What you need to know in advertising today
The web-video startup, which aspires to become the business-news outlet of record for millennials, has just pulled in another $22 million in funding, bringing its total to $54 million and landing it an impressive $160 million valuation in just two years of existence.
Those numbers are eye-opening, particularly in light of the recent fallout in digital media.
The fuzzier math: How many people are actually watching Cheddar? It's tough to gauge. Even its founder, Jon Steinberg, says so.
To read more about how the company is scaling its growth, click here.
In other news:
'Much ado about nothing': The ad industry is sticking with Facebook despite the Cambridge Analytica fiasco. That's because most media buyers treat psychographic data - the kind of data used by Cambridge Analytica to target audiences - with skepticism.
Instagram is tweaking the algorithm everyone hated and letting users view posts the way they used to once again. The app is getting a "new posts" button that lets users refresh their feeds manually rather than automatically, which will be prioritized by how recent they are.
Dropbox is going public at a $9.2 billion (£6.5 billion) valuation - better than expected, but still below its reported private valuation of $10 billion (£7.1 billion).The firm priced its its initial public offering on Thursday at $21 a share.
Craigslist has pulled all personal ads after the US passed a sex trafficking bill making websites more liable for people misusing ads, Axios reports. The company said "any tool or service can be misused."
Google is set to update its ad policies in the coming days in response to GDPR, the Wall Street Journal reports. It is asking the third-party websites and apps that use Google's ad tech to be responsible for obtaining consent from consumers.
Snap is providing brands with free data about store foot traffic, plus audience stats such as visitors' demographics and interests, reports Adweek. It's also launching a feature to let advertisers target specific locations, such as coffee shops.
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