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Grasshoppers Near Highways Change Their Mating Calls
Grasshoppers Near Highways Change Their Mating Calls On any given day, traffic victimizes many individuals living in urban areas. Tim Laman / Getty Images Everybody hates traffic jams. But while humans are stuck sitting at their steering wheels, futilely honking, checking the time and muttering along with talk radio, another species has found a way to evade the inconveniences of vehicular congestion. A study published Nov.
Open look: Athlete-driven media companies have the attention of fans and advertisers
It’s Jan. 14, the night before the final regular-season game between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Kevin Durant and LeBron James are sitting in the back of an Uber — a Cadillac Escalade, to be specific — in Akron, Ohio. But instead of talking trash while riding through the falling snow, the two rivals are discussing President Donald Trump. “Our team, as a country, is not ran by a great coach,” Durant says. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
5 things to know this week: Ad buyers' struggles with Amazon, Facebook Watch show terms and more - Digiday
This week’s things to know include problems ad buyers face when working with Amazon, Facebook’s changing terms for Watch shows and more. Ad buyers struggle to advertise through Amazon Ad buyers are having issues building relationships with Amazon, with it sometimes taking more than a year to secure an Amazon rep and then start the process of advertising through Amazon’s suite of ad offerings.
Best of 2017: Digiday Confessions with a New York Times copy editor, Instagram influencer and more - Digiday
In Digiday’s Confessions series, we trade anonymity for honesty from individuals in media and marketing. Our best Confessions from 2017 touched on topics spanning from The New York Times’ editorial layoffs to influencer fraud and agency culture.
5 things we learned about Amazon's ad ambitions this year
Amazon had a busy year, seemingly extending its tentacles into every industry, from retail and advertising to entertainment and health care. Here’s the best of Digiday’s coverage of Amazon’s expansion and far-reaching influence from 2017. Advertisers warm to Amazon’s increasing ad pitch Amazon developed its advertising business throughout the year.
5 things to know this week: Facebook’s news feed changes, Kroger’s ad business and more - Digiday
This week’s things to know include Facebook’s news feed and algorithm changes, open-office floor plans and more. Facebook adjusts news feed and algorithm Facebook is prioritizing longer videos and series on its platform. The changes: The moves are another sign that Facebook is moving away from short-form content. It will also end the program that pays video makers every month to produce on-demand and live videos for the news feed, which typically run from 30 seconds to one or two minutes.
5 things to know this week: agencies use NDAs to cover up harassment, Mashable's video ambitions and more - Digiday
This week’s things to know include how ad agencies employ nondisclosure agreements to hide sexual harassment accusations, the market for short-form digital video and more. NDAs help ad agencies conceal sexual harassment claims Agencies are using NDAs to suppress sexual harassment claims.
5 things to know: YouTube’s ad scandal, Facebook Watch deals and more - Digiday
This week’s things to know include how brands are responding to YouTube’s latest ad scandal, Facebook’s changing deals for Watch and more. Advertisers react to YouTube’s latest ad controversy YouTube is enmeshed in another ad scandal, with advertisers like Mars, Lidl and Adidas pulling their ads off the platform over videos of children there accompanied by obscene comments. British advertisers’ trade body ISBA even called top marketers and Google execs to a meeting about the issue.
Al Jazeera’s Yaser Bishr: Publishers are platform 'sweatshops' - Digiday
Al Jazeera has had success building its distributed brand AJ+ on Facebook with short videos that work well in the platform’s news feed, amassing hundreds of millions of views per month. But the publisher sees social platforms as more of a means to an end. “We view social media as kind of the top of the funnel,” said Yaser Bishr, global executive director for Al Jazeera Media Network, on the Digiday Podcast.
5 things to know from this week: Oath’s layoffs, Colin Kaepernick’s absence from brand campaigns and more - Digiday
This week’s things to know include Oath’s latest layoffs, Colin Kaepernick’s lack of major brand suitors and more. Oath undergoes more cuts Oath, the subsidiary Verizon created to house Yahoo and AOL, kicked off a brutal day in digital media by laying off up to 560 people — slightly less than 4 percent of its global workforce — on Oct. 16. The cuts weren’t concentrated in specific brands or locations, but staffers from Yahoo Finance in the U.K. were among those affected.
Bloomberg Media's Keith Grossman on platforms: 'Be very wary'
Bloomberg Media is a publisher that sees promise in Twitter live video, livestreaming shows and events like the U.S. presidential debates. In December, it will launch the first 24-hour social news network on the platform, which is expected to bring in eight figures in revenue in the first year. But the publisher takes a cautious approach to platforms.
5 things to know from this week: Amazon’s new API, Snapchat’s ad rates and more - Digiday
This week’s things to know cover Amazon’s new application programming interface for self-serve ads, Snapchat’s ad rates and more. Amazon bolsters its ad business with new API Amazon is beta testing an API for Amazon Marketing Services, the part of its ad business that encompasses self-served Amazon ads, including its paid search platform.
5 things to know from this week: Walmart vs. Amazon, ads.txt adoption and more - Digiday
This week’s things to know cover Walmart’s fight against Amazon, ads.txt, the European Union’s ePrivacy law and more. Walmart continues battling Amazon Walmart is attempting to draw in affluent customers in an effort to capture market share from Amazon, which has struggled to attract and retain luxury brands. Walmart is also reportedly near a deal to give Lord & Taylor dedicated space on its website.
5 things to know from this week: The Weinstein effect, Amazon's ad business and more - Digiday
This week’s things to know cover how the Harvey Weinstein revelations have affected agencies, Amazon’s ad business, publishers’ sentiments about the duopoly, consultancies and programmatic ads in Snapchat shows. Agencies feel the Harvey Weinstein effect The discovery that filmmaker Harvey Weinstein systematically harassed and sexually assaulted women for years has spurred people across industries to come forward with stories of their own. And the agency world is no different.
Best of the week: Apple acts against publishers' interests - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered the effects of Apple’s Safari update, the Apple-Facebook impasse and Anna Wintour’s impact as Condé Nast’s artistic director. As always, a complete list of these articles appears at the bottom. Apple disregards publishers with recent moves Apple updated its Safari browser last month to prevent third parties from tracking users for more than 24 hours after they visit a site.
Best of the week: Twitter live video lures publishers - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered publishers’ interest in Twitter live video, Facebook’s sports streaming rights push and more. As always, a complete list of these articles appears at the bottom. Publishers see promise in Twitter live video Facebook Live video has disappointed some publishers, but they’re hopeful about video on Twitter.
Best of the week: Amazon pushes further into advertising - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered Amazon’s advertising efforts, watch time on Facebook’s Watch and more. As always, a complete list of these articles appears at the bottom. Amazon’s ad industry expansion Amazon’s latest move to grow its advertising business is a new office that it says will bring 2,000 jobs, mostly in advertising, to Manhattan. Multiple media agency executives in New York said they’ve heard more from Amazon reps trying to sell them and their clients on Amazon advertising.
How To Wear Makeup - Basic Makeup Tips
Understand Your Skin Your skin type should determine what kind of foundation you choose. If you have dry skin, try a liquid or hydrating powder formula, says Michelle Obama's makeup artist, Carl Ray. Use powder or matte products on oily skin. Powder and liquid foundations work well on combination skin.Find the Right Shade When selecting a shade of foundation, pick one that matches your neck, arms, and chest rather than your face.
Best of the week: Takeaways from Advertising Week and the Financial Times' fraud discovery - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered Advertising Week, the Financial Times’ fraud discovery and more. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Advertising Week takeaways subhead tktktk Industry execs flocked to Times Square this week, bravely elbowing aside sketchy dudes in Elmo costumes, all for the cause known as Advertising Week.
Best of the week: Safari update underscores Apple's ambivalence about advertising - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered Apple’s Safari update, the Uber-Fetch lawsuit and more. As always, a complete list of these articles appears at the bottom. Apple restricts ad tracking in Safari update Apple updated the operating system of its Safari browser on Sept. 19 so users can’t be tracked by third parties for more than 24 hours after visiting a website.
Best of the week: Spotify's winding pivot to video - Digiday
This week, our top stories focused on Spotify’s struggles with video, Dmexco and more. As always, a complete list of these articles appears at the bottom. Spotify pauses its video endeavors Since announcing plans to venture into the streaming video business in May 2015, Spotify has struggled with its video efforts. Spotify did not renew licensing deals that started at the beginning of 2016 with video publishing partners like ESPN, Vice and Tastemade.
Best of the week: YouTube's new ad policies are still causing creators to lose out on revenue - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered the lingering effects of YouTube’s brand-safety crackdown, e-commerce brands’ move into brick-and-mortar stores and more. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Fallout from YouTube’s new ad policies YouTube started disabling ads on videos in March in response to the so-called “YouTube adpocalypse,” during which advertisers threatened to curb ad spending on the platform after discovering ads were appearing beside offensive content.
Best of the week: Facebook eyes YouTube with launch of Watch shows
This week, our top stories examined the rollout of Facebook-funded shows on Watch, publishers’ pivots to video and more. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Funded Facebook Watch shows debut Facebook’s latest attempt to take on YouTube has begun, with publishers like Business Insider, Hearst and Refinery29 premiering Facebook-funded shows on the Watch platform this week.
Best of the week: Brands add mainstream news outlets to their blacklists - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered changes to brands’ blacklists, Snapchat’s Official Stories expansion and more. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Brands blacklist mainstream news outlets Brands blacklisting spoofed domains and problematic sites like Breitbart is nothing new. But now, they’re preventing their ads from appearing on any news sites as some brands perceive mainstream news outlets as too controversial in this political climate.
Best of the week: Influencer marketing on Facebook is going to cost more - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered influencer marketing on Facebook, Walmart’s growing advertising business and more. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Influencers and brands prepare to spend more on Facebook Facebook now allows influencers to turn their paid content into sponsored posts by tagging the brands they work with and then letting advertisers boost those posts directly without sharing them first.
Best of the week: The duopoly flexes its muscles as Snap continues to flounder - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered Google’s Ad Experience Report, Facebook’s Watch platform and Snap’s second-ever quarterly earnings. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Google reveals sites that need ad adjustments Google is using its new Ad Experience Report to evaluate and score websites based on their ad creative and design.
Best of the week: CBS News refreshes itself with CBSN - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered reinvention endeavors in digital media, Instagram bots and more. As always, a complete list of these stories appears at the bottom. CBS News switches gears with CBSN Since launching in 2014, CBSN — a free 24-hour streaming news channel available online and across devices — has had the goal of being an always-on news brand distinct from cable news shout-a-thons and forgettable social news clips.
Best of the week: CBS News refreshes itself with CBSN
By JuJu Kim • August 4, 2017 • This week, our top stories covered reinvention endeavors in digital media, Instagram bots and more. As always, a complete list of these stories appears at the bottom. CBS News switches gears with CBSN Since launching in 2014, CBSN — a free 24-hour streaming news channel available online and across devices — has had the goal of being an always-on news brand distinct from cable news shout-a-thons and forgettable social news clips.
Best of the week: Instagram has a pod problem - Digiday
This week, our top stories examined the proliferation of Instagram comment pods, Amazon’s continued expansion and more. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Influencers team up to game Instagram’s algorithm Instagram comment pods, groups of Instagrammers who work together to comment on each other’s posts, are growing in popularity among influencers on the platform.
Best of the week: Amazon makes push for video publishers - Digiday
This week, our top stories examined Amazon’s video platform and Facebook’s tool that will give publishers more Instant Articles performance data. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Amazon courts video publishers with money, free help … Amazon continues to make moves that support the idea that it could turn the duopoly into a triopoly.
Best of the week: The pivot to video and its writer discontents - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered text journalists’ concerns as media companies pivot to video and publishers’ latest attempts to compete with the duopoly. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Words had a nice run Media companies are increasingly shifting their focus to video. MTV News did this in June, laying off about 12 staffers.
Best of the week: Publishers are embracing Amazon - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered magazine publishers’ relationship with Amazon, consumer trust in advertising and life as a new mother at an ad agency. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Amazon is getting along with publishers, for now Amazon’s relationship with magazine publishers goes back years, with it handling their print and digital magazine sales and serving as a retail partner that helps publishers turn their editorial content into commerce.
Best of the week: Snapchat is losing the fight against Instagram, for now - Digiday
This week, our top stories focused on new metrics problems for Facebook and the battle between Snapchat and Instagram for users and ad dollars. Enjoy a dose of the platform drama this holiday weekend with what many are calling the drink of the summer, the Aperol spritz (which we have details on, too). As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom.
Starbucks Now Sells ‘Geisha’ Coffee for $7 a Cup
Just two weeks after Starbucks announced its $620 million, all-cash acquisition of tea retailer Teavana, the company has launched an additional menu item that reinforces its commitment to its coffee roots. Just two weeks after Starbucks announced the $620 million, all-cash acquisition of tea retailer Teavana, the company has launched an additional menu item that reinforces its commitment to its coffee roots.
Best of the week: Ad agencies contemplate cutting Cannes Lions - Digiday
This week, our top articles highlighted the Cannes Lions, examined MediaLink and more. As always, a full list of these stories appears at the bottom. Cannes takeaways We spent the week at Cannes chatting with media, marketing and tech execs.
Best of the week: Publishers press Facebook to drive paid subscriptions - Digiday
This week, our top stories covered Facebook’s moves to benefit content creators, publishers’ distributed media endeavors and more. As always, a complete list of these articles appears at the bottom. Publishers question Facebook’s creator-focused initiatives Publishers have lobbied Facebook to let people pay to subscribe to publications through its app since it introduced Instant Articles. Now, the platform is working to grant their requests.
Best of the week: Publishers' ad revenue woes heighten as platforms move to police ads - Digiday
Our top stories this week delve into Breitbart’s slide and fresh fears regarding tech giants. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Breitbart tumbles … After the U.S. presidential election, Breitbart was plotting an expansion to spread far-right, populist views in Europe. But today, Breitbart faces traffic declines, advertiser blacklists, campaigns for marketers to steer clear and even a petition within Amazon for it to stop providing ad services.
Best of the week: Local publishers warm up to the duopoly as Facebook errs again - Digiday
This week’s top stories covered Facebook’s latest misstep, the duopoly’s relationship with local publishers and more. As always, a full list of the stories appears at the bottom. Facebook draws fresh ire In the middle of upfronts, Facebook announced yet another measurement error. This time, the platform miscalculated how often users clicked through its carousel ad units. Facebook claims just 0.04 percent of its ad impressions were affected. But ad buyers are understandably annoyed.
Best of the week: Snapchat enters trough of disappointment - Digiday
This week’s top stories examined concerns for Snapchat, media agencies’ and brands’ ventures into artificial intelligence and more. As always, a full list of these articles appears at the bottom. Snapchat faces challenges with earnings and expansion In the Hype Cycle, the trough of disappointment is an inevitable period. Snapchat parent company Snap reported its first quarterly earnings since its much-hyped IPO.
Best of the week: Publishers try to counter the duopoly's dominance
Our top stories this week delved into the ongoing battle between the duopoly and publishers, the memes in marketing and more. As always, a full list of the top stories appears at the bottom. Publishers try to counter the platforms Reports released this week from GroupM and Zenith examined the global state of digital media advertising, and unsurprisingly, Facebook and Google lead the pack. In 2016, the duopoly swallowed 20 percent of the global media advertising pie.
Best of the week: Media rivals team up amid frustrations with platforms - Digiday
This week, the dominant theme of our top stories was publishers and brands expressing continued displeasure and new fears regarding the duopoly. And they’re pushing back against the platforms, individually and in partnerships. A full list of our top stories is at the bottom.
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Starbucks Unveils $450 Stainless Steel Gift Card
If anyone is having a good end of the year, it’s Starbucks. For the past month, the beverage giant has seemingly made the news every other day, and business seems to be booming. Three weeks ago, the coffee corporation acquired tea vender Teavana. Last week, the chain announced it would offer a $7 cup of coffee, so far available in only 46 of its locations. Yesterday, the company announced at its New York City investor event that it will add 1,500 cafés throughout America over the next five years.
Cadbury Develops Chocolate That Doesn’t Melt
For years, the tagline for M&Ms candies has been, “Melts in your mouth, not in your hands” — anyone who’s ever seen a small child’s face and hands all smeary with half-eaten chocolate can understand why such sentiment might appeal. Now, however, thanks to researchers at Cadbury Chocolate in England, those messy days may be a thing of the past.
Smuggler Caught with 220 Diamonds in Stomach
Celebrities flaunting engagement rings, sporting diamond grills and singing praises about the jewel support the notion that “diamonds are forever.” And while Shirley Bassey might have “no fear that they might desert [her],” for many of us they can mean trouble. Take, for example, an unnamed 25-year-old man at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Human Beings Are Getting Dumber, Says Study
Getty Images Just look at all the amazing innovations modern technology has given us: at-home HIV tests, motion-activated screwdrivers and self-inflating tires. It’s easy to look down on our prehistoric ancestors for their primitive, electric screwdriver-less way of life. But one scientist says we shouldn’t be so quick to judge.
Mailman Ignores Corpse on Front Porch, Delivers Mail Anyway | TIME.com
A mailman for the U.S. Postal Service has been taken off his regular route after delivering mail, as usual, to a Denver home, on Nov. 2, supposedly walking right past a man who had died on the front porch. ABC News affiliate 7News reported that Dale Porch arrived home in the wee hours of that Friday morning after working a late-night shift for the Regional Transportation District, but he never made it inside the house.
Domestic Abuse Charity to Use ’50 Shades of Grey’ as Toilet Paper | TIME.com
A British charity for abused women plans to turn the pages of England’s top-selling book into 50 shades of brown. Wearside Women in Need initially expressed its disapproval of E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey in August and hatched a planned to set the books aflame in a bonfire, but now they’ve spun it into a more eco-friendly campaign. On Aug. 23, the group — located in Washington, near Newcastle in northeast England — launched its “Fifty Shades of Abuse” campaign.
In Kentucky and South Carolina, No Booze on Election Day
Tomorrow evening, many Americans will might have a drink or two — to celebrate the election results, mourn their losses or kill a few brain cells with drinking games until this endless election season is over. But in Kentucky and South Carolina the festivities will likely be much more restrained. These states still uphold restrictions on the sale or serving of alcohol on Election Day, although seventy-nine years have passed since the 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition.
This Cardboard Bike Could Change Transportation As We Know It
The trend toward budget-friendly transportation has taken many twists and turns in recent decades. We can now eschew extreme gas prices with solar-powered cars or fly across Europe for mere pennies thanks to low-cost, no-frills airlines. But one Israeli inventor has dreamed up a transportation innovation with the fewest frills imaginable.
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