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Five Things You Didn't Know About CPG Mobile Advertising

Five Things You Didn't Know About CPG Mobile Advertising

CPG advertisers more than tripled their spending on mobile advertising last year, with a major focus on awareness-building, video and location targeting.

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Amazon's Ad Platform Being Shaped by Utility and Speed

Amazon's Ad Platform Being Shaped by Utility and Speed

Retail giant finds success by embedding reviews, coupons and purchasing options in ads.

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Twitter Said to Seek Deals With Viacom, NBC to Feature TV

Twitter Said to Seek Deals With Viacom, NBC to Feature TV

Twitter has held talks with Viacom about hosting TV clips on its site and selling ads alongside them, and has also discussed a content partnership with Comcast's NBC Universal.

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Yes, Cory Booker Really Does Write His Own Tweets

Yes, Cory Booker Really Does Write His Own Tweets

Newark Mayor Cory Booker thinks social media can help upend the "media oligarchy" that still dictates what the top stories are.

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Mastercard, AmEx Quietly Feed Data to Advertisers

Mastercard, AmEx Quietly Feed Data to Advertisers

Credit-card firms are selling their transaction data for digital advertising and other marketing efforts, but fears of consumer backlash abound.

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Facebook Seeks 7-Figure Price Tag for Summer Debut of Video Ads

Facebook Seeks 7-Figure Price Tag for Summer Debut of Video Ads

Facebook is seeking more than $1,000,000 to reserve daily slots for video ads, and advertisers can choose from four demographic targets encompassing millions of users.

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Why the Demographic Won't Die

Don't write the obituary for demographics yet -- at least when it comes to video.

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Google to EU: We Use Cookies!

Google to EU: We Use Cookies!

"We use cookies!" That's the declaration Google is making in recent changes to its search home pages and results pages in the European Union.

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Mets Fans Are Metal Heads, Yanks Fans Dig Rap

Mets Fans Are Metal Heads, Yanks Fans Dig Rap

Ad-intelligence outfit Exponential Interactive tracked 1.3 million baseball fans gearing up for the season last month online.

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Five Tips for Better Ad-Tech Vendor Evaluation

As in any other endeavor, picking a winner requires research.

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Publishers, Ad-Tech Firms, Marketers Need to Connect, Build Trust

Publishers, Ad-Tech Firms, Marketers Need to Connect, Build Trust

Brand marketers don't believe that ad-tech companies view brands as true partners.

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After Years of Mocking Apple, Samsung Now the One to Pick On

After Years of Mocking Apple, Samsung Now the One to Pick On

No. 2 status comes with price as competitors go after smartphone maker in their ads.

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That $10,000 Ad-Tech Bakeoff Might Not Be a Good Idea

That $10,000 Ad-Tech Bakeoff Might Not Be a Good Idea

Pitting vendors against each other can lead to trouble if you don't have proper controls in place.

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Three Signs the Steve Jobs Era at Apple Is Finally, Definitively Over

Three Signs the Steve Jobs Era at Apple Is Finally, Definitively Over

For a remarkably long time, Apple worked brilliantly as a one-size-fits-Steve company. But things have clearly changed.

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Interview: MasterCard's Vision for a Cashless, Cardless, World

Interview: MasterCard's Vision for a Cashless, Cardless, World

MasterCard's emerging payments lead in the U.S, Ken Moy, will be speaking at Ad Age Digital about our cashless, even card-less, future.

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BuzzFeed's 2008 Investor Pitch: See Jonah Peretti's Predictions, Right and Wrong

BuzzFeed's 2008 Investor Pitch: See Jonah Peretti's Predictions, Right and Wrong

The founder and CEO saw the rise of native advertising -- but not an editorial staff that now numbers 90.

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Tech Firms Launch Privacy Tools That Can Block Mobile Ads

Tech Firms Launch Privacy Tools That Can Block Mobile Ads

Don't like ads on your phone? Evidon and Truste are offering new ways to control them.

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Watch the Funny Or Die Video About the HTC One

Watch the Funny Or Die Video About the HTC One

HTC targets comedy lovers with a take on 'The Bachelorette' choosing between the HTC One, iPhone, StarTAC, and, well, rotary.

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360i is Building a Klout-Like Platform to Help Brands Go Viral

The Dentsu-owned digital agency is mining the world of influencers in the hopes of hacking viral marketing.

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Foursquare Planning to Offer Check-in Data to Target Ads on Other Platforms

Foursquare Planning to Offer Check-in Data to Target Ads on Other Platforms

The company has been pitching digital agencies on using its location data to target ads elsewhere.

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