For the second straight year, NBC's Sunday Night Football is the most expensive television show for advertisers, according to Ad Age, with a 30-second ad now costing an average of $593,700 - up from $545,142 a year ago. Sunday Night Football was followed on the list of most expensive broadcast TV shows to advertise on by American Idol ($355,943), The Big Bang Theory ($316,912), and The Voice ($294,038). More detail here.
The relationship between Sharp and agency McGarryBowen is coming to a close, AgencySpy reports. Sharp will look to smaller shops for its U.S. marketing in 2014.
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The American Society of Magazine Editors rolled out a new set of best practices for native advertising. In addition to suggesting magazines mark native ads with a "sponsored content" label and a "what's this?" link at the top of the article, the ASME also said publishers should not use fonts or graphics which look like editorial content.
Senator Ted Cruz has put a hold on a vote to confirm Tom Wheeler as Federal Communications Commission chairman. Cruz wants to make sure Wheeler would not support the proposed Congressional Disclose Act, which would require non-profits to disclose who pays for political advertisements.
Adweek takes a look at why so many magazine publishers are struggling to make money from their tablet apps.
Nestle purchased a Super Bowl slot for Butterfinger to promote the brand's new peanut butter cup product.
In-app mobile rewards provider Kiip announced a new targeting product to help deliver the appropriate reward to a given user based on look-alike profiles and which rewards the user had redeemed in the past. The company also announced its data will be used in a partnership with comScore.
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