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Monthly Archives: August 2011

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comScore buys Adxpose

August 3, 2011 by jwestera

A welcome move to making the industry a better place.

Categories: media measurement • Tags: AdXpose, comScore

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IAB Canada releases 2010 revenue numbers

August 2, 2011 by jwestera

Download the report here. In it you will find a lot of good stuff but the most important numbers are the breakdown by medium showing the trend over the last number of years. Ad spend in online continues to climb and now has surpassed daily newspaper. Online is second only to television. While the recession of 2009 pulled back other media, television has come back to its 2008 level while newspaper continues to suffer from structural change in the market.

Categories: media measurement • Tags: 2010 ad revenue breakdown by medium, IAB Canada, Revenue survey

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RSS Jack Meyers Media Report

  • As Upfront Moves, Digital Waits for Newfront Payoff
  • Network TV Upfront Cost Inflation Forecast 2013/2014
  • METAMORPHOSIS: When "Change" is Not Enough
  • Digital Advertising and Marketing: $160B in 2020
  • Newfronts and Upfronts and Outfronts, Oh My! Inertia in the Face of Change is a Powerful Force
  • TV, Print, Radio Capturing 33% of Total Digital Ad Spend
  • What's the Fastest Growing Company in History?
  • Observations from AdTech and NAB. Metamorphosis?
  • Disney/ABC, Turner Capture Six of Top 10 TV Sales Organizations
  • Lean In to the Third Wave of Women's Rights Activism

RSS Report on Business

  • Video: Let's Talk Investing: What will rising rates do to indebted seniors?
  • SNC-Lavalin hit with rating downgrade
  • Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media sites
  • Executives decry pressure of ‘short-termism’ in earnings targets
  • Survey puts the ‘con’ in consumer confidence
  • Hewlett-Packard profit tumbles, but company raises outlook
  • Ford adds production in North America to meet new car demand
  • Canadian dollar dives but it's 'in the middle of the pack'
  • Corner-office perks: Here's how some CEOs cashed in last year
  • Made in USA back in style as re-shoring brings manufacturing home

RSS Mashable

  • Watch This Rocket-Powered Bicycle Hit 163 MPH May 22, 2013
    François Gissy is a French bicyclist, but he's about the furthest thing from your typical fixie-riding hipster. No, this is how Gissy rolls: attaching a rocket to his bike to reach a reported speed of 163 miles per hour That's a world record, according to French news site DNA. (Dutch cyclist Fred Rompelberg has actually reached a few miles-per-hour […]
    Sam Laird
  • See How Much the Next 'Call of Duty' Graphics Improve May 22, 2013
    Call of Duty: Ghosts represents a significant graphical upgrade from the previous titles in the series, according to publisher Activision. To prove this, it showed a video during Tuesday's Xbox One unveiling that shows footage from the upcoming Ghosts compared to footage from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The video's narration, said developer Inf […]
    Chelsea Stark
  • Intellectual Property Commission: Pass CISPA Now May 22, 2013
    A bipartisan and independent commission studying corporate espionage's impact on the American economy recommended passing the controversial Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in its report released Wednesday. ". . .Corporations need better information, and thus an open, two-way communications flow between companies and U.S. govern […]
    Alex Fitzpatrick
  • Teens Getting Tired of Facebook Drama, Pew Survey Finds May 22, 2013
    Though Facebook is still the most popular social network among teens, their enthusiasm for Mark Zuckerberg's network is decreasing, according to new findings from the Pew Research Center. Pew reports that 77% of online teens (ages 12-17) surveyed use Facebook. But while Pew's findings show that teens view Facebook participation as important for soc […]
    Vignesh Ramachandran
  • HP Stock Jumps 13% After Beating Earnings Estimates May 22, 2013
    Hewlett-Packard posted mixed results in its second quarter, but beat analysts' profit estimates, helping to send the stock up more than 13% in after-hours trading HP reported earnings per share of $0.87 on revenue of $27.6 billion, beating Wall Street's consensus estimate for earnings per share of $0.81, but coming in below the revenue estimate of […]
    Seth Fiegerman
  • Storm-Penetrating Drones Could Fly Into Tornadoes May 22, 2013
    Engineering students at Oklahoma State University (OSU) have designed three concept drones that could one day help storm trackers and researchers better understand tornadoes. Led by professor Jamey Jacob, three teams of students outlined plans for Storm Penetrating Air Vehicles (SPAVs) that would penetrate thunderstorms, including the supercells that generat […]
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  • ZZ Ward's App Uses Facebook to Plot When Fans Discovered Her Music May 22, 2013
    ZZ Ward, who Fuse TV recently proclaimed as one of 30 must-see artists at South by Southwest, just launched a web app that plots when fans first discovered her. How? The "365 Days of ZZ Ward" app uses Facebook's Open Graph to browse users' Facebook activity and plot their ZZ Ward-tagged status updates, photos and videos. The moments will […]
    Brian Anthony Hernandez
  • Jif Peanut Butter Weighs In on GIF Pronunciation Debate May 22, 2013
    It was only a matter of time. Jif, the popular peanut butter company, has finally weighed in on the debate about how to pronounce GIF: It's pronounced Jif® #Jif #GIF bit.ly/10QjQim— Jif® Peanut Butter (@Jif) May 22, 2013 The tweet links to, what else, a GIF: Jif's tweet came less than a day after the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (ie G […]
    Seth Fiegerman
  • 14-Year-Old Girl Destroys Van Halen Guitar Solo May 22, 2013
    Here's a video of Tina, 14, covering Eddie Van Halen‘s “Eruption” guitar solo and absolutely shredding it If the words “Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Eruption’ guitar solo” have no meaning to you, we'll get to the meat of the story: This girl is some sort of guitar wizard. Image courtesy of YouTube, Tina S Read more...More about Music, Guitar, Rock, Watercool […]
    The Mary Sue
  • Hovertrax is Like a Segway Without Handlebars May 22, 2013
    Vancouver, Wash.-based company Investist has a new idea for rolling in style. It's called Hovertrax, and it's an auto-balancing, electronic transporter with two-wheeled gyro technology — or, more simply, a wiggle board with power. The group is collecting funds for the gadget through Kickstarter, and, as of Wednesday afternoon, has already raised mo […]
    Eric Larson

RSS Web Strategy

  • Why Social Business Headcount Decreases Before Radically Expanding
    Above Image: Headcount of social business (circled in orange) slightly decreases before large growth. Social Business Headcounts Change as Programs Mature Like the calm before the storm, your social business headcount is likely to decrease 10-20% before it radically expands.  Altimeter found through two independent surveys to enterprise class (Companies with […]
  • Dear Brands, I’m Unnerved Too
    Dear Brands, I just got disrupted. I willingly let a stranger drive off in my car, and I found it unnerving. Last week, I wrote a heartfelt letter to you that our relationship has changed. I shared that I don’t want to breakup, but I want an open relationship. I don’t want to buy products, I want [...]
  • The Maker Movement Disrupts Brands, Provides Opportunities
    For my third year, I spent yesterday at the Maker Faire, in Silicon Valley.  Unlike any other year, the crowds were overflowing, suggesting this movement was growing faster than the cottage industry before.  To put this into context, the maker movement is yet (another) disruption to brands, here’s the lineage: [Disruptions Summarized: 1) The Internet [...] […]
  • Google better organizes our world –and sells us back the experience
    Above Photo:  Google showcases interconnected screens at Google IO conference in SF. By Chris Silva (cross posted) and Jeremiah Owyang, Industry Analysts at Altimeter Group Last year’s over hyped skydiving was replaced by down to earth by grounded product enhancements. We’re live from the Google IO conference in SF with 6,000 developers, press, and media [.. […]
  • Resources: Converged Media, Integrating your Paid, Owned, and Earned
    Is Facebook paid, owned or earned? The answer is yes. Facebook is all. They integrate advertising units along with content created by brands on their Facebook pages, and allow for consumers to share their opinions right in the comments. Sometimes, ads look like social content, and it’s hard to distinguish the difference. At Altimeter, we [...]
  • Social Business Buyers Invest in Scaling
    Brands Focused on Managing Social Proliferation For those that like to be where they money be, this data is for you. Altimeter’s research continues to survey buyers of disruptive technologies, and continues our coverage on social technologies. In our recent Q4 survey to enterprise buyers, focused on marketing business decision makers, which are global nation […]
  • Dear Brands, Our Relationship has Changed
    Dear Brands, I want an open relationship. All my life, we’ve had a committed and dedicated relationship. You told me what to buy, I bought it, bought it again. But now, it’s about to change. I don’t want to buy from you directly, I want to rent, subscribe, and borrow your goods. If I end [...]
  • The Three Market Drivers: Causes for the Collaborative Economy
    Above Image: Fire Dancers metaphorically ignite movement in Union Square, the center of SF commerce. Your customers are trading products and goods –rather than buying them from you! Want to know why? We’re conducting research in a pragmatic method to find out why, and then answer what companies should do to respond. Below is a [...]
  • Altimeter Research: Social Business Spreads Across The Enterprise
    Altimeter Data Above: Social spreads further to the edges in Hub and Spoke, and Distributes to Multiple Hub and Spoke, aka “Dandelion” Social Business Evolution Spreads In Corporations Altimeter’s most recent social business buyers survey of global national corporations with over 1000 employees has yielded interesting results. One data set that we’ve careful […]
  • The Next Phase of Social Business is the Collaborative Economy
    Above Image: Market Opportunities for the Collaborative Economy by Vertical, from Sharable Magazine follow them on Twitter. What’s the next phase of Social Business?  That’s the question I’m frequently asked.  Without a doubt, the next phase is the Collaborative Economy. What’s that?  That’s where brands will rent, lend, provide subscriptions to products and […]

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  • Twitter Launches Ad That Can Collect Personal Information for Marketers May 22, 2013
    Twitter announced a new kind of Tweet today designed to allow marketers to easily collect personal information from Twitter users, if they chose to provide it.The format, an expanded Tweet called the "Lead Generation Card," includes a button that with one click allows the user to provide their name, email address and Twitter handle to the marketer […]
  • Are You Wasting Money on Mobile Ads? May 22, 2013
    The debate over the value of mobile advertising typically focuses on what effect, if any, it has on brand lift, sales and getting consumers into stores. But advertisers have been wasting money on mobile in the literal sense because a significant portion of the ads they're paying for never properly display on devices.Now, networks and publishers are bein […]
  • Equifax Selects 360i as its Lead Agency May 22, 2013
    Credit reporting company Equifax has named Dentsu's 360i its lead agency as it reevaluates its approach to data and analytics. The shift comes after Equifax selected Publicis Groupe's Digitas as its lead agency in August 2011. 360i will focus on direct-to-consumer integrated marketing efforts for the brand's credit and identity protection serv […]
  • Microsoft Announces Live Action 'Halo' Series Produced by Steven Spielberg May 21, 2013
    Microsoft unveiled its latest Xbox console, Xbox One, today, and with it, an announcement that the company would be turning it's popular Halo video game franchise into a live-action series with Steven Spielberg as executive producer."The Halo universe is an amazing opportunity to be at that intersection where technology and myth-making meet to prod […]
  • Group of Senior Execs Depart Huge to Form New Digital Shop May 21, 2013
    Brooklyn-based Huge just got a bit smaller. A group of senior executives from the Interpublic Group of Cos.' digital shop are decamping to start a new shop. Dubbed Work & Company, the agency is launching with: Huge's Founding Partner and Chief Strategy Officer Gene Liebel; Creative Director Joe Stewart, Partner and Head of Product Design Felipe […]
  • Rise of the Non-Network Originals Gives TV Nets Cause for Concern May 21, 2013
    TV networks showcasing their wares during the recent upfront have a bigger concern than one-upping their broadcast rivals: grabbing attention from original content on nontraditional platforms, many of which are not ad-supported. This influx in originals such as Netflix's "House of Cards" and "Hemlock Grove" is being blamed for the ov […]
  • Tumblr's Karp Vows to Protect Platform Even As Yahoo Ramps Up Ad Biz May 20, 2013
    Tumblr founder David Karp and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer have a delicate balancing act ahead of them: Assure devout Tumblr users that their beloved platform won't change, while convincing Wall Street that their union will be a lucrative one.Highlighting how important it is to maintain the Tumblr experience, Yahoo made an outright pledge "not to screw […]
  • Three Ways Yahoo Can Avoid Screwing Up Tumblr May 20, 2013
    News item: Yahoo! to Acquire Tumblr Promises not to screw it up Continue reading at AdAge.com
  • Yahoo to Bring More Ad Formats to Tumblr, Mayer Says May 20, 2013
    The most glaring question regarding Yahoo's Tumblr acquisition is how it will generate more advertising revenue from a platform that, to date, has taken a minimalist approach to incorporating advertising.Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is going to change that, however. Ms. Mayer said Monday morning that Yahoo would introduce more "native advertising" […]
  • Can AT&T Use Its Ad Spend Data to Help Clients Target Consumers? May 20, 2013
    AT&T is the country's fifth largest ad spender -- and now its using data gleaned from its own digital advertising to to help other marketers buying inventory through AT&T's AdWorks business. The company is unveiling a new platform, called Blueprint, for targeted online, mobile and TV ads. However, the platform falls short of achieving what […]

RSS Globe and Mail Marketing

  • Bobbi Brown’s recipe for brand success
  • Will you soon be printing in 3-D?
  • Six of legendary designer Philippe Starck’s favourite concepts
  • Top creative minds converge on Montreal
  • Searching for viral impact? Try throwing away the script
  • When pollsters get it wrong: the high cost of lost credibility
  • Beer spruces up in battle for market share
  • In photos: A look at Beer Store's rebranding
  • Illusion of network ad time scarcity is starting to come apart
  • Ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty's greatest hits

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