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cnbc | February 20, 2020

The digital company working for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has hired another executive from a premier advertising firm, as the billionaire former New York mayor’s organization churns out waves of digital content to support his candidacy. The company, Hawkfish, recently hired Tim Castree, former North America CEO of WPP Group subsidiary GroupM, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter who declined to be named as these decisions have not been made public. Gro...

Social Media Advertising

Viamedia | May 20, 2022

Viamedia, the leading fully-integrated independent cross-media local advertising company, announced the launch of its new Parity ADS Platform. It uses a transitional approach to amplify live streams for IP-delivered distribution by simultaneously inserting regionally targeted ads on linear streams to align with the local ads on traditional cable TV systems. "Our new Parity ADS Platform is one of the industry's first transitional approaches and introd...

bizjournals | March 04, 2020

Snap Inc. has started testing its Snap Audience Network an initiative that places the vertical ads created for Snapchat to appear on other apps as well. The Silicon Beach ephemeral messaging app is trying out its Audience Network with select brands, Business Insider reported. The question remains, though, whether advertisers are interested in the program, as Snap (NYSE: SNAP) isn't sharing with them where their ads will be placed, according to the report. Moreover, growing concerns over cons...

Ad Tech and Martech

Business Wire | January 24, 2024

SugarCRM, provider of the award-winning AI-driven sales automation platform, today announced the global winners of the 2024 SugarCRM Customer Breakthrough Awards. Winners are: Customer Experience Breakthrough Award – Empresas ADOC, a Central American retail company, is recognized for using SugarCRM to drive business growth and improve customer engagement. Using SugarCRM, the company significantly improved customer service quality and ...