Industry Moves: NPR; C3 Metrics; MSLO; Callaway Digital Arts; Twitter
Here is a roundup of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business…
– NPR: The radio news… Read more »
Industry Moves: NBCU; Digital First Media; thePlatform; SMG; Adara Media
– NBCUniversal: Krishan Bhatia has been promoted to EVP, digital strategy & operations for the Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integra… Read more »
The Most Important Thing About Bridesmaids’ $40 Million In VOD Revenues
Universal Pictures put a lot of palms on foreheads this week when it announced that its summer comedy hit Bridesmaids has taken in $40 milli… Read more »
How To Use Facebook’s Open Graph To Build Your Business
Last year, it became clear that Facebook is well on its way to becoming a social operating system underlying our digital lives. And the enh… Read more »
How Accenture Used A Mobile App To Get On The BBC
photo: zawtowers
When the consulting firm’s logo appeared routinely in Six Nations rugby broadcast graphics this weekend, James Cridland was amongst the view… Read more »
Facebook’s Mobile Plan: Carrier Billing, Analytics For Apps Via Bango Deal?
Last week, we highlighted how Facebook is already using mobile devices for commercial services — enabling people to buy Facebook Credits an… Read more »
Apple Promises A Crack Down On Those Who Manipulate App Store Rankings
photo: Touch Arcade
It took one allegation of download bots on a message board, very little in the way of actual confessions, and a whole lot of murmurs, but Ap… Read more »
Facebook Mobile Ads Developing: Sponsored Stories Coming ‘Within Weeks’
It’s not digital advertising in the sense of display ads and search results, but it looks like we are getting a bit more color on what it is… Read more »
Now Facebook Must Prove To Wall Street Its Ads Really Work
photo: Madison Ave: Life In LDN/Flickr & Wall Street: ToonariPost/Flickr & Zuckerberg: Jason McELweenie/Flickr
Facebook has made a $3.1 billion business from a social advertising sector many, even it, concede is experimental and unproven. Now it must… Read more »
Verizon Says More Than 600 Websites Used In Cybersquatting Scam
In a case that shines light on the world of professional cybersquatters, Verizon is suing a website and a domain name registrar that placed… Read more »
Industry Moves: ESPN; Yahoo; Wikia; AdoTube
– ESPN: The sports network is seeing a reorg: John Kosner has been promoted to EVP, digital and print media, from SVP and GM of the divisio… Read more »
1 Out Of Every 12 Magazine Ad Pages Now Contains An Action Code
photo: Shutterstock / gualtiero boffi
Mobile action codes — including 2D barcodes, QR codes, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Tags and watermarks — became much more prevalent in the top… Read more »
2012 Mobile Ad Spend Revised Up To $2.6 Billion, Google Fueling The Machine
photo: Flickr / Tracy O
A big endorsement today for mobile advertising from eMarketer: their analysts today said they were revising up their forecasts for U.S. mobi… Read more »
David Kenny Replacing Mike Kelly As CEO Of The Weather Channel Companies
In a surprise move, The Weather Channel Companies is swapping out CEOs. David Kenny is replacing Mike Kelly as CEO effective immediately; th… Read more »
McDonald’s Social Media Director Explains Twitter Fiasco
photo: Flickr / Davidlohr Bueso
This morning I spoke with McDonald’s social media director, Rick Wion, about how the company’s own Twitter ad became a viral delight for pot… Read more »
Longtime Netflix Marketing Chief Leslie Kilgore Bumped To The Board
photo: AP Images
In a move that seems designed to shore up confidence in its communications skills following the Qwikster and price-hike debacle, longtime Ne… Read more »
Is This The Year Ad Spending Online Tops Print?
photo: Shutterstock / oover
Internet advertising in the U.S. will once again post 20 percent-plus yearly growth this year, and, for the first time, surpass print ad spe… Read more »
Update: Motricity Restructures: Closes Asia Ops, Will Focus On Mobile Ads
photo: Shutterstock / iQoncept
More woe for beleagured mobile services company Motricity: the company today announced that it is restructuring operations, pulling back fro… Read more »
Bellwether: Q4 UK Ad Spend Up Slightly On Online Growth
photo: Corbis / Paul Hardy
In a climate where economic forecasts continue to remain cloudy, ad spend in the UK went up marginally in Q4 2011, with increased spend on i… Read more »
Industry Moves: HookLogic; SwoopThat; ABCi; Digitas; Yahoo
– HookLogic: Jeff Griffin joins in the new position of president of retail. Most recently, he co-founded Interpublic Group’s Shopper Scienc… Read more »
WPP: Another Move Into Asia Pac, Buys A Stake In Australia's DTDigital
photo: DTDigital
Another day, and another big digital investment from the world’s largest advertising firm. WPP subsidiary Ogilvy has taken a 33.3 percent st… Read more »
Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013
photo: Google Android
The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money fr… Read more »
Microsoft SkyDrive 'Confuses Naked With Nude', Art Account Frozen
photo: Michael Ohajuru
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has an image police – but an arrest they have made may be mistaken. A blogger using its SkyDrive cloud storage servic… Read more »
WPP's Kantar Buying China's CIC For Social Media Market Research
photo: Yodel Anecdotal
The world’s biggest advertising firm is making yet another acquisition at the intersection of its two targeted growth areas – digital and em… Read more »
Can Facebook Control 5 Percent Of Online Advertising By End Of 2012?
While many of the top Internet companies faced a volatile ad market in the fourth quarter of last year, Facebook saw its share of the overal… Read more »
Will Groupon's Deal With Deutsche Telekom Be A Winning Template For Growth?
Today we know a bit more about how Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) plans to extend its business opportunities in the years ahead: mobile services will… Read more »
Industry Moves: Discovery; Amazon; Turner Broadcasting; MediaBrix
– Discovery Communications: Andrew Warren, former Liz Claiborne CFO and GE/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal executive, joins as senior executive… Read more »
U.S. Consumers Cool Somewhat On iPhone; Remains 'Most Wanted' Handset
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) at the moment is not leading the rankings of smartphone vendors when it comes to shipments, but when it comes to mindshar… Read more »
All In The Family: AOL, Bonnier's Parenting Group Form Ad, Content Alliance
AOL (NYSE: AOL) may have recently had a high-profile rap on the knuckles from a shareholder not pleased with the company’s direction, but it… Read more »
What The Analysts Asked Yahoo Today, And How The New CEO Responded
The markets didn’t punish Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) today when it announced it would appoint a payments technology specialist, Scott Thompson, as i… Read more »
Trinity Mirror Buying Further In To Digital Marketing Services
UK news publisher Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) is continuing to build up its digital marketing business by acquiring Sunderland-based email mar… Read more »
Meet Europe's (And The U.S.'s?) Newest Mobile Operator: China Telecom
photo: Robert S. Donovan
China presents one of the single biggest opportunities for mobile companies looking for more growth, and it’s no surprise that companies lik… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: Digital Advertising, Up Close And Personal
photo: Corbis / Paul Hardy
This is the fifth in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cov… Read more »
FTC Calls For Comments On Facial Recognition Technology
photo: Flickr / CJ Sorg
Devices that treat our face as a fingerprint are one of the more unnerving technologies of the information age. Privacy regulators are start… Read more »
Updated: Facebook Timeline And Ads: Real Estate For The Highest Bidder?
photo: Facebook
A report out today, taking its cue from the new Timeline feature that is now getting rolled out to Facebook’s 800-million-plus users, allege… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: The Year In Advertising, By The Numbers
photo: Flickr / Uriel 1998
This is the fourth in a series of posts over this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we c… Read more »
Report: Nokia Lumia Accounted For Only 0.17 Percent Of UK Sales In November
Some pretty damning early statistics out today for Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and the Lumia 800: according to a new survey, i… Read more »
Updated: Microsoft Cashes Out Of Vegas: 2012 Its Last CES Keynote Speech
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has officially opened the Consumer Electronics Show for years with keynotes from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, but 20… Read more »
Cox Media Group Plants $6 Million In Content Farm Skyword
Broadcasting, publishing and marketing group Cox Media Group is putting down some more roots in digital media investments: it has announced… Read more »
Industry Moves: Main Street Connect; NatGeo; Twelvefold; uSamp; Kenshoo
– Main Street Connect Two appointments to the executive team: John Londono as COO/CTO and Karin Annus as chief content officer. A two-time… Read more »
