AOL Now Has an In-House Creative Agency to Make Ads for Brands

Add AOL to the list of publishers that have gone from selling ads to making ads.AOL has created an internal division called Partner Studio that is charged with creating content for advertisers. Both the name and type of work may sound familiar. AOL-owned Huffington Post has its own in-house creative shop called HuffPost Partner Studio that does the same thing for brands, as do an increasing number of publishers including BuzzFeed, Vox Media, The New York Times, Vice, Politico, CNN, Tumblr, The Guardian -- the list goes on.And there's one big reason all of these publishers are constructing their own creative shops: that's where the money is starting to flow. Advertisers in the U.S. are expected to spend $4.3 billion this year on so-called "native" ads that emphasize an ad's editorial-like content and, in some cases, disguise the spots to look like unpaid placements, according to eMarketer. That's a 34% increase from what brands are projected to have spent on native ads last year. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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[ AdWeek | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crombie: Creative Scotland 'not perfect'

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus makes second US push with 'start-up'

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Rankin, Kennedy in Creative Scotland attack

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Waterstones begins new branding push

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Column: A Tumblr Ad Network? Why Not?

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Hearst Reboots Mobile Mag Sites in Ad Push

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Publishers must be "drivers" of brand

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Sharethrough Promises Video Ads That Look Like Content

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56 Broken Kindle Screens Make One Perfect Coffee Table Book

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