MediaDailyNews Editions for December 2024
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, Dec. 16, 2024
- WPP Wins $300M J&J Media Assignment
- Havas Shares Fall Slightly On First Intraday Of Public Trading
- Court Refuses To Halt TikTok Ban
- Lawmakers Tell Google And Apple To Prep TikTok Ban
- Dentsu Demonstrates How To Make Logos And Influence People
- TikTok Offers Consumers In-App Shopping Credits
- Duolingo Uses 'Squid Game' For 'Learn Korean Or Else' Message
- Bluesky's Safe-Space Reputation Threatened By One User's Views On Trans Issues
- Splitsville! WBD Separates Basic Cable And Pay Streaming
- Key Social-Media Teen Users Trending Like Cable TV Decades Ago?
- Google Tests Project Mariner, An AI Agent That Can Make Purchases In Active Browser Tabs
- Health Care Programmatic Ad Platform Built To Reach 'Zero Waste'
- The Downside To Easy Ecommerce
- Photobucket Hit With Biometric Privacy Suit
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, Dec. 13, 2024
- ANA Finds DSP Reach Improving, But Effectively Still Less Than 44% Of Ad Dollars Spent
- Sadoun Says Omnicom-IPG Deal Good For The Industry And Publicis
- Brain Functions React Differently To AI-Generated Ads, Consumers Not Buying It
- Elections Are About Marketing, Not Policy -- Will Dems Ever Get That?
- DOJ Opposes TikTok Effort To Halt Ban
- Microsoft Updates Household Attribution: Pauses FourSquare, AdSquare Tools
- How Long Will It Take To Get Over Your Ex? Ask Amazon And Kleenex's Breakup Calculator
- Texas Investigates Instagram, Reddit, Others Over Children's Privacy
- HGTV Special: Bidens' Last White House Christmas
- Roku Expands Deal With FreeWheel For Ad Inventory Availability
- When Did We Become A Rev-Share-First, Not Client-First, Industry?
- 'Time' Names Trump As Person Of The Year, Launches 'Time' AI Platform
- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024
- WPP Taps Universal Music Stable For Audience Strategies
- Google Releases Gemini 2.0, Built For Agentic Era
- The Maddest Of Mad Men
- Prescription TV: Big Screen Pharma And RFK Jr.
- YouTube Sports Climbs 30%, Scores With 'NFL Sunday Ticket'
- Yelp Uses AI For Smarter Ad Optimization, Performance For Local Businesses
- Two TLC Doctors Take Up Residence At Lifetime
- Trump FTC Chief Pick Warned Against Online Data Collection
- TikTok Aims To Bring New Voices To Aston Martin's F1 Racing Team
- Snapchat Hypes Daft Punk's One-Night Cinematic Release With AR Experience
- The TV Streaming Veto: It Only Takes One
- Counting Down The 40 Best TV Shows of 2024: #40-31
- Facebook's Global Ad Revenue Poised To Top $100B In 2024: Report
- Pilot Expands Consumer-Facing Ads
- Goodbye Blue Sky
- Guideline Taps Mifsud As CEO
- Judge 'Inclined' To Side Against YouTube In Battle Over Children's Data
- AAF Announces 2025 Hall Of Fame Inductees
- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024
- OpenAI Releases Sora, Advertisers Gain Access To Text-To-Video AI
- Omnicom-IPG Pact Contains Hefty Breakup Fees
- People Are Pissed Off
- Call For Entries: Agency Of The Year Awards
- NBCU Creates SMB Ad Role, Hires Roku's Shepard To Lead It
- California Bill Would Require Social Media Warning Labels
- Tech Group Presses To Block Calif. Restrictions On Social Media Feeds
- Pantone Asks: What Can 'Mocha Mousse' Do for You?
- Woman With Tourette's Hopes To Inspire Others With New Show
- YouTube Tests Multiplayer 'Playables' Games
- Amazon Auto Launches In 48 Cities
- 21% Of Ad-Option Streaming Is Programmatic, Up 15% Year-Over-Year
- GAI Tools Leave Large Carbon Footprints
- Why Hate Is Trending Up
- TikTok Shop Launches In Spain, Plans European Expansion
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024
- Vivendi Shareholders Approved Separation Plan
- Horizon Media Unveils Full-Service Agency
- The Definitive Omnicom/Interpublic Podcast
- Why Now Is The Right Time For The Omnicom-IPG Combination
- A Tail (SIC) Of Two Media-Buying Industries
- 'New' Omnicom Would Be Global, NA Billings Leader
- Bluesky Teases Premium Subscription Model
- Ready, Aim, Fire: On TV, Guns Are The New Cigarettes
- TikTok Seeks Emergency Order Halting Ban
- Grok AI Chatbot Becomes Available To All X Users
- Lawmakers Revise Kids Online Safety Act -- With Input From Musk
- November Total TV Viewing Rose 5% - A 9-Month High
- Agency Aims To Help Kids 'Learn How To Think'
- Instagram, New York MTA Team For Cards, Campaign
- WBD-Comcast TV Deal: What About TV Network Un-Carriage?
- Inside The Obama Democracy Forum: A Raw Take On Fixing America's Divide
- A+E's Top Ad Exec Peter Olsen To Retire, Toby Byrne Takes New Post
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, Dec. 9, 2024
- Omnicom Agrees To Acquire IPG In Stock Deal Expected To Close In Second Half Of 2025
- Holding Co. Consensus Revised Upward This Year And Next
- Court Upholds Law Banning TikTok Unless It's Sold
- Conan Triumphs As He Grabs Oscar Host Gig For First Time
- Reddit Tests Conversational 'Ask' AI Tool
- Meta Partners With James Cameron To Stoke Interest In VR
- Report: Musk To Pay Marketers To Advertise On X
- IAB Tech Lab Opens Public Comment For Ad Creative ID Framework
- Definition Of Video Ad Impression Has Grown More Complex
- IAB, Cable Lobby, Others Ask Court To Block Click-To-Cancel Rules
- Google Rejects Regulators Watching Its Payment Systems
- Spotify Revamps 'Wrapped' -- But Not Everyone's A Fan
- Study Finds Big Gaps In Advertising Inclusivity
- Ipsos Bows Out Of Kantar Media Bidding Process
- Roku Cites CTV's Promised Future: 20,000 New Advertisers
- Meta Launches New, 'Cost-Efficient' AI Model
- Google Must Face Privacy Suit Over Alleged Faceprint Database
- Former Google Employees Create 14 Of The Top 50 AI Startups
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, Dec. 6, 2024
- Wieser Upgrades 2024 Once Again, Cites Presidential Uncertainties For Downgrading 2025
- IAB, Cable Lobby, Others Ask Court To Block Click-To-Cancel Rules
- ANA Names 'AI' The Word Of The Year, Again
- Maple Syrup Comes To A Boil In Red-Hot Amazon Crime Drama
- Americans Average $3,275 Yearly On Consumer Media
- TikTok Shop Hits $100M In Black Friday Sales
- Threads Expands Connection To Other Fediverse Servers
- Theatrical TV Ad Spend Down 24%, Box Office Down 7%
- Saturday Night's Alright For... Flighting
- Jaguar's Strange Campaign: What It Owes To Apple
- Etsy CMO To Lead The Knot
- Google, OpenAI Chiefs Tout AI Innovations Next Year, Albeit More Difficult
- New Legacy Media Fitness Workout: Going To The Core
- Even With AI, Only 148 Terms Drive 15% Of Google Searches
- Analytics Company Voyager Labs Settles Scraping Battle With Meta
- Gizmodo Names EIC And Managing Director
- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024
- IPG Sells Huge, Acquires Commerce Data Platform
- Senators Press House To Vote On Kids Safety Bill
- In Streaming And Elsewhere, Old Coot TV Is New Trend
- Worldwide Partners Adds Agencies, Assignments
- TikTok 'Donation' Helps Creators Raise Money For Causes
- Meta: Election Integrity Enforcement Went Too Far, 'Error Rates Are Too High'
- New 'Alternative' Viewers' Data In TV Ads: Do Consumers Care?
- Amazon Accused Of Duping Prime Subs In Washington, D.C.
- Beware Of Google Sponsored Ads Phishing Scams This Holiday Season
- Experian Acquires Audigent, Combining Massive Amounts Of Data
- Google's Suzie Reider Joins Lyft
- Ford Partners With Fashion Brand
- Agentic Commerce And 'Futurecasting' Big Bets In 2025
- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024
- Meta Discloses 'Andromeda' Ad Retrieval
- Walmart Joins Target, Meijer, Starbucks With Blind Shopper App
- Call For Entries: Agency Of The Year Awards
- 'Best Sex I Ever Had...'
- Mediassociates Promotes Kunz To CSO
- Court Upholds Meta's $25 Million Fine Over Political Ad Disclosures
- Certifiable: IPG, Omnicom, WPP Invest In Mediaocean
- Domino's Rewards 'Squid Game' Players With Emergency Pizza In Netflix Partnership
- Google's AI-Generated Spotify Podcasts, What's In It For You?
- CEO Switch At MediaSense As Posnanski Succeeds Brown
- CBS Replacing Talk Show With New Soap Is Daytime Departure
- FTC Restricts Mobilewalla From Collecting RTB Location Data
- Cable TV Consolidation Will Come - But Not Next Year: Analyst
- Alvin Bowles To Leave Meta, Tech Giant Hires New Ad Leader
- Is Streaming TV Operating System Consolidation Coming?
- WPP Completes FGS Global Sale To KKR-Backed Unit
- The World Vs Big Tech
- AWS, Google Use AI For A New Spin On Searchable Video Content
- Women's Sports Sees 200% Media Investment Gain: Horizon
- Brady Elevated To CEO, Stagwell's The People Platform
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024
- Dentsu Markedly Boosts Worldwide, U.S. Ad Outlooks: Cites 'Deeper Dive' Analysis
- Eyeing Ads, OpenAI Launches Creative Hiring Spree
- Ipsos In Talks To Acquire Kantar Media
- Google Searches, Android Have Become Bigger Targets For Malvertising
- Investment Firm CIAM Challenges Validity Of Vivendi Spin-Off Plan
- Perplexity Eyeing AI Device That Will Answer Questions: Report
- Apple Turns Up Frequency In A Very, Very Very Fine Spot
- Pharma Brands Lead Spending Among 1st-Time National TV Advertisers
- Google Must Face Suit In Battle Over Children's Smartphone Data, Judge Confirms
- Media Alliance Labels Google Updates 'Reckless,' Calls For Regulatory Probe
- Klick Combats Hug Shortage With AI, Holiday Video
- GoodRx Agrees To $25 Million Privacy Settlement
- Sweeping Social Media Ban Sparks Global Debate On Kids' Online Safety
- Meta Plans To Build A Global Subsea Cable Network
- AWS Looks To Use AI-Produced Materials To Reduce Carbon, Water Use
