Tubefilter: A TV ad group wants YouTube to clean up its slop. Can it?. “The Video Advertising Bureau (VAB), a trade group whose members include NBCUniversal, ESPN, and Sony Pictures Television, has put YouTube on blast over the large volume of infringing videos that are removed from the platform each day. A moderation report published by VAB details YouTube’s slop problem by analyzing […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/tubefilter-a-tv-ad-group-wants-youtube-to-clean-up-its-slop-can-it/

Why does every algorithmic media feed seem like garbage? Because it IS garbage. It's not tailored to your preferences as the owners claim. It's tailored to theirs. Namely, profit and what leads to profit, keeping you addicted with outrage and the occasional dopamine hit. #SurveillanceCapitalism #Advertising #Tech #Dystopia

Strategists and planners created “personas” so creatives would have something better to work with than just raw data. Somehow I link that to #DungeonsAndDragons in an effort to show how #AI might help. Sort of. http://www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/personas-ai#marketing #advertising

“Advertisements are sometimes spoken of as the nervous system of the #business world.

“Advertising is an essential factor in modern business methods, and to advertise wisely the business man must understand the workings of the minds of his customers, and must know how to influence them effectively,—he must know how to apply #psychology to #advertising.”

via @TheAtlantic in January 1904

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1904/01/the-psychology-of-advertising/303465/?gift=-Fv9R4P6cEEN68vsamhTNGBRAJYHVy746HnJUiru6OY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Search Engine Land: Google to restrict political ads in the EU under new policy. “Advertisers targeting EU audiences must brace for sweeping new political ad limits and mandatory self-declaration – or risk losing access. Google will ban most forms of political advertising across its platforms in the European Union, in line with the EU Regulation 2024/900, starting in September.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/search-engine-land-google-to-restrict-political-ads-in-the-eu-under-new-policy/

Engadget: X plans to show ads in Grok chatbot’s answers. “According to the Financial Times, X owner Elon Musk told advertisers in a live discussion that his company would let marketers pay to appear in suggestions from Grok. He said that after making Grok the ‘smartest, most accurate AI in the world,’ the company is now focusing on paying ‘for those expensive GPUs.’” I wonder how big a step it […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/engadget-x-plans-to-show-ads-in-grok-chatbots-answers/

Charles Duhigg breaks down how habits work, why they’re so powerful, what you can do about them and what they do to you – which is why #ThePowerofHabit is so valuable. Our review: http://the-agency-review.com/habit @cduhigg #habit @randomhouse #marketing #advertising #business

Lucinda Faulkner’s New Book Married to Italy: Love, Lies https://www.byteseu.com/1269855/ #advertising #Italy #marketing #MediaRelease #NewsRelease #pr #PrMarketing #PrService #PrStrategy #PressesRelease #pressreleases #PublicRelations #publicity

If you care about #advertising but not about scotch, @paulpacult‘s #ADoubleScotch is worth your time just for @DDB_Worldwide’s ads. Our review: http://the-agency-review.com/double-scotch #whisky #whiskey @ChivasRegalUS @pernod_ricard @TheGlenlivet @TheGlenlivet_US @WileyBusiness #marketing

Right-Wing Influence Shaped the #SydneySweeney #Ad Debate

Right-wing commentators suggested there was widespread criticism of Ms. Sweeney over her new ad campaign. There wasn’t, at least at first.
#rightwing #advertising

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/business/sydney-sweeney-ad-right-wing-media.html

ADORO IL GENIO - IL PIÚ POTENTE

#Superman? #Thor? #Batman? #Ironman? #CaptainAmerica? I #fantastici4? Gli #Avengers tutti insieme? O magari la #JusticeLeague? Chi è il più potente di tutti i #supereroi?
Scansateve tutti, arriva Captain Ching e la sua...

#adoroilgenio #8agosto #cinema #food #salsa #ciboorientale #commercials #spot #SpotTV #comunicazione #ADV #advertising #pubblicità #ADV #pubblicita #superpoteri

Brand safety struggles with unpredictable content, misinformation, ad fraud, and algorithmic misplacements. This makes it hard to fully control where ads appear and protect brand reputation.

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-formerly-twitter-outlines-plan-for-ad-development-ai/757171/ #Advertising #Twitter #X #BrandSafety #SocialMedia

[Latest] Europe Soil Treatment Market Strategy Guide: https://www.byteseu.com/1267982/ #advertising #Europe #marketing #MediaRelease #NewsRelease #pr #PrMarketing #PrService #PrStrategy #PressesRelease #pressreleases #PublicRelations #publicity

[Latest] Italy Automotive Actuators Market Strategy Guide: https://www.byteseu.com/1267937/ #advertising #Italy #marketing #MediaRelease #NewsRelease #pr #PrMarketing #PrService #PrStrategy #PressesRelease #pressreleases #PublicRelations #publicity

Business Insider: Adtech company OpenX sues Google, accusing it of anticompetitive tactics that ‘crippled’ its growth. “Adtech company OpenX has accused Google of repeatedly kneecapping its growth through anticompetitive tactics in the digital advertising market — and now it wants payback. OpenX on Monday piggybacked on an antitrust lawsuit previously filed against Google by the US Department […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/08/business-insider-adtech-company-openx-sues-google-accusing-it-of-anticompetitive-tactics-that-crippled-its-growth/

Will reading @barabasi’s #Linked make you better at advertising? Probably not. Will it help you understand how the world actually works? Yes. Will THAT make you better at advertising? Perhaps. Our review: http://the-agency-review.com/linked #networks #society #socialmedia #advertising

How I found inspiration for copywriters – and everyone else in advertising - while reading mediocre copywriting.

https://www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/advertising-awards-show-writing

After three years of relentless tracking, we’ve published a [paper](https://blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/vextrios-origin-story-from-spam-to-scam-to-adtech/) that, for the first time, exposes the true identities behind VexTrio. This research connects real names to the various companies that form the VexTrio ecosystem. It begins with the origin story—how a group of Italians launched a successful spam and dating business. Over time, VexTrio expanded its operations into malicious adtech and online scams. For over a decade, the group employed deceptive tactics to defraud countless innocent internet users. These illegitimate gains funded the extravagant lifestyles of VexTrio’s key figures—who, despite increasing scrutiny, have yet to be fully stopped.

We’re deeply grateful to all the contributors who helped us reach this research milestone, especially @rmceoin and Tord from [Qurium](https://www.qurium.org/).

#legal #Facebook #women #privacy #Flo #advertising

'A jury has unanimously found Meta guilty of violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act by using data from menstruation and fertility app Flo to sell advertising to the social network.'

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/meta_flo_data/