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Chevy to Return to Oscar Advertising With User-Generated Ad

Chevy to Return to Oscar Advertising With User-Generated Ad

GM announced at Cannes it will return to Academy Awards telecast with contest judged by Spike Lee, Linus Karlsson, others.

Turner Picks Five Media Startups for Summer Accelerator Program

Turner Picks Five Media Startups for Summer Accelerator Program

Turner Broadcasting is kicking off its startup accelerator's summer program by investing $20,000 in each of five companies.

Millennial Media Launches New Mobile Video Formats Amid Stiff Competition

Millennial Media Launches New Mobile Video Formats Amid Stiff Competition

Millennial released nine new mobile video ad products amid projections it will lose market share.

TV Trade Group Seeks Tech Firm to Build Video Data Warehouse

TV Trade Group Seeks Tech Firm to Build Video Data Warehouse

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement aims to ensure that video viewing numbers provided by publishers are standard and validated.

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Nytimes

Big News Forges Its Own Path

Major news stories increasingly find their own digital path, and no one feels the need to work with the traditional power players to make it happen.

Picked by Sheila Dougherty
BuzzFeed

Michael Hastings, Author of McChrystal Feature in Rolling Stone, Dies

BuzzFeed reporter Michael Hastings was killed in a car crash at age 33, the company said.

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Bloomberg

Starbucks to Post Calorie Counts in All U.S. Stores

Starbucks Corp. is making it easier for customers to count calories.

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Washington Post

Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment

Search giant asking secretive court to let the company reveal the number of government data requests.

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Valleywag

Yahoo's Tumblr Already Shutting Down Some NSFW Sites

When Yahoo's billion dollar Tumblr pickup was nothing more than coquettish tech talk, we wondered if a new owner would start enforcing the site's own rules. It looks like it's starting. Slowly.

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Philly.com

McD's worker sues: Don't pay by debit card

When Natalie Gunshannon received her first paycheck from McDonald's, enclosed was a Chase Bank debit card with instructions on how to use it and the fees attached.

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the Guardian

Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi Restaurant 'Row' Studied by Police

Police are looking into reports that Charles Saatchi gripped Nigella Lawson, his wife and a well-known TV chef, by the throat during an argument at a restaurant.

Picked by Nat Ives
Nytimes

Booz Allen Faces Tough Questions in Wake of NSA Scandal

Mike McConnell, who once led the National Security Agency, is now the chief architect of Booz Allen's cyberstrategy -- and among the executives facing tough questions after a data leak.

Picked by Ken Wheaton
TechCrunch

Source: Instagram Will Get Video On June 20

A "source" tells TechCrunch that Facebook's photo-sharing app will get video capabilities -- like Twitter's Vine.

Picked by Nat Ives
Nytimes

Big News Forges Its Own Path

Major news stories increasingly find their own digital path, and no one feels the need to work with the traditional power players to make it happen.

Picked by Michael Learmonth

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IBM and Ogilvy France Win Outdoor Grand Prix

IBM and Ogilvy France Win Outdoor Grand Prix

With half the week’s 16 Cannes contests decided, IBM is only the second big marketer to win a Grand Prix.

Why Adland Should Listen for a Twang at Tonight's 'Voice' Finale

Why Adland Should Listen for a Twang at Tonight's 'Voice' Finale

The big winner of "The Voice" may be country music, which drew $1 billion in sales last year and is attracting advertisers.

AOL Expands Makers to Include Women on the Rise in Business

AOL Expands Makers to Include Women on the Rise in Business

AOL is expanding the focus of its Makers showcase for high-profile women to include women still rising in business.

Clear Channel Visits Cannes to Push Creativity in Billboards, 'the Last Mass Medium'

Clear Channel Visits Cannes to Push Creativity in Billboards, 'the Last Mass Medium'

The outdoor giant is painting a Cannes mural with tweets about creativity. 

Mars CMO On How Snickers Campaign Inspires Mars' Global Marketing

Mars CMO On How Snickers Campaign Inspires Mars' Global Marketing

See video of Mars Chief Marketing Officer Bruce McColl at Cannes sharing his thoughts on what drives his company's best work. 

Milkshake Marketer Boasts Thousands of Locations, Low Awareness

Milkshake Marketer Boasts Thousands of Locations, Low Awareness

Milkshake maker F'real has 10,000 locations but unaided awareness of just 1%. Here's how it's tackling the problem.

Shelly Lazarus on Bundling, Brands And Her 'Random' Career

Shelly Lazarus on Bundling, Brands And Her 'Random' Career

"The advice I give is you have to recognize an opportunity, and then if it feels right, if it feels good in your stomach, just jump," Ms. Lazarus said.

Cannes Lions Jury President: Branded Content is Permeating Advertising

Cannes Lions Jury President: Branded Content is Permeating Advertising

See video with Scott Donaton, the new global chief content officer at Universal McCann, on the evolution of branded content.

Salesforce, Others in Race to Create One-Stop Shop for Marketing Data

Salesforce, Others in Race to Create One-Stop Shop for Marketing Data

By acquiring ExactTarget, Salesforce just entered an escalating battle for control of the marketing stack.  

Why Marketers Should Know Bots

Often bots and botnets can be used for nefarious purposes, such as click fraud, spreading viruses, or enabling fake ad impressions.

State Farm Gets Music-Buzz Smarts from SeatGeek Data

State Farm Gets Music-Buzz Smarts from SeatGeek Data

Entertainment ticket search engine SeatGeek thinks its data could be a better signal, and aims to help State Farm spot the next up-and-coming band.

Facebook's Carolyn Everson Talks Mobile, Hashtags and the Ad Cull

Facebook's Carolyn Everson Talks Mobile, Hashtags and the Ad Cull

The social network's sales chief talks about mobile growth and the company's step away from its positioning around social ads. 

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