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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CreativeDrive Acquires Pia Agency

Founded by Cheryl (CEO) and Cliff Pia (president, Chief Creative Officer) in 1997, the 32-person agency produces advertising, digital, mobile and web content across offices in Portland, Oregon, San
Diego and San Francisco.

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InMobi Acquires AerServ For $90 Million

The companies say the deal will establish the largest programmatic video platform for mobile in-app publishers, expand InMobi’s mobile video footprint, and create a hub in Los Angeles.

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Fox May Buy More TV Stations

Fox is looking to purchase 10 TV stations from Sinclair Broadcast Group — in markets including Denver and Seattle, according to a newspaper report. This comes as Sinclair wants to bolster its TV
station holdings with a proposed $3.9 billion deal to buy Tribune Media.

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Media Planning Without Fear In 2018

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“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Bryan Noguchi, media director at Caffelli. Media people, what are we going to get out of 2018? What are the battles we’ll choose to engage in, and why? I reallyContinue reading »

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Google Created a Giant Voice-Activated Gumball Machine to Promote Its Digital Assistant

Digital assistants are learning to activate a lot of things. They’re used to activating phones, lights, speakers, televisions and cars. Now, Google is taking a more playful route to promote its own Google Assistant this week in Las Vegas. At the Consumer Electronics Show, Google has supersized the way people interact with its artificial intelligence…

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