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With less than six weeks left before the GOP’s Iowa Caucus, leading candidates are investing millions to make their case to Hawkeye State voters. According to an Epoch Times analysis of Federal Communications Commission disclosures released by broadcasters in the Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, and Mason City, Iowa, metro areas as well […]

Big global brands are pulling out from advertising on X after a media report charged the platform with promoting pro-Nazi content, an accusation which X has rebutted. IBM, Comcast/NBCUniversal, Lions Gate Entertainment, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Disney confirmed to various media outlets that they were pausing ads on X. At a press briefing on […]

A Bud Light executive said the company will be tripling its investment in the beleaguered brand over the summer in the midst of a boycott after it promoted a transgender influencer earlier this year. Anheuser-Busch, the parent company, has “more than tripled our already weighty national media investment” behind Bud Light, the company’s vice president, […]

NEW YORK—Super Bowl ads are more than just breaks between gameplay during the biggest sporting event of the year: They offer a glimpse of the country’s zeitgeist, along with how major industries are faring. This year, crypto ads and automakers are advertising less since those industries are facing problems. Major food brands like M&Ms, tech […]

Remember those catchy crypto ads from the Super Bowl just a short time ago? They certainly got a lot of attention. But did they convince you, or anyone you know, to get involved with crypto?

Social media sites and search engines will be forced to stamp out fraudulent adverts as the government makes changes to the Online Safety Bill. The move comes after calls from consumer groups for a stronger crackdown on scams, and as the government launches a wider consultation on how online advertising is regulated in the UK.

Google is banning advertisements featuring content that contradict what it called “inaccurate” content on climate change, and will no longer allow ad revenue to be made from them, the company announced in a blog post on Oct. 7. The tech giant said the new policy will go into effect in November and will help “strengthen the integrity” of […]

OKCupid, a dating platform, is displaying ads in New York City subway cars. The ads definitely got people’s attention—but not everyone likes them. A video emerged of a group of people tearing the posters down.

Government plans to ban junk food advertising online and on TV before 9 p.m. have sparked a backlash from an already reeling hospitality sector.

The advertisement of Uyghur hair on Facebook places the social media giant at odd with policymakers, human rights activists, and its own stated policies.

Facebook announced in a blog post on Wednesday it would soon reverse its months-long freeze on political, electoral, and social ads. The company first introduced the ban to crack down on misinformation around last November’s presidential election.  

Maryland is the first state in the nation to tax online ads. But it’s likely to face legal challenges.

Facebook is banning all new political advertisements during the week leading up to the presidential election. It says it wants to limit misinformation on its platform. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post the company’s plan to limit political misinformation this election.    

Joe Biden’s campaign is reserving $280 million in digital and television ads through the fall, nearly twice the amount President Trump’s team has reserved.

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Nov. 3 to question whether Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly (D) is “trying to steal the election.” The President’s post came after dozens of Facebook advertisements against Indiana’s GOP candidate for Senate Mike Braun were revealed to have been funded by the Indiana Democratic Party. Numerous ads showed support […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Facebook Inc has begun overhauling how it handles political ads on its platform and may put some changes in place before U.S. elections next year, Facebook’s chief technology officer said on Wednesday. U.S. congressional and state elections set for November 2018 present a deadline of sorts for Facebook and other social media companies […]

There are three key elements in advertising: brand, pictorial and text. Each of them have unique effects and implications for advertising. But what about an ad with no brand, no text and no picture? Advertising has found a way: All you need is one of these inflatable fluttering figures and a dedicated (or bored) worker. Put said worker in a similar […]