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ThingLink Integrates With Facebook Publishers and brands can use popular tool suite to bolster interaction via Timeline

Publishers and advertisers can now make their content on Facebook more interactive—and that much more shareable. A startup called ThingLink, which has garnered a lot of buzz as the Web becomes…

April 23, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT

IAB to Rally Industry Against Bogus Publishers and Bots Forming task force led by John Battelle and Penry Price

The Interactive Advertising Bureau will take on the evil robots, shysters and shady characters who are stealing millions from advertisers—before the medium’s reputation takes any more of a beating. As chronicled…

April 22, 2013, 12:02 AM EDT

Suspicious Web Domains Cost Online Ad Business $400m per Year Full of hot air

If your therapist thinks you have trust issues, you might just work in online advertising. That’s because it’s getting harder and harder to know what’s real and what isn’t on the…

April 22, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT

CNBC Gets Serious About Web Video With Puppets and Bacon Tacos Going lighter and broader

When you think of CNBC, naturally you think of gossipy puppets and bacon tacos, right? OK, maybe not. But that’s where the power suit crowd-serving cable network wants to take viewers,…

April 21, 2013, 11:59 PM EDT

Alloy Digital Acquires Video Network DBG Latest in a string of acquisitions by youth-focused Web entertainment company

Alloy Digital has acquired the video ad network Digital Broadcasting Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal puts two of the larger Web video distribution and production firms…

April 17, 2013, 11:57 AM EDT

AOL's Web Show Little Women Big Cars Returns 19 new episodes debut featuring branded integration from Allstate

AOL is doubling down on soccer moms. Just a few weeks before the portal lays out its new slate of video series to media buyers at the Digital Content NewFronts, AOL…

April 15, 2013, 8:32 AM EDT

9 Reasons the NewFronts Didn't Get TV Dollars Last Year And 9 reasons why they will this year

Last spring, some of the Web’s biggest players, including Yahoo, AOL, Hulu and YouTube, took a page out of the glamorous TV world by launching the Digital Content NewFronts. But while…

April 11, 2013, 3:54 PM EDT

IPG Reorganizes Trading Desk Operations as Company Tries Automation Change comes as clients across industry start to question model

Is it time to blow up the agency trading desk model? Maybe not. But changes are afoot as the industry grapples with the long-term prospects of owning and maintaining separate…

April 10, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT

CollegeHumor Creates Breakout American Eagle Ad—for a Fake Product Site rejiggers business around branded entertainment videos that are actually good

Brands as publishers, native advertising, branded entertainment. Sometimes digital advertising sounds like a bad joke. But when done well, it can be the funniest stuff on the Web. As long as…

April 4, 2013, 5:47 PM EDT

Warner Bros. Consolidates Digital Sales Christopher Lindquist tapped to lead new entertainment group

Warner Bros. is consolidating its digital sales operations as it looks to build out an entertainment-focused ad powerhouse on the Web. The company plans to announce the formation of the Warner…

April 3, 2013, 12:01 AM EDT

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