As Snap looks to build out an advertising business to rival Facebook's and Google's, the app is launching a new location-based product that lets businesses see whether people go to stores after seeing advertisements. The new ad product, Snap to Store, looks at the number of people who go to a store within one week...
Not coming through? Click here to view in browser
Digital & Tech Daily
April 13, 2017
Today's top news for digital marketers
Plus, research shows users are heavy shoppers
By Lauren Johnson
As Snap looks to build out an advertising business to rival Facebook's and Google's, the app is launching a new location-based product that lets businesses see whether people go to stores after seeing advertisements. The new ad product, Snap to Store, looks at the number of people who go to a store within one week...
Read more »
The event for Groups page admins will take place in Chicago
By Marty Swant
Advertisement
And how the ATL got the nickname 'Transaction Alley'
By Marty Swant
Working with Moat, Integral Ad Sciences, Nielsen and comScore
By Marty Swant
Its creators generate almost 7 billion video views monthly
By Sami Main
With rising advertiser concerns over messages placed on controversial YouTube videos, Studio71 will offer direct media buys through a programmatic guaranteed solution. The multichannel network is home to more than 600 creators including Lilly Singh, Rhett & Link, and Logan Paul. Thanks to its stable of creators, Studio71 aims to help advertisers sidestep issues of...
Read more »
Tells the tale of secrets, sexuality and buried treasure in Alabama
By Sami Main
A podcast nearly four years in the making, S-Town is the first project from Serial Productions, a company Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder formed after their hit 2014 podcast, Serial, consumed the internet. Reporting for the project started in 2013, and S-Town premiered on March 28 with all seven episodes, or chapters, available for download....
Read more »
DHS had demanded the company unmask @ALT_uscis account
By Marty Swant
Twitter has voluntarily ended its legal battle with the U.S. government, potentially marking a win in the company's fight to protect free speech and user privacy. Today, the company withdrew a lawsuit it filed Thursday in federal court against the Department of Homeland Security after the agency dropped a demand that it reveal the identity...
Read more »
Featured Jobs
Register Tape Network, RTN
Texarkana, TX
 
Register Tape Network, RTN
Roanoke, VA
 
Register Tape Network, RTN
Winston Salem, NC
 
Register Tape Network, RTN
Rochester, NY
 
Adweek
New York City, New York (US)
 
Advertisement
Pokemon Go lifts up the hood and Snapchat's app-installs are a hit
By Christopher Heine
Online advertising and marketing data points were aplenty this week, and here are eight that particularly grabbed our attention. 1. Pokemon still goes There's been a bit of a mystery around how many people are still using Pokemon Go, the mobile game that attracted hundreds of millions of downloads last summer. Well, today, Niantic, the...
Read more »
Updates provide more data and add transparency
By Marty Swant
Facebook is rolling out a handful of new tools that let marketers take a deeper dive into campaign performance in hopes of providing more transparency about how ads do on the social network. The company today announced a redesign of its Delivery Insights dashboard to provide more metrics about ad campaigns, including impressions, amount spent...
Read more »
Company cites free speech for anonymous users
By Marty Swant
Twitter has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, asking a federal court to protect its right to prevent the government from unmasking users who have spoken critically of President Donald Trump. In a lawsuit filed today, Twitter said Homeland Security in March demanded that Twitter release information about a user associated...
Read more »
You’re subscribed to Adweek’s Digital & Tech Daily newsletter as newsletter@newslettercollector.com
© 2017 Adweek, LLC • 825 8th Avenue • 29th Floor • New York, NY 10019