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A.J. Clemente's On-Air Gaffe Sparks Whirlwind Media Tour Anxiety-ridden blunder garners 15 minutes of fame

No one probably could have guessed 48 hours ago that A.J. Clemente's dubious broadcast debut would get flipped into 15 minutes of fame. But since getting fired by KFYR-TV in…

April 24, 2013, 1:17 PM EDT

AP Twitter Account Hacked Fabricated tweet claims President Obama injured in White House explosions

Around 1 p.m. today, hackers gained access to the AP's verified Twitter account and posted a fabricated tweet reading, "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is…

April 23, 2013, 3:17 PM EDT

Coke Runs First All-Digital Effort, Focusing on Teens and Mobile Beverage giant debuts multi-year initiative

Coca-Cola has emerged from an extensive round of teen panels and believes it knows what those kids want from the brand—fun, "snackable" digital experiences that center on mobile consumption over…

April 23, 2013, 1:48 PM EDT

Salesforce Ties Facebook Custom Audiences, Twitter Keyword Targeting Into Marketing Cloud Shows difference between self-serve platforms and API partners

Like the social advertising version of Twitter.com versus Tweetdeck, Facebook’s and Twitter’s ad platforms can satiate most advertisers. Power marketers looking for more bells and whistles typically turn to third-party…

April 23, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT

For Marketers, Sentimentality Trumps Slapstick From Ram to Subaru

Tugging at the heartstrings: an eternal tactic of marketers of everything from coffee and peanut butter to long-distance phone services and those charities for abused and neglected animals. But a pickup…

April 22, 2013, 9:14 PM EDT

Comedy Central Launches Twitter-Based #ComedyFest Microblogging service continues push for media dominance

Next week, Comedy Central will hold a five-day comedy festival that will take place almost entirely on Twitter, according to The New York Times. The partnership between Twitter and Viacom-owned…

April 22, 2013, 10:31 AM EDT

Jenny Craig's New CMO Dishes on Leading 'Challenger' Brand Leesa Eichberger emphasizes social engagement

Leesa Eichberger last month became cmo of Jenny Craig and now looks to bolster the brand in the healthy eating niche. Eichberger's two-decade marketing resume entails a dozen years in…

April 19, 2013, 2:02 PM EDT

Twitter Inks Content Partnership Deal With BBC America Latest of several positioning moves made by the company this week

In an ongoing effort to provide high-quality video for its website while gaining ad revenue, Twitter has reached a content deal with BBC America, the cable network announced via a…

April 19, 2013, 1:11 PM EDT

Twitter Drops Music App, Amps Up Media Ambitions Positions social platform to leapfrog Pandora for mobile ad revenue

Like a new album, Twitter Music leaked early with a CNET report that the social platform had signed (acquired) music discovery service We Are Hunted. Then last week word began…

April 18, 2013, 12:55 PM EDT

Twitter Looks to Emulate Google With Keyword Ad Targeting Social giant continues to roll out more marketing options

The explosion of search advertising in the mid-2000s put keywords on the advertising pedestal, letting brands pinpoint specific, intent-laden words they’d like to target against. Keyword ads have worked brilliantly,…

April 17, 2013, 1:02 PM EDT

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