Marketing

Retailers are making a play for brand dollars, but advertisers aren’t convinced just yet

Walmart’s acquisition of smart TV manufacturer Vizio is official as of this week. The move further bolsters Walmart’s ad business, adding streaming capabilities to potentially attract more brand dollars. Walmart is just one on a growing list of retail media networks that’s after those dollars. Advertisers, however, are keeping the purse strings tied tight on […]

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Why Kai Cenat’s record-breaking subathon was a double-edged sword for Twitch

Twitch creator Kai Cenat just finished a month-long “subathon,” livestreaming nonstop for 30 days and smashing the platform’s subscriber record in the process. The event was a ringing endorsement of Twitch as a creator platform — but also showcased the challenges caused by its lack of original IP. Cenat’s record-breaking stream tested the limits of

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Future of TV Briefing: Ad-supported tiers are boosting streaming subs, but for how much longer?

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at streaming service owners’ latest quarterly earnings reports, as well as some recent studies regarding streaming subscriber sentiment. Time to renew Nielsen’s currency change-of-mind, Showtime’s time to shine and more Time to renew What subscription fatigue? Based on streaming service owners’ latest quarterly earnings reports, people are still

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The diminishing returns of scale and a return to quality

Bob Regular, CEO, Infolinks Scale is not a one-size-fits-all concept.  Marketers and publishers historically have their own goals associated with scale. When it comes to content, the KPIs vary according to the media (i.e. podcast, video, etc.) and subject matter.  Continue reading this article on digiday.com. Sign up for Digiday newsletters to get the latest

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70% of senior marketers support Google’s decision to retain third-party cookies on Chrome

Almost all (99%) of businesses still use third-party tracking cookies to automatically buy ads online and 70% of senior marketers support Google’s decision to continue supporting them. However, a substantial 38% of UK consumers intend to opt out of third-party cookies when a single opt-in is introduced to Chrome next year – and around a…

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Giving the Gift of Ganja on the Down-Low Just Got Easier

From the brand that packaged cannabis like top-shelf liquor for the 2023 holidays comes a new–even more covert–way to give the gift of ganja. Vivid, which has a devoted fan following among Missouri cannaseurs, has launched limited-edition containers modeled after bottles of wine and video game controllers. Opening these Trojan horses reveals the real present:…

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