By Arif Durrani Google has moved to improve its “misunderstood” relationship with publishers with the launch of the Digital News Initiative, a partnership designed to support high-quality journalism. Read full story › Source: Campaign...
Read MoreBy Nesh Pillay Best Buy has set itself apart from a chain of big-name companies by accepting payment from Apple Pay. The company is the first member of MCX – a group of retailers currently developing a payment platform set to rival Apple Pay – to agree to use the tech giant’s payment system. “We remain invested in MCX,” a spokesperson for Best Buy told re/Code. However, she did not mention whether Best Buy would use MCX’s payment system, Current C. “We are actively monitoring their pilots,” she said. “It’s too early to declare whether we will take it at launch.” So far, it is unclear Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Minda Smiley Music Has No Enemies, an organization that creates music and film content for non-profits and socially responsible companies, has released a touching spot that shows just how powerful music can be. Set in Europe during WWII in 1944, the spot uses tiny figurines to re-enact 84-year-old veteran Jack Tueller’s story of how he used music to save his life during the war. At the end of the video, created by agency LatinWorks, Tueller himself is showed playing his trumpet – the instrument he used to play the very song that stopped a German sniper from firing. Agency: LatinWorks, Austin, USA Creative Director: Sergio Alcocer, Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy John McCarthy Costa owner Whitbread has revealed a substantial Chinese expansion from 344 to 900 coffee shops by 2020. The expansion strategy, outlined in Whitbread’s earnings, stated that it seeks to operate 900 coffee stores in China and 20 further franchise stores throughout South East Asia, back on home territory. The chain also plans to open 529 new stores in the UK over the next five years. Costa displayed an 17.9 per cent sales boost to £951.9m compared to the previous year, supplemented by a 20.7 per cent growth in operating profit to £132.5m. Andy Harrison, chief executive of Whitbread, said: “Whitbread had an outstanding year, Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy John McCarthy Ukip has suffered a drop in Twitter conversation share from a quarter in January 2015 to 19 per cent in April, according to social media agency We Are Social. On the other hand, the SNP has snuck up on the anti-Europe party, in April taking 650,000 mentions compared to Ukip’s 695,000. Labour has been deemed the most talked about party, generating three million conversations – 33 per cent of chat volume. The Conservative Party followed with 2.4 million conversations or 24 per cent. Both the Liberal Democrats and the Green party have tied over the last few months, taking 368,000 and 302,000 mentions Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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