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What The Jumpshot Closure Means for Earned Media Attribution

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In 2016 it acquired competitor AVG Technologies , and merged Avast Antivirus with AVG AntiVirus. On January 30th, 2020, Avast CEO, Ondrej Vlcek, announced that Jumpshot would be shut down immediately as “the data collection business is not in line with our privacy priorities as a company in 2020 and beyond.”

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Bits, Bytes and the Ethics of Data

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It recently came to light that Cambridge Analytica , a political research firm, had gathered and exploited data on the likes and personalities of tens of millions of American Facebook users, to micro-target political messages to them before the 2016 U.S. The regulation has reshaped privacy laws across Europe, and also applies to U.S.

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What The Jumpshot Closure Means for Earned Media Attribution

Onclusive

In 2016, Avast expanded it’s antivirus marketshare when it acquired competitor AVG Technologies. On January 30th, 2020, Avast CEO, Ondrej Vlcek, announced that Jumpshot would be shut down immediately as “the data collection business is not in line with our privacy priorities as a company in 2020 and beyond.”

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5 Trends Shaping Tech PR In 2018

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Privacy regulations. The GDPR privacy rule officially blazed into our lives in May. And it won’t be the last data protection or privacy regulation we’ll see. In July, the state of California passed its own data privacy regulations called CCPA , and other states are sure to follow. 5 tech PR trends.

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Hopes, Dreams and Sage Advice: 40+ Marketing and PR predictions for 2023

Sword and the Script

Those companies that can take data, do a deep dive, and understand what the data tells them will see more success in achieving their goals from content than those who look at simple analytics. The internet created an obsession among marketers for measurement, but it overcorrected over the last 10 years or so.

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Will humans have to re-write AI’s draft of history? 42 marketing and communications predictions for 2024

Sword and the Script

In addition, this same disruption – led by the 2024 election, the speed of misinformation and continued economic uncertainty – will require a strong measure of GRIT. Performance marketing has led the community to this wild notion that B2B marketing should only engage in measurable tactics. ” ~ Prof.

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30 Pragmatic Marketing and PR Predictions for 2020

Sword and the Script

2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In In 2020 I think we will see analytics playing a bigger role in helping teams become more proactive in their approach with customers and less reactive. We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should.

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