Omnicom Hires First Chief Talent Officer of Global Client Leaders

Omnicom announced the appointment of Torrey La Grange to a newly created position of chief talent officer of its Global Clients Leaders (GCL) group, which is made up of executives who oversee the holding company’s top global accounts. La Grange, previously head of account management and global business director at BBH New York, will work…

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App Retargeter Adikteev Brings Home $12 Million In Series B

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Paris-based app retargeting platform Adikteev – think Criteo for apps – snagged $12 million in Series B on Tuesday. The company plans to spend it on research and development and on expanding its 100-person headcount with around 40 new engineer hires over the next month. The round, which brings Adikteev’s total funding to $14.2 million since itContinue reading »

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Facebook Messenger: Here’s How to Add a New Contact

Have you ever wanted to chat with someone on Facebook Messenger, but you weren’t already Facebook friends? Our guide will show you how to add a new contact in the Messenger application. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Messenger app on iOS. Step 1: Tap “People” at the bottom of the screen. Step 2:…

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Instagram Unleashes the Ultimate Weapon for Marketers

In the battle of the social media networks, Instagram’s latest salvo against the competition may be a powerful new marketing tool for brands. The new “regram” feature Instagram is testing allows users to repost content for the first time by adding public feed posts from other users to their Instagram Stories, and it could make…

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NXP Deal Is Likely Qualcomm’s Best Defense Against Broadcom

In Qualcomm’s quest to avoid being swallowed by Broadcom, its best bet to remain independent may be completing its own giant acquisition. But it is running out of time.

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Hulu’s Billion-Dollar Bet

The company, which now has more than 17 million subscribers in the U.S., lost approximately $920 million last year, according to SEC filings from its owners, and received $1 billion in investments
from its corporate parents. Both of those numbers were up significantly from 2016, when the company received $733 million, and lost $531 million.

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P.R. Genius Kim Jong-un Hijacks Olympics

Kim Jong-un’s little sis (or whoever she is) has come to PyeongChang, heading up an apparent entourage of North Koreans, including athletes, a cheerleading squad and presumably, various officials and
chaperones.

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How Can Brands Effectively Use Influencers? This Marketing Company Explains Its Strategy

Influencers, they’re just like us–or at least that’s the message they’re trying to convey to the average person who lacks thousands or even hundreds of followers. But influencer marketing remains elusive to brands who still haven’t definitively determined whether working with influencers actually yields tangible results. That’s the problem influencer marketing company Obvious.ly tries to…

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13 Words You Should Never Use When Replying to a Customer

It takes a lot for a customer to be willing to interact with a company. People brush by thousands of brands–from restaurants to online tools–on a daily basis and think nothing of it. When a customer actually does take the time to reach out to a brand and offer feedback, it’s kind of a big…

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Trump Administration Wants To Cut Public TV Funding — What About Other TV Deals?

The Trump Administration wants to leave public broadcasting’s fate to the media marketplace. But do the same rules apply to corporate media-TV deals?

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