Unlike many other digital news sites, Buzzfeed decided not to run banner ads from the beginning. An early proponent of the brands as publishers movement, Buzzfeed instead encouraged advertisers to create native advertising content that would integrate seamlessly into Buzzfeed’s homepage news feed. In this interview with Cannes TV, founder Jonah Peretti talks about the … [Read more…]

Successful marketing has shifted from the campaign approach to more personal communications that build long-standing relationships in an always-on media world. In this interview with Cannes TV, Wendy Clark, SVP, Global Sparkling Brand Center at Coca-Cola talks about the challenges facing brands in real-time marketing.

The UK Government can legally spy on UK citizens’ YouTube, Faceboook and Twitter activity and even Google searches, according to a new statement.

Amazon has boasted that it tripled the number of applications on its Android app store in the last year alone, but the online retailer still siginificanly trails Google Play and the Apple App store in terms of overall downloads.

The annual Cannes Lions festival of Creativity has long stood as the benchmark for creativity in the ad industry, but as programmatic ad platforms grow in popularity, rising tech companies are starting to crash the agency party.

There are over 15 million brands and companies on Facebook now with the number of users steadily topping over a billion. But when are the best times for a brand to post on Facebook- and what should that post contain? This study from TrackMaven looks into how to get the most visibility from status updates. … [Read more…]

Leo Burnett Worldwide has revealed its 27th annual Cannes Predictions, which it claims to have 84% percent accuracy at previous awards.

Often called the world’s biggest ad festival, the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has kicked off this week. This video offers highlights the seminars on the first day of Cannes Lions 2014, featuring clips of Sir Patrick Stewart with Twitter, Prasoon and Piyush Pandey, Marcel Desailly and Michael Lebowitz from Big Spaceship.

A quarter of all Britons will be watching the World Cup online through a device connected to the internet, according to new research.

Ad creatives have to be willing to get fired for an idea if they believe in it, according to director Spike Jonze, speaking at Cannes Lions this week.