by Laurie Sullivan
Media-buyer spending expectations fell from a 2025 growth of 7.3% in January to 5.7% in the most recent survey by the Interactive Advertising Bureau … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Joe Mandese
Horizon Media just dropped new research redefining what it means to be "live" in the modern time-shiftable media universe. The agency has reorganized the … Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
The event will take place Oct. 15 in New York City and will unveil new initiatives addressing the ethics of influencer marketing, as well … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Adam Buckman, Featured Columnist
The late-night comic cried at least twice when he returned to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Tuesday night after a one-week suspension. Read the whole story

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by Joe Mandese
The good news is Americans say they are regularly consuming news. The bad news is they are increasingly getting their "news" from social media … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
Acadia will oversee paid search, paid social, integrated media, TikTok and Instagram management, influencer management, studio creative, and full-funnel analytics support. Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Integral Ad Science has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Novacap in an all-cash transaction that values IAS … Read the whole story

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by Les Luchter, Staff Writer
Podcasts like "Prostate Cancer Real Talk" "prequalify the listener," says Elverage Allen, podcast host. Read the whole story
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by Wendy Davis
NetChoice is asking a federal appellate court to revisit a recent ruling that allows enforcement of a California law banning social platforms from algorithmically … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
A judge has granted preliminary approval to a proposed settlement requiring Google to pay $30 million to resolve claims that it tracked children's YouTube … Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
Instagram has established itself as the most popular social media platform in Meta's family of apps - reaching 3 billion monthly active users across … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
Loyalty has its place in performance advertising and marketing, but this is what happened when Albertsons Companies and its Media Collective retail ad network … Read the whole story
by Richard Whitman, Columnist
The firm is now accepting pro bono applications for big ideas in need of creative tech to implement. "Think moonshot," the agency encourages those … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
The companies said Clear Channel Outdoor will leverage Vistar's enterprise suite-including its ad server, device management and media player software-to monetize its DOOH digital … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Google created a new commercial for the Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro with a "vanilla" theme, but AI features in the phone are … Read the whole story

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by Sarah Mahoney, Staff Writer
From shoppable TikTok to rapid-turn racks at TJ Maxx, younger buyers favor low price and fast novelty. Read the whole story
by Danielle Oster
A significant part of the problem is declining revenue from advertising, as media outlets compete with large social networks for ad dollars. Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
Forsman & Bodenfors Toronto and Singapore will become 72andSunny offices. The agency is also adding design and production studio units. Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
Meta says its Llama models are available for national security use cases by the U.S. military and foreign allies including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Cory Treffiletti, Featured Contributor
Don't silo AI -- it's a technological wave crashing over everything, much like the internet itself was way back in the early '90s. Read the whole story