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January, Third Weekly Signal: It’s All About Search and Media Again

In the week that was, Signal style: Graph Search is going to change the game for brands and people on Facebook; The Atlantic and the Church of Scientology — strange, momentary bedfellows; we’re all publishers now; the best in music …

Posted by fmpcorp on January 22, 2013 at 5:20 a.m.

The Weekly Signal: The Future, and Post CES Hangover

In today’s Signal: Predictions for 2013; the CES roundup; Congress vs. Netflix; messaging toll ahead on Facebook; gadgets that sense real-life contexts provide intelligence; geeks are playing important roles in the advertising industry; and more....

Posted by fmpcorp on January 14, 2013 at 3:37 p.m.

Happy News Year: The First 2013 Signal

Happy New Year! In today’s SIgnal: Figuring out the boundaries of online privacy ain’t easy; just ask Randi Zuckerberg and Callie Schweitzer; Is Facebook even trying anymore?; News Corp. accused of going “Capone”; Mayer to discuss Yahoo’s ad biz future...

Posted by fmpcorp on January 2, 2013 at 4:49 a.m.

Instagram’s 15 Minutes: Thursday Signal

In today’s Signal: Instagram’s policy furor, its back-pedaling and some possible new opportunities; Twitter holds its lead over Google+; welcome to “growth hacking”; sizing up shoppers online vs. offline; Amazon’s game changer; Facebook aims for TV...

Posted by fmpcorp on December 20, 2012 at 12:08 a.m.

Twitter TV: Yup. Tuesday Signal

In today’s Signal: Twitter and Nielsen go all the way; How Google helped make the iPhone the best mobile phone around; the most damaged big brand of the year; is Pinterest really all that?; the tracking debate continues; mining advertising …

Posted by fmpcorp on December 18, 2012 at 4:22 a.m.

Friday Signal: The Year of Acting Natively

In today’s Signal: Getting a handle on customer service through Twitter; native advertising — the devil is in the details; Eric Schmidt on outracing robots and Google Fiber; ads are coming to Instagram; Google and Facebook look back on 2012; …

Posted by fmpcorp on December 14, 2012 at 6:52 p.m.

The Year That Was: Weds Signal

In today’s Signal: The year-end lists are nigh; Fred Wilson on generating ad revenue online; programmatic buying is getting a bad rap; Yahoo plans Google-inspired ad sales efforts; the sharing race between branded content and editorial content; online...

Posted by fmpcorp on December 11, 2012 at 10:53 p.m.

The Data Conversation Starts to Get Real: Monday Signal

In today’s Signal: More from Digiday’s series on anti-predictions; the weblog’s last breath?; personal data in a “surveillance economy”; the future of television content; Silicon Valley, Beavis and Butt-head-style; and more. To the links …. Trends...

Posted by fmpcorp on December 10, 2012 at 1:43 a.m.

Data Isn’t Big, It’s Bits: Friday Signal

Big Data takes center stage in today’s Signal: Big Data, changing our lives and not for geeks alone, but do brands really get it?; Mary Meeker on the state of the Internet; Facebook, with Microsoft’s help, just might be poised …

Posted by fmpcorp on December 7, 2012 at 5:15 a.m.

The Daily No Show: Weds. Signal

In today’s Signal: Taking on the mobile advertising critics; craving authenticity in a branded world; The Daily is dead; Adweek’s “Hot List” is out; digital anti-predictions (what won’t happen next year); what’s next for the Native Ad...

Posted by fmpcorp on December 5, 2012 at 5:10 a.m.

Subscribe to This! Monday Signal

In today’s Signal: The comeback of the subscription model; has Microsoft found its Trojan Horse?; one man’s love of Twitter over Facebook; the U.K. to introduce targeted TV ads; an alternative roadmap for the ad industry; and more. To the …

Posted by fmpcorp on December 3, 2012 at 5:41 a.m.

The Honda of Media: Friday Signal

In today’s Signal: An emergent publishing world that’s all substance; Marissa Mayer’s life/work strategy and optimism; FMP — a harbinger of change?; Remington’s new content campaign; the re-imagination of data usage in the digital age; why Google’s SEM...

Posted by fmpcorp on November 30, 2012 at 6:59 a.m.

Big Hump Day O’ Items: Weds Signal

A lot going on in today’s Signal: Twitter’s next big undertaking; StumbleUpon’s bet on native advertising; ABC asks judge to block Dish’s Hopper; “Facebook’s failure to participate in self regulation…”; the games publishers still play...

Posted by fmpcorp on November 28, 2012 at 3:47 a.m.

Who Went and Made Cyber Monday a Thing, Anyway? Monday Signal

In today’s Signal: Black Friday and Cyber Monday; A new way retailers are keeping an eye on shoppers; the Facebook ad network reality; mobile is the main course, not a side dish; the poor performance of Yahoo!’s log-in page ads; …

Posted by fmpcorp on November 26, 2012 at 4:16 a.m.

No More Twinkie Defense: Weds Signal

In today’s (and this week’s only) Signal: Ding dong, the Twinkies are dead; the technological path to Obama’s win; Mark Cuban on Facebook — again; why Apple should buy Twitter; the buying and selling of online consumers; filling the awkward …

Posted by fmpcorp on November 21, 2012 at 5:08 a.m.
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