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Anger over codes in job ads for gay ministers amid Kinross church members split-vote row
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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June 5, 2025
A code in job adverts to indicate gay ministers are welcome to apply for vacant posts has been revealed by a Kinross-shire Church of Scotland member. The capital letter D in red is used for vacancies open to candidates in same-sex relationships....
New York Festivals Advertising Awards Reveals 2025 Shortlist
Branding in Asia
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June 5, 2025
New York Festivals Advertising Awards (NYFA) has announced its 2025 Shortlist, recognizing standout campaigns from more than 40 countries. The selected work was chosen by the NYFA Shortlist Jury for its creativity and innovation. This year’s...
Boomtown opens registrations for June Masterclass on regional advertising opportunities
Mumbrella
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June 5, 2025
The upcoming session will explore why brands should prioritise regional Australia in their FY25/26 marketing plans. Registrations for Boomtown’s next masterclass are now open, with participants set to hear from brand leaders in national marketing...
Flywheel, Uber Advertising launch retail media partnership
AdNews
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Uber’s advertising network claims reach across 10 million Australians annually. Flywheel Australia, the ecommerce arm of Omnicom, has partnered with Uber Advertising and Criteo through an API integration aimed at helping FMCG brands run targeted...
LinkedIn launches First Impression Ads
AdNews
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LinkedIn has launched First Impression Ads, a full-screen, vertical video format designed for single-day campaigns, ahead of Cannes Lions 2025. The ads will appear as the first impression on LinkedIn, giving brands a way to launch product...
Futuri Launches SpotOn Video to Help Media Sellers Quickly Create AI-Generated Ads
Small Business Trends
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June 5, 2025
Futuri, a leader in AI-powered content and sales intelligence tools for media, has unveiled a major expansion to its SpotOn platform with the launch of SpotOn Video, a new tool that enables radio, advertising, and television professionals to...
Linkedin launches new advertising tools
Mumbrella
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June 5, 2025
Linkedin has launched a number of new advertising tools aimed at B2B marketers. The platform is introducing ‘First Impression Ads’ a full-screen, vertical video format designed for single-day campaigns. These ads appear as pop-ups, “the first...
‘We blocked five billion ads last year’ – Google VP for safety Karen Courington on the war against online scammers
Irish Independent
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Head of safety at internet giant is proud of their work – but the rise of AI poses a new puzzle Google vice president for trust and safety Karen Courington Today at 03:30 Death, taxes and social media scams. It’s one of the parables of the online...
Linkedin’s Adds More Video Ad Options, Including ‘First Impression Ads’
Social Media Today
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June 4, 2025
As video continues to gain traction among LinkedIn users, the platform has announced some new video ad options, including “First Impression Ads,” which offer more opportunity to grab attention, as well as expanded CTV Ads capabilities. First off,...
AMC Says New NCM Preshow Ads Don’t “Negatively Influence Moviegoing Habits”
Deadline
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June 5, 2025
Word got out today that the No. 1 exhibition circuit, AMC Theatres, will start running more advertising during their pre-shows beginning July 1. Why is this a big deal? Bigger than the taxation of trade routes? Because AMC close to six years ago...
“Booking OOH & DOOH Ads Should Be As Easy As Securing A Hotel”: Broadsign Rolls Out Broadsign In-Advance
B&T
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June 5, 2025
Broadsign has announced Broadsign In-Advance, a new Broadsign platform capability that unlocks automated in-advance Digital OOH (DOOH) transactions, with support for static OOH transactions anticipated via a future update. Programmatic media...
LinkedIn Expands Video Advertising Capabilities
B&T
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June 5, 2025
LinkedIn has launched new tools and insights to help B2B marketers reach and engage with buying groups and innovate with video to build confidence among decision-makers. To help marketers capture attention from the very first moment, LinkedIn is...
N1bn Advertising Debt Raises Concern over Non-compliance Issues
This Day
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June 4, 2025
Raheem Akingbolu Seven years after the leadership of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) cried out that major practitioners within the fold of the Out-of-Home Advertising Association of Nigeria’s (OAAN) and other vendors working...
Nigeria’s Timeless Advertising Campaigns
This Day
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June 4, 2025
Raheem Akingbolu delves into the essence of a few memorable Nigerian advertising campaigns and how the promoters blend their storytelling deftness with creativity to produce unique works of art that not only resonate with consumers but also...
ADS-TEC Energy expands into Austria
Renewable Energy Magazine
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The expansion also enables the company to create the foundation for more comprehensive customer support services across Central and Eastern Europe. As part of its international growth strategy, ADS-TEC Energy established its sales and service...
Campaign Review: Ads with character
Mumbrella
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June 4, 2025
In Campaign Review, Mumbrella invites industry creatives and strategists to offer their views on recent ad campaigns. Brand: Viva Campaign: ‘UnbeVIVAble‘ Agency: Hello ADVERTISEMENT The verdict: A fun reinvigoration of the platform. Jody Elston,...
MiQ goes AI-powered advertising with Sigma
AdNews
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Programmatic media partner MiQ has launched AI-powered advertising platform MiQ Sigma. Sigma unites more than 300 diverse data feeds, spanning 700 trillion consumer signals across what consumers are watching on TV, browsing on the web and buying...
CCI unconditionally clears advertising merger amid ongoing collusion probe
Global Competition Review
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June 4, 2025
Credit: shutterstock/T. Schneider India’s antitrust watchdog has unconditionally approved Omnicom Group’s proposed acquisition of rival advertising company Interpublic Group, but experts say the clearance is unlikely to interfere with a separate...
ANALYSIS: Outlook for the big 5 global advertising groups
AdNews
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The big five global advertising groups are moving cautiously into the halfway point of the 2025 year in the face of widespread macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical tension, according to analysis of March quarter earnings. In calls with...
Meta's new advertising tools
AdNews
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is rolling out three tools – Value Optimisation, Incremental Attribution and Value Rules – which allows advertisers to targt specific campaign outcomes.. These products allow businesses to feed...