- Conde Nast Lifts Paywalls As Pandemic Keeps People Home
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, April 2, 2020
The publishing giant's efforts include free access to its websites, special digital issues, email newsletters and articles that help to provide comfort and inspiration. ...
- Shipments Of TV Sets Now Projected To Sink By 9% This Year
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Global TV sets shipped to retailers are now forecast to drop by nearly 9% this year to 203.5 million -- down from 222.9 million shipped this year, according to Omdia, ...
- Johnson Government Claims It Never Got Emails On EU Ventilator Plan: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Did critical emails end up in Boris Johnson's spam folder? That seems to be the case. ...
- Consumers Are Sick Of The Account Sign-Up Process, Study Finds
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Most consumers will switch to other brands if they become too annoyed by account sign-up issues, Trulioo reports. ...
- Cannes Lions Wants To Hear Your Inspiring COVID-19 Marketing Story
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Monday, March 30, 2020
The group is collecting stories of how agencies and marketers are responding creatively to the COVID-19 crisis and aggregating them on an open-access microsite. ...
- Internet Showing Strain, Despite Streamers' Bit-Throttling Moves
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, March 27, 2020
Download speeds rose as broadband speeds declined last week in some parts of the U.S. and Europe, reported "The New York Times." And while Netflix didn't explain the cause, some ...
- UK DMA Study: Offers And Advice Drive Email Results
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 27, 2020
Discounts, offers and advice are the types of email content that help brands achieve their campaign goals, according to a study by the UK’s Data & Marketing Association (DMA). Tim ...
- Google/Gmail Hit With Thursday Outage
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, March 26, 2020
A router problem led to a Google/Gmail outage. Service is restored, the company says. ...
- YouTube Expands Standard-Definition Streaming Default Worldwide
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Disney and most recently Facebook and Instagram are already cutting bandwidth use in the EU (for 30 days) during the pandemic, to help avoid internet overload. Now ...
- Email Meter, Analytics Firm, Emerges From Stealth Mode
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Email Meter provides email statistics for Gmail enterprise domains, covering employee performance in marketing, sales and HR. ...
- Facebook Cuts Streaming Speeds In Europe
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, March 23, 2020
European Union officials have asked video platforms to leave more bandwidth for healthcare workers, professionals working from home and students trying to continue their studies by virtual means. ...
- COVID-19 And GDPR: Can Firms Collect Medical Data?
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 23, 2020
EU member states are taking varying positions on how far institutions can go in asking for personal medical information during the COVID-19 crisis. Here is an analysis of requirements under ...
- Netflix Dials Down The Quality As Broadband Networks Struggle With Demand
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 20, 2020
Netflix will lower the quality of its streaming service to enable European broadband networks to cope with a surge in demand from people staying at home and bingeing on entertainment ...
- Microsoft Scales Back Some Office 365 Features In Response To Work-At-Home Surge
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, March 19, 2020
The changes will affect non-essential tools, but updates may be made later. Microsoft has suffered some slowdowns in the U.S. and EU, apparently overwhelmed by surging work-at-home traffic. ...
- Does Empathy Stall Click-Throughs? COVID-19 Study Suggests It Does
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 20, 2020
Email opens were up and click rates were down following Trump's COVID-19 travel ban, MessageGears reports. ...
- Social Media Posts Turn Serious Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Research Intelligencer, Rob Williams - Friday, March 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired many people to turn to social media to connect with others as they work from home or isolate themselves to avoid infection. Their posts reflect ...
- EU Asks Netflix To Switch To Stream In SD To Avoid Internet Congestion
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 19, 2020
"Stranger Things" in SD rather than HD? That is what the EU is requesting Netflix considers as a rush to stream high-definition tv shows in Europe, now that so many ...
- Cannes Lions Festival Postponed To October
MAD, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
The group had earlier secured alternative dates and had said it would make a decision no later than April 15. ...
- CMA Gives Initial Nod To Future Purchase Of TI Media
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 17, 2020
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given initial approval for Future to buy TI Media (formerly IPC Media), creating Europe's largest magazine group, "Campaign" reports. ...
- French Regulators Hit Apple With $1.23 Billion Fine, Charge Anti-Competitive Practices
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, March 16, 2020
The French Competition Authority determined that Apple engaged in such behavior while distributing its products from 2005 through 2013. ...
- Google's 'Hopelessly Vague' Privacy Policy Violates GDPR, Privacy Advocate Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 16, 2020
The browser company Brave has alleged in a new complaint that Google is violating Europe's broad privacy rules by failing to adequately explain its data practices. ...
- Work-At-Home Sign-ups Cause Microsoft Teams To Crash in Europe
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 16, 2020
Service reportedly has been restored after remote workers caused volume to spike. ...
- Spirit Airlines Apologizes For Email Sent At Height Of Coronavirus Fears
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 13, 2020
An email said this is the best time to fly even as European flights were cancelled, according to reports. ...
- Agencies Impose Extraordinary Measures To Address COVID Threat
MAD, Larissa Faw - Thursday, March 12, 2020
Horizon Media and StrawberryFrog are strongly urging all staff to work remotely, while other offices are being disinfected multiple times daily. ...
- Omnicom Agencies Stagger Work Schedules, Remote Work in 'Social Distancing' Move
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
Omnicom has also formed a task force to monitor the COVID-19 crisis and coordinate with the holding company's agency networks and other units throughout the organization. ...
- Coronavirus: Worldwide Search Data Reveals Astonishing Insights
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 12, 2020
Experimental AI technology from Perion Network's search technology division CodeFuel shows the road that coronavirus takes and how the virus changes consumer behavior. ...
- U.K.'s 2% Digital Services Tax On Big U.S. Tech Companies Now Looks Like a Go
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
The new tax will impact search engines, social-media platforms and online marketplaces. The tax only applies to companies with more than $650 million in total revenue. ...
- Cannes Lions Eyes Shifting Festival To October
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
The Festival has secured alternative dates in October (26-30) with plans to make an official decision no later than April 15. At the very least, organizers want the industry to ...
- Study: Less Than 25% Of Top News Outlets Have Female Editor
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, March 9, 2020
The study looked at 200 major online and offline (TV, print and radio) news outlets in 10 different markets across four continents. ...
- Standards To Combat Fake Reviews Needed As Trust Erodes
Search Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 6, 2020
Nearly three-quarters of consumers want the retail industry to set new standards with severe punishment for violations to combat fake reviews. ...
