Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our daily newsletter. You can also get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Meditations on marketing Starting today, brand marketers are shutting themselves off from the outside world to reflect on topics like “The Reawakening of Chipotle” and “The Power of Love at Dunkin.” Don’t laugh: Those are actual conference titles at the Association of National Advertisers’ annual “Masters of Marketing” event, which runs through Saturday in Orlando, Florida. It’s where marketers go for enlightenment. Though many speakers will be CMOs telling inspirational stories about their companies, ANA also now offers programming with more unexpected or free-wheeling perspectives, too. Strategic consultant Joseph Jaffe is set to forecast the demise of the corporate era, which "seems an odd choice for an event that lures marketing execs from some of the biggest corporations in the world," Ad Age’s E.J. Schultz and Jack Neff write. Read their take on what to expect in Orlando, such as discussion about the FBI’s investigation into shadowy media-buying practices, but also “navel-gazing about the evolution of the CMO role.” Oh, and OneRepublic is performing tonight, too. Blurred lines Big corporate players are devoting a lot of energy to creating start-up-like direct-to-consumer brands;... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-02 10:00:00 UTC ]
Some teams' marketers are already back on the training field in a bid to monetize an uptick in digital consumption they have so far struggled to understand. The post ‘In reality, we are a content company’: Football clubs embrace the role of digital publisher appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins, has acquired A Good Time to be a Girl: How to Succeed in a Changing World by city c.e.o. Helena Morrissey. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amie Barrodale, author of the story collection "You Are Having a Good Time," argues that life is a story. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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by Andrew Rutledge, VP Sales, Publisher Technology Group, AppNexus Dear Readers: If you’re a digital publisher or app developer, chances are you’ve been approached by numerous ad tech sales teams in recent months, each extolling the virtues of header bidding. How do I know this? Well, I run... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary site Legacy.com suffers from online trolls like every other digital publisher. But reader engagement through guestbook comments is a core part of its offering, so it can't really shut them down. Instead, it's developed an elaborate screening process over the years that's part machine,... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A digital publisher is using Google’s new technology to ensure ads are 100 percent viewable, attempting to eliminate one of the big obstacles in the way of brands shifting more money online. The publisher IDG Communications ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every digital publisher is finding it harder to make an advertising buck online. Of note is Legacy.com, which as the leading obituary site has shot life into its business by growing its focus on e-commerce around flowers and charity giving. Today, commerce brings in as much revenue as... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you've ever watched a BuzzFeed video, chances are you've heard the music of Birocratic. In 2013, independent music producer Brandon Rowan discovered after a tremendous spike in traffic that his instrumental hip-hop songs had become the soundtrack to many of the digital publisher's viral... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week we asked readers whether now is a good time to be in love with fiction--are great new books being written? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is this a good time to be a new fiction fanatic? Is great fiction of all kinds being written by new authors? PW wants to know what you think. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IBT Media, the company perhaps best known for buying and reviving Newsweek, hired Mitchell Caplan, the chief marketing officer at creative agency Olson, as its first CMO, the company announced today.The addition of Mr. Caplan marks the latest step forward for this digital publisher, which is... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prior to the launch of its Africa edition, Quartz was still seeing between 100,000 - 150,000 monthly readers originating from the continent. For editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney, that wasn't much of a shock. The digital pure-play's focus on ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vox Media -- the digital publisher behind sites like The Verge, SB Nation and Vox.com -- has opened a department in Los Angeles aimed at making more digital video and, possibly, traditional TV.As Vox Creative Director Chad Mumm told The Hollywood Reporter about the new Vox... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gawker Media, which is battling heavily financed digital publishers like BuzzFeed and Vox for audiences and ad dollars, is working with brand-strategy agency Redscout, according to two people familiar with the matter. The relationship began last summer, one person said.Former Gawker employees... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Web publishers for 15 years have struggled with getting readers to pay for content they are accustomed to acquiring for free. Pay walls have been built and dismantled, print-and-digital packages have launched and often failed, but Google's going to see if viewers are happy to throw coins into... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The digital publisher has acquired Coliloquy, a company that produces choose-your-own-adventure enhanced ebooks and apps. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kim Kelleher, the former president of digital publisher Say Media, was named VP-publisher of Wired magazine, parent company Conde Nast said Tuesday.The appointment marks a return to magazines for Ms. Kelleher, who was VP-publisher of Conde Nast's Self for six years before heading to Time Inc. in... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every digital publisher wants more site visitors. But Mashable seems to care even at least as much about acquiring YouTube viewers -- if not more. The post Why Mashable centers its video strategy on YouTube appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mobile ad company Kargo and measurement firm Moat are collaborating to provide mobile video analytics ito give brands and publishers further insight into who is viewing their spots and for how long. "With premium brand experiences, we want to provide full transparency," Alexis Berger, Kargo’s... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boston-based Beacon Press, the area’s oldest small press, is marking its 160th anniversary this year with a new tag line, “Igniting Hearts and Minds,” and a new colophon that hearkens back to early last century. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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