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Ads Out, AI In: Linda Yaccarino Departs X As Musk Rewrites The Social Playbook
B&T
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July 11, 2025
Linda Yaccarino has stepped down as CEO of X, marking the end of a tumultuous tenure atop Elon Musk’s social media company. The move commences the ushering in of what appears to be a bold strategic pivot, from advertising-dependent business models...
City of Ekurhuleni reminds public of outdoor advertising rules
Bedfordview and Edenvale News
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July 11, 2025
Home/News/Local news/City of Ekurhuleni reminds public of outdoor advertising rules Local news 11 hours ago Bedfordview and Edenvale News 1 minute read The City of Ekurhuleni has reminded residents and businesses that all outdoor advertising must...
Lexus Fields Four of Top Five Most-Seen Luxury Auto TV Ads
Wardsauto
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July 11, 2025
Lexus leans hard into its Golden Opportunity Sales Event, with three different promotional commercials that made iSpot’s ranking of the most-seen luxury auto TV ads for June 30 through July 6. The automaker also has a fourth spot on the ranking,...
Welcome To The Barbie World: Why Real Still Matters In Advertising
MediaPost
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“I’m a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world…” That song, sung in the movie, was meant to be playful. But in today’s media landscape, it feels eerily accurate. Fast food pretends to be a meal. Social media pretends to be social. Reality TV pretends to be...
Investigation reveals Israel used paid ads to discredit Albanese
The New Arab
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July 11, 2025
Israel has been paying for Google search ads which discredit Francesca Albanese [Getty] A recent investigation by an Italian news site has revealed that Israel resorted to using digital propaganda tools to discredit the United Nations Special...
Kerala Medical Council slaps penalty on doctor for advertising unethical, unrecognised qualification
Medical Dialogues
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July 11, 2025
Thiruvananthapuram: Taking action against a doctor for allegedly advertising an additional qualification, which is neither recognised as a medical qualification nor registered, the Kerala State Medical Council (Council of Modern Medicine) has...
10 Questions on Advertising... with TikTok global ECD Tom Skinner
The Drum
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He’s gone from agency boardrooms to TikTok’s trend feed. Now, Tom Skinner explains what today’s creatives need to thrive in a faster, looser, louder world.It was perhaps inevitable that Tom Skinner would end up overseeing creative for a platform...
Sick of loud ads on Netflix? A proposed California law would turn down the volume
The Almanac - California
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July 11, 2025
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Ever been streaming a show or a movie and been jolted out of your entertainment reverie by an ad so loud it felt like it rattled the windows? If California’s...
Microsoft Bing Tests Delivery Truck Icon In Search Ads
Search Engine Roundtable
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July 11, 2025
Microsoft is testing using a blue delivery truck icon in some of the ads in the Bing Search results. I guess it is to symbolize that they offer delivery? This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who posted this screenshot on X: Bing loves testing out...
These ingenious McDonald's ads are a rodeo of optical illusions
Creative Bloq
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July 11, 2025
It's stampede season In Canada, and McDonald's is buckling up for the world's biggest outdoor rodeo with a timely themed extension of its clever minimalist advertising To coincide with the 2025 Calgary Stampede, the McDonald's Cowboy Closeups...
Kneecap Speak Out After Being 'Banned' From Advertising On London Underground
HuffPost UK
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July 11, 2025
Kneecap on stage in London last week Kneecap have accused the London Underground of “censorship” after revealing that an ad for their upcoming live show has been banned from appearing on the Tube. In the days after Coachella, it was reported that...
Think tank calls for legal duty to disclose pension contributions in job ads
People Management
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The government should introduce mandatory disclosure of employer pension contributions in all job advertisements, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) has argued. Senior fellow James Kirkup wrote on the think tank’s website that the Pension Schemes...
More ads hit GOP over energy prices after tax bill vote
E&E News
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July 11, 2025
Clean energy advocates are betting that Republicans’ votes for President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will be a liability in next year’s midterm elections. While provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act regarding health care and taxes...
DirecTV’s MiEspañol adds ViX Premium with Ads
Advanced Television
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July 10, 2025
DirecTV and TelevisaUnivision, the Spanish-language media company, have announced that the ad-supported premium subscription of ViX, Premium with Ads, is now included in DirecTVs MiEspañol Genre Pack. This strategic collaboration delivers a blend...
Gen Z loathes ads. Here's how one startup behind top podcasters gets around that.
Business Insider
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Twelve-time author Ryan Holiday's attention is divided between his books, two podcasts, a YouTube channel, and an email newsletter. Amid this high-wire act, Holiday has a spotter: Backyard Ventures. The Austin-based media startup does the dirty...
Kneecap banned from advertising on London Underground
Female First
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July 11, 2025
11 July 2025 Kneecap have been barred from advertising on the London Underground. Kneecap have been blocked from advertising on the London Underground The controversial Irish trio - whose band member Mo Chara is currently on bail on a terror...
Meet Oli Walsh, the Man Behind the Latest, Award-winning Gap Ads
WWD - New York
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July 11, 2025
LONDON — How does a brand bounce back? Intertwine with popular culture? Or appeal to a new, seen-it-all generation? Oli Walsh thinks about these questions all the time. The founder and chief executive officer of brand consultancy Invisible...
Robinhood Offers Crypto Trading “at the Lowest Cost,” but Is It False Advertising?
Finance Magnates
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July 11, 2025
Robinhood (Nasdaq: HOOD) is facing an investigation by Florida’s top prosecutor for claiming that it offers crypto trading “at the lowest cost on average.” The state cop is also issuing a subpoena to the trading platform to uncover internal...
Philippines orders removal of gambling ads amid addiction fears
Bangkok Post
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July 11, 2025
PUBLISHED : 11 Jul 2025 at 17:06 The Philippines’ gaming regulator has ordered the immediate dismantling of all gambling billboards and advertisements across the country amid worries over a growing betting addiction in the Southeast Asian nation....
PAGCOR orders removal of gambling ads from public spaces
Gambling Insider
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Operators given until 15 August to dismantle all billboards and transit promotions. By Gambling Insider Key points: - All gambling billboards and transport ads must be removed by 15 August - Only institutional or responsible gaming campaigns will...