MediaPost Weekend Editions for October 2025
MediaPost Weekend - Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025
NBA's Betting Scandal: A Very Rough Start To The Season
It's Moron Again In America
Media Landscape Is Changing At Breakneck Speed
Google Tests 'Customer Values' For Campaigns, Agencies Push Back
WPP Launches 'Open Pro' For Self-Serve, SMB Clients
Have You Ever Heard Of 'My Terms?' You Will
Is A2A2A The New B2C?
Microsoft's AI Browser Shifts To Agentic Mode
Ikea Dreams Big -- By Thinking Small
CARU Issues Guidance For AI Aimed At Kids
P&G's Pritchard: Campaigns Wear In, Not Out
Saying The Suddenly Quiet Part Out Loud
When The Medium Is The Dining Table
A Brief And Incomplete History Of Comic Cons
Publicis Wins TJX U.S. Media Assignment
Omnicom-IPG Expected To Close In November
MediaPost Weekend - Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025
Supply-Side Consortium Unveils Agentic Ad Protocol, Invites Ad Industry To Join
The First Agentic Media Buy, More To Come
Is A2A2A The New B2C?
Stagwell Takes Stake In RealClearPolitics Publisher
Instagram Begins 'PG-13' Content Restrictions For Teen Accounts
Shein Chooses Paris For Brick-And-Mortar Store, Causing Backlash
Land O'Lakes, Getty Tackle Rural Stereotypes
How The Dems Lost The Meme Wars
Trump Asks SCOTUS To Let Him Oust FTC Members At Will
Walmart Makes News With ChatGPT Partnership
WPP Expands Google AI Partnership, Commits $400M
Publicis Raises Outlook On Strong Q3
Havas Upgrades Full-Year Outlook After Q3 Growth
NRF Sees Small Decline In Holiday Spending
Deloitte: Shoppers Will Cut Holiday Spending By 10%
MediaPost Weekend - Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
Snapchat Developing Virtual Bitmoji World
Generation AI
TikTok Updates AI Ad Tools, Offers Smart Campaign Creation
Perplexity Stops Accepting New Advertisers
OpenAI Tests Political Bias In ChatGPT
DoubleVerify Battles Adalytics Over 'Bot' Report
CBS Marks Fall Start With Old-School Linear Premiere Week
Q4's Cozy Little Secret
Consumers Plan To Shop -- And Celebrate Holidays -- Despite Economic Gloom
Horizon-Havas JV Fuels Merger Speculation
Meta API Update Finds Alt Uses For Excluded Ad Placements
Amazon Pharmacy Brings Rx Vending Machines To Doctor's Offices
Who's On First? Depends On Which AI You Ask
YouTube Launches Program To Connect Advertisers To Third-Party Experts
Paramount Acquires 'The Free Press,' Puts Founder In Charge Of CBS News
Bari Weiss CBS News Story Produces The Usual Handwringing
Is The New Right Beginning To Eat The Old Right's Lunch?
Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Mandating Opt-Out Tool
An Industry Push For Ad Auction Transparency Standards
YouTube Gives Banned Creators A Second Chance
7 Years Since Global Media Charter Launched: Are We There Yet?
Delta Airlines Launches Global Media Review
WPP Media's North America CEO Leaving Company
DOJ vs. Google Wrap-Up: Security Risks To Open-Source Ad Serving
MediaPost Weekend - Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025
Havas, Horizon Media Form Global Media Joint Venture
AI-Generated Actors And The Future Of Creative Talent
U.S. Records Second Monthly Decline In August, Another Olympic Comp
Google Updates Meridian Model, Enables Non-Media Variables
Meta To Sell Targeted Ads Based On User Interactions With Chatbot
FDA Approves Second Generic Abortion Pill
Nike's Comeback Gains Traction
Instagram Tests Video-First Home Tab
Still-Relevant 'Simpsons' Skewers Ad Biz In Season Opener
NBC Marketing Competition Show Is Out Of Touch With Reality
Assembly: It's The Political Ad Economy, Stupid
ChatGPT Instant Checkout To Make Attribution Easier
State-Level Ad Spend Predicts Economic Downturn
Consumers Are Dumping Retailers Faster Than Ever
Foreign Movies, Furniture, Pharma Latest To Face Possible Tariffs
Shipping Giant Maersk Taps WPP Media
IPG Wins Bayer Consumer Health Global Media, Creative, Production
Kenvue Launches Global Media, Creative Review
WFA, Advertisers Press Judge To Throw Out Musk 'Boycott' Suit
Wieser Adds More Madison To Wall, Taps IPG's Stillman As Managing Director
C-Level Data Comes With C-Level Risk
When Did The Future Become So Scary?