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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

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And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. We are investing heavily in these changes. As evidenced by the eye-tracking studies – they will remain in the stream. We believe this is why Google Ventures invested in Pixazza. Nowadays banner ads get on average 0.2%

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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Some, of course, agree with me that BuzzFeed has been and continues to be the gold standard innovator in digital media to emulate. Or perhaps you think Donald Trumps assessment that BuzzFeed is a “ Failing pile of garbage is correct?” Others are skeptical, “Ha! An obvious vector for me would be software for the media industry.

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