MediaPost Weekend Editions for August 2026
MediaPost Weekend - Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026
Data Reveals ChatGPT Ads Not Performing
OpenAI Expands Ad Pilot Across European Markets
AI Space Race, What's The Impact For Advertising?
Best Buy Expects Ad Sales To Near $1B This Year
YouTube Incentivizes Creators With Amazon Product Tags
Target Tries Again With Beauty
Google Expands 'Demand Gen' Ads With Messaging, AI Video
Independent Ad Measurement (Outside Of TV) Is Dead
Google Launches Flexible Billing To Manage Exploding AI Costs
U.S. Political Ad Buys Reach $6.1B To Date
It's The Salience, Stupid
Stars Of '90s TV To Overhaul Dated '90s Homes On HGTV
Dick's Gets Clobbered With Nike Fallout
Will Fox And News Corp. Re-Merge?
Trade Desk Goes Agentic, Simplifies Programmatic Buying - Just Ask Koa
The End Of The Unregulated Attention Economy
TikTok, DOJ Settle Children's Privacy Charges For $400M
FTC Mulls Crackdown On YouTube Content Moderation
We Will Always Love Her: Dolly Was Marketing Icon, Too
MediaPost Weekend - Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026
Dot Dot Dot... DASH DASH DASH... Dot Dot Dot
This Just In... Nielsen Touts 'Enhancements' Beginning This Fall
Why Nielsen Keeps Publishing 'The Gouge'
DASH-Enhanced Nielsen Drives Reset On TV Viewing Picture
WPP Demands Court Seal Foster's Sony Probe Details
Ad Industry Backs Google In Fight Over Age-Based Targeting
Microsoft Advertising's Agentic Playbook
Target, Walmart Tell 2 Different K-Shaped Stories
Google Updates Discovery, This Time It's Even More Personal
Google Updates 'AI Max,' Demos 10-Click A/B Set-Up
IAE Morphs From Certification To Self-Reg, Unveils 'Incident' Reporting
FTC Proposes 'Personalized Pricing' Disclosures
Neutrogena Faces Renewed Backlash After Hayden Panettiere's Death
Meta Must Face Huckabee Suit Over Fake CBD Endorsements
Living In The Synthetic World
MediaPost Weekend - Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026
DOJ Backs Musk Push To Revive Case Against Advertisers
Meta Brings Exclusion-Only Capabilities To Ads Manager
Meta, TikTok Must Face State 'Addiction' Claims, Appeals Court Says
Meta To SCOTUS: Addiction Suits Barred By First Amendment, Section 230
California Blasts Platforms' Bid To Block Algo Restrictions
Minnesota Presses Judge To Reject Challenge To Warning Label Mandate
Maryland Strikes Digital Ad Tax
Apple Maps Rolls Out Ads, Locates Madison Avenue
Agency Feedback On Apple 'Ads On Maps' Runs Hot, Cold On Eligibility
The Pumpkin-Spice Scourge Makes A Renewed Run At Armpits
IAB Tech Lab Opens Privacy Updates For Public Comment
Hinge Goes After Gen Z With Audiobook Campaign
Is Biennial Growth The New Midterm Spending Norm?
Persil Surprise! 'Housewives' Heather and Gina Launder Together
With Major Rebranding, Jif Conquers New Occasions
Snap Enables In-Feed Pharma Ad Disclosures
A Paramount-WBD Deal Could Include CNN Sale
YouTube Deploys Chatbot For Mobile Users
WPP Wins Waymo Media, Includes International
Google Touts Pixel 11 Ability To Quiet Tech Distractions
Canvas Worldwide Picks Up U.S. Media For Five Guys
MediaPost Weekend - Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026
Pitch Firm Warns Of 2027 'Mediapalooza,' Says It Will Be Different This Time
Novo Nordisk Awards U.S. Media To Omnicom
Is 'Spideyssey' This Summer's 'Barbenheimer'?
Angel Reese Barbie -- Wearing Her New Reeboks -- Sells Out
BMW Owners Furious Over In-Car 'Spider-Man' Ads
Teads Sues Google, Cites 6.88T Ad Impressions Loss
Disney Wraps Upfront, Super Bowl Sells Out
Paramount Q2 Touts Double-Digit Upfront Gains
Musk Urges Court To Revive 'Brazen' Suit Against 10 Advertisers
In Space No One Can Hear You Boycott
SpaceX Earnings Reveal X's Incredible Shrinking Ad Biz
Time Matters Most
Meta Responds To 'Pervert Glasses' Backlash
TikTok Rolls Out Longer-Form AI Video Ads
America -- And Tyson -- Sing The Beef Blues
Rethinking Search For A Zero-Click World
A 'Tamiflu' For COVID? It's Here, And Advertising
Nielsen To Buy DoubleVerify For $2.15B
MediaPost Weekend - Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026
WFA, X Settle GARM Suit -- Pledge Not To Restart It
June Ad Market Re-Accelerates Thanks To World Cup Spending
DoorDash Approved For Drone Delivery, Agentic Ordering Via Shopify
Tech Lab Updates Agentic Protocols, Releases AAMP 2.3
Why We Are Automating The Past, How To Stop It
LinkedIn Reverses Approach To AI-Generated Content
Goodyear, Blizzard, Roku, Slim Jim Get Behind Jimothy Raccoon
MLB Posts Strong Midseason Viewing: NBCU, Fox Gain
Instacart Drops 'Male' Micro-Drama, Supports Delivery Men
Consumers Skip Restaurants, Lettuce To Avoid Parasite
ABC License Probe Proves Unconstitutional, Former FCC Chairs Say
The Unspoken Risk In Delaying Paramount-WBD
Unpacking The Lawsuits Opposing Paramount-WBD Merger
What If It Actually Was America's Only Source For News?
Omnicom Reports 6.1% Growth From Core Operations
Stagwell Q2 Driven By Digital Transformation, Political
WPP Media Debuts 'Made Together,' First Episode Plugs Trade Desk