On the same day that Wall Street is rallying on a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report for the month of May, the ad industry has its own positive metric signaling a … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Top reason clients will review is a lack of support from incumbents, states one CEO, since clients in current climate need more support now. Read the full story by Larissa Faw
The magnitude of the demonstrations (the vast majority of which were peaceful) could mean that this time, things could actually change. Read the full story by George Simpson
Facebook employees have taken issue with the company's lopsided content policies in the past, but this is the first official protest they have staged. Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
'Time' has dedicated its latest issue to exploring the protests against police brutality across the country. Read the full story by Melynda Fuller
Don't. If you're worried people will be wondering why your brand isn't more vocal -- they aren't. Nobody cares about your brand right now. Read the full story by Kaila Colbin
Facebook daily spend has dropped nearly 60% in correlation with the activism efforts, Tinuiti analysis shows. The impact in the last week has been three times as great as the … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
Send in the persuaders to start persuading everyone, community by community, that local law enforcement needs to be reformed now. Read the full story by Richard Whitman
Multiple feeds from cities across the country gave control-room directors plenty of action from which to choose. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
Product placement may be taking on a whole new role. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
"The sports marketplace has started to move," says Rita Ferro, president, Disney Advertising Sales. "We are well on our way in terms of multi-year deals that are part of the … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
Ipsos research shows consumers should be nervous about shopping at supermarkets, with adherence to safety guidelines alarmingly low. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney
Publishers and brands now have access to a standard developed by The IAB Tech Lab that automates the ability to receive content deletion notices. The Data Deletion Request Handling specification … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
The Cable News Network (CNN) was born on June 1, 1980, and had no competition until 1996. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
President Trump's recent order regarding social media violates the First Amendment, but reacting to that order now would be premature, according to the Association of National Advertisers' general counsel Doug … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
The gap in sentiment between conversations about 2020 candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden expanded to 34 points after the first week of protests related to the killing of George … Read the full story by Ed Keller
As bad as this past week of social unrest was, I'm preparing for a long hot summer, because chaos is the only strategy a despotic President has left for holding … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Handing the Trump administration a defeat, a federal appellate court has upheld an order requiring the White House press secretary to restore journalist Brian Karem's press credentials. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Facebook's failure to prevent foreign interference in the run-up to the 2016 primaries and presidential elections was well documented. Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
Twitter has its rule-making backwards. It is precisely because they hold so much power that world leaders should be held to an even higher standard to be allowed to publish … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
The Association of National Advertisers has issued a statement objecting to the President's executive order governing social media and other digital media platforms and "dictating" they cannot censor content on … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
President Trump's recent move to control how Twitter and other online platforms treat users' speech violates the First Amendment, the Center for Democracy & Technology alleges in a lawsuit filed … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
The company's arbitration agreement excludes claims relating to invasion of privacy, a federal judge found. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
I never would have dreamed that one of the many fault lines in our society would be who wore a face mask and who didn't. Read the full story by Gord Hotchkiss
Three online advertisers allege in a class-action complaint that Google violates antitrust laws by monopolizing "digital advertising markets." Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Just before the pandemic disrupted "normal" coverage of the ad industry, I began working on a series of initiatives related to the industry's ethics, especially its use of consumer data. … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
If the news portion of our radio and TV newscasts is all bad news, then where might we find some good news? Read the full story by Adam Buckman
"Pandemic Amnesia" explores the striking manner in which Americans who lived through the 1918/1919 flu pandemic tended to avoid talking about it. Read the full story by Adam Buckman