It took less than eight weeks last summer for Pokemon Go to attract 500 million users (called "trainers," in the game's parlance), representing a scale that Facebook took six years to achieve. Despite such astonishing growth, many people wondered if the frenzy was simply a digital fad for the ages. But then researcher Sensor Network...
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Digital & Tech Daily
February 21, 2017
Today's top news for digital marketers
Niantic's CEO says he's been careful about integrating advertisers
By Christopher Heine
It took less than eight weeks last summer for Pokemon Go to attract 500 million users (called "trainers," in the game's parlance), representing a scale that Facebook took six years to achieve. Despite such astonishing growth, many people wondered if the frenzy was simply a digital fad for the ages. But then researcher Sensor Network...
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For YouTube, less will be more
By Janet Stilson
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Canary in the Snapmine?
By Christopher Heine
We searched the online marketing landscape for data points that grabbed our attention, as we always do at the end of the week. Seven, in particular, stood out this week: 1. Canary in the Snapmine? Snap Inc., the owner of Snapchat, on Thursday revealed via its IPO S-1 filing that it's seeking $14 to $16...
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Hoping to rebuild trust in the media
By Sami Main
BuzzFeed News wants to challenge your bubble. Oftentimes, audiences will read a piece of news or content and "the same story will have two or three distinct and siloed conversations taking place around it on social media, where people talk to the like-minded without even being aware of other perspectives on the same reporting," wrote...
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Time to poke a potential employer?
By Marty Swant
Facebook is starting to let users apply for jobs directly through the platform, putting it in closer competition with business networks like LinkedIn. In a blog post published today, the company said it's trying to make it easier for businesses to recruit the right employees directly through their pages. Starting today, the company will let...
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It's working with Rubicon Project for real-time audio and video inventory
By Marty Swant
SoundCloud is ready to roll out its programmatic advertising to a broader audience. Today, the company announced it's partnering with Rubicon Project to make the music streaming service's global video and audio ads inventories available for the first time in an automated fashion. Using first-party data and content-level targeting, brands will be able to access...
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Not quite ready for original programming, but that could soon change
By Sami Main
It's Facebook's world. We're just living in it, and soon, watching it on TV. As part of a larger announcement about its other video offerings, Facebook revealed that it will soon launch a TV app for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung Smart TVs. With so many other streaming apps available for smart TV...
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Collaboration will include a new series and scenes from TV shows
By Marty Swant
Looking for more myths to bust or sharks to find? Discovery Communications is hoping viewers will turn to the deep blue sea of Snapchat. Today, the entertainment company announced an agreement with Snap Inc. to create short-form vertical video shows exclusively for Snapchat. In the next few months, Discovery said, the two companies will collaborate...
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