YouTube overdelivered on advertising in the first quarter -- growing a massive 21% to $8.1 billion in advertising revenue vs. the year-ago period. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
"Enquirer" publisher used Walmart as the morality police, figuring the words "porn star" on a cover would be massively offensive to shoppers. Read the full story by Barbara Lippert
Meta has announced updates to its line of Ray-Ban smart glasses, which take videos, photos, livestream and more. Now, the tech giant is rolling out multimodal AI, a feature Meta … Read the full story by Colin Kirkland
Were things really better 20, 40 or 60 years ago? Read the full story by Maarten Albarda
"I'm gonna need you to step out of the vehicle and take a pregnancy test," an officer says to a young woman in "Fugitive." Read the full story by Barbara Lippert
The new guidance reflects rapidly emerging forms of invalid traffic that already is setting the stage for future discussions and updates, including potentially qualitative ones. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
The phase deals only with "impressions." Some see it as a step backward for advertising on the medium. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
MRC accreditation for Video Viewable Impressions for CTV will help identify issues with ads that have run or played when TV sets are off, DoubleVerify says. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
The company said that its media operations, healthcare marketing and PR units continued to perform strongly and were the main growth drivers in the quarter. Growth in U.S. was 2.1%. Read the full story by Steve McClellan
The holding company said it posted growth in the UK and Europe but those gains were off-set by declines in North American and Asia. Read the full story by Steve McClellan
A moving PSA compels us to take stock of Mr. Bear's decades of professional forest-fire-fighting work. Read the full story by Barbara Lippert
The agency group says the "first-to-market" data is part of an exclusive deal with consumer data giant NCSolutions available to CPG clients using GroupM agencies to buy media programmatically. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
An administrative law judge found that the FTC's 'click to cancel' proposal could cost businesses more than $100 million. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Limited edition Life is Good x KFC items, now available for sale, include T-shirts and hats in a range of colors. Read the full story by Teresa Buyikian
In its Q1 earnings report, Snap Inc. highlighted the increased interest among its user base in Spotlight, the social media company's TikTok rival. With President Biden signing legislation that will … Read the full story by Colin Kirkland
Alphabet and Microsoft reported earnings Thursday. Both had a better-than-expected Q1 2024. Both companies have integrated GAI into products ranging from web search to the suite of enterprise software. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
After hitting another roadblock on its way to deprecating third-party browser cookies in Chrome, the rollout data is now estimated for sometime in 2025 - if the company meets CMA … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
The FCC on Thursday voted along party lines to reinstate net neutrality rules that prohibit carriers from blocking or throttling traffic and from charging higher fees for prioritized delivery. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
"We will keep fighting for your rights in the courts," TikTok CEO Shou Chew said in a video posted to X after President Joe Biden signed a law that will … Read the full story by Wendy Davis