TikTok Leads YouTube in Average Time Spent Per Month in the US

Mobile Android users in the US spent more time on TikTok than YouTube in May, with an average of 24.5 hours, according to App Annie. The study also reveals a surge in the monthly time spent using video and photo apps, up 375% from the fourth quarter in 2019 to Q2 this year. The Google-owned … Continue reading TikTok Leads YouTube in Average Time Spent Per Month in the US

Day 1 of Facebook’s F8 conference was packed with announcements and updates. FaceDate “Clear History” Instagram video-chat and antibullying Reopening its app review process Oculus – on sale for $199 Messenger simplifies and starts translation Introducing VR memories and 3D photos WhatsApp hits 450 MM stories users Sharing to Facebook and Instagram Stories from other apps … Continue reading

What is GDPR & How Does It Affect Me?

What Is GDPR? GDPR is the General Data Protection Regulation, which is coming from the EU and associated countries. Its purpose is to finally make good on a legal question from several years ago about how data is used and whether individuals own the data that they create by interacting with websites online. The courts … Continue reading What is GDPR & How Does It Affect Me?

2018 Update: What Happens In An Internet Minute by Lori Lewis | Merge | AllAccess.com

Radio listening remains strong; Nielsen’s Comparable Metrics Report reveals radio reaches 93% of the U.S. each week. The audience relies on us at work, at home and in the car. They trust we’ll curate the best music, and keep them entertained and informed. We also know they have other choices. And some of those choices … Continue reading 2018 Update: What Happens In An Internet Minute by Lori Lewis | Merge | AllAccess.com

In a programmatic media world, it’s easy to lose sight of context as advertisers chase audiences wherever they are. But heightened brand-safety fears among advertisers, triggered by ad fraud and other bad practices highlighted throughout the year, are slowly but surely swinging the pendulum away from reach-driven, audience-only targeting, toward valuing the context of the environments.

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Verizon plans to rebrand AOL and Yahoo as ‘Oath’

“After announcing the acquisition last July, Verizon got a discount on the dot com icon after Yahoo revealed it had suffered a major data breach not once, but twice. Overall, 1.5 billion users may have been compromised leading Verizon to ask for a discount of up to $1 billion off the original purchase price.” Read … Continue reading Verizon plans to rebrand AOL and Yahoo as ‘Oath’

Newspapers Record Strong Readership, Print Or Digital

“A Nielsen Scarborough study measured U.S. newspaper readership and found that more than 169 million adults read a newspaper in print, on a Web site or on a mobile app in a month in 2016. In total, newspapers reach 69% of the U.S. population each month.” Read the article here: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/291865/newspapers-record-strong-readership-print-or-digi.html

Why Consumer Intent Is More Powerful Than Demographics – Think with Google

“Marketers who rely only on demographics to reach consumers risk missing more than 70% of potential mobile shoppers. Why? Because demographics rarely tell the whole story. Understanding consumer intent is much more powerful. Lisa Gevelber, Google’s VP of marketing, shares how starting with intent can help you reach more of the right people than demographics … Continue reading Why Consumer Intent Is More Powerful Than Demographics – Think with Google

Google Renames Self ‘Alphabet’

“Google Inc. is now Alphabet Inc. In a letter to shareholders on Monday, Google’s current CEO Larry Page spelled out what seems like a seismic change in the Internet search giant: The incorporated company now falls under a new holding company, called Alphabet, run by the two co-founders, Page and Sergey Brin. Omid Kordestani, Google’s … Continue reading Google Renames Self ‘Alphabet’

Net Neutrality – Simply Explained, in Simple English

Business Insider does a good job of explaining the issues and developments surrounding net neutrality. It seems certain that consumers will be paying more for Internet services requiring greater bandwidth (i.e. video, such as Netflix, etc). Net Neutrality – Simply Explained