Next to Now: Feb. 19 Edition

ARE CONSUMERS STARTING TO VALUE NON-DIGITAL EXPERIENCES? Yes. We’ve seen it in the plateauing of ebooks and the continued strength of print books. Now, other media are seeing it too (even marketing people at mobile companies!): “‘We’re seeing that people really love their phones, but many are craving a digital detox,’ explains Meredith Vincent, executive […]

Next to Now: News for January Edition

POLITICAL HEAT BRINGS VIEWS TO THE HILL For the coming round of political books, take note of this stat from AdWeek: “The election cycle is already paying off for The Hill. According to comScore’s December 2015 numbers, the politics site garnered nearly 10.6 million visitors, a 175 percent year-over-year increase.” #politics   BRINGING ADS TO […]

Next to Now: Hot News Edition

WHO’S HOT? “July’s Most Tweeted Sites” in order: BBC, NYTimes, Mashable, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, NBC, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, Business Insider via The One Thing Issue 15 #placement   HTML5 IS GOING MAINSTREAM IAB updates the industry standard to HTML5, finishing the job on Flash that Steve Jobs started when he wouldn’t let […]

Next to Now: Good News / Bad News Edition

GOOD NEWS FOR PANDORA LISTENERS . . . AND ADVERTISERS Pandora’s sponsored listening program leads to higher ad engagement by *decreasing* the frequency of the ads. We think that advertising which helps users get what they want works much better than advertising that interrupts what they want. #audio   GOOD NEWS FOR INSTAGRAM The opening […]