or not the virus was man-ma ...
- Global AVOD Ad Revenue To Grow 144% By 2026, With U.S. Contributing Nearly Half
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The U.S. -- the world's largest AVOD market by ad revenues as of 2019 -- is on track to exceed $31 billion by 2026, accounting for 47% of the $ ...
- GroupM: In A 'Transformed World,' Ecommerce Approaches 20% Of All Retail Sales
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Thanks largely to the acceleration of digital transformation and the need to sell to consumers in safer, more socially distanced ways, ecommerce has surged, but it remains a fraction ...
- 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 ...
