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10/31/16: Amazon Prime launches in China – without digital media content

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.31.16 Good morning. It’s Monday October 31, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Lookalike Audiences: In social media advertising, the phrase Lookalike Audiences refers to consumers who are likely to be interested in a brand or business because data indicates that they’re similar to the business’s existing customers. […]

10/28/16: Twitter to shut down Vine

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.28.16 Good morning. It’s Friday October 28, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   RAM: RAM is an abbreviation of Random Access Memory. It’s a system of computer memory in which data can be retrieved in any order with equal speed. Not to be confused with “Random Access Memories,” […]

10/27/16: Snapchat wants to raise $4 billion in its IPO

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.27.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday October 27, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER Skyscraper: A skyscraper is a digital ad unit with dimensions of 160×600 pixels. TOP NEWS At a recent event on the 102nd floor of One World Trade Center, National Geographic announced a new global rebrand across […]

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10/25/16: Netflix will raise $800 million in new debt

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.25.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday October 25, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Standard Ad Units: The IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) defines a standard ad unit as a set of ad specifications for standard image or animated in-page ad units that establishes a framework for advertising inventory and […]

10/24/16: AT&T strikes a deal to acquire Time Warner

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.24.16 Good morning. It’s Monday October 24, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Overlay: An Overlay ad is an ad unit that briefly displays over the webpage content when initiated.     TOP NEWS   Last week, Bloomberg became the first publication to report on merger talks between […]

10/18/16: Netflix gives up on launching in China

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.18.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday October 18, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Rolling Five: When TV networks make the most recent five episodes of a series available digitally, it’s referred to as a rolling five. The word “rolling” derives from the fact that, when the most recent […]

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