by Joe Mandese
"The global economy has had something of a reprieve this year," writes WPP Media Business Intelligence President Kate Scott-Dawkins in the new report, characterizing … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
The Paramount deal is an all-cash, $30-a-share offer for all of WBD, including the company's financially troubled cable TV networks group that includes CNN, … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Joe Mandese
Months after benchmarking the future of AI-enabled advertising via primary research, WPP Media has released a new, methodologically-grounded framework to operationalize it. Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Adam Buckman, Featured Columnist
In the process of absorbing Warner Bros., Netflix passed on the basic-cable side of Warner Bros. Discovery. Read the whole story
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by Wendy Davis
Since 2020, Google has hidden "a significant portion of client charges inside an impenetrable 'black box' that not even Houdini could open," PVC Fence … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Universal has spent a modest $4.64 million for the entire "Five Nights" campaign so far, according to estimates from EDO Ad EnGage. National TV … Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
Russia has officially banned citizens from accessing Snapchat and Apple's FaceTime app, according to a report by Bloomberg. Read the whole story

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by Joe Mandese
New data reveals its audience composition likely is the most balanced across the political idealogical spectrum. What it doesn't reveal, is how much time … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
The agency says the effort is designed as both holiday salutations and a "cultural asset that employees, clients, prospects, and the broader industry can … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
Cunningham was with IPG for 23 years and led the holding company's corporate communications and corporate affairs operation for 15 years as senior vice … Read the whole story
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by Wendy Davis
Google is pressing a federal judge to vacate a jury verdict requiring the company to pay $425 million for allegedly collecting analytics information from … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
Innovation from Google this year positioned brands to tackle what comes next with greater transparency and capabilities, including global ad expansion in AI Overviews, … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
The client said that it will be the only telecom operator to access Publicis' AI-driven content creation platform Leona in selected European operating markets. Read the whole story
by Robert Williams
For political news, most young adults say it reaches them passively, and they tend to be more trusting of the information they see on … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
AI-native digital ad platform Metadata.io recently launched a new agentic ad platform that spans processes from buying to creative, running and analyzing campaigns - … Read the whole story