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fromThe Motley Fool
8 hours ago

The Trade Desk Is Being Valued Like a Dying Business, but Its Financials Say Otherwise | The Motley Fool

The Trade Desk's stock has plummeted 74% due to revenue slowdown, competition, and a fallout with Publicis Groupe.
Marketing
fromFast Company
16 hours ago

Ro CEO on the next phase of the Ozempic boom

Zach Reitano, CEO of Ro, navigates challenges in the GLP-1 market while promoting brand awareness through high-profile advertising and partnerships.
Privacy technologies
fromWIRED
22 hours ago

There Aren't a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone

Amazon's potential smartphone could significantly increase privacy risks while enhancing its advertising capabilities through data collection.
#openai
fromwww.cnbc.com
23 hours ago
Marketing tech

ChatGPT's ad pilot has the industry excited, but some insiders are frustrated with the slow rollout

fromDigiday
1 month ago
Marketing

'Being very careful': Weeks after unveiling ad plans, OpenAI works to control the message

Artificial intelligence
fromMiami Herald
1 month ago

ChatGPT is About to Get Ads, and Users Aren't Happy-What to Know

OpenAI is testing labeled ads in ChatGPT, promises answers won't be influenced, offers ad-free paid tiers and controls to clear or disable ad personalization.
Artificial intelligence
fromSiliconANGLE
1 month ago

OpenAI researcher quits over slippery slope of ChatGPT ads - SiliconANGLE

OpenAI introduced ads into ChatGPT, raising concerns that monetization could prioritize profit over addressing major AI harms and risk manipulating intimate user conversations.
Marketing tech
fromwww.cnbc.com
23 hours ago

ChatGPT's ad pilot has the industry excited, but some insiders are frustrated with the slow rollout

OpenAI's ad rollout on ChatGPT is slower than expected, frustrating brands due to high commitments and limited insights.
fromDigiday
1 month ago
Marketing

'Being very careful': Weeks after unveiling ad plans, OpenAI works to control the message

Marketing tech
fromGamesBeat
1 day ago

Roblox moves to take a cut of all brand integrations on its platform | exclusive

Roblox will charge creators fees for brand integrations based on user traffic and engagement starting next year.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
1 day ago

America's Test Kitchen Puts Direct And Programmatic Access On Its Menu | AdExchanger

America's Test Kitchen now offers standalone ad inventory for its free ad-supported TV channels, enhancing transparency and control for advertisers.
Privacy professionals
fromTechdirt
1 day ago

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

Government agencies use online advertising data to track individuals without warrants, raising significant privacy concerns.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
1 day ago

The JavaScript Overload; Whatever, AI Will Handle It | AdExchanger

News publishers are compromising long-term reader retention for short-term ad revenue, leading to bloated web pages and diminished content visibility.
Marketing
fromTasting Table
4 days ago

The Chaotic Orson Welles Commercial That Became Legendary - Tasting Table

Orson Welles' Paul Masson champagne commercial became famous for outtakes showing him apparently intoxicated, though he later delivered perfect takes after resting.
London startup
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Magnum ad pumping out chocolate scent at busy London station changed after complaints

A scent-emitting Magnum ice cream advertisement at London's St Pancras station was modified after complaints from passengers and staff about the artificial chocolate smell causing nausea.
London food
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Commuters split over chocolate-scented advertising

A Magnum ice-cream multi-sensory advertisement at King's Cross St Pancras using chocolate smell and cracking sounds has generated mixed reactions, with some commuters and staff complaining about the scent combining unpleasantly with tunnel odors.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Smelly tube station ice cream advert sparks nausea complaints from commuters

A scent-emitting Magnum ice cream advertisement at London's King's Cross St Pancras station has generated complaints from commuters and staff due to its overpowering artificial chocolate smell.
#celebrity-endorsements
Marketing tech
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Leaked deck shows Elon Musk's X is promoting Grok's brand-safety scores after sexualized images backlash

X promotes Grok as brand-safe to advertisers while using blocklists and content filtering, despite recent incidents of the AI generating sexualized images of women and children.
Marketing tech
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

X tries wooing advertisers by letting them reuse creative assets from other platforms | TechCrunch

X expanded ad aspect ratio support, allowing advertisers to reuse creative assets from other platforms without reformatting or rebuilding.
#illustration
Photography
fromdesignyoutrust.com
4 weeks ago

Incredible Behindthescenes Reels Where A Loose Doodle Evolves Into A Polished Illustration Packed With Personality And Story

A diverse collection of contemporary visual art, advertising, and inventive photography highlights creative reinterpretations, surreal manipulations, and socially aware installations across global artists and campaigns.
#ai
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
4 weeks ago

Perplexity's Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift

Perplexity is abandoning ads and shifting to subscriptions and device partnerships to prioritize accuracy, user trust, and paying customers over mass adoption.
#walmart
fromianVisits
1 month ago

Tate tries to turn an advertising campaign into a Cultural Event

It's not that advertising campaigns are never announced, but when they are, it's usually in advertising trade magazines, and generally by the agency that did the work. The client doesn't normally issue a press release that essentially says, "We are putting up some posters." Yet that is exactly what the Tate has done, issuing a general announcement that it will run an advertising campaign for its upcoming Tracey Emin exhibition.
Arts
Business
fromBlack Enterprise
1 month ago

NBCUniversal Accuses Group Black Of Breach of Contract In Massive $35.8M Lawsuit

NBCUniversal sued Group Black for $35.8 million alleging breach of contract, unpaid invoices, and guaranteed payments after disputed ad-revenue arrangements on Peacock.
#chatgpt
fromeuronews
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT will now show you adverts. Here's everything you need to know

fromeuronews
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT will now show you adverts. Here's everything you need to know

#youtube
fromInc
1 month ago
E-Commerce

YouTube Just Proved It's Bigger Than Netflix. Here's What Comes Next

fromInc
1 month ago
E-Commerce

YouTube Just Proved It's Bigger Than Netflix. Here's What Comes Next

fromVariety
1 month ago

Roku Names Patrick Harris SVP of Global Media Revenue

Harris will serve as senior vice president of global media revenue, starting March 9. He will report to Charlie Collier, president of Roku Media, and will be based in New York. "I view him as a builder for us," says Collier, during a recent interview - an executive who can help grow both the business of traditional advertising tied to streaming and also operations tied to so-called "performance" advertising - or commercials that drive consumers to take a specific action, such as ordering a brochure or purchasing a movie ticket.
Television
#ai-adoption
fromDigiday
1 month ago
Marketing tech

'Agentic with a small a': CMOs are adopting AI more slowly than it's evolving

fromForbes
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Even If AI Could Kill Chris Hemsworth; Convenience Beats Fear

fromDigiday
1 month ago
Marketing tech

'Agentic with a small a': CMOs are adopting AI more slowly than it's evolving

fromForbes
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Even If AI Could Kill Chris Hemsworth; Convenience Beats Fear

#pinterest
#ai-safety
fromwww.marketplace.org
1 month ago

How is AI affecting the ad industry?

For advertisers, it's a problem because the world is going to change a lot for them. We've really fine tuned the system that you're talking about, and now we're throwing a wrench into all of that and saying actually people aren't interacting with the web in the same way they used to, which means a whole completely different type of interaction that you are all going to have to adjust to,
Marketing tech
Business
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

How much Instacart paid tech workers in 2025, with engineering roles making up to $380,000

Instacart is expanding beyond grocery delivery into advertising and retail tech while hiring tech employees, including H‑1B visa holders, and reviewing competitive compensation.
Media industry
fromThe Drum
1 month ago

Experts debate what a Netflix acquisition of Roku could mean for the industry

A Netflix acquisition of Roku would accelerate an ad-supported growth strategy by combining Netflix's content and data with Roku's CTV reach and ad tech.
fromTime Out London
1 month ago

You can watch 50 years of classic TV adverts on huge screens at a London attraction this month

Does a gorilla playing the drums along to Phil Collins mean anything to you? What about surfers that turn into horses as they're riding the waves? Or a fisherman boxing with a bear over some salmon? Those are just a few of the most iconic adverts to have graced our TV screens over the last five decades. And soon, you'll be able to see them on a humungous scale.
Marketing
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Advertising made the internet accessible. Will it do the same for AI?

Introducing advertising into generative AI risks redirecting system incentives toward engagement and data harvesting, potentially undermining user value and trust.
Artificial intelligence
fromgizmodo.com
1 month ago

OpenAI Researcher Quits, Warns Its Unprecedented 'Archive of Human Candor' Is Dangerous

Introducing targeted advertising to ChatGPT risks using unprecedented volumes of sensitive conversational data, creating long-term privacy and manipulation hazards without enforceable protections.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Germany's Deutsche Bahn halts humorous publicity campaign

Deutsche Bahn canceled a second season of a self-ironic campaign starring Anke Engelke, saying it 'did not suit the times' amid persistent service problems.
fromThe Drum
1 month ago

Piyush Pandey (1955-2025): lessons in life & advertising from Ogilvy's global creative chief

Everything we do is advertising and this recent trend of saying we do something different - content, direct mail, stories, whatever - is the most stupid thing I have ever heard.
Marketing
Marketing tech
fromThe Drum
1 month ago

Why the future of ad testing might live inside your head

Clinical-grade EEG headsets measure real-time emotion and predict ad performance, shifting campaign testing from surveys to brain data.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

How one content creator's Dr. Pepper jingle grabbed the attention of the Internet and brands

When you think of a jingle, what is the jingle that comes to mind? KWONG: Ooh. (Singing) The best part of waking up... (SOUNDBITE OF SNAPPING FINGERS) EMILY KWONG AND MIA VENKAT: (Singing) ...Is Folgers in your cup. KWONG: Boop (laughter). VENKAT: You - good one. Mine is, we are farmers. Bum-ba-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum. (LAUGHTER) VENKAT: But... KWONG: Cute, yeah. VENKAT: Have you heard this one? (SOUNDBITE OF TIKTOK VIDEO) ROMEO BINGHAM: (Singing) Dr. Pepper, baby, it's good and nice. Doo doo doo.
Marketing
#super-bowl-lx
Video games
fromAol
1 month ago

What Roblox Needs to Prove in 2026

Roblox must prove advertising can scale without hurting engagement and convert platform strength into sustainable economics and operating leverage.
US politics
fromReason.com
1 month ago

A First Amendment lawsuit challenges FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson's vendetta against NewsGuard

The FTC's investigation and merger condition target NewsGuard, prompting a First Amendment lawsuit alleging governmental harassment to suppress its journalistic ratings.
Wearables
fromAndroid Police
1 month ago

Dynamic Oakley Super Bowl ad exposes Meta's bold plan for the future of smartglasses

Meta and Oakley position smartglasses as performance-focused wearables and smartphone alternatives by emphasizing music, voice-AI, camera sharing, and on-field advertising.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

The biggest advertising day of the year once rippled with rainbow references. Not this year. - LGBTQ Nation

Super Bowl LX featured noticeably reduced overt LGBTQ+ representation, with many brands and campaigns omitting queer references and only subtle, ambiguous nods appearing.
fromVariety
1 month ago

Nexstar's 'The Hill' Heads to New York to Broaden Ad Relationships

non partisan and brand safe,
Washington DC
#super-bowl
fromFast Company
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

AI Super Bowl commercials: All the spots from Anthropic, OpenAI, Amazon, Google, Meta, and others

fromFast Company
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

AI Super Bowl commercials: All the spots from Anthropic, OpenAI, Amazon, Google, Meta, and others

World news
fromThe Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
1 month ago

Global advertising challenge launched to counter rising ant | The Jerusalem Post

A global creative advertising challenge mobilizes creators to produce data-driven campaigns confronting antisemitism across media platforms amid rising incidents and renewed visibility.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Conservative Christian group "disgusted" by Gordon Ramsay's funny new margarine ad - LGBTQ Nation

One Million Moms objects to a Gordon Ramsay I Can't Believe It's Not Butter TV ad for using censored profanity, calling it harmful to children and urging removal.
fromAdExchanger
1 month ago

IAB's New AI Regulations Give Advertisers A Starting Point - But Plenty Of Questions Remain | AdExchanger

It's not exactly a secret that many advertisers are using generative AI in their marketing, from producing copy to editing images. What isn't always as obvious is exactly when those tools are being used, and when advertisers ought to make AI usage clear to their audiences. Last month, the IAB launched a new framework to standardize when AI in ads should be disclosed.
Marketing tech
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

OpenAI's supposedly 'leaked' Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax

A widely shared 'leaked' OpenAI Super Bowl ad was a deliberate hoax coordinated across fake accounts, paid promotions, manipulated headlines, and a fabricated website.
fromDigiday
1 month ago

In Q1, marketers pivot to spending backed by AI and measurement

"Marketers are prioritizing spend where data shows the highest propensity to perform, while still recognizing the need to prime demand," Swapnil Patel, co-president at Attention Arc, a performance marketing and media agency, told Digiday in an email. Massive advertisers like P&G, Kimberly Clark and others have already set the tone, focused on improving the effectiveness of its advertising - at least that's the case based on earnings calls at the start of the year.
Marketing
Television
fromEsquire
1 month ago

Jason Alexander Told Us How Dunkin' Pulled Off Its '90s-Charged Super Bowl Commercial

Dunkin' Super Bowl ad 'Good Will Dunkin'' reunites 1990s sitcom stars to spoof Good Will Hunting and evoke nostalgia.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Fiber content is exploding on the internet. It means we're finally owning up to its effects.

The ad leans into the truth about Raisin Bran that, for decades, it tried to obscure with messaging about its plentiful raisin content: This cereal makes you poop. I'll admit: I laughed. I can't deny a good poop joke, and its frankness about the reason some people enjoy bran cereal reminded me of my favorite SNL sketches for " Colon Blow" cereal.
Food & drink
Marketing
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Rocket, Redfin air first joint Super Bowl ad

Moving deeply affects families; timely neighborly kindness eases children's social anxiety and helps new places become true communities showcased in a Rocket-Redfin campaign.
Business
fromThe Drum
1 month ago

Twitter suffers revenue decline as advertisers retreat

Twitter's Q2 revenue fell 1% to £986m due to ad spend headwinds and takeover uncertainty, despite 16% MDAU growth to 237.8 million and engagement efforts.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
1 month ago

WPP Media beefs up its sports insights prowess with new partnership with Genius Sports

WPP Media will integrate Genius Sports' FanGraph first-party data to build a Brand Sports Momentum Score guiding advertisers to effective, non-tentpole sports audiences.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Reddit Live: Complete Coverage Of RDDT's Q4 Earnings

Reddit must validate rapid revenue and profitability growth in Q4, focusing on user growth, international expansion, and advertising execution amid market uncertainty.
#ai-startups
fromNBC Bay Area
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users

fromABC News
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users

fromNBC Bay Area
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users

fromABC News
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users

Business
fromThe Motley Fool
1 month ago

Sirius XM (SIRI) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript | The Motley Fool

Sirius XM delivered modest full-year revenue results with improved profitability, stronger cash flow, cost savings, and stabilizing subscriber metrics despite a small subscription revenue decline.
fromAol
1 month ago

Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users

Anthropic is airing a pair of TV commercials during Sunday's game that ridicule OpenAI for the digital advertising it's beginning to place on free and cheaper versions of ChatGPT. While Anthropic has centered its revenue model on selling Claude to other businesses, OpenAI has opened the doors to ads as a way of making money from the hundreds of millions of consumers who get ChatGPT for free.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Motley Fool
1 month ago

Snap (SNAP) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript | The Motley Fool

Total revenue -- $1.72 billion, up 10%, with advertising contributing $1.48 billion, a 5% increase driven by direct response advertising and SMB client segment growth. Other revenue -- $232 million, increasing 62%, supported by 71% subscriber growth to 24 million, with memory storage plans cited as a primary driver for higher retention. Adjusted gross margin -- 59%, rising from 57%, achieving the near-term goal articulated in recent strategic communications.
Tech industry
Artificial intelligence
fromPCMAG
1 month ago

Anthropic Says No Ads on Claude. But It Will Spend Millions on a Super Bowl Spot

Anthropic will keep its Claude chatbot ad-free for users, rejecting in-conversation ads and sponsored placements while running Super Bowl advertising for the company.
Artificial intelligence
fromAol
1 month ago

Google keeping its place atop the AI rankings might mean doing something it's resisting

Google's AI momentum centers on Gemini's launch, but ads and Search traffic dynamics will determine whether AI boosts or cannibalizes core ad revenue.
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

How Arby's Instigated A Years-Long Feud With Vegetarians - Tasting Table

The term vegan was coined in 1944, but there have likely been vegetarians in the world for as long as there have been humans. More than one in five people on earth today are vegetarian either by choice or necessity. It's a way of eating that everyone is aware of, yet it is still the object of mockery by some, especially in the West.
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