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A few weeks back in an article published on Centro’s blog titled “What do you mean you don’t see my ad?” I wrote this about viewable impressions:
“What if print advertisers only paid newspapers for the ads that were seen by their intended target? As in, “Hey, our ad on page 5, Section B wasn’t seen by 34.5% of the audience, so we’re only sending you a check for part of the contract.” Not possible? The stuff of a futuristic Sci-Fi world where devices are implanted in our eyes and monitored by unseen beings?

Mobile is expanding reach and frequency with multi-platform news consumption. According to a new Pew research study, 64% of tablet owners and 62% of smartphone owners use their devices for news at least weekly, and a third of U.S. adults get news on a mobile device at least once a week.

Winning hallmark accounts has long been a documented challenge for regional agencies, but a seismic shift is occurring. These agencies are becoming increasingly more valuable alongside their larger counterparts.

Online video had another record-breaking month. According to comScore, 188 million U.S. Internet users watched 37.7 billion online content videos in August, while video ad views totaled 9.5 billion. Overall, video ads reached 54% of the total U.S. population an average of 58 times during the month.

Let’s say you’ve been out of town for, oh, the last decade.
The last time you picked up Crain’s, Chicago’s economy was stung by high-tech flops from the dot-com bust. Now, though, you’re quickly sensing that there has been a shift: You learned that 13 Chicago tech companies have gone public or been acquired so far in 2012, and 17 did so last year, according to tech-community group Built in Chicago.

Customer insight and retention drives every publishing company throughout the world, for without the customer we would not exist. Publishers must work to ensure the right audience views the right content – both editorial and advertising – so consumers will engage with the message. This leads to growth and the continued success of the publishing business.

Is paid advertising beneficial? Absolutely. However, it is incredibly important to understand how best to integrate it with owned and earned media. Nielsen shares valuable insights on how to strengthen consumer trust and deliver better results via paid, owned, and earned media working together (e.g., paid ads work harder with social, paid ads drive owned usage).

A recent MediaMind study highlights the avg. CTR for various display ad formats served in the U.S. Of the adformats, video ad-serving template (VAST) and video player-ad interface definition (VPAID) formats performed the best. While these are interesting results, “clicks are not always necessary, particularly when ads are brand focused (vs. DR) and/or when interactive ads appear in long-form video content where clicking would be disruptive to the experience.”

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