Walmart Is Closing Over 60 Sam’s Club Stores in an Effort to Amp Up Its Ecommerce Strategy

We’re only 11 days into 2018 but Walmart is making it clear that this year, it’s waging a bigger war with Amazon. According to Business Insider, 63 Sam’s Club stores are closing across the U.S. in states like Texas, New York, New Jersey, Indiana and Alaska. Some closed today and others will shut their doors…

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Behind the 32-Year-Old National Lacrosse League’s Surprisingly Nimble Digital Strategy

Nick Sakiewicz has a lot on his plate. As the commissioner of the National Lacrosse League, he’s constantly trying to figure out how to take the three-decades-old niche sport and grow it in an era where it can be nimble in arenas that previous leagues, at their outsets, didn’t have available. Sakiewicz said that because…

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CES 2018: Voice Assistants And Addressable TV Garner Incremental Interest

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The center of media activity at CES is the C Space in the Aria hotel. Here you will find the private meeting spaces booked by Turner, Spotify, Twitter, Oath, CBS, NBCU and Samsung Ads. As in the past, the C Space showroom floor – ostensibly an ad tech vendor showcase – was pretty barren thisContinue reading »

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A Condemned Man Gets a Whopper for His Last Meal in Burger King’s New Ad

We sure are seeing some unusual themes in advertising in 2018. Ikea made the ad you pee on, and now Burger King is rolling out a spot set on death row. The commercial, by agency Buzzman, is from France, a country that abolished the death penalty many decades ago. (So, perhaps they can laugh about…

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NBC Has ‘Less Than 10’ Super Bowl Ad Slots Available With Just 3 Weeks to Go

With just three and a half weeks to go before Super Bowl LII, NBC has nearly sold out of its inventory for the game. The network has “less than 10” in-game slots available, Dan Lovinger, evp ad sales, NBC Sports Group, told reporters today. The company is averaging “more than $5 million for a 30-second…

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Podcast: Dave Morgan Looks Back On 20 Years Of Startup Life

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Welcome to AdExchanger Talks, a podcast focused on data-driven marketing. Subscribe here. Dave Morgan is a singular figure in the advertising industry. The founder of three ad tech companies, each in a way ahead of its time, is our guest on AdExchanger Talks this week. In the late ’90s, Morgan built Real Media, an ad network/ad serverContinue reading »

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Despite GOP control of Congress and White House, lawmaking lagged in 2017

In 2017, Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade, but unified GOP control of the legislative and executive branches didn’t lead to a burst of lawmaking.

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Sinclair, Imagine Create ‘Next Gen’ Local TV Ad Platform

The deal will allow Sinclair to play a role in the development of Imagine’s systems for traffic, ad sales and data analytics, allowing for unit-based and impression-based local media buys.

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Disney OTT Service To Debut in 2019, Featuring Reboot Of ‘High School Musical’

Disney’s upcoming over-the-top video service, set to launch in 2019, will feature between 7,000-8,000 episodes of TV shows from the Disney-ABC TV Group’s library.

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