Taboola goes international, launches sponsored video placement
Video recommendations provider Taboola is offering a new product to its customers that will allow them to boost viewership with paid placement in its video widgets. The company has also found success internationally, as it is being used for recommendations in Brazil, Israel, Mexico and Poland.
Q. and A. With Stuart Elliott
It’s the “Mexico Taxi Project,” but there are no Mexican taxicabs. Huh?
Jesse Ventura Loses TSA Lawsuit, Threatens To Run For President And/Or Flee To Mexico
An infuriated Jesse Ventura took the podium at a press conference in Minnesota yesterday after being told that the court in which he filed a lawsuit against the TSA for what he considers an unreasonable search and seizure process did not have jurisdiction over the matter. Railing against the "Fascist States of America," the former...
Advertising: To Alter Perceptions, Mexico Uses Candid Chitchat
The Mexico Tourism Board is spending more than $30 million for a campaign to change perceptions about conditions that tourists find there.
Can Netflix beat Latin America’s pirates?
Netflix is coming to Brazil and other Latin American countries this week, where it will be competing with thousands of street vendors peddling unlicensed DVDs. Can the service beat piracy, or will it be too expensive for the average consumer in Brazil and beyond?
Why Latin America is Netflix’s next big market
Rapidly expanding economies, the growth of broadband connectivity and a wide-open market for low-priced entertainment could be a winning combination as Netflix looks to expand its offering outside the U.S. All of which is why Latin America represents huge potential growth for the company.
Herman Cain Wants A ‘Great Wall Of China’ Or A ‘Moat With Alligators’ Along Mexican Border
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain spoke to an enthusiastic audience in Iowa and unveiled some ideas for how he would keep illegal immigrants from entering the United States along our southern border. While his critics might conclude this is proof that Cain is a fringe, non-serious candidate, supporters of his could just as easily...
Potheads Everywhere Weep: Mexico Destroys 134 Tons Of Marijuana (Beautiful Pictures!)
Dude, do you want to see what it looks like when 134 tons of marijuana is destroyed? It's not cool, bro, not cool.The enormous bust earlier this week likely cost the Sinaloa drug cartel $200 million. So what do we get out of all this? Amazing pictures from the Los Angeles Times of the ceremonial...
Mexico Paper, a Drug War Victim, Calls for a Voice
After the killing of an El Diario intern, an editorial asked organized crime leaders to tell the paper what it should publish.
Police Rescue 2 Kidnapped Mexican Journalists
Javier Canales and Alejandro Hernández, both camera operators, had been kidnapped earlier in the week by suspected drug traffickers seeking to silence the media.
Mexican Journalists’ Captors Demand Broadcast of Videos
Three television cameramen and a newspaper reporter were being held by kidnappers in the state of Durango.
