Snapchat Touts User Activity During National Football League Games

An expanded deal with the National Football League was one of the content agreements detailed by Snap Inc. at its Snap Partner Summit last month, and the league will present near-real-time highlights on the platform three times per week (Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays), up from once per week during the 2019 season. Snap said in…

TikTok Pulls Out of Hong Kong Over National Security Law

Social video app TikTok will pull out of app marketplaces in Hong Kong due to a new national security law, which threatens free expression in the semiautonomous region. “In light of recent events, we’ve decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,” TikTok spokesperson Laura Perez said in an email. The new…

OpenSlate Rejoins The YouTube Measurement Program Following Contract Deadlock

After a nearly three-month-long standoff, video analytics and brand safety measurement company OpenSlate said on Tuesday that it’s back in the YouTube Measurement Program (YTMP). Google and OpenSlate were at loggerheads since April, which is when YouTube relaunched the program with a handful of new partners and an updated organizational structure. OpenSlate had been aContinue reading »

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Facebook News: How to See More Stories From a Publication

Facebook recently officially rolled out its Facebook News tab, which gives users the ability to view local, regional and national news stories in a single place. When you’re browsing the Facebook News tab, you may decide that you want to see more stories from a specific publication. Our guide will show you how this is…

A Tale Of Two Madison Avenues: Ad Execs Signal Bifurcated Performance Vs. Brand Rebound

It was the best of quarters, it was the worst of quarters. That is the preliminary assessment of the ad industry’s Q2 results by the equity research team at Pivotal Research Group, indicating that the
ad industry is split along two distinct economic paths: a performance-based marketplace that has essentially rebounded and a brand-based one that continues to languish amid the pandemic and
macroeconomic downturn.

This Is Not About The Facebook Boycotts — It’s About Your Chance To Test And Learn From It

Boycotting Facebook ads is a tough decision, but one that brands increasingly feel they must make to remain true to their values.

Augmented Reality Is Having a Moment. Don’t Miss Out

Augmented reality has received much attention over the last few months as stores closed their doors and consumers sheltered in place. AR brings the in-store buying experience into consumers’ homes. Shoppers can see how a new pair of glasses, cute summer dresses or freshly dropped sneakers look like on their own faces, bodies and feet,…

Instagram Begins Small Global Test of Instagram Shop Tab

Instagram will begin running a “small global test” of the Instagram Shop tab Tuesday. The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network said when it introduced Facebook Shops in May that Instagram Shop would begin rolling out in the U.S. this summer. Instagram said that during the test, the Shop tab will bring users to the shopping…