Red, White & Blog
by Joe Mandese
It has been heartening to see ingenious hacks from ad pros using media to bypass Russia's news blackout about its invasion of Ukraine. Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Slovakian agency JANDL figured out how to bypass Russia's censorship using the popular dating app to spread "love" and truth about the war with … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Russia is experiencing a new form of digital isolation as its citizens remain cut off from Western-based media and social sites that have been … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
The company is the fourth major ad group this week to announce plans to exit Russia due to the country's unprovoked attack of Ukraine. Read the whole story
by Karlene Lukovitz
Netflix cited popular demand for bringing back "Servant of the People," the series that did much to propel Volodymyr Zelensky to the presidency of … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
"How do you tell the story of a war?," Time magazine Editor-in-Chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal writes in a letter to readers in this … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Colin Kirkland, Staff Writer
At first I thought the latest cold open on "SNL," showing President Biden's meeting with TikTok creators, was a comedy writer's invention. But I … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
As many as four holding companies are in talks with NewsGuard, which is developing the service. Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Joe Mandese
The good news is, podcasts have their greatest awareness ever heading into the upfront. The bad news is, some of it is the wrong … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Wendy Davis, Staff Writer
Davd Mamet may have been nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for "The Verdict," but his most recent attempt to write about legal … Read the whole story
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by Laurie Sullivan
Seekr Technologies' scoring and filtering system will help brands and people searching to make informed decisions about what they buy, trust, and share. The … Read the whole story
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by Laurie Sullivan
The partnership will help target ad spend toward credible, trusted publishers, and prevent campaigns from serving programmatic ads on sites featuring Russian government propaganda, Read the whole story
by Ray Schultz
The RNC has filed a lawsuit against Salesforce, in an effort to block a subpoena seeking data on Republican donors. The RNC uses the … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Facebook is urging a federal appellate court to leave in place a decision dismissing an antitrust lawsuit brought by a New York-led coalition of … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Clearview AI says its facial-recognition database is now being used by the Ukrainian government and argues that its current practices aren't covered by the … Read the whole story