"NEW YORK and LONDON, June 29, 2020 – HearstLab, an investor in women-led startups, today announced its investment in London-based financial technology (fintech) company Akoni. This is the first investment for HearstLab’s U.K. location, which aims to
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"TikTok is announcing to advertisers that it’s open for business. The company is today officially introducing a new brand and platform called “TikTok For Business” that will serve as the home for all its current and future marketing solutions for bra
"In a major departure from its long-standing practice of not paying publishers directly to distribute their work, Google executives tell Axios that the search giant is creating a licensing program to pay publishers "for high-quality content" as a par
"YouTube today announced a new direct response ad format that will make YouTube video ads more “shoppable” by adding browsable product images underneath the ad to drive traffic directly to brands’ product pages. The introduction of the format comes a
IAB Europe in partnership with IAB France are pleased to announce the launch of a new joint initiative ‘The Post Third-Party Cookie Taskforce’. This follows on from IAB Europe’s recent release of ‘The Post Third-Party Cookie Era Guide, to prepare bra
While another crisis has threatened to disrupt the media market Ring Publishing wants media companies to #BuildResilience.
They are offering a leading SaaS Publishing platform for free for 6 months to publishers committed to digital transformation t
France wants to launch its planned auction of 5G frequencies in September so that the fifth generation mobile network can be deployed by year-end, junior economy minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said in remarks published on Friday.
In February, teleco
As out-of-home advertising continues to embrace new digital capabilities, the sector's trade body, Outsmart, and the IPA's outdoor specialists have announced the publication of a programmatic direct trading standard.
OpenDirect (OOH) builds on the IA
'U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 is looking for its in-house content shop to expand beyond linear programming.
4Studio spends most of its time creating promotional social content to drive tune-in for its TV shows. The rest of the time will be spent workin
Over the past few days, Nike, Ben & Jerry’s and L’Oreal are among some of the corporates that have taken a stand on racial injustice and police violence following on from the death of George Floyd. As protests about the brutality faced by black indiv
'For years, people have been building their own brands and businesses on Instagram—and in turn, have helped Instagram build its business. While the photo- and video-sharing service has happily helped those users monetize their followings, that’s larg
'Criteo on Wednesday launched a self-serve ad platform for its retail media network.
The platform connects demand from brands directly to supply from retailers across Criteo’s network, said Geoffroy Martin, EVP and GM of retail media at Criteo. Previ
'Sir Martin Sorrell's marcoms business S4Capital has acquired Latin American data and analytics consultancy Digodat and merged it with its programmatic media practice MightyHive. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
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'In the approach to the launch of Facebook’s Libra payments ecosystem, a key subsidiary has been given a new name and a new look.
According to an announcement on Tuesday, Libra’s wallet provider Calibra has now been rebranded to Novi – a portmanteau
'Facebook's Workplace software, which lets corporate employees chat and make video calls, has increased the number of paid users in the past seven months to 5 million, representing a 67% jump.
The growth, announced Thursday, underscores increasing in
"Apple’s Face ID and Touch ID have made it easier for users to log into their mobile devices like iPhones and iPads and on some Macs offering the Touch ID button. Now Apple is bringing Face ID and Touch ID to the web. At the company’s virtual…
"So what is important to realise when it comes to internet of things is that it’s been there for a couple of years and in the past five years it’s exploded and entered the world of every vertical. But what’s important to say is that it’s all about connecting the real data, having the real insights – real data in real time which helps the companies to make decisions, real time decisions, not just a year laters.
So I…
"I think also that a lot of people are worried about the resources, the cash, personnel that they have or may not have going forward. So I think the issue of resourcefulness has become increasingly important again over resources. And when you look at entrepreneurs and you look at startups, they are amazing at doing a lot with very little or no resources because of the abundance of resourcefulness. And I think as we…
