Google, Amazon, Others Respond to Senators’ Inquiry About Funding CSAM Via Ads
Under pressure from bipartisan lawmakers, Google, Amazon, and other major ad industry players have shared the actions they're taking after they inadvertently helped facilitate advertising on a site...
View ArticleGen Z Is More Worried About AI Taking Their Jobs Than You Might Think,...
It turns out that Gen Z is often just as anxious about artificial intelligence booting them from a job as many other people. One of the most common assumptions made in corporate America over the last...
View ArticleFrom Burger King to Bumble, These Brands are Currently Without a CMO
There is always activity in the chief marketing executive (CMO) role, and some big moves have been made over the last 12 months. Where OpenAI hired its first marketing chief, other brands such as...
View ArticleAndrew Noel and Sophia Zhang to Succeed Brad Simms at GALE
Stagwell agency GALE has named Andrew Noel as its new global chief executive officer (CEO) and Sophia Zhang as its North America CEO, it exclusively shared with ADWEEK. The longtime execs succeed...
View ArticleSaucony Shifts Strategy to Focus on Community and Connection
Back in October, Saucony's chief marketing officer (CMO) Joy Allen-Altimare told ADWEEK she wanted to bridge the gap between performance and lifestyle. Now, five months on, the exec is spearheading a...
View ArticleAmazon’s Latest Tool Automates Big Parts of Buying TV Ads, Vying With Google...
Amazon wants a bigger piece of TV ad dollars that are going programmatic. The company is launching a new tool called Complete TV within its demand-side-platform, Amazon DSP, for advertisers to plan and...
View ArticleE.W. Scripps Begins Layoffs at Its Local Stations
E.W. Scripps is laying off staff at many of its local stations. Scripps owns and operates more than 60 stations in over 40 markets. Staffers were told on Monday. The station group also said open...
View ArticleTwo Veteran Anchors Retiring: One in Wisconsin Another in Michigan
It seems like veteran journalists are dropping out of local TV in larger numbers than usual. Either that, or I'm just getting old. Hopefully, no one feels shorted by this combo post where I cover two...
View ArticleTens of Thousands In Ad Revenue Lost in Google Ads’ Weekend Outage
Google is apologizing to advertisers after Google Ads stopped serving ads for some accounts over the weekend, beginning on March 1. Other advertisers were met with error messages, high latency, and...
View ArticleCurology’s Steve Siegal on Scaling From DTC to Omnichannel Retail
In this episode of the Brave Commerce podcast, Steve Siegal, chief marketing and innovation officer at Curology, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss Curology's journey from a...
View ArticleKnoxville’s First Black Anchor Edye Ellis Dies
Former WBIR anchor Edye Ellis has died. She was 81. Her cousin, Robert Collins, told the Knoxville, Tennessee NBC affiliate that everyone who met her "should be assured she was genuine. She loved...
View ArticleNational CineMedia Reveals 2025 U.S. Young Lions Finalists
Cinema advertising platform National CineMedia (NCM), the U.S. representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity's Young Lions competition, revealed this year's 25 finalist teams...
View ArticleGoogle Has Pulled Nearly 200 Apps Due to Extensive Android Ad Fraud Scheme
Google has wiped over 180 apps from the Play Store in response to findings from ad verification vendor Integral Ad Science (IAS) that uncovered a massive ad fraud operation that used shell Android apps...
View ArticleMicrosoft Lures Brands to Advertise in Chatbot Copilot with New Formats and...
Microsoft is blurring the line between search and shopping with new AI-powered ads in its generative AI chatbot, Copilot. It unveiled several AI ad formats and tools today at its Advertising Accelerate...
View ArticleMonday, March 3 Evening Cable News Ratings: Hannity Takes Top Spot in the Demo
Fox News was the second highest-rated television network on Monday evening, with Hannity's interview with Vice President J.D. Vance landing in first place in the Adults 25-54 demo at 9 p.m. The...
View ArticleAllen Media to Begin Hubbing Weather Again
It looks like Allen Media is "circling back" with the hub idea. WEVV meteorologist Griffin Glasscock has posted an update to social media saying she has a new schedule because the Allen Media station...
View ArticleWeek of Feb. 24 Cable News Ratings: Fox News Stakes Its Claim as ‘the 5th...
This is TVNewser's basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Feb. 24, 2025. A busy news week from a political and global standpoint fueled growth for all three cable networks....
View ArticleGoogle Pushes Trump DOJ to Pull Back Calls to Break Up Company
Google is hoping that a change in regime leads to a change in its perception as an illegal monopoly in the online search sector by regulators in Washington, D.C. Sources familiar with the discussions...
View ArticleNew Evidence May Be Released in Case of Missing Iowa Anchor
The cold case involving the disappearance of Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit may get new life depending on what a judge in Cerro Gordo, Iowa decides. Huisentruit went missing nearly 30 years ago when...
View ArticleStart Preparing Now for a Potential Ban on Pharma TV Ads
For the advertising industry in the United States, few regulatory changes have the potential to be as seismic as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposal to ban pharmaceutical advertising from television. As...
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