Here's How Much Money Name-Brand Advertisers Spent On Pirate Download Sites Last Year [THE BRIEF]

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According to a new report from the nonprofit Digital Citizens Alliance, the 30 biggest websites that make their money exclusively from pirated movies, music, and television shows drew an impressive $227 million in advertising revenues during 2013. Since the sites don't have to put in any work to produce the content, the DCA estimates they had profit margins of between 80% and 94%. Here's the DCA's infographic:Digital Citizens Alliance

Translation hired former TBWA lead creative John Norman to be its chief creative officer, and former Toms Shoes CMO Nils Peyron to be its president.

Internet video advertisers formed a trade group called the Global Online Video Association. The group is made up of the top nine multi-channel video networks, like Maker Studios and Fullscreen, that built their businesses on YouTube.

VML hired Suzana Apelbaum to be group creative director at its New York office. Apelbaum was most recently creative director at Anomaly.

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San Francisco-based agency Eleven and TaylorMade Golf will not renew their relationship now that their initial nine-month contract has expired.

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