by Steve McClellan
The Media Network of the Year award is won by the network whose agencies accrue the most points for shortlisted and awarded entries in … Read the whole story

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by Joe Mandese
Asia took bronze, silver and gold in the Young Lions media award this morning, including South Korea's Cheil's gold for "The Note: I'm Here." Read the whole story

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by Joe Mandese
Turns out, Russia's social design agency wants all three. Read how they're already solving for the "two-audience problem" here. Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Google has rolled out additions to its agency administration features in Merchant Center for Agencies, which initially launched in March to streamline workflows. Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
The move completes the planned leadership transition to Tyler Turnbull, who succeeded Lee as CEO of McCann when Omnicom completed its acquisition of Interpublic … Read the whole story

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by Joe Mandese
"This is a reality TV show waiting to happen," fashion marketer and eBay booster Stella McCartney quipped, elevator-pitching the "weirdest things" sold on eBay. Read the whole story

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by Joe Mandese
Forget singularity. The future is circularity - or recommerce - fashion marketer Stella McCartney and eBay's Jamie Iannone told Cannes attendees this morning. Read the whole story

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by Robin Lemberg, Op-Ed Contributor
CANNES -- Despite all the talk about AI, creators, data, performance and community here, I heard many of the same questions - and platitudes … Read the whole story

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by Joe Mandese
Developed by Infosys, the hub is a proprietary destination for CMOs to share, organize and access peer-to-peer marketing insights. Read the whole story

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by Adam Buckman, Featured Columnist
Now long out of office, President Obama is still the nation's Comedian In Chief as he takes up a starring role in Larry David's … Read the whole story
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by Dave Morgan, Featured Contributor
Automated, agentic transactions actually give more importance to the human relationship parts of ad buying and selling. Read the whole story

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by Chris Harihar, Op-Ed Contributor
CANNES -- I spoke with agency, marketer and tech leaders here to find out what the next version of the business will look like. … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Broader permissions would give Google more options to use publishers' content, including the ability to train its AI models. Read the whole story

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by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
The campaign targets the FCC and its efforts to go after ABC because of its programming, urging viewers to scan a code linked to … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
In terms of 'sign ups of new or returning subscribers,' the top two highest-performing services of the last 12-month period have been Paramount+ and … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Buying platforms often do not include audio as a major part of their ad inventory. A recent partnership could change this, with separate data … Read the whole story

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by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
AI and agentic search capabilities are bringing parents more ways to purchase back-to-school products. But for retailers and brands, tracking ROAS or ROI may … Read the whole story
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by Ronn Torossian
Three lines should appear on every 2026 media plan that don't appear today. The first: citation share by engine, the new share of voice. Read the whole story

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by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
A movement within the ad industry is bringing ad buying into supply-side platforms, lowering costs per impression and increasing ad visibility by using a … Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
Meta is reportedly accelerating its shift toward an AI-powered content moderation and ad-review strategy, rerouting more of its human review requests to large language … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
The Texas App Store Accountability Act is a "full-scale, first-of-its-kind assault on the First Amendment," the Computer & Communications Industry Association said in papers … Read the whole story
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by Wendy Davis
"The Act compels covered websites to speak the state's message on the highly controversial topic of 'potential negative mental health impacts' of social media … Read the whole story