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Only 27% of global advertisers believe their current pay structure with their media agencies is fit for the future, and 75% say they’ll amend how they pay within the next three years. The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) and advisory firm MediaSense surveyed 80 marketing, media, and finance leaders from multinational brands representing more than…

San Francisco-based data intelligence firm Truthset announced it raised $5 million in Series A funding last week, a sum it wants to put to improving the accuracy of consumer data powering the ad industry. The firm claims an eye-popping 60% of consumer data is inaccurate, leading to waste and reduced profitability for marketers, according to…

After Google said it would no longer deprecate third-party cookies earlier this summer, many in the ad industry collectively sighed at the four years of effort preparing for a future that would never happen. But for restaurant and entertainment company Dave & Buster’s, preparing for the end of cookies helped it understand how flawed third-party…

Every company from retailers to banks are looking to cash in on ad revenue. The rise of retail media promises advertisers the ability to target and measure ads using first-party data like sales, email addresses, and loyalty programs. Non-retailers like United and JPMorgan Chase as well as specialty retailers like Sephora have jumped into advertising…

After President Joe Biden ended his 2024 presidential campaign, the Democratic Party has a new challenge: quickly reintroducing Vice President Kamala Harris as the next president. Since Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, a majority of Democratic delegates have endorsed Harris, making her the likely candidate to run against Republican former President…

U.S. advertising spending should grow 6.3% in 2024, according to a forecast released by Brian Wieser, an advertising industry analyst and founder of the consultancy, Madison and Wall. Wieser, who earlier this year forecast a slightly lower growth rate of 5.6%, acknowledges the market is growing better than previously expected. Wieser expects total advertising spend…

U.S. advertising spending is growing faster than analysts thought it would back in December, according to a forecast released by Interpublic Group’s investment arm, Magna. Interpublic Group’s investment arm Magna expects total advertising spending will grow 9.2% to $369 billion–excluding political spending and tentpole events like the Olympics. Back in December, Magna predicted 2024 ad…

Almost a year after the industry outcry over made-for-advertising inventory and months since many ad-tech firms have devised solutions to address the problem, ads from large brands are still being served on spammy websites, new research from Adalytics has found. Adalytics found examples of hundreds of large brands advertising on made-for-advertising websites, facilitated by most…

The so-called attention economy is fractured, and its leaders largely disagree about how and when publishers should guarantee attention to advertisers. While vendors are largely bullish on attention guarantees and their potential impact on the advertising market, other industry players tend to be more cautious. Omnicom Media Group agency OMD continues to conduct attention measurement…

Google is the latest firm joining the Coalition for Content Provenance Authenticity (C2PA), a group that includes agency Publicis Groupe, the BBC, Adobe and Microsoft, which aims to identify artificial-intelligence-generated digital content, among other efforts. The proliferation of AI-generated content is on the rise, contributing to the spread of misinformation, making watermarking AI content more…