"Despite all efforts to the contrary, the vast majority of Internet users will never form a single digital identity. "
- Dan Wade, Activation Lead for LockerDome, writing in today's Cynsiders column "In Defense of Digital Schizophreinia."
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"TV shows are not supposed to be this popular, not in the age of DVRs, Netflix, and cord-cutting. Nevertheless, CBS's The Big Bang Theory - an old-fashioned multicamera comedy about four nerdy men and three women who tolerate them - is not only television's No. 1 show but also the highest-rated sitcom since Friends signed off in 2004."
- Adam K. Raymond writing in the current issue of New York Magazine.
"Advertisers parted with $4 million for just 30 seconds of air-time during Super Bowl Sunday and most did not leverage their Super Bowl investment online, missing an opportunity to maximize reach, deliver earned media
and increase brand recall."
- Unruly's White Paper: The Science of Sharing 2014: Super Bowl XLVIII Study
"You left Washington six hours ago, but I left Burbank seven hours ago."
- Conan O'Brien speaking to President Obama about the traffic jams the President created yesterday in Los Angeles. Obama was in town to accept the Ambassador for Humanity award from Steven Speilberg's USC Shoah Foundation.
"From a Wall Street investors’ perspective, he was willing to run Alibaba into the ground to defeat eBay — the only thing worse than a smart competitor is a crazy one who is willing to just spend all their money with no hope of making profit."
- Filmmaker Porter Erisman speaking about Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, China's largest online retailer. The New York Times.
"After the first week of NewFronts, which were chock full of TV quality original digital video programming, A-list talent, and multiple deals being announced onstage, it is clear that this marketplace has matured significantly over the past year."
- Julie Van Ullen, Vice President of Member Services, IAB writing exclusively for Cynopsis about the 2014 NewFronts in today's cynsiders column.
"Our reporter group is truly unparalleled for any sporting event. With Bob [Woodruff], Jeremy [Schapp] and Julie [Foudy], we have three of the very finest reporters in the business. Add John Sutcliffe and Rubens Pozzi, who will cover the Mexican National Team and Brazilian National Team, respectively, and we are more than ready to take on the important stories of this World Cup in Brazil that will need to be told."
- Jed Drake, ESPN Senior Vice President and Executive Producer announcing plans for the network's coverage of the 2014 World Cup
"Congress should amend ECPA [Electronic Communications Privacy Act] to ensure the standard of protection for online, digital content is consistent with that afforded in the physical world -- including by removing archaic distinctions between email left unread or over a certain age."
- From the Obama Administration's “Big Data” report which was released yesterday afternoon.
"“I hear programmatic buying seems to be the s*** right now, so tell me all about it.”"
- "Candidly Nicole" star Nicole Richie speaking at AOL's NewFront.
"Pay-to-play arrangements are inherently discriminatory and anticompetitive, and therefore should be prohibited as a matter of public policy. They increase costs for consumers and give ISPs [Internet Service Providers] a disincentive to improve their broadband networks...The Internet was developed at taxpayers' expense to benefit the public interest. It belongs to all of us."
- Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) in a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler expressing his disappointment on the FCC's plan to allow the creation of internet "fast lanes."
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