Thursday 17 April 2014

Media PM - Tesco, ITV and Twitter, Shift 2014, Newspaper ABCs, BBC World Service

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17th April 2014
Tesco puts better online ad-targeting top of mind  
Tesco puts better online ad-targeting top of mind
The supermarket's data division, Dunnhumby, aims to make digital advertising more personalised, its chief executive, Simon Hay, tells David Benady.
 
ITV and Twitter unite to usher in social TV era  
ITV and Twitter unite to usher in social TV era
Media owners hope to woo brands by bringing ITV footage to Twitter through its Amplify service, David Benady writes.
 
Power of newsbrands reinforced at Shift 2014  
Power of newsbrands reinforced at Shift 2014
Brands continue to invest in the 'rich spectrum' offered by press, the Newsworks conference confirms. By Arif Durrani.
 
Newspaper ABCs: Guardian smashes through 100m browsers in March 2014  
Newspaper ABCs: Guardian smashes through 100m browsers in March 2014
The Guardian reached more than 100 million monthly unique browsers for the first time in March, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations figures published today.
 
Robots aren't teaming up with art directors - they're too busy writing the news  
Robots aren't teaming up with art directors - they're too busy writing the news
On 17 March at 7.53am, the Los Angeles Times ran a story on its website about an earthquake striking near the city: "A shallow magnitude 2.7 earthquake aftershock was reported Monday morning four miles from Westwood, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7.23am Pacific time at a depth of 4.3 miles."
 
Should we welcome a commercial BBC World Service?  
Should we welcome a commercial BBC World Service?
Mark Banham asks if the corporation's international radio network should be allowed to start carrying advertising.
 
POG tripping over red tape in advertising arms race  
POG tripping over red tape in advertising arms race
As the first quarter of the year came to a close, we were again reminded of the high-stakes (quite literally, with a billion dollars of media spend changing hands in a single week) game being played out at the very top of the advertising and media industry.
 
Why does ad industry lack minorities?  
Why does ad industry lack minorities?
 
Claudine Collins and Bruce Daisley to lead Media Week Awards 2014  
Claudine Collins and Bruce Daisley to lead Media Week Awards 2014
Claudine Collins, managing director of MediaCom, and Bruce Daisley, managing director of Twitter UK, will take centre stage at the industry's biggest night of the year, as co-chairs of the Media Week Awards 2014.
 
Sorrell sparks a rare talk about the benefits of a more diverse workforce  
Sorrell sparks a rare talk about the benefits of a more diverse workforce
Something unexpected happened at Newsworks' Shift event last week. And it was not the news that John Lewis spends twice as much on press ads than it does on TV.
 
Manning Gottlieb OMD tops shortlist for Thinkbox TV Planning Awards  
Manning Gottlieb OMD tops shortlist for Thinkbox TV Planning Awards
Manning Gottlieb OMD has the most shortlisted entries in this year's Thinkbox TV Planning Awards, run in association with Campaign and MediaWeek.
 
My Media Week: Paul Mead  
My Media Week: Paul Mead
This week, Paul Mead, founder and managing director of VCCP Media, searches for a head of strategy and innovation, presents to News UK and wonders if he's the last person alive not to have finished 'Breaking Bad' yet.
 
Sorrell says Publicis / Omnicom's 'merger of equals' is 'impossible'  
Sorrell says Publicis / Omnicom's 'merger of equals' is 'impossible'
Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, has called attempts by rival holding groups, Omnicom and Publicis Groupe to form a £23 bilion "merger of equals" "impossible".
 
Google's revenues climb 19% to $15.4bn in first quarter  
Google's revenues climb 19% to $15.4bn in first quarter
Google's shares dropped 5% despite the company raking in revenues of $15.4bn for the first quarter, after analysts were disappointed by the pace of the company's transition in an industry increasingly dominated by mobile ads.
 
Metro launches content agency  
Metro launches content agency
Metro, the free newspaper, has formed an in-house creative agency called Story to meet increasing demands around content marketing.
 
Latest blogs
What needs to happen for ad viewability trading to succeed?  
What needs to happen for ad viewability trading to succeed?
Advertisers should feel more comfortable knowing adspend will no longer be wasted on impressions that were never seen, but it's not all good news, says Exponential's Craig Simmons.
 
Programmatic targeting: Why we're approaching the end of the media category  
Programmatic targeting: Why we're approaching the end of the media category
The last decade and a half has seen the gradual creep of digital technology into almost all media sectors.
 
All media should take a leaf from radio: relationships - you have to work at them  
All media should take a leaf from radio: relationships - you have to work at them
All relationships, including those between brands and consumers, need to start and end with a meaningful and rewarding exchange, reminds Steve Cox, marketing director of JCDecaux Airport.
 
What is Oculus Rift and why did Facebook just buy it?  
What is Oculus Rift and why did Facebook just buy it?
For the second time in a matter of weeks, Facebook has made a surprise acquisition that has largely left people scratching their heads.
 
AOL's leader: 3 steps to better online advertising  
AOL's leader: 3 steps to better online advertising
As programmatic trading continues to gather pace, Noel Penzer, managing director at AOL, looks at what needs to happen to cut out waste and make advertising technology more efficient
 
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