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The digital advertising industry has been slow to adopt suitable measurement for viewability, as old-school metrics like impressions and clicks continue to hold on to their seat at the table.

The US restaurant industry has enjoyed modest growth in the past few years, and Mintel estimates sales of $438 billion in 2013, as well as a 5.9% increase in sales in 2014. Five key trends identified by Julia Gallo-Torres, category manager – US foodservice reports at Mintel, are set to shape restaurant menus and spur this continued growth.

Telemundo kicks off 2014 with the premiere of “Avenida Brasil,” a worldwide hit coming to U.S. screens for the first time on Monday, January 6 at 12pm/11am Central. 

To make sure Toyota continues to address the needs of the new marketplace, the manufacturer will adopt a more cohesive marketing approach to paid, earned and owned media by placing previously separate agencies into a total market model, called Total Toyota or T2. 

It’s no secret that young Latinos are big fans of technology. For a group that’s always on the go, cost-conscious, and highly social with friends and family near and far, they are very proficient at making the most of whatever technology is available to them.

Viewer demands for control and for new experiences are impacting every aspect of the content supply chain – from story creation through distribution — according to a new report just issued by EY. The report, Future of Television – Media & Entertainment, identifies six key trends that will drive the future of television in the years ahead. The report also explains that media and entertainment companies will need to more closely measure viewing behavior to create experiences that are interactive, mobile and tailored to viewers’ specific needs and interests.

Patterns of global migration and remittances have shifted in recent decades, even as both the number of immigrants and the amount of money they send home have grown, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the United Nations and the World Bank.

Casual online and social games have brought video gaming to wider demographics than ever before. And according to a November 2013 report from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), nearly half of US adults over 50 played video games.

LAPIZ  announced the hire of Fabio Seidl as SVP, Executive Creative Director. Seidl will report to LAPIZ CCO Laurence Klinger and will manage creative product across the agency’s client portfolio.

Vme TV in association with public television stations, has partnered with the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), a non-profit association in Washington, D.C. whose mission is to empower Hispanic physicians to lead efforts that improve the health of Hispanics.

Every hiring manager has a favorite list of interview questions. They fortify the give-and-take of an interview while testing knowledge, skills, personality and interpersonal skills — all in an effort to predict a job candidate’s suitabili

Total advertising expenditures in the third quarter of 2013 declined 1.9 percent from a year ago and finished the period at $34.0 billion, according to data released today by Kantar Media, the leading provider of strategic advertising and marketing information. For the year-to-date period of January through September, total spending increased 0.7 percent to $102.5 billion.

Traditional segmentation studies just don’t cut the mustard these days. In a world of saturated markets, abundant consumer choice, endless information sources and evolving behaviors, to ‘do as we always have done’ is the route to decline. In the pursuit of growth, we need to be smarter to hunt the demand, upon which any brand’s life does indeed depend.

IRE Radio Networks announced that Conexión Thalia Radio Show, the popular lifestyle and music program hosted by international superstar and platinum recording artist Thalia, will join the AIRE Radio Networks platform.

As Americans search through an array of electronic and connected devices for holiday gifts, Nielsen took a look at how ownership of devices has changed over the last few years and what consumer have in their homes today.

Digital media had another banner year in 2013, and some of this year’s trends may provide some clues as to what may lay ahead next year. As more Web users shift to mobile and tablet screens, Web activity using computer browsers declined slightly among the top 10 websites. Online video viewing, however, continued to grow, and YouTube remained the top source for streaming, as 128 million Americans viewed video content on the site each month.

Telemundo Media announced a digital licensing deal with DramaFever.  

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) announced that WXDJ-FM El Zol 95.7FM, a format featuring tropical Spanish-language hits, has moved to a new signal 106.7FM in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market.  

Univision Communications announced the promotion of Alan Nissim to vice president of Programming & Content Strategy.

Mobile advertising continues to grow faster than expected, largely at the expense of desktop ad spending, which is flattening or declining more rapidly than previous predicted, according to new figures from eMarketer.