Branded Content Project Details Local Media Spend, ROI For Publishers

The Local Media Consortium and Local Media Association recently announced results from their first Branded Content Project, which details how local media approaches and profits from sponsored
campaigns.

Instagram for Business: Here’s How to View Your Account Insights

Did you know that Instagram for Business accounts have access to a variety of insights? These insights will will tell you things about your account, such as the number of times your posts were seen in the past week. Our guide will show you how to find your insights. Note: These screenshots were captured in…

To Get Kids to Eat Their Greens, Kraft Encourages Little White Lies About ‘Salad ‘Frosting’

As a parent, one of the most important virtues we can instill in our children is the value of honesty, which is often accompanied by some variation of the words “honesty is the best policy.” This might be the first of many lies we tell them. Ironically, the truth is, there are moments when honesty…

Adobe Aims To Beat Salesforce To The Punch With Its CDP, Now In Beta

If you’re a marketing cloud, you’ve suddenly got customer data platform fever. On Monday, Adobe rolled out the beta version of its CDP, housed within the Adobe Experience Platform. Perhaps not so coincidentally, Salesforce will host its Connections conference in Chicago this week, where it’s planning to share more details about its CDP, while OracleContinue reading »

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Why Kerry Washington Wanted Her New Show on Hulu

CANNES, France–Usually, actors and producers have to go to networks and pitch their shows, praying something sticks, said actress and producer Kerry Washington on stage at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity today. But the opposite was true for her new limited series (based on novel Little Fires Everywhere) with Reese Witherspoon, in which…

Facebook’s Libra May Rally Madison Avenue’s Interest In Cryptocurrencies

Watch for interest in cryptocurrencies to spike this week in the media industry, if not the ad biz as Facebook releases a white paper outlining its plans for investors and other stakeholders. The
coin, which reportedly will be called “Libra,” is expected to be backed by a consortium of financial and transactional partners, including Mastercard, PayPal, Uber, Visa and other members of The
Libra Association.