MEDIA & ADVERTISING THURSDAY IN-DEPTH: Top 100 Breaking News & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share | 7/24

• McClatchy sees bump in profits from asset sale, but revenue drops (Dale Kasler/Sacramento Bee)
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediagazer
  Dale Kasler / Sacramento Bee : McClatchy sees bump in profits from asset sale, but revenue drops   —  The McClatchy Co. today reported a big jump in quarterly profits, thanks mainly to the sale of one of its Internet asse...
• Verge EIC Joshua Topolsky will join Bloomberg
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Poynter. » MediaWire
  The New York Times | CJR Joshua Topolsky will join Bloomberg “as the editor of a series of new online ventures it is launching as part of a revamped journalism strategy,” Ravi Somaiya reports in The New York Times . Topo...
• Josh Topolsky of The Verge Is Joining Bloomberg (Ravi Somaiya/New York Times)
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediagazer
  Ravi Somaiya / New York Times : Josh Topolsky of The Verge Is Joining Bloomberg   —  Josh Topolsky, the co-founder of the technology website The Verge, will join Bloomberg as the editor of a series of new online ventures ...
• Selective Humanitarianism: #LookImHelping...?
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Media on HuffingtonPost.com
  As a human being fortunate enough to painfully observe, and not be victim to, the atrocities ongoing in our world today, I've noticed a tech-based trend when it comes to caring. Social media has played a triumphant role in magnifying wha...
• NUJ's colourful resolution about Richard Desmond is throwback to the 1970s
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from MediaGuardian.co.uk
  Resolutions passed by chapels of the National Union of Journalists, especially at popular newspapers, were once known for their colourful language. In the 1970s, the high point of NUJ activism, they tended to be anything but conciliatory...
• CNN Freelancer Abducted By Pro-Russian Separatists In Ukraine
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Media on HuffingtonPost.com
  A CNN freelance journalist has been detained in eastern Ukraine since Tuesday after he was abducted by pro-Russian separatists, the network reported Thursday. Anton Skiba was taken from outside his hotel in Donetsk after a day of coverin...
• Carl Icahn, Josh Brown And More Finance Brains Just Started Blogging On A New Yahoo Tumblr Platform (Linette Lopez/Business Insider)
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediagazer

  
  Linette Lopez / Business Insider : Carl Icahn, Josh Brown And More Finance Brains Just Started Blogging On A New Yahoo Tumblr Platform   —  On Wednesday Yahoo launched a new blogging platform for Wall Streeters.  The...
• NYT’s use of ‘illegal immigrant’ fell in 2013
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Poynter. » MediaWire
  The New York Times has opened Alexis Lloyd’s Chronicle tool to the public. Chronicle elegantly visualizes how often words and terms have appeared in the Times since 1851. We're opening up NY Times Chronicle to the world. Go exp...
• Ad revenue down at McClatchy
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Poynter. » MediaWire
  The McClatchy Co. Advertising revenue was down 7 percent in the second quarter of 2014 at the McClatchy Co., which released earnings Thursday . “Audience” revenue, which is what McClatchy now calls circulation revenue, was up...
• The A.M. Ticker: Reporter Missing, New Network, Colbert Stays
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from TVNewser
  Graham Phillips , a stringer for Russian-backed network RT, is missing in Ukraine. RT believes Phillips, a British national, is being held by Ukrainian Security Forces. Phillips was on his way to cover fighting near the Donetsk airport T...
• Thursday Morning Stir
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from AgencySpy
  -ESPN Films’ latest entry in the 30 for 30 Shorts series, “The High Five,” debuted on Grantland yesterday (trailer above). link -Rent-A-Center opted to retain Mindshare Chicago as its media AOR following a competitive r...
• How two of Britain's biggest media groups have adapted to digital
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Digital Media news
  Mail Online is growing but still doesn't matter much to DMGT's finances and Reed Elsevier beat analyst expectations
• Daily Must Reads, July 24, 2014
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediashift
  1. Survey: Book buyers leaving Amazon because of Hachette dispute (Jeremy Greenfield / Forbes) 2. Twitter’s new user pitch means a new advertising pitch, too (Peter Kafka / Re/code) 3. Reddit Live lets anyone create their own breaking ne...
• Journalism & Digital Education Roundup, July 24, 2014
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediashift
  1. MOOCs: My course, your content (Carl Straumsheim / Inside Higher Ed) 2. How one rural district is making the edtech transition (Ned Kirsch / EdSurge) 3. Journalism class and the value of project-based learning (Jim Streisel / Educatio...
• XAPPmedia names Paul Burden SVP/Sales
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  XAPPmedia, provider of the first interactive audio advertising service, announced the addition of Paul Burden as senior vice president of sales and advertiser relations to its executive team. A former Microsoft executive that led federal...
• CNN, RT report missing staff in Ukraine
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Poynter. » MediaWire
  CNN Ukrainian journalist Anton Skiba, who worked as a fixer for CNN, was abducted by pro-Russian separatists and is still in detention , Ivan Watson and Ingrid Formanek reported for CNN on Thursday. Since his detention, CNN has attempted...
• Foreign Correspondents in Israel Complain of Intimidation (Robert Mackey/New York Times)
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediagazer
  Robert Mackey / New York Times : Foreign Correspondents in Israel Complain of Intimidation   —  As the death toll mounts and passions spike, the Foreign Press Association in Israel condemned on Wednesday what it called &l...
• Facebook shares hit record high as market likes earnings
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Reuters: Media
  (Reuters) - Shares of Facebook Inc hit a record high on Thursday after a surge in mobile advertising revenue helped the world's No. 1 social network trounce analysts' expectations for quarterly profit and revenue.
• Malone: Time Warner unlikely to get other bids
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  Liberty Chief John Malone says 21st Century Fox has long been eyeing a takeover bid for Time Warner and isn't likely to face competing bidders, pouring cold water on speculation that tech companies could emerge as rival suitors for the T...
• War, Words, Vocabulary & Media Ethics
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Media on HuffingtonPost.com
  Ongoing wars require us to take a long, hard look at the language journalists use, to reassess the nouns, adjectives and verbs that are often misleading and unethical. These unfolding conflicts demonstrate how words have become meaningle...
• T-Mobile, Sprint to jointly bid for spectrum in upcoming auction
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  The Telcom Industry has been going through secular changes, as companies are facing drops in their wireline revenues, whereas wireless
• Journalist working for CNN abducted in Ukraine (CNN)
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediagazer
  CNN : Journalist working for CNN abducted in Ukraine   —  Donetsk, separatist-controlled Ukraine (CNN) — A Ukrainian journalist working as a fixer for CNN remains in detention two days after he was abducted by pro-R...
• Reporter Attempts To Eat Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Absurd 7 Meal Diet
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Media on HuffingtonPost.com
  It's no secret, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson had to eat a crazy amount of food to take on the role of Hercules in his upcoming film. So when USA Today reporter Bryan Alexander agreed to try the actor's entire 7 meal diet , he knew he had a ...
• In spectrum auction, FCC should protect public TV's coverage (John Schwartz/Current.org)
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediagazer
  John Schwartz / Current.org : In spectrum auction, FCC should protect public TV's coverage   —  The FCC recently released the entire text of its Report and Order detailing rules for the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction...
• MailOnline’s ad revenue soars, Clooney be damned
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Poynter. » MediaWire
  Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Bloomberg News employees are getting restive : Bloomberg Media Group CEO Justin Smith ‘s “broad goals still don’t add up to a rationale for the enterprise,” Dean Starkman writes....
• DealBook: Why the ‘Sucker List’ of Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street, Won’t Be Released to ‘Inside Edition’
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > Media & Advertising
  Financial criminals go to great lengths to hunt down and size up their prey, but to the con man, nothing can top the “sucker list” of people who have already fallen for a scam.
• CORRECTED-KKR's second-quarter asset sales yield record payout
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Reuters: Media
  (Corrects Thomson Reuters analysts' consensus estimate in paragraph 3 to 65 cents, not 50 cents)
• Ex-NoW journalist Dan Evans gets suspended sentence over hacking
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from MediaGuardian.co.uk
  Feature writer at now-defunct tabloid gets suspended sentence in recognition for cooperation with police and prosecutors A former journalist at the News of the World who admitted listening to more than 1,000 hacked voicemail messages has...
• Commonwealth Games opening ceremony leaves Sun's Scottish editor gasping | Media Monkey
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from MediaGuardian.co.uk
  Gordon Smart rages on Twitter over expensive drinks and lack of food but changes his mind once he's had a pint The joyous spirit of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony failed to engulf Gordon Smart , the Suns Scottish editor. Can't g...
• German state bans Hells Angels' logo online (The Local)
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediagazer
  The Local : German state bans Hells Angels' logo online   —  Displaying the symbols of notorious motorcycle gangs the Hells Angels and the Bandidos is forbidden across Germany, but that ban has now extended to the interne...
• ‘Despierta América’ Unveils ‘The Social Media Set’
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Lost Remote
  Univision ’s hit morning show ‘ Despierta América ‘ (Wake-Up America) this week unveiled a new state-of-the-art digital studio called The Social Media Set. The set will be extremely active during each broadcast, engaging view...
• Jane Fonda Torches The Idea Of Rupert Murdoch Buying Time Warner
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Media on HuffingtonPost.com
  Jane Fonda shouldn't expect any Christmas cards from Rupert Murdoch this year after she trashed his attempts to buy media giant Time Warner . “I think it would be a catastrophe,” Fonda told The Wrap on Wednesday. "If that happens I'm goi...
• Ex-Murdoch reporter escapes jail over UK phone-hacking crimes
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Reuters: Media
  LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - A former tabloid reporter who admitted hacking hundreds of phones to find stories for two Sunday newspapers was spared jail on Thursday for helping secure the conviction of Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-me...
• Oyster hits back at Amazon; launches online ebook subscription service
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from VentureBeat » Media
  Oyster today launched its Netflix-for-books subscription service on the Web, striking back at Amazon less than a week after the debut of Kindle Unlimited. Now available in desktop and mobile Web browsers, Oyster’s $10 per month sub...
• UPDATE 1-Rogers Communications profit falls as wireless growth slows
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Reuters: Media
  TORONTO, July 24 (Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc posted a 24 percent decline in second-quarter net income on Thursday, as it added fewer-than-expected wireless phone customers.
• Bloomberg struggles to break out of the box (Dean Starkman/Columbia Journalism Review)
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mediagazer
  Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review : Bloomberg struggles to break out of the box   —  When Justin Smith arrived from the Atlantic to last fall to take over the sprawling media group at Bloomberg LP, the move was g...
• Gray to buy two from SJL Holdings
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  Gray Television has agreed to acquire WJRT-TV and WTVG-TV from affiliates of SJL Holdings for $128 million in cash. WJRT-TV and WTVG-TV are ABC-affiliated television stations serving the Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio...
• UPDATE 1-India's Wipro Q1 profit up 30 percent on new contract wins
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Reuters: Media
  * Sees Q2 IT services revenue up 1.7-4 pct from June quarter (Adds forecast, details)
• Rachel Maddow's Harrowing Description Of Botched Arizona Execution
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Media on HuffingtonPost.com
  Rachel Maddow gave a chilling account of the botched execution that took place in Arizona Wednesday night. Maddow described the disturbing death of Joseph Wood, the inmate whose execution went horribly wrong on Wednesday after the state ...
• Scripps Networks Interactive ups Crystal Washington
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  Crystal has been promoted to senior vice president of external relations and vendor management at Scripps Networks Interactive. She will be charged with the enhancement and management of the company’s relationship with key constituents a...
• Ranbir Kapoor: 'Hopefully I'll get married soon'
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
  Kapoor said he wants to get married, but has no plans to tie the knot yet.
• NRF revises annual economic forecast up
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  The National Retail Federation lowered its retail sales forecast for 2014 because of slow growth recorded during the first half of the year, but said sales are expected to grow significantly faster over the next five months. NRF forecast...
• In-feed sponsored content success rely on brand familiarity, trust, more
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  A new comprehensive study of U.S. online news users by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Edelman Berland shows that relevancy (90%) is the top factor in sparking interest in in-feed sponsored content, yet it also clearly demonstrate...
• Richard Desmond is Britains greediest billionaire, claims NUJ
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from MediaGuardian.co.uk
  Union attacks owner of Express and Star titles for planning to cut 200 posts while receiving £450m from the sale of Channel 5 Richard Desmond has been branded Britains greediest billionaire by the journalists trade union for looking to c...
• SHOUTcast monetizing streams via TargetSpot
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  Just months after joining Radionomy, SHOUTcast is launching a new service which includes audience monetization with the integration of the TargetSpot ad network. Additional tools and capabilities to support the needs of today’s online ra...
• Nevada Broadcasters to host 19th annual Hall of Fame Scholarship Gala
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  The Nevada Broadcasters Association will host its 19th annual Hall of Fame Scholarship Gala, honoring radio and television broadcast professionals alike, Saturday, 8/9. The event will be one of the largest official, registered Nevada Ses...
• Viacom declares quarterly cash dividend
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  Viacom announced that its Board has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per share on both its Class A and Class B common stock.
• Liberty adjusts conversion rate convertible senior notes
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  Liberty Media announced an adjustment to the conversion rate of its 1.375% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2023. The new conversion rate is 15.7760 shares of LMCA per $1,000 principal amount of Cash Convertible Notes, up from the initi...
• Verizon, Level 3 blame each other on Netflix problems
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Radio & Television Business Report
  Netflix, ISPs and the “transit providers" that interconnect with them—such as Level 3—are squarely in the debate over net neutrality that is pending before the FCC and it’s becoming a blame game.
• Facebook beats Wall Street targets, stock hits record high
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Reuters: Media
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's fast-growing mobile advertising business helped drive a 61 percent increase in revenue during the second quarter, beating Wall Street's financial targets and sending shares to a record-high in aft...
• This Nun Has A Dirty Little Habit
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Adrants
  OK, now we've gone too far. Are we really to believe that a washing machine needs a cleaning product to clean it when, um, let's be honest, it cleans itself every time it runs because, oh, WE PUT DETERGENT IN EVERY TIME! Anyway, that lit...
• Tom Petty Radio Returns to SiriusXM
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  NEW YORK, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM announced today that Tom Petty Radio will return to SiriusXM on Friday, July 25 at 6:00 pm ET on channel 25. Tom Petty Radio, the exclusive, limited-run channel, will feature music spannin...
• Propellerhead Take for iOS Redefines How Musicians Capture Song Ideas
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Propellerhead Software-makers of Figure, Apple App of the Year 2012-today announced Take Creative Vocal Recorder for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Available now free on the iTunes App Store...
• Elliott Management Takes Significant Stake in IPG
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Advertising & Branding
  Interpublic Group now has a new major shareholder in Elliott Management, which disclosed today that it had amassed nearly a 7 percent stake in the No. 4 holding company. After weeks of speculation stemming from high-volume trading, Ellio...
• Sure, You Could Bubble-Wrap Your Kid, But This PSA Has a Better Idea
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Advertising & Branding
  The joke that an overprotective parent might make a child walk around in a cumbersome padded suit might not be a new one, but it certainly still has legs. U.K. health charity St. John Ambulance is encouraging moms and dads to learn first...
• Radar Television agora em dose dupla
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  SÃO PAULO, 24 de julho de 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Devido ao grande sucesso e por ser uma das principais audiências da CNT, o programa Radar Television, ganhou mais um espaço na grade de programação da emissora. Agor...
• Diagnostics Market in Transition: Amid Regulatory Uncertainty and Intensifying Competition--Latest Analyses of Global Molecular Diagnostics, Microbiology, Immunodiagnostics, Cancer, Hematology, Coagulation, and Blood Banking Markets
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  NEW YORK, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- To prepare executives for radically different operating climates and reduce surprises, Venture Planning Group (www.VPGMarketResearch.com), an international publishing and management consulti...
• There's A 'Dirty Data' Secret The Mobile Ad Industry Doesn't Want To Talk About
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Advertising
  This post is sponsored by Thinknear . Let's say you're spending some quality time with your favorite mobile app and an ad for a restaurant pops up on your phone. It's got great food and customers love it ... but it's 50 miles away. So mu...
• PLASTEC Midwest Named One of the Top Ten Plastics Trade Shows
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Canon's PLASTEC Midwest was recently named by BusinessVibe Magazine as one of the top ten plastics trade shows in the world. The event was called "the Midwest's leading sourcin...
• iGoToo, LLC Brings New Features to VadoVia Travel App
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  MIAMI, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A major update brings powerful new features to VadoVia, the iPad travel app.  With the new enhancements, VadoVia offers travelers functionality that does not exist in any other travel app.  ...
• Football Fans: Want more NFL? You got it!
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  BASKING RIDGE, N.J., July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Football has turned to a year-round sport, and with the official 2014 preseason just around the corner, there will be even more reason to never miss out on news and information abou...
• Stret¢h Recipes Launches IndieGoGo Crowdfunding Campaign To Reach Their Next Milestone, The MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
    AUSTIN, Texas, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Stret¢hRecipes Launches IndieGoGo  Crowdfunding Campaign To Reach Their Next Milestone, The MVP (Minimum Viable Product)Enter your budget. Choose recipes you like....
• Playboy Generation Body Spray for Him: Selfie
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & Community
  Advertising Agency: DDB, Paris, France Executive Creative Director: Alexandre Hervé Copywriter: Alexis Benoit Art Director: Paul Kreitmann Agency Producer: Sophie Megrous Post Producer: Sylvie Dumas Account Supervisor: Xavier Mendiola, M...
• Playboy Generation for Her: Party
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & Community
  Advertising Agency: DDB, Paris, France Executive Creative Director: Alexandre Hervé Copywriter: Alexis Benoit Art Director: Paul Kreitmann Agency Producer: Sophie Megrous Post Producer: Sylvie Dumas Account Supervisor: Xavier Mendiola, M...
• Playboy Generation for Him: Party
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & Community
  Advertising Agency: DDB, Paris, France Executive Creative Director: Alexandre Hervé Copywriter: Alexis Benoit Art Director: Paul Kreitmann Agency Producer: Sophie Megrous Post Producer: Sylvie Dumas Account Supervisor: Xavier Mendiola, M...
• Instant Kiwi: Alarm
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & Community
  Advertising Agency: DDB New Zealand Executive Creative Director: Shane Bradnick Art Director: James Conner Copywriter: Christie Cooper Creatives: Kat Tadaki , Simon Neumegen , Kiran Strickland , Jian Xin Tay Producer: Rebekah Kelly DoP: ...
• Instant Kiwi: Kittens
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & Community
  Advertising Agency: DDB New Zealand Executive Creative Director: Shane Bradnick Art Director: James Conner Copywriter: Christie Cooper Creatives: Kat Tadaki , Simon Neumegen , Kiran Strickland , Jian Xin Tay Producer: Rebekah Kelly DoP: ...
• Instant Kiwi: Party
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & Community
  Advertising Agency: DDB New Zealand Executive Creative Director: Shane Bradnick Art Director: James Conner Copywriter: Christie Cooper Creatives: Kat Tadaki , Simon Neumegen , Kiran Strickland , Jian Xin Tay Producer: Rebekah Kelly DoP: ...
• Instant Kiwi: Comb over
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & Community
  Advertising Agency: DDB New Zealand Executive Creative Director: Shane Bradnick Art Director: James Conner Copywriter: Christie Cooper Creatives: Kat Tadaki , Simon Neumegen , Kiran Strickland , Jian Xin Tay Producer: Rebekah Kelly DoP: ...
• Facebook’s ‘good’ quarter means ad revenue jumps 67%
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Marketing Magazine » Media
  Total users hits 1.32 billion, with 829 million on every day
• 10 Things In Advertising You Need To Know This Morning
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Advertising
  Hello! Let's dig in to the ad news of the day. 1.   Facebook's earnings revealed that the company makes 62% of its ad money from mobile alone. Further, about 30% of the company's monthly visitors only check their Facebook pages on t...
• DreamWorks Animation Introduces DreamPlace - A Revolutionary New Way To Celebrate The Holiday Shopping Season
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  GLENDALE, Calif., July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a little known fact that Shrek, the curmudgeonly ogre best known for fiercely protecting his swamp, actually dedicates his Christmas vacation to helping families find Santa – but...
• Voloe to Give Away $1 Million in Prizes to Users
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  IRVINE, Calif., July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Is taking a trip to Hawaii on your wish list? How about seeing Beyonce and Jay Z in concert? Then you need to sign up for the new social network Voloe (www.voloe.com), because they have ...
• MediaMath renforce sa présence en France avec l'ouverture d'un bureau à Paris
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  - Cette annonce reflète la croissance européenne importante qu'a connue ce leader mondial de l'industrie du marketing programmatique LONDRES, 24 juillet 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaMath, le créateur de la solution TerminalOn...
• Here's How to Best Serve Brand Advocates (And Haters) Who Have 'Occupied' Your Brand
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Adrants
  Welcome to the social era where­ your brand has officially been Occupied. The relationship between your image and your values is increasingly determined by your brand advocates. The future of your brand is subject to your community and i...
• AdStage Ad Platform Announces Support for New LinkedIn Ad Type 'Direct Sponsored Content'
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --  AdStage, the self-serve all-in-one advertising platform, today revealed that it will support LinkedIn's latest native ad type, Direct Sponsored Content. The just-announced ad type...
• EDN Asks: Why Major in Computer Science?
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  NEW YORK, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- For interns slaving away, or high school seniors thinking about college, getting the right degree in order to land the best job is something to be thinking about this summer. For those wanting...
• Vindico's Mobile SDK Is Widely Released to Enhance Cross-Screen Campaigns
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  NEW YORK, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, leading enterprise ad management platform Vindico® widely releases the next generation of the Vindico Mobile SDK that allows advertisers to seamlessly deliver and measure vide...
• Light Reading Publishes 2014 Telecom Industry Salary Survey
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  NEW YORK, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the market-leading online community for the global communications sector, today announced the 2014 Telecom Industry Salary Survey. The report suggests that tel...
• Mediander™ Secures Strategic Investment From JRI Ventures To Accelerate Expansion
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  NEW YORK, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mediander.com (Mediander), an expansive content site featuring a first-of-its-kind knowledge engine that powers the discovery and exploration of millions of topics, today announced that it has...
• McClatchy Reports Second Quarter 2014 Earnings
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The McClatchy Company (NYSE-MNI) today reported second quarter 2014 income from continuing operations of $91.6 million, or $1.03 per share compared to income from continuing operations in...
• For Females In Film, Progress Is Frozen
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  LOS ANGELES, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Anna and Elsa managed to rescue their kingdom from perpetual winter, but the challenge they face now is to save other female characters and actors from being frozen out of speaking ro...
• Finn Partners Selected for Public Relations for All you Need is Ecuador Campaign
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  NEW YORK, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Finn Partners has been contracted for public relations by EKOS, an Ecuadorian publishing and communication company, in support of Ecuador's International Communication Campaign directed at the...
• Enlightiks Uses Tableau to Bring Data and Predictive Analytics to Doctors and Accountable Care Organizations
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media
  SEATTLE, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightiks, a provider of data and predictive analytics products and services to healthcare providers, is using Tableau to help physicians understand and manage data about their patients and pr...
• Miller Communications Shuffling Central Illinois Formats
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from RadioInsight
  Miller Communications is planning a complete restructuring of its Taylorville, IL area stations on Friday, August 1. The moves will see the company launch a new frequency in its cluster while another moves to a new frequency. News/Talk 9...
• 'Better Call Saul' Billboard in Albuquerque Really Turns Back the Clock
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Advertising & Branding
  Breaking Bad fans, this time you'd better call James! Those dying for a taste of AMC's Breaking Bad spinoff series, Better Call Saul, got a nice little present this week, as this billboard popped up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Th...
• Bloomberg struggles to break out of the box
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from CJR
  When Justin Smith arrived from The Atlantic to last fall to take over the sprawling media group at Bloomberg LP, the move was greeted by hosannas in the media and journalism circles. Here was the young, digitally savvy executive credited...
• Seven Intriguing Products From China, From Vampire Juice to Fungus Face Cream
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Advertising Age - Advertising
  China's food safety watchdog just cracked down on a new trend in China: juice packaged in fake medical blood bags. The drinks, priced in the $3 to $5 range, were inspired by U.S. TV hits popular with pop culture-savvy young consumers. On...
• Agencies Dissect Foursquare's Makeover
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Advertising & Branding
  Foursquare yesterday unveiled a fresh "F-pin" logo and ultimately a new brand strategy, as it plans to release a starkly different version of its app in three weeks. Adweek asked marketing players who have used the app what the...
• It's $11.00 a Share For Townsquare
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from
  This morning Townsquare announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,333,333 shares of Class A common stock at a price to the public of $11.00 per share. The Company's Class A common stock is expected to begin trading on the...
• Minihane Returns And Ramps up The Insults
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from
  Back from a planned vacation, WEEI Dennis & Callahan third wheel Kirk Minihane returned to the morning show fully loaded with more insults for Fox TV's Erin Andrews. Last week Minihane called Andrews a B***H and said he hoped she dropped...
• How can publishers monetise smartphones?
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Advertising
  Editorial: it’s not just publishers who are struggling with mobile, it’s advertisers too. Before discussing the core issue it’s important to outline the challenges facing magazines and newspapers.  By any measure a quick glance of the st...
• Phone-hacker who gave evidence against former colleagues escapes jail with 10-month suspended sentence
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Press Gazette - Media law
  A journalist who intercepted voicemail messages for both the News of the World and Sunday Mirror today escaped prison. Dan Evans last year admitted accessing the voicemails of some 200 celebrities, sportspeople and politicians and listen...
• Netflix hunts creative agency
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Brand Republic Advertising RSS Feed
  Netflix is on the hunt for a creative agency ahead of a major expansion into Europe.
• Tata Sky: Watch and learn
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from afaqs! News > Latest Advertising News
  In its latest campaign, Tata Sky tells parents that television is a good learning aid for young kids..
• ADK-Fortune wins creative mandate of Ashiana Homes
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from afaqs! News > Latest Advertising News
  The participating agencies were Crescent Communications, The Beach, JWT's ADK-Fortune and AB&N..
• PHD India to handle digital media duties for GSK's Horlicks
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from afaqs! News > Latest Advertising News
  The PHD network has been handling GlaxoSmithKline's global category planning mandate since September 2013..
• Katz's Mark Rosenthal To Co-Chair Forecast 2015
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from
  Radio Ink is pleased to announce that Mark Rosenthal, CEO of Katz Media Group, has agreed to serve as co-chair of Forecast 2015, November 19, in New York City. Radio Ink Publisher Eric Rhoads said, "Since taking over Katz, Mark has been ...
• WLS-AM Holding Contest For Talk Star
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from
  Chicagoland Radio and Media has the details of the third annual search for the latest and greatest talk star. The winner gets their own two-hour weekend talk show on WLS-AM. Contestants must create an audition tape that consists of a 10 ...
• Clarifying Pittman's iHeartradio Revenue Comments
  Thursday, July 24, 2014 from
  A few weeks ago Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman made national news when he said iHeartRadio was bringing in "hundreds of millions of dollars." That left a lot of people speculating how that was possible being that Clear Channel does not se...