AP’s Wordsmith Created More than 4,000 Stories Per Quarter Without Human Intervention
Automated Insights, an American technology company that specializes in making narratives using big data, published a case study detailing how its Wordsmith platform has
Edelman PR Asks Reporters to Help “Refine” a Client’s “Messaging”
Colby Itkowitz, national reporter for The Washington Post’s “The Loop,” wrote a story with “an eye-opening and intriguing lede for all PR
Four D.C. Area Communicators Make Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 List
Four D.C.-area communicators – Peter Corbett, founder and CEO of iStrategyLabs; Cary Hatch, CEO, MDB Communications; and Barbara Martin and Jayne Sandman, co-
Q&A With Shashi Bellamkonda, CMO, Surefire Social, Honored with 2015 PRTech Award
Fifty individuals nationwide – including four from the D.C. area – who are thinking differently and leading communicators into the PRTech future were honored on
Twitter Enables Marketers to Place Pre-Roll Ads
Twitter is bolstering its video ad capabilities with a new feature enabling marketers to easily place pre-roll ads in professionally-produced video content
SKDKnickerbocker Acquired by Mark Penn’s Stagwell Group
“The private equity firm founded with a quarter-billion dollar check from the former Microsoft chief Steven A. Ballmer has made its first purchase,
TV Ad Clutter “Worse Than Ever”, Reports Media Life
Ad clutter has long been one of the pet peeves of media people, reports Media Life. They believe, and studies have borne this out,
Ace Metrix and Fluent Open in D.C.; ComScore and Rentrak Merge
Ace Metrix, based in LA, announced that Mark F. Bryant joined the company as vice president and general manager, politics and advocacy. Bryant will
Facebook May Be Better than TV to Reach Millennials and Hispanics
Facebook has been going hard after marketers’ TV budgets, and with some success. Now, it’s coming armed with research from Nielsen suggesting it’
Gannett Buys Journal Media Group for $280 Million
Gannett, the publishing company that owns USA TODAY and media businesses in 92 local markets, will buy Journal Media Group for about $280 million,
WVU IMC’s INTEGRATE Conference Comes to D.C. on Oct. 27
For the past five years, the WVU Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) graduate program has hosted its INTEGRATE conference in Morgantown, WV. More than 200
Campaigns and Marketing Summit Agenda Set for Nov. 13 in D.C.
Capitol Communicator is very excited about our next conference — the Campaigns & Marketing Summit — on Nov. 13 at the National Press Club in Washington,
Facebook Wants More Connection With Live TV Content
Facebook wants to see the relationship between its site and live TV content grow more interconnected, reports TechCrunch. The story, in part, also stated:
475 Registered For More Than 30 Sessions at ADWKDC
By Greg Kihlstrom, president of DC Ad Club and founder and CEO of Carousel30 The threat of hurricane Joaquin was no match for the
Washington Post Circulation Drops 37 Percent Since 2009, States DCRTV; Website Visits Increasing
Since The Washington Post was bought two years ago by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos it no longer runs news reports on its print circulation
