Pitch deck: How Vice pitched its Snapchat Discover channel launch

A pitch deck from Vice Media, which still maintains several channels on Snapchat, shows the original ambitions of Snapchat Discover.

Japan’s cashier-free future

Japan is moving fast on an Amazon Go-style push to make its drug stores and convenience stores cashier-free.

Snap is offering to pay $50,000 per episode for original Snapchat Discover shows

Snap is willing to pay for original shows, and it’s enough to pique entertainment executives’ interest in producing them.

Amazon is testing a new ad format that asks customers to leave reviews

Amazon is working on a new ad product that prompts users to review products they’ve purchased within display ads placed on Amazon.com.

Retail Briefing: To grow, CBD borrows from DTC

There’s money in the CBD category, in case there was any doubt.

Digiday Research: Marketers are under pressure to use data to make investment decisions

Over three-quarters of 212 marketers surveyed by Digiday in November said they are facing greater pressure to prove how their marketing spend impacts their company's revenue.

Video Briefing: Amazon and other OTT channel resellers want percentage of revenue, not costs

Amazon prefers to take (an increasingly higher) percentage of revenue generated by OTT channels it resells versus paying a fixed, wholesale price.

Pitch deck: How Quora is selling advertisers

Founded in 2009, question-and-answer site Quora attracts more than 300 million unique visitors per month.