- Tech CEOs To Appear Before Congress, Grilled Over Antitrust Concerns
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai are scheduled to appear July 27 before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold ...
- TikTok Swept Up By Powerful Political Winds
Social Media Insider, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 8, 2020
TikTok owner ByteDance decided to pull the app out of Hong Kong this week, presumably in response to the Chinese government's new draconian security laws. ...
- Millennials, Gen Z: What They Really Think About Today's News
Marketing Insider, Paul Neto - Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Social media has long been blamed for falsely spreading "fake news," but Gen Z-ers and millennials are taking it all in with a grain of salt. ...
- Are We Killing Politeness?
Media Insider, Gord Hotchkiss - Tuesday, July 7, 2020
When the President of the United States is the poster child for rude behavior, it's tough for politeness to survive. ...
- Facebook: Voter Registration Efforts More Effective Than More Content Control
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, July 2, 2020
Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives are focusing on the company's voter registration effort amid the high-profile #StopHateForProfit ad boycott, as they continue to argue that American voters, ...
- How Publishers Can Benefit From Facebook Boycott
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, July 3, 2020
Advertisers boycott of Facebook is an opportunity for publishers to tout the advantages the offer for brand safety. ...
- 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. ...
- Microsoft Building One Platform To Run Ads On Bing, Google, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 2, 2020
Microsoft Advertising has revealed a Garage Project that developers are working on to help small- and medium-size businesses advertise on search and social media platforms. It gives SMBs one place ...
- Facebook Struggles To Contain Ad Boycott
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 1, 2020
With more than 400 brands committing to a Facebook boycott, the social giant is struggling to explain its position on hateful and hostile content. ...
- Badwill
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Thursday, July 2, 2020
The focus of the brand boycott of Facebook has been on how it impacts its bottom line, especially ad revenues. But it has something greater at stake: Its brand value. ...
- Americans Talking About Racial Justice, COVID-19 Also Talk About Brands' Engagement With Issues
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 1, 2020
People who discuss racial justice or major health issues have 21 more brand-related conversations a week than the average American, with social media chatter focused more on racial justice and ...
- Facebook To Seek Supreme Court Intervention In Privacy Battle Over 'Like' Button
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Facebook plans to ask the Supreme Court to rule that tracking logged-out web users via the "Like" button doesn't violate the federal wiretap law. ...
- For Social Influencers, All Roads Lead To... Kentucky?
Social Media Insider, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 1, 2020
The Bluegrass State is now home to the most socially connected folks in the country, according to new research from consulting firm Teneo. ...
- Twitch Issues Temporary Ban On Trump, 2,000 Subreddits Also Banned
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, June 29, 2020
Twitch cites Donald Trump's "hateful conduct." Separately, Reddit just updated its content policy to take a hard stance on hate speech. ...
- Is Facebook Similar To The Big 3 TV Networks In The 1960s?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Major digital media players are steeling themselves for the regulation that is almost certainly coming -- in the U.S. and elsewhere. ...
- Unilever Suspends All U.S. Advertising On Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, June 26, 2020
Unilever has just decided to pull advertising for the remainder of year on all three social platforms. Last year, it spent $42 million on Facebook. ...
- Facebook Must Face Wiretap Claims, Court Confirms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 26, 2020
Handing a defeat to Facebook, a federal appellate court has refused to revisit its earlier ruling that the company may have violated federal and state privacy laws by tracking people ...
- Coca-Cola, Others, Pause Social Ads Hours After Facebook Policy Change
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Saturday, June 27, 2020
Facebook announced changes to its content and ads policies hours after Unilever suspended ads on its platforms and Twitter. ...
- Starbucks, Diageo Suspend All Social Ads As Boycott's Influence Spirals
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 29, 2020
Starbucks -- with an estimated $94.9 million on Facebook in the U.S. alone in 2019 -- and Diageo ($22.9 million) -- are, like Coca-Cola, pausing all ad spend on all ...
- In July, All Of Facebook Will Be 'Brand Unsafe'
MediaDailyNews, Kevin Lee - Monday, June 29, 2020
I recommend that all advertisers and marketers conduct a cost-benefit analysis for July and make a conscious decision whether Facebook and the other social media platforms need to take on ...
- Gnats On An Elephant's Back
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Sunday, June 28, 2020
Rishad Tobaccowala once famously described the ad industry as cockroaches. He meant it as a compliment, but today I'd like to compare it to gnats, in a not-so-flattering way. ...
- Quora Becomes A WFH Workforce Built On Diversity
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 25, 2020
Quora on Thursday became a "remote-first company." The company's CEO explained that employees will have the opportunity to work remotely. It also lets the company hire employees worldwide without too ...
- Republican Senators Claim 'Warrant-Proof' Encryption Jeopardizes National Security
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Facebook responds: "Rolling back this vital protection will make us all less safe, not more." ...
- Watchdogs Press FTC To Crack Down On Influencer Marketing
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission should step up efforts to discourage phony online endorsements, Consumer Reports urges. ...
- Chrysler Launches 'Pacifica Mom On Quarantine'
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Actress Kathryn Hahn uses the Chrysler Pacifica as her home away from home (when you can't go anywhere else) for a pseudo-confessional. ...
- The Evolution Of Social Media
Media Insider, Cory Treffiletti - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Social media needs to evolve and accept that it is a publisher and not just a platform. ...
- Eyeota Brings Audience Segments To Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitter
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Eyeota announced on Tuesday that its audience models are now available for social networks through a partnership with Amobee, supporting campaigns across TV, CTV, digital and social advertising and bringing ...
- Snap Shifts To Ecommerce Opportunities
Social Media Insider, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Dubbed "The Drop," the shoppable show will feature streetwear collaborations between celebrities and designers, and launch later this year. ...
- 87Social Awarded Subway Assignment
Accounts on the Move, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Subway has appointed 87Social, part of The Beyond Collective, as its social media agency of record for UK and Ireland. 87Social is responsible for managing content strategy, ideation, production and ...
- Calls Out Facebook
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