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Snapchat Prepares to Play Host to the World Cup, in More Ways Than One
Digital

Snapchat Prepares to Play Host to the World Cup, in More Ways Than One

The World Cup, which begins next month in stadiums across the United States, will also be contested on a smaller pitch: the screens of mobile phones, where social media platforms are competing for the attention of fans who increasingly experience major sporting events through the filter of their fee

The Forecaster's Forecast
Advertising

The Forecaster's Forecast

There is a particular kind of authority that comes from having built something enormous, lost it under murky circumstances, and then immediately started building something else.

HP Ends 17-Year Media Marriage, Moves to Publicis
Advertising

HP Ends 17-Year Media Marriage, Moves to Publicis

Seventeen years is a long time in advertising, which is to say it is roughly four holding company reorganizations, three rounds of apocalyptic predictions about the death of traditional media, and one complete transformation of how human beings buy printer ink.

Amazon Allows Advertisers to Filter Before They Spend
Digital

Amazon Allows Advertisers to Filter Before They Spend

The advertising industry has long had a complicated relationship with the concept of attention — mainly because proving that anyone is actually paying any has always been somewhat difficult.

Snack Time for India's Streamers
Television

Snack Time for India's Streamers

When American media executives talk about the future of television, they tend to mean prestige dramas with complicated antiheroes and eight-figure episode budgets.