Facebook Gaming’s Level Up Program Is Now Live in 30 Countries
Facebook Gaming's Level Up program has expanded to support video game content creators in 30 countries. The program, which debuted in June, was designed to help video game livestreamers grow their...
View Article4 Ways Blockchain Can Address Some of Marketing’s Biggest Challenges
Despite widespread public interest in blockchain applications and a significant rise in the number of blockchain startups, the technology has yet to make a dramatic impact on the advertising industry....
View ArticleAccenture Among Final Bidders to Acquire MDC Partners Network
International global management consultancy Accenture is reportedly among a small group of bidders seeking to acquire ad agency network MDC Partners and its 50-plus properties around the world. Those...
View ArticleGannett Is Using Deep Learning to Determine Why Certain Ad Designs Work
Gannett is turning to a form of artificial intelligence to design better online ads. The USA Today publisher recently rolled out a new internal platform that uses deep learning and computer vision to...
View ArticleFacebook Wants to Be a Source of ‘Inspiration’ for the Creative Community
Members of the creative community searching for inspiration for their projects involving Facebook can now turn to Inspiration. Facebook launched the new site as part of its Facebook for Business...
View Article72andSunny Wins NFL After Review, Ending the League’s Decade-Long AOR...
The National Football League has scored a new agency partner. After 10 years with Grey, the NFL has selected 72andSunny as its new agency of record following a review managed by Roth Ryan Hayes, which...
View ArticleZippo Trademarks Its Signature Click and Celebrates by Going All In on ASMR
Unless you've been living under a rock that no one's lightly scratched their nails on, you've probably heard about ASMR--the oddly tingle-inducing audio technique that creates soft noises some find...
View ArticleWPP’s Wunderman Thompson Names Former Possible Executive as First North...
The newly formed Wunderman Thompson announced its first executive-level hire to staff today just one week after the official merger of Wunderman and J. Walter Thompson. Shane Atchison will rejoin WPP...
View ArticleFacebook Tries to Set the Record Straight After Email Dump
Facebook, on the defensive after a trove of company emails was released detailing its approach to sharing data and undercutting competitors, pushed back on the release Wednesday afternoon, claiming...
View ArticleTwitter’s Best of 2018 Was Highlighted by BTS, El Rubius and a Barack Obama GIF
K-pop superstars BTS were behind the most-liked tweet of 2018, while the most retweets came on a tweet from YouTube gaming personality El Rubius and the most-quoted tweet, featuring former President...
View ArticleHow This Agency Helped Red Bull Build a Studio for Twitch’s Most Popular...
It's hard to believe that, only eight years ago, the thought of making over $100,000 on YouTube (or any other platform) was astonishing. Fast forward to today, and social influencers are raking in the...
View ArticleAdobe Advertising Cloud Exec Who Brokered the TubeMogul Deal Is Leaving the...
Adobe Advertising Cloud vp Brett Wilson will exit the company next month just two years after he brokered a $540 million deal to acquire ad-tech outfit TubeMogul. Wilson has not spoken publicly of his...
View ArticleReport Ranks OMD as Top Media Agency in U.S. and Worldwide by Billings,...
Paris-based consultancy COMvergence has released its annual ranking of top global and U.S. media agencies by projected 2018 buying billings and market share. Omnicom Media Group's OMD tops both lists....
View ArticleThere Were Some Heavy Additions to Facebook’s Messenger Lite This Week
Facebook is adding some beef to Messenger Lite. The slimmed-down Android application, designed for emerging markets and areas with poor internet connectivity, debuted in October 2017 in the U.S.,...
View ArticleYouTube Rewind 2018 Is Here, and It’s a Fortnite-Themed Mashup of All the...
There are few cultural phenomena on the scale of YouTube Rewind, a head-spinningly packed recap of the video influencers, memes and moments of the year. Last year's clip was viewed more than 200...
View ArticleFacebook Diversity Leader and Recruiting Manager Heads to 4A’s
The 4A's has snagged Facebook executive Simon Fenwick as its executive vice president of talent engagement and inclusion. Fenwick will oversee the organization's diversity, learning and development...
View ArticleLiving Coral Is Pantone’s 2019 Color of the Year
Say so long to millennial pink. Another pink-tinted hue is set to take over in 2019--according to Pantone, at least. The company announced today that Living Coral, a bright coral shade, is its 2019...
View ArticleNielsen Social Content Ratings Is Now Tracking Social Media’s Top TV Talent
Nielsen Social Content Ratings added a new chart for the week of Nov. 26, which tracks the top TV talent on social media, and Tyra Banks finished atop the inaugural list for her role in Life-Size 2: A...
View ArticleWorkplace by Facebook Achieves ISO 27018 Certification
Facebook's Workplace by Facebook enterprise solution achieved ISO 27018 certification, meaning that it meets the International Organization for Standardization's privacy-focused international standard...
View ArticleFacebook Revealed Several Updates to Its Test of Subscriptions to Instant...
Facebook announced several updates to its test of subscriptions to Instant Articles, as well as 26 new publishers that were added to the test group. The social network began testing subscriptions in...
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