New Digital Age highlights some of the best stories you should read across the media, marketing, and advertising press.
DAO
Digiday
WTF is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)
As Web3 and the blockchain bleed more and more into the mainstream, new acronyms get thrown around regularly with little explanation as to what they mean, including this one: DAO
Influencers
Axios
Influencers played outsized role in pushing anti-vax conspiracies
A new report from a broad range of disinformation experts finds influencers across many topics — wellness, politics and religion — were largely responsible for spreading viral anti-vaccination content in the U.S. over the past two years.
Cybersecurity
Business Insider
In the hours after Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday, social media platforms alluded to users in the country being at increased risk of their accounts being manipulated.
Publishers
Wall Street Journal
Publishers Move to Abandon Google-Supported Mobile Web Initiative
Several large online publishers are taking steps to abandon a program from Alphabet Inc.’s Google that was billed as a way to optimize readers’ mobile-browsing experience.
Awards
Campaign
Clear Channel and OmniGov defend Campaign Media Awards crowns as shortlist revealed
MediaCom and Starcom lead field on individual nominations.
Advertising
Campaign
DVLA goes up a gear in campaign to disrupt vehicle tax evasion
‘Hard to hide, easy to tax’ by VMLY&R will run across out of home and print.
Gaming
The Media Leader
VCCP Group launches global gaming proposition VCCP+
VCCP Group has launched a global gaming proposition to “unlock the single largest unmet audience opportunity in modern marketing”.
