Digiday’s Morrissey: In a Crisis, Advertisers Should Think About Actions, Not Words

VIA BEETCAM– As the editor in chief of Digiday and president of Digiday Media, Brian Morrissey is at the forefront of how a media company is adapting to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and overseeing coverage of how industries like advertising are adjusting. “This is a massive story – it’s touching every single […]

 
 

IAB’s Randall Rothenberg: Seeing Brand Safety In A New Light, Dumping ‘Buy-Side, Sell-Side’ Lingo

Once again, the topic of “brand safety” will be front and center at the upcoming Internet Advertising Bureau Annual Leadership Meeting, but it will take on new meaning in light of IAB research into what it calls the Direct Brand Economy. Other industry semantics need to be updated as well, IAB President & CEO Randall […]

 
 

Turner Grows Content Marketing Platform “Ignite” with Social Distribution of Brand Partnerships

Having just announced the launch of in-house sports marketing agency Turner Ignite Sports, the Turner Ignite unit has taken another step well beyond its traditional linear television clientele in content creation and distribution. And it’s not only the biggest advertisers that have come to embrace content creation and are seeking distribution beyond their own means, […]

 
 

Digiday Aims For Expansion Beyond Marketing While Keeping Focus

VAIL, CO — It’s now five years since Brian Morrissey left Adweek to form Digiday, the site covering media and marketing that has grown in to an industry must-read. What’s next? More besides media and marketing. Digiday is soon to expand in to other topics and regions, Morrissey tells Beet.TV in this video interview. “We’re […]

 
 

Platform Strategy & Monetization Among Topics at Digiday’s Upcoming Video Summit in Florida

As video publishers and advertisers seek new audiences by embracing new platforms of distribution, notably Facebook, the challenges around monetization need to be solved,  This and other issues  facing the industry will be addressed at Digiday’s first video industry summit, set for Palm Beach April 10-12 For an overview on the topics and format, we […]

 
 

Digiday’s Morrissey: Native Is Growing Up, But Mustn’t Fool

CANNES, France — The blurring of editorial and advertising remains a hot topic. Now that implementations are commonplace, the opportunity needs to scale up to become easily repeatable, just like conventional ad formats. “Native is growing up,” says industry news site Digiday‘s editor-in-chief Brian Morrissey. “Custom things don’t scale. Advertising is a scale business. We’re seeing […]