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Buyers Pushing Nielsen Data for Web Video and YouTube Won't Play Ball Small publishers taking it on the chin as they deal with OCR challenges

Following the NewFronts, the battle lines in Web video are being drawn, and YouTube might be on the wrong side. After several years of testing, clients and their agencies are eager…

May 16, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT

Reckitt Benckiser Picks Digital Shop for Cold Remedies Agency formerly known as LBi to handle 3 brands

The agency formerly known as LBi has won a pitch to handle digital marketing around a trio of Reckitt Benckiser healthcare brands, the company has confirmed. The brands are Mucinex, Cepacol…

May 14, 2013, 5:17 PM EDT

IAB Fires Back With an Open Letter to Digital Buyers CEO Rothenberg calls for agencies to address fragmentation issues

For a digital industry, these guys sure love their letters. In response to yesterday's open letter to the Web video ad seller community from a cadre of top digital buyers, IAB…

May 9, 2013, 6:31 PM EDT

Digital Buyers Implore Ad Sellers to Get Their Act Together Joint letter from multiple agencies calls for better promotion, metrics, real hits

Last week the online ad industry was abuzz over the Digital Content NewFronts. For the most part, buyers raved about the improved quality of the video content peddled by the…

May 8, 2013, 5:27 PM EDT

The Story Behind AOL's NewFront Deal Early sponsor interest, fast start by Nicole Richie show buoy portal's video push

Is AOL winning the NewFronts so far? And did the company really sign a deal with an advertiser during its splashy event last week? On the latter point, yes—for the most…

May 7, 2013, 5:38 PM EDT

Digitas Takes Lead Role on NYSE Euronext Succeeds Havas Worldwide on the business

Amid mergers on both the marketer and agency side, Digitas has added NYSE Euronext as a client. The assignment, which came after a review, encompasses both creative and media responsibilities. In its…

May 6, 2013, 4:16 PM EDT

Digitas Brings Native Ads to HuffPo Leverages BrandLIVE platform in deal with Web publisher

Digitas, in its NewFront presentation on Thursday, said it will bring real-time native advertising to The Huffington Post. The Publicis Groupe shop unveiled BrandLIVE, a platform that turns ad copy into…

May 3, 2013, 1:07 PM EDT

Only 30 Percent of Brands' Pinterest Engagement Come From Own Pins Based on study by Digitas and Curalate

Marketers may like steering the conversation around their brands, but Facebook and Twitter have upended that strategy. Now it seems Pinterest is putting the brand-driven approach away almost entirely. Seventy percent…

April 30, 2013, 12:48 AM EDT

Brands Buy Real-Time Mobile Ads Based on the Weather Ace Hardware, Taco Bell, Seamless

This past winter, Ace Hardware tested location-based mobile ads before and after snowstorms to pitch items like shovels and de-icers. Buoyed by the results—and underscoring how brands have begun using…

April 8, 2013, 10:08 PM EDT

Talking Mobile Ads Are No Joke Leo Burnett, OMD and Digitas will pitch the promos to brands

It may be April Fools' Day, but Nuance says that ads talking back to you are nothing to laugh about. The 20-year-old software firm this morning announced an initiative that's designed…

April 1, 2013, 1:16 PM EDT

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