Brands Flee YouTube as Pedophile Scandal Erupts
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YouTube is in hot water again, and they are frantically trying to fix their image with Madison Avenue and major brand marketers. “The problem: Pedophiles are viewing videos of children, leave disturbing comments and then share links to even worse...
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New YouTube Boycott Erupts over Extremist Content and Brand Ads
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Again, YouTube? It’s been over a year since YouTube and their parent company Google felt the wrath of their corporate sponsors. Big name advertisers starting yanking their YouTube ads in droves after their ads appeared alongside racist, homophobic or otherwise...
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Why UK Publishers Aren’t Going All In on Video
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Pivot to video? Not at the expense of other formats, say UK publishers. Pivot to video – it’s been the rallying cry for a while now in the U.S., as some publishers forgo written content in favor of resource-heavier video....
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Facebook at it Again with Inflated Reach Estimates
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In September it was revealed that Facebook’s math just didn’t add up. At issue was how FB was describing its potential reach for advertisers. “According to a recently published report, Facebook says they reach 1.5 million Swedes between the ages...
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Why Brands are Probably Wasting their Video Ad Budgets on Millennials
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You know all those video ads brands are now obsessed with churning out to target the 18-34 age market? Turns out it might be a huge waste of time and money. “Young TV consumers may be watching much more streaming...
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More Big Names Pulling out from YouTube
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Wal-Mart and Pepsi join other big names that have pulled their ads on YouTube after finding their campaigns were placed alongside offensive videos. YouTube: It’s the Wild, Wild West of video. And it’s been wildly successful at selling ads to...
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Can YouTube Make the Switch from Platform to Publisher?
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The numbers underscore just how difficult it is to convince folks to pay for something they’ve had for free all along. YouTube is ubiquitous. The platform has more than one billion monthly users, and is growing by the minute. Their...
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Mid-Roll Ads on FB Just Won’t Fly. Here’s Why.
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“Audiences are now accustomed to having control over the content they consume, and you can't put that genie back in the box.” Did Facebook just make a critical error? According to Carrie So writing in Advertising Age, they sure did....
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Backing Away from the Video Balloon
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There’s plenty of hints that the digital video economy isn’t quite as robust as publishers desperately want to believe.By some accounts, 75% or more of all global mobile traffic will be video by the end of this decade, according to...
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What Can $50 Million Buy Online These Days?
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Facebook is throwing some major dollars into promoting their Live video platform. Are we falling for it hook, line and Chewie Mask? Zuckerberg really wants his new Facebook Live platform to succeed. In fact, he wants it so badly that...
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