- Pluto TV To Be France's First Free, Ad-Supported Streamer
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, January 21, 2021
Now in 24 countries, Pluto's next international launch will be in Italy late this year. ...
- Microsoft And Verizon Media Expand Partnership
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 21, 2021
Microsoft and Verizon Media are taking a "brand-safety approach," relying more on premium inventory than user-generated content to drive traffic. The partnership reaches more than 226 million unique users month ...
- France Resumes Collecting Digital Taxes From Google, Others
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 30, 2020
France has resumed collecting digital taxes on big tech companies like Google. Earlier this year, France and a few other European countries agreed that tech companies should pay more tax ...
- French Regulators Fine Google, Amazon Over Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 10, 2020
In an online privacy crackdown, French authorities have fined Google $121 million and Amazon $43 million over their use of cookies for ad-targeting purposes. ...
- Amazon Steps Up Actions To Tackle Sale Of Counterfeit Goods On Its Platform In U.S., Europe
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Amazon this week launched several initiatives to crack down on trademark issues and counterfeiting across its marketplace. ...
- French Email Firm Offers Algorithm-Driven Templates
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Smart Templates analyzes websites and suggests customized email templates, the company says. ...
- 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. ...
- IAB Wants A Say In Apple's Privacy Settings
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 29, 2020
IAB calls for "collective development of technical standards and operating practices" by browser and operating system developers. ...
- IAB France, Others Bring Antitrust Complaint In EU Against Apple Over Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Business groups including the Interactive Advertising Bureau France have filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in Europe over planned opt-in privacy settings. ...
- Google Set To Strike A Deal With French Government On News
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Google is set to reach a deal to pay French publishers for their news used on its platform, the company told Reuters on Wednesday. The deal would come on the eve ...
- Marketing Platform Sendinblue Raises $160 Million In Funding
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, October 1, 2020
Initially focused on email, the company has added support for several other channels, and will use the funds to increase its external growth activities, build its product offering and ga ...
- Global Shudder: How Businesses And Customers Are Reacting To COVID-19
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 10, 2020
More people are shopping online -- and they tend to favor firms that treated them fairly during the COVID-19 pandemic, Experian reports. ...
- Apple Passes Digital, Value-Added Tax Increases On To Developers
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 3, 2020
Apple has announced it will raise charges for developers selling on the local App Stores in a variety of countries to pay for the upcoming taxes and increase in forei ...
- Researchers Find Over 10 Billion Exposed Records In Unsecured Databases: Report
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 31, 2020
Almost 10.5 billion pieces of consumer data, including email addresses, have been discovered in nearly 10,000 unsecured databases in 20 countries, NordPass reports. The countries with the most exposed recor ...
- Vive La Difference: How Consumer Sentiment Has Changed Post-Pandemic
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Nielsen has published a unique, interesting analysis of shifting consumer sentiment following the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, which utilizes its VisualDNA Personality Survey methodology --a non-incentivized psychometric assessment that trigge ...
- Publicly Available Data Is Personal, French Data Authority Rules
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 19, 2020
The French data authority CNIL says publicly available contact information is entitled to protection, according to CPO magazine. ...
- France Gives Social Sites Just An Hour To Take Down Offensive Content
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 15, 2020
A law just passed in France will give social media companies just one hour's notice to remove offending content, "BBC News" reports. ...
- Sarbacane Group Acquires Datananas, B2B Lead Prospecting Firm
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 27, 2020
Sarbacane Group is the parent of Mailify, a firm that helps B2B brands with their email and other communications. ...
- COVID-19 Tracking App Causes Privacy Row In France
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, April 22, 2020
The French Government is in a privacy standoff with Apple and Google over its new COVID-19 tracking app, the "BBC" reports. Minsters want the app to reveal more personal informati ...
- Google Must Negotiate With French Publishers On Copyright
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 17, 2020
The French copyright regulator has ruled Google must negotiate with publishers for the rights to feature their content in general search results as well as news search results. "Press Gazett ...
- Google Vs Publishers -- It's A Copyright Puzzle
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 17, 2020
Google will now need to pay, to take a line from French publishers -- but don't media companies want free traffic? ...
- 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. ...
- 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. ...
- Microsoft Bing Tracks COVID-19 Confirmed Cases, Aggregates Data And Articles
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Saturday, March 14, 2020
Microsoft Bing has launched a COVID-19 Tracker website that provides details on confirmed cases as well as active cases, recoveries, and fatalities. The map is interactive and changes frequently. ...
- Trust In Brands Waning, Study Finds
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 5, 2020
Only 71% of people trust consumer brands and many trust them less than a year ago, especially 18- to 24-year-olds. When asked how their trust in brands has changed, 2 ...
- France Calls For Coordinated Action On Tech Tax
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, February 24, 2020
The French Government has called on leaders around the world to agree on a new way to tax the tech giants or face chaos, City A.M. reports. The call com ...
- Cannes Lions 'Open For Business' Despite MWC Cancellation
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, February 17, 2020
Despite coronavirus prompting the cancellation of MWC this year, the organisers of Cannes Lions have announced they remain "firmly open for business," "Campaign" reports. ...
- Apple Fined For Slowing Down Older IPhones
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, February 10, 2020
Apple has been fined GBP21m for slowing down old iPhones and has been made to put up a warning on its French site that the performance of older phones ...
- Forget The Tough Talk -- UK Will Have To Ditch The Tech Tax
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, January 23, 2020
The tech titans can relax. As France drops its tech tax, the UK is bound to follow. Isn't it? ...
- France Considers Delaying Tax On Tech Giants
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The BBC understands that France is preparing to delay its digital sales tax until the end of the year. The levy had infuriated President Trump, who threatened retaliatory tariffs. ...