- Facebook Brand Trust Is Expensive To Rebuild
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 2, 2020
At issue is not only the brands' trust in Facebook, but consumers' trust that brands will do what is ethically and morally correct. ...
- Adobe, Yext Partner To Increase Search Knowledge
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 4, 2020
Yext recently became the first search technology partner to join the Adobe Exchange program as a premiere partner. This partnership brings Yext Answers to more businesses and organizations worldwide. ...
- Visa Identifies Behavioral Changes In Consumer Spending
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 1, 2020
As the cashless economy moved online in Q1, overall U.S. payments through Visa transactions fell 19%, debit fell 6% and credit fell 31% through April 28, 2020, as many expected, ...
- Rental Car Behemoth Hertz Latest To File For Bankruptcy
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, May 24, 2020
Just prior to the pandemic, Hertz launched a campaign themed the "Extra Mile," celebrating people who go the extra mile for families and friends. ...
- TV Station Groups See Massive Early Q2 Ad Declines Of 35% To 40%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 15, 2020
Major TV station groups are witnessing sharp ad declines of around 35% to 40% a month and a half into Q2 due to COVID-19, according to recent earnings calls with ...
- Meredith Corp. Delays Release Of Earnings Report Amid 'Challenging' Environment
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
In an SEC filing, the company says it has experienced "significant advertising campaign cancellations and delays, which have negatively impacted our projections of future income." ...
- ViacomCBS to Rebrand CBS All Access, Expand YouTube TV Distribution Deal
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 7, 2020
The company is adding a wealth of existing content from Paramount and IP from across its portfolio to All Access before a summer rebranding, followed by taking it international. YouTube ...
- Murdoch: Upfront May Not Be 'Singular' Market, Local Q2 TV Ads Down 50%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 7, 2020
The upfront ad market may come in a piecemeal fashion for TV networks, says Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch. "We don't see a virtual, singular upfront as the right thing ...
- Roku Q1 Revenue Up 55%, 'Higher Than Normal' Ad Cancellations in March
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 7, 2020
"We anticipate that our ad business will deliver substantial revenue growth on a year-over-year basis," Roku said --" albeit at a slower pace and lower gross profit than we originally ...
- Pinterest Q1 Revenues Rise, U.S. Monthly Users Increase 6%
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
For the quarter ended March 31, revenue reached $272 million, which was up 35%, year-over-year, while global monthly active users (MAUs) grew 26% to 367 million. ...
- Shopify Q1 Revenue Leaps 47%, Shows Linking Online, Offline Data Will Change Advertising
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Shopify highlighted a significant boost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscription Solutions revenue rose 34% to $187.6 million, primarily driven by monthly recurring revenue and from the increase in the ...
- AMC Networks' Q1 Ad Revenue Sinks 11%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
In somewhat better news, distribution revenues from pay TV providers were down 6% to $354 million. Streaming services posted mostly flat revenues. ...
- Disney Sees 'Significant' Decline In Q1 TV Advertising, Cancels Dividend
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Disney cancelled its dividend and saw a 90% drop in net income and a "significant" decline in TV advertising in its Q1 reporting period. Net income from continuing operations dropped ...
- Disney's Wildest Ride: The Future Of Theme Parks, Movies, Sports TV
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Of the three big businesses, Disney's biggest revenue generator is its theme parks. How does re-opening work in a COVID-19 world? What happens if if the NFL and college football ...
- MSG Networks Sports Taps Social, Content To Offset Declines Amidst NBA, NHL Pause
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, May 4, 2020
To offset declines, MSG Networks has supplemented game content with insights and interviews from key players and participants. The focus has turned to content that enables viewers to stay connected ...
- Altice USA Says 'Relief' Coming To Sports TV Subscribers, Q1 Broadband Revenues Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 1, 2020
Altice says it had initial discussions with major sports networks focused not only on consumers getting relief, but on Altice getting relief in terms of the carriage fees it pays ...
- WPP Releases Mark Read's Pay
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 1, 2020
"Campaign" is reporting on WPP releasing details of Mark Read's salary. The holding company's boss earned GBP2.6m last year. During 2019 the company's suffered a drop in net sales of ...
- #OpenUpOrNot: How Search Offsets In Store Declines
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 1, 2020
Overstock's and Floor & Decor's online growth could offset brick-and-mortar declines as companies learn how to use search and ecommerce on desktop and mobile. ...
- NBCU's Shell: Movie Theaters 'Central' To Biz, Video-On-Demand 'Complementary'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
NBCU CEO Jeff Shell said theatrical would remain central, adding that video-on-demand services would be not a replacement but a "complementary element." ...
- Comcast Q1 Sees Stable Broadband, Cable Revenues, Sinking Biz For NBCU, Sky
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Although Comcast maintained revenue growth for its main broadband/cable businesses, NBCU revenue sank 7% to $7.73 billion. Broadcast revenue from networks and TV stations was up 9% to $2.7 billion ...
- Google Gives Facebook Ad Boost In April
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Google contributed to Facebook's Q1 earnings, but will likely impact the social giant's Q2 revenue more significantly, due to the dozens of ads that began running in April. ...
- Alphabet Reports: Google Search Helps Drive Q1 2020 Revenue
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Alphabet released Q1 2020 earnings Tuesday. Google Search, YouTube, and Cloud drove Alphabet's Q1 revenue to $41.16 billion, up 13% vs. the year-ago quarter, or 15% on a constant currency ...
- The End Of Upfront Bull: Why Analysts Are Bearish About TV's Long-Term Ad Marketplace
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
While it may seem like a given that the upfront network TV ad marketplace will likely be down in both volume and pricing this year, at least one analyst is ...
- Fios TV Loses 84K Video Subscribers In Q1
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, April 27, 2020
Q1 losses follow total 222,000 losses in 2019, but the company did gain 59,000 broadband subscribers in this year's first quarter. ...
- Alphabet Earnings: What To Expect As Google Cuts Marketing Budgets By 50% In Second Half
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 24, 2020
Alphabet will report earnings on Tuesday. Reports suggest the cuts will include a hiring freeze for full-time employees and contractors. Analysts now expect Alphabet to report flat earnings for Q1 ...
- AT&T Total Ad Revenue Down 13% In Q1, But Xandr Up 15%; Pay-TV Losses Hit 897K
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, April 22, 2020
As a result of the pandemic, ad revenue at WarnerMedia dropped $300 million, or nearly 24% during the period. ...
- Netflix Mixed Results: Lower Q1 Marketing, Higher Subscriptions, Viewing/Member Deceleration To Follow
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Although Netflix benefited from sharply higher Q1 subscriber growth, paid marketing costs were down substantially from the previous period and from a year ago. ...
- Disney's Future Revenues Sag Due To Lack Of TV Sports Content, Closed Theme Parks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 20, 2020
UBS estimates Disney's net earnings will sink to $2.9 billion for fiscal year 2020 vs. $9.6 billion a year ago. UBS downgraded Disney's stock to "neutral" from "buy." The positive ...
- Roku Sees Strong Near-Term Streaming Results, But Concerns For Full Year Remain
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Roku's streaming hours rose 49% year-over-year to 13.2 billion in Q1, according to a company release. But Roku is pulling back on a full-year outlook due to "economic uncertainties arising ...
- Publicis Groupe Discloses $500 Million Cost-Cutting Plan As It Issues Q1 Results Early
MAD, Larissa Faw - Monday, April 13, 2020
The Groupe posted net revenue of $2.71 billion (EUR2.48 billion), up 17.1% for the period, with an organic revenue decline of 2.9%, in line with internal expectations. ...
