Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that the company’s chief product officer Chris Cox is leaving. Also leaving is WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels. With these executive departures, Will Cathcart, who previously led the Facebook app will now oversee WhatsApp, and Fidji Simo will move from her role overseeing Facebook’s video product to lead the […]...

IAB Tech Lab’s has released the final version of its app-ads.txt (Authorized Sellers for Apps) specifications. An extension of IAB Tech Lab’s ads.txt file, the app-ads.txt support apps distributed through mobile and OTT app stores. Why you should care The app-ads.txt enables apps to take advantage of ads.txt protocol by linking their app store listings […]...

Most marketers agree that if you can get your content in front of the eyes of journalists at mainstream online publishers, it has a good chance of being shared widely across the internet. Journalists hold the power of the press, but getting their attention is more competitive than ever, with a nearly 5:1 ratio of […]...

Facebook advertisers promoting housing, employment or credit offers will no longer be able to target ads by age, gender or ZIP code. The new ad policy applies to advertisers targeting U.S. users on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. The company said Tuesday that it will also launch a tool for users to search and view all […]...

Identity resolution — the process of connecting the growing volume of consumer identifiers to one individual as he or she moves across channels and devices – has become critical to marketing success. US consumers are projected to own up to 13 connected or networked devices by 2021, according to Cisco’s annual Visual Networking Index. As […]...

Instagram is rolling out an in-app checkout feature for a limited number of brands, making it possible for users to purchase products without leaving the app. The limited launch has been extended to 23 brands, including Adidas, Burberry, Dior and MAC Cosmetics. The company said it will be making the feature available to more brands […]...

“Content is King-er” concluded a leading media industry prognosticator in the keynote address at the recent Media Insights and Engagement Conference, after he took the audience through a whirlwind tour of the changes in the ecosystem over the past year. He was doubling down on the oft-made claim that content is king with a purposeful […]...

Boston-based Teikametrics announced the addition of an hourly bidding solution for Amazon advertisers using Teikametrics Flywheel campaign optimization platform Monday. Why you should care The company says the bidding algorithm is powered by machine learning and analyzes ad data, transaction data, and importantly, cost of goods sold data. The algorithm analyzes bids hourly to make […]...

Digital outdoor advertising has increased 35 percent since 2010 according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, and is projected to overtake traditional outdoor ad spending by 2020. Perhaps even more surprising is that outdoor advertising was the only traditional media category to show growth last year, hitting an estimated $33.5 billion in revenue according to a global NAR forecast. […]...

Waze has figured out something that Google Maps has not: advertising. In 2017, Waze tested its first ad units and in 2018 formally rolled out Waze Local advertising. Since that time it has expanded the offering, including a new relationship with WPP and a compelling new tie-in with traditional out-of-home (OOH) billboard advertising that could be […]...