MediaDailyNews Editions for February 2025
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, Feb. 14, 2025
- Dentsu Moves To Restore Growth After Flat 2024
- Meta Expands Ad Placement Controls For Brands
- Best/Worst AI Ads (According To Some Humans)
- TikTok Returns To App Stores
- Roku Q4 Grows 25%, Including Advertising
- Google Addresses Ad Platform: Transparency, Leads, Optimization Cited
- In 'Good Cop/Bad Cop," Small Town Police Force Is A Family Affair
- California Bill Requiring Browser-Based Opt-Out Reintroduced
- Social Commerce, Live Shopping: A Conversation With Mavely's Usaid Khan
- Netflix Looks - And Listens - To Podcast Possibilities
- House Republicans Launch Privacy Initiative
- YouTube Citations In Google AI Overviews Rise 25%
- AI Startup Sued By Major Publishers Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
- US Tech Entrepreneurs Continue To Stand With Ukraine
- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025
- Trade Desk Misses Q4, Stock Plummets
- IPG Reversal On Principal Media-Buying Came Too Late For Some Pitches
- Shedding Light On Some Really Dark Media
- Google Testing AI To Determine Age Of Users
- Meta Sued Over Discriminatory College Ads
- Reddit Finanical Growth Attributed To Performance Ad Revenue
- Reporter's Notebook: SoCom
- Thomson Reuters Prevails In Copyright Battle With AI Company
- Consumers Crave Uplifting Content More Than Ever, Study Finds
- YouTube's Mohan: 'New TV' Unlike Old, What Should We Call It?
- Microsoft Research: AI Stifles Critical Thinking
- Co-Owned HBO, HGTV Team Up For 'White Lotus' Thai-In
- Disney Shifts DEI Initiatives, Removes 'Warning' Boxes
- The Playbook For Marketing AI Is Written
- NewsNation Counters A Fox News Channel Super Bowl Promo
- Axel Springer Assumes Full Ownership Of 'Morning Brew'
- Stagwell Acquires Sports Marketing Agency
- Name That Gulf: AP Sticks With The Gulf Of Mexico's 400 Year-Old Designation
- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025
- Microsoft Ads Notified About Invalid Traffic, Junk Leads
- Zurich Insurance Consolidates Global Media At OMG
- Threat To Revoke TV Licenses Makes Trump A Banana Republican
- Inclusivity Is Business 101
- Amazon Tests Product Shopping From Other Brand Sites
- Reddit Announces Intercontinental Exchange Partnership For Market Insights
- IPG Loses Ground In Q4, Posts Slight Growth For 2024
- Google Must Face Privacy Suit Over AI-Powered Assistant
- Pondering Kendrick Lamar's Full-On Halftime Show
- Buying Streamer Tech: How Disney Can Make Inroads Into Netflix
- Netflix's Inherent Value: Subscribers Watch Lots Of Content
- The BBC Skewers AI: Test Found 51% Of Content Answers Had Issues
- Critical Shifts In Consumer Behavior Changing Paid Media Buys
- BuzzFeed To Launch A Social Platform
- EU Commission Launches InvestAI Initiative, Urges Open-Source Approach
- Call For Entries: Best In Automotive Marketing
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025
- Super Bowl Sets New Record: 128M
- Lawmakers Blast Google, Amazon, Others Over Child Sex Site Ads
- ByteDance Bypasses Sell-Off Bill With 'TikTok Lite' For Android Users
- Musk-Led Group Makes Bid For OpenAI
- X Corp., Trump Resolve Battle Over Account Ban
- RIP, Brand Purpose
- The Power of Pinterest's 'Joy Revolution': Q&A With Content Officer Malik Ducard
- Do Super Bowl Scores Affect TV Ad Performance?
- MindgruveMacarta Names Shapiro VP Earned Media
- Taking A Walk With Steve Jobs
- Super Bowl Spots Raise Eyebrows As Eagles Fly High
- Super Bowl Metrics: The Eagles Drew Big Increase In Advance Readership
- Paying For Video Games Affects Tolerance For Ads
- 'The New Yorker' Does The Town: Magazine Celebrates 100th Anniversary
- Qdoba Introduces 'Chip Core' During New York Fashion Week
- Cisco Webex COO: AI Agents Are About To Change Customer Service
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, Feb. 10, 2025
- Super Bowl LIX Ad Buys Slide 2% To $800M
- Issue Fatigue Reflected In Super Bowl Ads
- Yahoo's Missed Opportunity In Bill Murray Super Bowl Ad
- Judge Blocks Texas Restrictions On Targeted Ads To Teens
- Cayman Islands Taps Harmelin As Media AOR
- Google, OpenAI Back Nonprofit To Foster Online Child Safety
- Super Bowl Sunday Is Super, The Monday After Not So Much
- Amazon Sales Jump 18%, Finally Passing Walmart
- Pinterest Reports First $1B Quarter, Record Usage
- On Hulu, Muslims Seek Muslims For Marital Matches
- Advocacy Groups Blast California Restrictions On Recommendations
- Amazon Defeats Claims Over Ads In Prime Video
- We Don't Know How To Think About An AI Future
- Programmatic Models Seeping Into Commerce Advertising
- Why Diverse Data Is As Critical As Diverse Media For Multicultural Audiences
- 'Premium' Live TV News Content: Streaming Bound?
- Defamation 2.0: Steve Wynn Asks SCOTUS To Overturn 'Malice' Standard
- X Adds Magnite As A Programmatic Ad Seller
- Move Fast And Break Democracy
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
- Virginia Senate Passes Bill Banning Sales Of Location Data
- Amazon Q4 Ad Sales Jump 18% To $17.3B
- Move Fast And Break Democracy
- Twix Offers Twin Gold Bars In Super Bowl Staredown
- Jesus Returns To The Super Bowl With 'He Gets Us'
- Google's Emotional Super Bowl Ad: Talk To Gemini
- Horizon Sports & Experiences Acquires Strategic
- TikTok Shop To Launch In Mexico This Month, Sellers Open Businesses In Region
- Media Shops Merge To Form 'Mile Marker,' Focus On Growth Brands
- Search, AI Engines Take On Specific Roles
- Yes, Yes, Yes! Updating A Classic The Hellman's Way
- NFL Team Sponsorship Deals Rise To $2.5B
- Threads Driving More Engagement Than X, Report Finds
- What I Just Learned About Retail Media
- LinkedIn User Claims Platform Disclosed Video Viewing History To Meta
- Willie Sutton Would Love The CTV Ad Business
- Show For Preschoolers Was Top 2024 Performer On Disney+
- Tegna Pulls Its Verify Fact-Checking Unit: Who's Next?
- Snap's Evan Spiegel Helps Fund 'Grassroots Movement' To Rebuild After LA Wildfires
- Politico Denies It Has Received Funding from USAID
- S4 Capital Warns Of 11% Organic Revenue Decline For 2024
- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025
- Google's Emotional Super Bowl Ad: Talk To Gemini
- Dentsu Taps WPP Vet Kaminkow As NA CEO, Succeeds Komasinski
- Senators Advance Bill Banning Children From Social Media
- Threads Driving More Engagement Than X, Report Finds
- Omnicom Doesn't Report Net Organic Revenue Growth And Doesn't Plan To
- YouTube Long-Form Growing, Especially Among Young Adults
- A Third Of Advertisers Struggle With Retail Media ROI
- Privacy Brings Opportunity In App Installs
- Disney Q4: Streaming Profit Gains, Domestic Ads Up 6%, Subscribers Slip
- Court Won't Revive Claims Against Meta Over South Carolina Mass Shooting
- Brands Are Likely To Find Undivided Attention From Moviegoers
- TLC Ratchets Up New-Content Announcements
- Super Bowl Betting Hits New Highs: Will TV Viewers Do The Same?
- Why We Love The Digital Media Industry
- DeepSeek Code Capable Of Sending Data Direct To Chinese Government
- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025
- Havas Expands Commerce Media With Channel Bakers Stake
- ANA/4A's AD-ID To Help Track Super Bowl Ad Effectiveness
- LinkedIn Takes On TikTok With New Vertical Video Features
- YouTube Ad Growth Offsets Parent Google's Slide
- Omnicom Reports 5.2% Growth For 2024
- What's So Funny? CBS Special Curates Comedic Super Bowl Spots
- Gould, Voltaggio To Presidents Of WBD Ad Sales
- Fox Corp. Ad Revenue Up 21%, Driven By NFL, Political Ad Gains
- The Problem With Leaders Who Make Stuff Up
- Welcome To Commerce 3.0, The Social Kind
- Google Has 'Very Good Ideas' For Ads In Gemini
- Apple Asks Court To Halt DOJ Battle With Google
- Kochava Must Face FTC Privacy Charges, Judge Confirms
- Google Updates AI Principles Focused On Risk
- Dentsu Names Greenspoon Chief Global Client Officer
- Apple Challenges Partiful With New Event-Planning App
- Apple TV+ Recovers From Price Hike-Linked Churn, Netflix Still Best
- Anthropic's Constitutional Classifier Challenges 'Jailbreaking'
- Could Fox News Channel Be For Sale One Day?
- Privacy Brings Opportunity In App Installs
- Snap Adds More Users, Improves Ad Business In Q4
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025
- Former Agency Honcho Brien Named Interim CEO Of Outfront
- Trump Signs Order For Sovereign US Wealth Fund, Could Buy TikTok
- Snapchat Launches Ad-Free Subscription Plan
- CIMM Unveils Major Initiatives: Mix Models, Attention 'Playbook,' Personification
- GSD&M Taps McCann As Chief Media Officer, McCaffrey Heads Social Media
- Publicis Ends 2024 On High Note, Q4 Grew 6.3%
- Tech Group Sues To Block Maryland Kids Code
- Paramount, Nielsen Strike New Measurement Deal
- 3.know: Shelly's Deep Dive Into DeepSeek
- Study: Issues That Keep People Up At Night
- No Pharma Ads On TV? If That Happens, What's Next?
- Outbrain Finalizes $1B Merger, Changes Name To Teads
- 'Celebrity Bear Hunt' Title Misleads As No Celebs Hunt Bears
- Marshalls Defeats Privacy Lawsuit Over Email Pixels
- Sylvester Stallone, Former Activision Blizzard Exec Back AI Firm With $7.5M Investment
- It's A Thin Line Between Love And Hate For Brands
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, Feb. 3, 2025
- X Adds Abbott, Colgate, Lego, Nestle, Pinterest, Shell, Tyson To Ad Boycott Complaint
- Safety Council To Meta: New Policy Changes Concern Us
- The Media Planner Is Dead, Long Live The Platform
- MRC: 'We're Hiring'
- Just In Time For The Super Bowl, Nielsen Boosts OOH Coverage To 100%
- Ad Market Remains Volatile, Decelerates Due To Political Uncertainty
- Gen Z Leaders Launch Historic Digital Bill of Rights
- New FCC Head Wonders If PBS, NPR Are Airing 'Commercials'
- YouTube's 'AdBlitz' Is Back For Super Bowl LIX
- Google AI Overviews' Tail Grows Longer, Answers Multi-Intent Questions
- Universal's 'Dog Man' Scores Leading $36M Late January Opening
- Google AI Lets Users Ask Local Businesses Questions Based On Intent
- NYC Family Of 11 Kid Musicians Coming Soon To TLC
- Kochava To Revise Privacy Practices To Settle Class-Action
- Dentsu Creative Global Brand President Shares Views On AI's Future
- Lyft Partners With Animal Planet For Discounted Pet Rides
- The Shipyard Reorganizes, Elevates Bruot To Helm New 'Collective' Operation
- Marketers Must Become More Self-Reliant
- LinkedIn User Withdraws Privacy Suit Over Messages
- Google Head Of Marketing Americas Stephen Yap Leaves For Perion Network
