Cynopsis: Digital

11/14/16: Facebook bans certain types of race-based ad targeting

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 11.14.16 Good morning. It’s Monday November 14, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER Machine Learning: Machine Learning is a type of artificial intelligence that enables computers to learn without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning computer programs can teach themselves to change and grow when exposed to new data.   […]

11/11/16: SEC filing: Some Yahoo employees knew about data breach in 2014

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 11.11.16 Good morning. It’s Friday November 11, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Contextual Advertising: Contextual advertising is a form of targeted advertising for ads appearing on websites or other digital media. Contextual ads are selected and served by automated systems based on the content displayed or the […]

11/10/16: Election night live-streaming shatters records

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 11.10.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday November 10, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Skins: Skins are customized and interchangeable sets of graphics that allow users to continually change the look of their desktops or browsers without changing their functionality or settings. Skins are often used as a marketing […]

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11/09/16: Ads come to Facebook Messenger

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 11.09.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday November 9, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   ATSC 3.0: ATSC 3.0 is a next-generation broadcast standard and the television industry’s response to consumers’ desire to watch content anywhere, anytime and on any device. The Advanced Television Systems Commission is developing advanced transmission […]

11/08/16: Clinton and Trump buy dueling Snapchat promos

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 11.08.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday November 8, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Roadblock: The term Roadblock is used when an advertising campaign creative is the only brand on a particular webpage or site, taking over all ad sizes at once. Also called a Takeover.     TOP […]

11/07/16: GoPro suffers catastrophic Q3

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 11.07.16 Good morning. It’s Monday November 7, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Psychographic Targeting: Psychographic targeting is a method of ad targeting in which advertisers show ads to consumers based on their interests, beliefs, etc.   TOP NEWS All’s not well in the land of GoPro. The […]

11/04/16: NBCU launches Tonight Show spinoff on Snapchat

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 11.04.16 Good morning. It’s Friday November 4, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Media Buyer: A media buyer is a professional – usually at an ad agency – who works with a media planner to allocate ad spending across media platforms. For online platforms, a media buyer generally […]

11/02/16: Hulu nabs over 35 Disney and Fox networks for upcoming Live TV service

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 11.02.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday November 2, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Unduplicated audience: The phrase unduplicated audience refers to the number of unique individuals exposed to a specified domain, ad, or webpage within a specified time period.     TOP NEWS   Hulu’s internet-based live TV […]

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