Almost 15 years ago, market-research firm Yankelovich estimated that the average city dweller saw more than 5,000 ads every single day. That was before smartphones and social media. Now, some estimates peg the number at about 10,000 ads. Everywhere you look, there’s an ad nearby, which means a brand has paid to put it in …
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Singapore’s financial regulator is clamping down on the marketing of cryptocurrency services in the city-state in a further setback for digital asset service providers looking to establish themselves in the Asian financial hub. The Monetary Authority of Singapore on Monday published a set of guidelines instructing crypto businesses to stop marketing or advertising their offerings …
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The UK advertising watchdog has banned a high-profile marketing campaign by Swedish alt-milk brand Oatly after ruling its green claims were misleading. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) launched an investigation into the campaign after receiving 109 complaints from members of the public and the campaign group A Greener World. In one national newspaper ad the …
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Brittney Reese won the NCAA national championship in the long jump for the University of Mississippi in 2007. She has since won a total of eight gold medals at the world championships and the Olympics. nike Getting to the Olympic Games is an expensive feat, and even those who rarely win become rich doing so. …
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More and more e-commerce sales are being preceded by paid product listings. The progress of e-commerce advertising in the past year and a half in revenue growth can be seen in Amazon’s earnings reports and the release of retail media platforms such as Walmart Connect, Target’s Roundel and Google Shopping. Marketers are also used to …
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. This week, On Tech will examine the economics of what is sometimes called the internet creator economy. There are people who are so good at making online entertainment or information that they try to make it a job. Your …
Right to Know Requests Reveal Cyber Charter Waste, Lack of Oversight; Advocates, Lawmakers to Call for Immediate Reforms Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus January 25, 2022 | 2:44 PM HARRISBURG, PA (January 25, 2022) – Education Voters of Pennsylvania revealed flagrant waste and egregious lack of oversight in Pennsylvania’s nine largest cyber charter schools uncovered in …
Calgary’s only Liberal MP says he paid a fine after a doorbell camera caught him removing his opponent’s campaign flyer and replacing it with one on the eve of the last federal election. The video showed George Chahal, who won Calgary Skyview for the Liberals in the federal election in September 2021, walking toward the …
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Little free market at work. GT If you’ve been in Pennsylvania, you’ve likely seen ads for online charter schools — on TV, on the sides of buses, parade buoys, computer screens, or in local newspapers. All of this, and more, is part of these schools’ marketing work, and a massive reach to create brand awareness, …
Google is abandoning FLoC for its lack of true federal learning and privacy controls. They are replacing it with Topics, an API that takes advantage of browser history and provides users with more transparency and control. Themes API communicates user interests based on browser history Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) is Google’s solution to targeted …
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