Tuesday Wake-Up Call: Netflix's 'Black Mirror' storytelling experiment, and Google's new ad chief

Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. Get all the news on Advertising Week each evening this week in our pop-up email newsletter. Sign up right here What people are talking about today: Remember the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books of your childhood? Netflix is planning some new programming with a similar storytelling format, Bloomberg News reports. Viewers "will get to choose their own storylines in one episode of the upcoming season of 'Black Mirror,' the Emmy-winning science-fiction anthology series," Bloomberg says. We can't wait to see it. Just one request, though. The real world seems dystopian enough right now -- is it too much to ask for one storyline that ends with a happily-ever-after?Advertising Week New York (one day down, three to go)After day one, here's a thought from Jeanine Poggi: During the five panels she's moderating, only two of the 15 speakers (not counting herself) are women. That's interesting, "considering there are more than a half dozen panels on Monday alone focused on gender equality, diversity and inclusion," Poggi writes in Ad Age's roundup, which includes more on the diversity, equality and inclusion discussions; the line to get photos with Bullseye, Target's mascot dog; a prediction of ads to come on Netflix; and the downside of reducing Advertising Week sprawl. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new, refreshing bible for young black women aims to speak to a demographic neglected by mainstream self-help. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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News groups ask Facebook to stop treating media ads like political ads

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[ Advertising Age | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Audience Network Added Auction Bidding for In-App Ads

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[ AdWeek | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2018: ABA Calls for Invoicing Overhaul; Bookseller Calls for 'Action' Against Spicer

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Netflix Effect: Publishers see Netflix deals as gateways to more TV work

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[ Digiday | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google is revamping Google News with more video and higher speed

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[ Advertising Age | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NUJ backs Impress, calling Ipso a 'pointless so-called regulator'

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[ The Guardian | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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