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Tumblr Users Will Soon Be Able To Make Money From Ads

Posted July 29, 2016 / News, Online Advertising, Social Media 0 0 0

Tumblr Users Will Soon Be Able To Make Money From Ads Consumerist Ashlee Kieler Just in case you didn’t think Tumblr pages were cluttered enough with cribbed photos and seemingly endless lists of comments and notes, the micro-blogging platform is...

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Pokémon Go criticised for ‘luring’ kids to McDonald’s

Posted July 27, 2016 / Food Marketing, News, Public Spaces 0 0 0

Pokémon Go criticised for ‘luring’ kids to McDonald’s Apps Playground Stuart Dredge Pokémon Go is a bona-fide mobile games craze, with more than 75m downloads so far. But a new partnership in Japan between the game and McDonald is proving...

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Google Is Transforming NYC’s Payphones Into a ‘Personalized Propaganda Engine’

Posted July 26, 2016 / News, Public Spaces 0 0 0

Google Is Transforming NYC’s Payphones Into a ‘Personalized Propaganda Engine’ The Village Voice Nick Pinto Maybe the kiosk warning should read, Be Suspicious of Anything Free in New York City. The city isn’t building the...

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Pokémon Go Shouldn’t Be Used To Sell Fast Food To Kids, Say Advocates

Posted July 26, 2016 / Food Marketing, News, Online Advertising 0 0 0

Pokémon Go Shouldn’t Be Used To Sell Fast Food To Kids, Say Advocates Consumerist Ashlee Kieler Last week, Niantic, the company behind the wildly popular Pokémon Go app, unveiled its first sponsored partnership with McDonald’s in Japan, turning...

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Breastfeeding rates: Is baby formula marketing to blame?

Posted July 25, 2016 / Infant Formula Marketing, News 0 0 0

Breastfeeding rates: Is baby formula marketing to blame? The Jakarta Post Irma Hidayana A new report by UNICEF, WHO and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) has found that the aggressive marketing of baby foods or formulas is likely...

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Connected Toys Are Raising Complicated New Privacy Questions

Posted July 25, 2016 / News, Online Advertising 0 0 0

Connected Toys Are Raising Complicated New Privacy Questions MIT Technology Review Mike Orcutt Talking toys have come a long way since the original Furby. Now they’re connected to the Internet, use speech recognition, and are raising a host of...

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With more men in the kitchen, marketing may shift

Posted July 21, 2016 / Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

With more men in the kitchen, marketing may shift Food Dive Carolyn Heneghan Women had been the primary home cooks and household grocery shoppers for decades, but men are increasingly assuming these roles. Another report last year found that men...

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Local confusion as China changes rules on infant formula

Posted July 21, 2016 / Infant Formula Marketing, News 0 0 0

Local confusion as China changes rules on infant formula The booming Australian infant formula industry is seeking clarity from Chinese authorities on the new registration process to sell products into China, as players seeking to enter the...

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Coca-Cola to use Olympics sponsorship to push non-fizzy drinks

Posted July 21, 2016 / Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Coca-Cola to use Olympics sponsorship to push non-fizzy drinks The Drum Seb Joseph Coca-Cola will use its sponsorship of the Olympic Games to raise awareness of its non-fizzy drink brands in North America as part of its wider efforts to counter...

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Kellogg and Aldi called out for ‘marketing trickery’

Posted July 20, 2016 / Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Kellogg and Aldi called out for ‘marketing trickery’ AdNews Lindsay Bennett Kellogg and Aldi are just two of the many brands that have come under fire for disguising excessive added sugars as fruit on products. A review of 224 snack...

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Breastfeeding gaps between white, black, and Hispanic mothers in the US

Posted July 20, 2016 / Infant Formula Marketing, Infant Formula Marketing, News 0 0 0

Breastfeeding gaps between white, black, and Hispanic mothers in the US Science Daily Chapman University has published research on how breastfeeding rates differ among white, black and Hispanic mothers. The study looked to see if ethnic and...

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The Future of the Native Ad Business

Posted July 19, 2016 / Native Advertising, News 0 0 0

The Future of the Native Ad Business Business 2 Community Marcelo Garcia Cisneros Native ads, or ads that are made to look like the content that surrounds them, are a growing business. Discussions surrounding native ads have increased as well...

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