"Pee-wee's Playhouse" was one of the wonders of 1980s TV, and it is what Paul Reubens is being remembered for most this week. Read the full story by Adam Buckman

A bigger portion of ads are trying to make people laugh than in the past couple of years. Read the full story by Robert Williams

As official snack sponsor of USA Mullet Championship, Fritos will be giving away 1,000 free haircuts at Floyd's Barbershop locations across the country. Read the full story by Danielle Oster

First time brand has used a celebrity on-camera in ads, although Ed O'Neill was Straight Talk's off-camera voice for several years. Read the full story by Les Luchter

Amazon reported Thursday that Q2 revenue rose 11% to $134.4 billion with AI, cloud services and advertising playing a major role in the increase. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

Yelp reported better-than-expected Q2 financial results on Thursday on strong ad demand from local home-service providers. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

"Our volume is up and our price levels are consistent with the prior year -- a very good result in a tough market," David Zaslav, WBD CEO, said during the … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

The company reported a 4.1% organic revenue decline in North America in Q2, citing lower revenue from technology clients. Read the full story by Steve McClellan

"Our study found that advertisers were often unaware of this," financial advisory service Kroll writes in "ANA Programmatic Media Supply Chain Transparency Study: Qualitative Insights," a follow up to the … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Streaming viewers are largely backing the efforts of striking writers and actors and plan to seek alternative programming if their favorite shows become unavailable, according to new research from Horizon … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

A letter to the editor in "The Wall Street Journal" this week provided a look at the actors' strike from the point of view of an ordinary person. Read the full story by Adam Buckman

"Radio shined as the most efficient of the audio formats studied, proving to be 10 times more efficient when compared to the average online video ads measured" by Dentsu Media's … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

The resulting joint offering will allow DoubleVerify to span the media transaction from activation to measurement, the firm says. Read the full story by Ray Schultz

Action is in response to passage of the Online News Act Read the full story by Ray Schultz

To help advertisers target specific audiences while bypassing privacy regulations, TikTok is developing a privacy-tech product called "PrivacyGo." Read the full story by Colin Kirkland

If I could interview Elon Musk right now, the first thing I'd ask is, why "X?" Do you understand the generic brand meaning? Or are you just being ironic and … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

X Corp. (formerly Twitter) late Monday followed through on its threat to sue the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate over reports about objectionable speech on the platform. Read the full story by Wendy Davis

Vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, claims YouTube violated the First Amendment by removing videos in which he expressed controversial views about vaccinations. Read the full story by Wendy Davis

The LP called out Mark Penn "and his slick, million-dollar PR hacks at No Labels" for raising millions of dollars to back Trump's run for the presidency. Read the full story by Richard Whitman

As important as Xandr is in the overall programmatic ad-supply chain, there are plenty of other sources to fill demand from any politcos who get bumped from Xandr's platform. Read the full story by Joe Mandese