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Oklahoma and Texas ADs hopeful Cotton Bowl upgrades will improve Red River fan experience
Saturday will mark the 121st time Texas and Oklahoma have met in football and the 93rd straight year they’ve played in Fair Park, but in one respect it will be a fresh start. It will be the first time Longhorns and Sooners fans get to experience...

Vintage Dr Pepper mural unearthed during jail demolition reveals 1920s advertising gem
LUFKIN, Texas - What started as a routine demolition project turned into a viral sensation. A contractor uncovered a piece of Texas history hiding in plain sight - a vintage Dr Pepper mural that's been sealed away for decades. It was during a...

Advertising Week Briefing: Amazon is primed to take over the ad industry
Advertising Week New York often functions like a mirror held up to the industry — its agenda is less a self-help pamphlet than a barometer of where adland believes it’s headed. If you’re watching the 2025 schedule, you’ll see that AI, creators,...

The emerging issue of gambling advertising and sport
ANALYSIS: New Zealand would do well to pay attention to what's been happening in the UK and Australia. Your co-editor was curious to read this week coverage by The Athletic of a new study from the University of Bristol. That study monitored 29...

British Columbia tables historic legislation to target vaping advertising
The British Columbia government has tabled what it says is the first law in Canada to recover health care costs from companies that use "deceptive practices" to sell vaping products. Attorney General Niki Sharma said Wednesday in Victoria that the...
Reddit raids Madison Avenue with a key advertising hire
Reddit has poached a high-profile figure from Madison Avenue as it looks to build deeper relationships with advertising agencies. Business Insider has learned that Sharb Farjami is set to join Reddit in a role responsible for building partnerships...

ADS announces new VP for Aerospace
ADS, the UK trade association for the aerospace, defence, security and space, has announced the appointment of Véronique Bardelmann, Vice President Safran UK & Europe, as its new Vice President (VP) for Aerospace. As the latest industry leader to...

California Passes Law to Regulate Loud Ads on Streaming Platforms
The new law states that, beginning July 1, 2026, streaming services that serve California viewers may no longer air commercials that play louder than the program or movie they accompany.The measure, inspired by a harried legislative staffer’s...

Véronique Bardelmann Joins ADS Aerospace Leadership
The appointment reinforces the organisation’s ADS aerospace leadership team as it continues to drive industry growth and collaboration. Driving Collaboration Across the Aerospace Sector In her new role, Véronique will chair the Aerospace Sector...

Amazon’s giant ads have ruined the Echo Show
Last week, Amazon launched a major update of its line of Alexa-enabled Echo smart speakers and displays. The redesign — led by former Microsoft design chief Ralf Groene, whom Amazon Devices & Services head Panos Panay coaxed out of retirement —...

Sick of All the Annoying Ads in Windows? Microsoft Doesn't Want You to Know That You Can Remove Them
Microsoft's Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems are PCMag Editors' Choice picks, but there's always room for improvement. It's puzzling, for example, that the company includes annoying features like built-in ads. If you can't stand these...

Togo’s Samuel Asamoah breaks neck in collision with advertising board
Togo midfielder Samuel Asamoah broke his neck in a collision with a pitch-side advertising board in China that his club says could leave him paralysed. The 31-year-old, who plays for second-tier Chinese side Guangxi Pingguo, collided head-first...

Fox Advertising Partners With Mobian On AI-Powered Measurement, Targeting
New technology will be integrated into the OneFox converged media platform powered by AdRise. Today, Fox Advertising and Mobian announced a strategic partnership that “brings together two powerhouses, committed to innovation in data-driven...

Upside-down OOH ads promote Aussie biscuit brand Tim Tam to the UK
The chocolate snack launched into the UK last year and this new campaign is the brand’s first major advertising push in the country.Tim Tam, the Australian chocolate biscuit, has launched its first major campaign in the UK with independent...

Togo midfielder ‘risks paralysis’ after breaking neck in collision with advertising board
Togo midfielder Samuel Asamoah broke his neck in a freak collision with a pitch-side advertising board in China. The 31-year-old plays for Chinese second-tier side Guangxi Pingguo and the incident happened during a domestic match on Sunday. Togo...

ITV launches GenAI Ads Manager powered by Magnite’s streamr.ai
ITV has launched a new GenAI Ads Manager platform powered by Magnite’s streamr.ai technology, designed to make TV advertising more accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The bespoke platform enables advertisers to automatically...

Nearly half non-alc ads potentially breaking rules, finds UK’s ASA
Around 48% of adverts for alcohol-free products could be non-compliant with advertising rules, according to a new study from the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ASA’s Pulse Report: Alcohol Advertising, published today (9 October),...

Irony unfolds: Front-page ads hail Ratan Tata as guiding light amid internal feud
The striking irony was unmissable. On Thursday, as full-page advertisements across major national dailies celebrated the legacy of Ratan Tata – hailing his humility and calling him the Tata Group's guiding light – a storm continued to rage inside...

New law takes aim at annoying ads on streaming services
A new law will soon require advertisements on streaming services to be no louder than the shows or movies they interrupt. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 576 into law on Oct. 6, making California the first state to regulate the volume of...

What Is Linda Yaccarino’s Net Worth in 2025? Twitter (X) CEO’s Advertising Career & Salary Explained
Linda Yaccarino was born in 1963 and raised in Deer Park, New York, where she exhibited a keen interest in communication, business, and leadership from a young age. After attending Deer Park High School, she pursued a degree in Telecommunications...