by Larissa Faw
Rumors abound of a hookup with Vivendi's Havas. Vivendi calls the reports "unfounded" while Publicis Groupe has declined comment. Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Dentsu International has promoted Cathy Boxall and Fotini Paraskakis to joint global managing directors of content studio The Story Lab. They succeed the Dentsu … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Tricia Lasky, a long-term Publicis Media exec who most recently served as svp-global partnerships, is partnering with location-based audio out-of-home technology developer Vibenomics, joining … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
Spotlight Cinema Networks, a cinema advertising operator specializing in "luxury cinemas" and "iconic art house" theaters, has added 88 screens from Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas' … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
The average unit rate in 2020 was $4.99 million, and there were 85 30-second announcements in 2021 vs. 86 in 2020. Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
The company's Widen the Screen program aims to broaden portrayals of Black people in advertising and entertainment content. Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Adam Buckman, Featured Columnist
"United States of Al" is about an English-speaking immigrant from Afghanistan who served as an interpreter for U.S. Marines. Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Michael McLaren, Op-Ed Contributor
An acute level of awareness of your target audience is table stakes for marketers, and intent data has shown "target audience" on a steady … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
"BrandTotal developed, promoted, and distributed several browser extensions and mobile applications, all programmed and designed to automatically scrape user and advertising-related data (without Facebook's … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
A shareholder resolution filed with the company in January seeking an outside probe into whether some of the firm's advertising policies enabled support of … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Both deals will give what amounts to a $10-a-month price break exclusively to T-Mobile customers. Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Tanya Gazdik, Staff Writer
The programming will include executives from General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Honda and Hyundai. Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
Spain's public TV company RTVE was fined 730,000 euros ($859,000) recently for running "covert" advertising. Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
"Google actively sells and shares consumers' personal information with thousands of entities, ranging from advertisers to publishers to hedge funds to political campaigns and … Read the whole story