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I spent an amazing morning today at Media Kitchen’s annual Venture Capital Conference in New York City listening to leaders in media,
investing and banking talk about “new TV”:  the merging of broadcast TV, social video and everything in between.  by Dave Morgan

Research suggests some ways artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and blockchain are reshaping creative work.

Oracle announced the findings of a global study titled “Retail 2018: The Loyalty Divide” auditing consumer perceptions and brand realities of loyalty programs and influences. “Retail 2018: The Loyalty Divide” reveals that retailers are out of touch with consumers that demand more personalized experiences and discover brands and affirm purchase decisions through social influencers.

Getting the best people into the most important roles does not happen by chance; it requires a disciplined look at where the organization really creates value and how top talent contributes.

Digital Lives 2018: A World of Digital ‘Everything’ through a Cultural Lens, a groundbreaking study by the trade group Culture Marketing Council: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing (CMC) reveals that culture drives digital behavior regarding how information is shared, how on-demand content is consumed, and which platforms are chosen, permeating outside of in-culture spaces and across non-Hispanic white, Hispanic and non-Hispanic African-American segments. Presence in cultural platforms, in-culture ads on mainstream sites and organic diversity in social media and video content are some of the critical strategies that resonate across all audiences and increase brand engagement.

Good customer experience leaves people feeling heard and appreciated; it minimizes friction, maximizes efficiency and maintains a human element.
 

Online shoppers across the globe are buying from marketplaces and international retailers, relying more on digital devices and seeking alternate delivery options, according to the global UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study.

Being in multicultural advertising, I’m always looking for images to use in presentations and on behalf of client work. What I’ve discovered is how hard it is to find any kind of diversity in the Hispanics represented in stock imagery.  by Karla Fernandez Parker

For the first time in history, a brand brings together two football superstars of Latin America, Lionel Messi and Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. (Messi and Neymar Jr.), in an integrated marketing and communications platform to score against childhood hunger and malnutrition in LAC.

Hitsbook, a user-generated content and media company, formally launched a U.S. division where it will serve the both the US and the Pan Regional Latin American markets.

As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg faces lawmakers in Washington, we discuss consumers’ evolving expectations about online privacy and their attitudes about the technology and media platforms they use on a daily basis.

Culture Marketing Council: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing, presents its newest deep-dive research study: 2018 Digital Lives, a World of Digital “Everything” Through a Cultural Lens. CMC research led by Nancy Tellet, Chair of CMC research and founder, brand & consumer navigator at PureClarity LLC, will uncover how digital is used to gather and provide information, socialize, consume and share entertainment.

Most organizations “waste” at least some time daily organizing and sharing digital data enabling their enterprises and marketing to function optimally, according to findings of the 2018 edition of PointSource’s annual “Digital Transformation Report.”

In a survey of 120 CMOs worldwide by marketing consultancy NewBase, 43% of respondents said they outsource their programmatic efforts. No other marketing function had an outsource rate this high.

Let’s face it. We love it when smartasses get theirs. For example: Sir Martin Sorrell. Sorry, your lordship, but I always thought you were a pontificating and pretentious dickhead, and I’m kind of rooting for the team digging up dirt on you. Let’s see if you doth protest too much.  Or Jeff Bezos. OK, granted Trump doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about regarding Amazon. And we apparently love the company. But just how much sympathy do we really have for the world’s richest man? Couldn’t he stand to be taken down a few pegs?  And don’t get me started on Bill Gates.

FCB announced that Oneighty° Agency has joined the FCB Network as an alliance. As part of the new alliance with FCB, Oneighty° will be handling all of FCB’s clients in Puerto Rico.

AccuWeather announced new additions to the team of broadcasters and journalists at its AccuWeather Network-the only “All Weather, All the Time”.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced the official inauguration of Telemundo Center, its new global headquarters in Miami, FL. Telemundo Center sets the new standard for Hispanic media as the only next-generation, multimedia production facility with news, sports, entertainment, studios, international and digital all under one roof.

Many of you are familiar with WARC research data.  It probably won’t surprise you that the company’s recently published Global Ad Trends overview has a significant portion dedicated to the challenges of digital advertising.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has introduced a new bill – S. 2478, the End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act – to change the tax code for prescription drugs, effectively eliminating the advertising costs deduction for direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising produced by pharmaceutical companies. After a threatened attempt to remove these deductions as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, McCaskill is reviving the effort she started last year.