California Law Curbs Loud Ads on Netflix, Hulu Streaming Services

In a move that could reshape how streaming giants handle advertising, California has enacted a law requiring services like Netflix and Hulu to cap the volume of commercials, ensuring they don’t blast viewers with sudden audio spikes. The...

Sam Altman Calls ChatGPT’s New ‘Pulse’ His Favourite Feature, Hints Ads Could Come to AI Chatbots in Future

Currently available only to ChatGPT Pro subscribers, the Pulse feature analyses users’ past chats, connected apps, and areas of interest to generate a personalised daily briefing. When users open ChatGPT in the morning, Pulse might greet them with...

AppLovin plunges after the SEC opens investigation into its advertising practices

AppLovin's stock plummeted on Monday after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an investigation into its data collection methods. According to Bloomberg, the regulator is seeking to determine whether the US mobile advertising...

ICE using ads to woo potential new agents

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on television advertising in select metro areas around the country,...

NewJeans’ Hanni receives heartfelt birthday support from fans through LED billboard ads across Seoul

NewJeans member Hanni received a memorable birthday surprise from her devoted fans. On October 6 KST, Fan N Star revealed photos of birthday support ads for Hanni that were displayed across multiple locations in Seoul using K-City Tour buses and...

Dark Money Group Blankets Maui In Ads To Influence Vacation Rental Bill

Some Hawai‘i nonprofits are objecting to the mainland organization’s meddling in local politics and overall lack of public transparency. For months, a Washington, D.C.-based group called Progress Action has been spending thousands of dollars to...

Instagram listening to conversations? Why people see ads of things they recently spoke about

Instagram's head, Adam Mosseri, debunked claims that the app listens to conversations for targeted ads. He explained that ads appear due to user interactions, advertiser data, friends' interests, psychological effects, and simple coincidence, not...

Spain Wants Tobacco-Style Warnings on Gambling Ads

At the end of June, we reported on the encouraging conclusions of a peer-reviewed Harm Reduction Journal research that showed that the number of new online gambling accounts in Spain dropped a staggering 55% to 1.35 million in 2023 from the 3.01...

Fair Work warns it will clamp down on dodgy job ads

Australia’s workplace regulator has warned employers against advertising jobs at illegal pay rates after nearly double the fines were issued to violators in the past year. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) says it is cracking down on dodgy job...

Samsung opens up home screen advertising to all brands

Samsung Ads has made home screen advertising (on Samsung smart TVs) available to non-content and non-games brands for the first time. The company says this reflects the importance of home screen ads as a way to capture audiences from the moment...

ICE airing recruitment ads targeted at police in metro Atlanta

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on television advertising. Some of that money is now being direct at metro Atlanta. The ads are aimed at recruiting local officers...

The 100K-acre Wyoming ranch immortalized in the ‘Marlboro Man’ cigarette ads asks $52.8M

Come to where the flavor is. A storied stretch of Wyoming land where the Marlboro Man — yes, the cigarette brand — once rode across America’s collective imagination in advertising campaigns has hit the market for $52.8 million, reports Mansion...

Radio And Digital Shine As Key Holiday Advertising Tools.

As the fourth quarter approaches, local media sellers have a prime opportunity to help advertisers capture holiday spending, writes Mallory Bouslog, Senior Account Executive at Marketron, for the RAB blog. While overall holiday growth may be...

SEC Investigates Whether AppLovin’s Targeted Advertising Violated Platform Partners’ Service Agreements

Mobile advertising technology company AppLovin is reportedly being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is looking into whether the company pushed more targeted advertising to consumers than was allowed by its platform...

Why the sky’s no longer the limit for live TV advertising

Matt Cerussi, senior director of West Coast ad sales and national tune-in, DIRECTV Advertising Live TV is no longer tethered to the living room, and neither are the audiences that advertisers want to reach. As millions of people gear up for...

Podcast: Why are diverse minds more suited to advertising?

Neurodiversity exists in between 15% and 20% of UK adults, but recent All In data counts over half of adland’s UK workforce as neurodiverse, at 55%. This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week, and to mark the occasion, this episode of The Campaign...

Duolingo rolls out character-led ads platform to charm Gen Z

Duolingo has rolled out a new mobile-first advertising platform, Duolingo Ads, aimed at helping brands connect with Gen Z through playful, character-led formats. The mobile learning app, which has more than 128 million monthly active users...

TBWA Opens Applications For 2026 Freshies 12-Month Advertising Apprenticeship

TBWA\Australia has opened applications for its FRESHIES (formerly Fresh Fries), a paid creative agency apprenticeship program with a new name, a new look, and a new brief, the program. Now entering its eighth-year rotation in Melbourne, and its...

Meta Is Shutting off Political Ads in the EU This Week

A quick reminder for Meta advertisers in Europe: As of this week, Meta is implementing its ban on all political, electoral and social issue ads in the EU, due to incoming regulations around political advertising in the region. Back in July, Meta...

Former Tabcorp CEO demands stricter rules on gambling ads

Elmer Funke Kupper, former Tabcorp Chief Executive, has called on the Albanese Government to tighten gambling advertising rules, warning that young Australians are at risk. Describing tougher advertising rules as “one of the simplest acts of...