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Would Yahoo or Facebook Make a Better Tumblr Parent? Industry views are split

While Yahoo seems near a deal to purchase Tumblr for as much as $1 billion, reports today suggest other notable players are kicking the tires on the growing blogging platform—namely, Facebook. So…

May 17, 2013, 5:35 PM EDT

Obscure Direct Response Brands Dominate Facebook Chatter DealDash, 45 Minute Skinny top Coke and Walmart

Even though Facebook's deals strategy has involved hits and misses, it appears that its 800 million users love to either comment about or share low-priced offers. How else to explain…

May 17, 2013, 4:31 PM EDT

Gevalia Aims for a Buzzy Social Partying Weekend Swedish coffee brand looks for more American market share

It stands to reason that caffeinated folks are unusually active on social media. Gevalia can only hope that's the case this Saturday when 3,000 so-called consumer advocates host parties in…

May 17, 2013, 1:22 PM EDT

JP Morgan Chase's Claire Huang Talks Digital and Mobile Financial exec dishes on 'brand refresh' strategy

JP Morgan Chase named Claire Huang its first-ever CMO last August, poaching the marketing veteran from an executive position with competitor Bank of America. Huang has since attempted to reinvigorate…

May 16, 2013, 3:17 PM EDT

Twitter and Foursquare Partner With Movie Ads Firm National CineMedia's Upfront shows potential third screen to big screen connections

Twitter and Foursquare have inked intriguing deals with National CineMedia, which announced the partnerships in front of a packed movie theater on New York's Upper Westside this afternoon at the…

May 15, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT

El Al Picks New U.S. Agency, Debuts 'Vacations' Campaign Soubriet Byrne & Associates lands another travel brand

EL AL recently selected its new lead agency in the U.S., Soubriet Byrne & Associates (SBA), which beat out four other unnamed contenders, per the brand. Excluding business-to-business and Internet, the…

May 13, 2013, 7:55 PM EDT

Coke Zero Mother's Day Twitter Stunt Lets Forgetful Sons Off the Hook Original social play ropes in 10 classically trained painters

Attention, forgetful sons: If you wake up this Sunday and realize you didn't get your mom anything for Mother's Day, don't panic. Coke Zero will be there for you. In a…

May 10, 2013, 12:01 AM EDT

Twitter Vines Get Shared 4x More Than Online Video Researcher says nascent tool packs branding punch

Marketers love them some Twitter Vines—and for good reason, it turns out. Unruly Media's research reveals that branded Vines (see Doritos example below) are shared four times as often as…

May 9, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT

JCPenney Returns to Sales Strategy Online, but Struggles Persist Retail giant now pitching three deals a day, per researcher

One month after JCPenney fired top exec Ron Johnson and brought Mike Ullman back as CEO, the retailer reportedly says it expects year-over-year Q1 revenues to be down 16 percent…

May 8, 2013, 11:11 AM EDT

Nivea Runs Comedy Series With Damon Wayans, Jr. Brand creates funny videos for MadeMan.com

Beiersdorf, the 131-year-old German consumer-packaged goods firm, today is launching a branded comedy video series dubbed "Just Face It" for its Nivea Men product line, starring actor Damon Wayans, Jr.…

May 7, 2013, 11:31 AM EDT

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