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Mastering automotive ads: AM webinar in association with Infinity and Phyron
AM-online
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June 2, 2025
Mastering automotive ads: Smarter AI, better data, bigger results - AM webinar in association with Infinity and Phyron When: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - 2:00 p.m. Last call for Registration! Sign up here Learn how AI, automation, and better data are...
Ads of the week, from Lynx’s scratch and sniff to O2’s talking fish
The Drum
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This week in ads: retro nods, scented briefs and a talking fish.The best campaigns this week didn’t just sell a product — they sparked something. From scented out-of-home stunts to poetic global montages, brands leaned into bold visuals,...
Advertising spend from media agencies hits high
Mumbrella
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June 2, 2025
Australia’s media agencies have spent a record amount on advertising in the first four months of 2025, driven by the federal election spend. The $2,711 million spend, while bettering the equivalent period last year, only just edged past the same...
Ads ruined social media. Now they’re coming to AI chatbots.
The Economic Times
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June 2, 2025
Chatbots might hallucinate and sprinkle too much flattery on their users — “That’s a fascinating question!” one recently told me — but at least the subscription model that underpins them is healthy for our wellbeing. Many Americans pay about $20 a...
Ads ruined social media. Now they’re coming to AI
TechCentral
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June 2, 2025
Chatbots might hallucinate and sprinkle too much flattery on their users — “That’s a fascinating question!” one recently told me — but at least the subscription model that underpins them is healthy for our wellbeing. Many of us pay about...
Google Lens Comes To YouTube Shorts - Without Ads For Now...
Search Engine Roundtable
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June 2, 2025
Google Lens will soon work on YouTube shorts, all you need to do is pause the YouTube Short, then make a circle on the portion of the video you want Google Lens to search on and it will provide an overlay dialog menu to show you search results...
Black Ops 6 players threaten to quit over new microtransaction ads
Metro
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June 2, 2025
Black Ops 6 – it costs £70 but it still wants more (Activision) A new addition to the weapon loadout screen in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 has caused outrage amongst players, as season four gets underway. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 added a bunch of...
Vaping in schools linked to influx of ads - Phaahla
East Coast Radio
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"Our researchers indicate that there are 230 e-cigarette websites, which are flooding the market and luring young people with all these attractive flavours and sleek marketing." Phaahla made the remarks in Pretoria on Monday morning, at a World...
UAE Media Council reveals regulation for social media ads, age-rating for content
Campaign Middle East
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June 2, 2025
The UAE Media Council has launched a comprehensive system to regulate, empower and stimulate growth in the media sector. This includes a new resolution regulating social media advertising, support for content creators, an age-rating system for...
Podcast Advertising Grows Modestly In April As FanDuel Emerges As Leader.
Inside Radio - Tennessee
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Podcast advertising spending edged higher in April despite gyrations in the economy, offering the latest indication that marketers continue to hold their ad plans intact. Magellan AI says the top 15 podcast advertisers last month spent a combined...
London mayor reverses TfL ban on ads calling for abortion decriminalisation
The Guardian
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June 2, 2025
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has stepped in to reverse a ban on adverts on the London transport network calling for abortion to be decriminalised. It is understood that the mayor is seeking an “urgent review” of a Transport for London (TfL)...
TikTok’s advertising push as under-16 social media ban looms
The West Australian
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June 2, 2025
TikTok is pushing the app’s benefits for teens into as many faces as it can as the under-16 social media ban looms at the end of this year. The social media giant took out sprawling ads in the Australian Financial Review last week, covering 4½...
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Ads Spark Outrage
Yardbarker
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June 2, 2025
Well, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is in it again with their players, which adds to the ever-growing list of controversies that have happened since its release. The complaints are about ripping off other games, the use of generative AI, and the...
“Tired Of The Same Old Plug & Play Media Plans”: Amazon Ads Launches Campaign Across Australia
B&T
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June 2, 2025
Amazon Ads unveiled a new campaign ‘Make Media Magic’ across Australia, aiming to reignite creativity and excitement in media planning among marketers. ‘Make Media Magic’ will reach seasoned marketers jaded by the conga line of platforms that...
Internet Advertising Spend Grows Nearly 12% In Q1
B&T
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June 1, 2025
The Australian internet advertising market has continued its growth, reaching $4.2bn for the March 2025 quarter, an increase of 11.6 per cent year on year. The data which comes from the IAB Australia Internet Advertising Revenue Report (IARR)...
Australian job ads fall for second month in May, ANZ-Indeed data shows
Yahoo Finance
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian job advertisements fell for a second successive month in May in a sign that the tight labour market may be slowly easing, though the number remained well above pre-pandemic levels. Data from Australia and New Zealand...
Amazon Ads launches ‘Make Media Magic’ campaign in Australia and across the globe, via Anomlay
Mumbrella
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June 1, 2025
Amazon Ads has launched a global campaign developed “to reignite creativity and excitement in media planning among marketers”, via a partnership with Anomaly. Today Amazon Ads unveils a new campaign called “Make Media Magic” across Australia. It...
No job ads, no interviews: Museum’s Titanic hiring spree triggers overhaul
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 1, 2025
Baragwanath found concerns around the hiring spree were legitimate, and came to an agreement with the museum that its internal policies be changed as a result of the complaints. While no disciplinary action was taken against staff, the ombudsman...
Noida Restaurant Owner Quits Zomato Allegedly Over Hidden Charges, Unauthorised Ads And Lack Of Support
Free Press Journal
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Noida, June 1: A small restaurant owner has publicly announced that they are removing their business from Zomato, one of India’s biggest food delivery platforms. In a strongly worded post on X (formerly Twitter), the owner criticised Zomato and...
Junk food ads are flooding your teen's social media feeds and influencing what they eat
RNZ
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June 1, 2025
Australian GP Isabel Hanson, from the research team behind the Oxford study, says that when young people see junk food being marketed on platforms like Instagram, YouTube or TikTok, it affects what they want to eat.