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Month: October 2019

Facebook’s ad sales jump 28%, while political worries loom

October 31, 2019 Rob Williams

Facebook’s advertising revenue climbed 28% to $17.4 billion in Q3 from a year earlier, showing little sign that mounting criticism from lawmakers and regulatory agencies has impeded growth for the social media giant. Read more…

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Goodwill debuts geofenced mobile ads to attract Gen Z

October 31, 2019November 4, 2019 Rob Williams

Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana is running a social media campaign aimed at Gen Z shoppers that shows affordable yet unique clothes to buy secondhand. Read more…

Retail, Social MediaNo Comments

Can Social-Media Strategies Work For Publishers?

October 31, 2019November 4, 2019 Rob Williams

Content, community and commerce are key elements in digital convergence. Publishers can develop digital-media strategies that emulate the best of social media and deliver audiences to advertisers. Read more…

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App Annie: Snapchat, Twitch, Wish top Gen Z’s prized platforms

October 30, 2019 Rob Williams

Snapchat, Twitch and Wish are the top-ranking apps among Generation Z, the world’s first demographic group to grow up on smartphones. Read more…

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How to navigate social video’s growth spurt

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Rob Williams

YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and newcomer TikTok offer a breadth of video opportunities, but each has distinct user habits and requires unique strategies for capturing attention. Read more…

Advertising, Digital Advertising, Mobile Video, Social MediaNo Comments

Spotify ad revenue jumps 29% as podcast listenership booms

October 29, 2019November 4, 2019 Rob Williams

Spotify reported a surprise profit as the streaming giant’s ad revenue rose 29% to $189 million in Q3 from a year earlier. Read more…

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Google ad sales climb 17% to record $33.9B on automated bidding muscle

October 29, 2019November 4, 2019 Rob Williams

Google’s parent company Alphabet reported a 17% gain in ad revenue to a record $33.9 billion in Q3 from a year earlier. Read more…

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Voice assistants are getting dumber with age, study says

October 25, 2019November 4, 2019 Rob Williams

Virtual assistants that respond to voice queries are less capable of answering questions correctly than they were two years ago. Google Assistant is shaping up to be the smartest kid in summer school as virtual assistants become less effective at answering questions. Read more…

Voice CommerceNo Comments

Apple Pay surpasses Starbucks as most popular mobile payment app

October 24, 2019November 4, 2019 Rob Williams

Apple Pay this year will overtake coffee chain Starbucks in providing the most popular mobile payment method for shoppers at U.S. stores. Read more…

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Snap’s ad revenue jumps 50% as Snapchat gains 7M users

October 23, 2019November 4, 2019 Rob Williams

Snap’s Q3 revenue grew 50% year-over-year as its image-messaging app Snapchat added users and the company released more software tools to entice advertisers. Read more…

Social MediaNo Comments

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  • Adthena buys Kantar's paid search business as marketing consolidation ramps up
  • Retail marketers invest in livestreams to establish shopping's 'next normal'
  • P&G expands marketing 7% amid higher demand for household brands
  • Supreme Court Must Repeal Newspaper-Broadcast Ownership Ban
  • Publishers Daily: Billionaire Joe Ricketts Plans To Start National News Outlet
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  • Analysts: Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Has Plenty of Gifts for Wall Street
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  • BofA Strategist Michael Hartnett: Fed Controls Market, Cut Your Tech Holdings
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  • David Rosenberg: ‘Recession Is a High Likelihood Next Year’
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  • David Rosenberg: Trump Makes Flip-Flopping Great Again
  • David Stockman: Soaring Federal Deficits Will Smother US Economy
  • Goldman Sachs: Wage Growth Is ‘Long Way’ From Yellen’s Target
  • Greg Ip: Inflation May Roar as Dangerous Trend
  • Harvard’s Feldstein: Piketty’s Tax-Hike Proposals Arise From Flawed Study of Income Data
  • Hoisington: Fed’s Policy Likely Will Mute Positive Effects of Tax Cuts
  • John Hussman: Stocks Can Drop 40 Percent to Reach Historical Norms
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  • Michael Lewitt: Crushing Debt Will Stifle Growth Despite Tax Cuts
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  • Savings Study: 40% in US Live on Edge of Financial Disaster
  • SocGen’s Edwards: Currency War Will Hit US as Yen Plummets
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  • Stifel’s Bannister: Bull Market to Push Ahead With 6.5 Percent Gain
  • Stifel’s Bannister: OPEC, Russia Oil Cuts to Boost Prices 40 Percent
  • Strategist David Rosenberg: No, This Isn’t Still a Trump Rally
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