4A's Conference

Transparency Debate Rages at 4A's

Transparency Debate Rages at 4A's

Sparks flew when agency leaders at the 4A's Transformation Conference sat down to discuss media-trading transparency.

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25 Tweets That Sum Up The 4A's Conference in New Orleans

25 Tweets That Sum Up The 4A's Conference in New Orleans

In case you missed the 4A's gathering in NOLA this week, we've got a summary of all the sessions --in tweets.

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Media Agencies' Rising Stars Think the Industry has a Perception Problem

Media Agencies' Rising Stars Think the Industry has a Perception Problem

"We want to try different things," a senior digital associate at MEC said at 4A's Transformation. "The only way to do that is if you let us."

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Which Brands 'Get' Social Media? Amex, Audi, Griffin's, Say Facebook, Twitter Execs

Which Brands 'Get' Social Media? Amex, Audi, Griffin's, Say Facebook, Twitter Execs

Executives from Twitter and Facebook shared which brands best at using social media -- and it wasn't always the usual suspects.

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FTC Clarifies Its Rules For Mobile, Social Ads

FTC Clarifies Its Rules For Mobile, Social Ads

Advertising delivered through social media or on mobile phones needs to abide by the same requirements that apply to newspaper and television messages, the FTC said.

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Turner's David Levy 'Embarrassed' TV Everywhere Still Has So Far to Go

Turner's David Levy 'Embarrassed' TV Everywhere Still Has So Far to Go

"From a consumer experience it's awful," Mr. Levy said at the 4A's Transformation conference.

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Media Agency Leaders Clash at 4A's Industry Confab

The heads of the six media agency families gathered for what was probably the most confrontational panel yet at the 4A's Transformation Conference.

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Why The TV Networks Need More Olivia Popes

Why The TV Networks Need More Olivia Popes

Want to boost ratings, TV networks? Add more diversified content.

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Carville and Matalin: Don't Let the Other Guy Brand You

Carville and Matalin: Don't Let the Other Guy Brand You

Speaking at the 4A's conference, political power couple notes that Romney lived up to brand image he didn't create.

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P&G's Marc Pritchard: Let's Forget the Tech and Fall Back in Love with the Idea

Marketer opens 4A's conference with call to action to advertising creatives.

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Study: Majority of Americans Give Two Thumbs Up to Advertising as a Profession

Study: Majority of Americans Give Two Thumbs Up to Advertising as a Profession

If survey results are to be trusted, perhaps ad industry folks need to get over their persecution complex.

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Clow And Hayden Reminisce About Making Apple's '1984'

Clow And Hayden Reminisce About Making Apple's '1984'

The two creative icons got together at the 4A's conference to discuss the experience of creating the now-legendary ad

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TV Network Execs Take on Digital Video at 4A's

Discovery is looking at more "digital, truly original content," one exec told the 4A's meeting. "We're starting to see an appetite from ad partners and an audience appetite to consume that in a major way."

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Why Facebook Is Hiring Ad Agency Creatives

Why Facebook Is Hiring Ad Agency Creatives

Facebook is not trying to build an ad agency, despite recent hiring of some of the industry's creatives. But it wants to connect with them better.

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AMC President Talks About His Network's Transformation

AMC President Talks About His Network's Transformation

AMC is studying how its viewers are time-shifting, whether by DVR or Netflix, and working on ways to better serve time-shifters.

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Local TV Goes Social

Local TV stations are using social media to better connect with consumers as well as advertisers, executives said at the 4A's Transformation Conference in L.A.

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Miles Nadal and Buz Sawyer on Being 'Insurgents'

Miles Nadal and Buz Sawyer on Being 'Insurgents'

MDC chief doesn't "need" to acquire more, but might; Cheil president is just getting started.

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Martin Sorrell: Internet Has Created More Value Than It Has Destroyed

Martin Sorrell: Internet Has Created More Value Than It Has Destroyed

Microsoft's Jaron Lanier disagreed with WPP's CEO, though: "We discovered in Silicon Valley if you apply information systems ... you can shrink an industry but grow yourself."

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Diddy Does the Rounds for Revolt TV During 4A's

Diddy Does the Rounds for Revolt TV During 4A's

Sean Combs (aka Diddy) delivered his pitch for his cable network, Revolt TV, during a party thrown by Medialink just as the annual 4A's confab kicked off.

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What You Missed at Transformation 2011

What You Missed at Transformation 2011

At the 4A's annual confab, agency leaders struck a more optimistic tone, but they still found plenty of issues to gnaw over, from talent management to the quality of creative to regulatory issues.

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