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  • IPG's Organic Revenue Down In Q4 And 2020; Facebook Ramps Up Content Moderation

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Taking A Hit The ongoing pandemic is still throwing IPG for a loop as the holdco rethinks its structure for the year ahead. IPG reported net sales of $8 billion in 2020, a 6.5% decrease compared with the previous year, The Wall Street Journal […]

  • Fox Betting Big On Tubi Becoming A Billion Dollar AVOD Business

    Fox Corporation is aggressively pushing to make Tubi, the streaming ad-supported platform it picked up for $440 million last year, a billion-dollar AVOD business in just a few years. On the company’s Q2 earnings call, CEO Lachlan Murdoch laid out a bold agenda for the streaming platform, saying that Fox would continue to invest heavily […]

  • YouTube Suspends Trump's Account; Google Pauses Political Ads (Again)

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Canceling The Don The bans and account suspensions just keep on coming for President Trump. On Tuesday, YouTube said that it has suspended his channel for at least a week, The New York Times reports. YouTube, which has typically been fairly slow to crack […]

  • Advertisers Pause Spend Amid DC Chaos; Facebook Bans Trump

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stepping Back So … 2021 is off to a great start. After pro-Trump mobs stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, advertisers are pulling their paid social advertising and reevaluating their overall ad spend, Digiday reports. Some advertisers paused their paid social just as DC’s […]

  • Georgia Runoff Drives Nearly $500 Million In Ad Buys; What Will Happen To Section 230?

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Runaway Runoffs With the control of the U.S. Senate hanging in the balance, all eyes were on Georgia leading up to the runoff elections on Jan. 5 –and where there are eyes, ad dollars follow. Axios reports that the two Georgia Senate runoff races […]

  • Pro-GOP Facebook Ads In Georgia Race Contain Misinfo; Facebook Head Of Integrity Leathern Exits

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. New Year, Same Controversies Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: Political ads on Facebook contain misinformation. Well, it’s zero hour before the Jan. 5 Georgia runoff election for control of the Senate, and Republican ads on Facebook related to the race reportedly […]

  • What do you expect after the election from a paid media standpoint if Biden wins or if Trump wins?

    What Will Happen To Paid Media After The Election?

    As Americans head to the polls, advertisers and publishers need to remain agile with their paid media strategies. There’s a lot we can’t know about what comes next. “As we’ve seen throughout several points this year, it’s all about staying flexible, making sure messaging is relevant and appropriate – but not going dark,” said Ken Blom, […]

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    Facebook Will Ban Political Ads Indefinitely Starting On Nov. 3

    Facebook will formally prohibit political advertising when the polls close on election night, Nov. 3, with no word on when it will resume accepting political ads. The ban will last for at least a week and could continue longer depending on the situation. President Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power […]

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    AdExchanger Politics: Mail-In Voting Will Decide The 2020 Election

    You are reading AdExchanger Politics, our news roundup in which senior editor James Hercher tracks the latest developments in political advertising, augmenting our political marketing commentary and news coverage. Want it by email? Sign up here. The outsize role that mail-in voting will play in this year’s presidential election has placed it in the eye of a storm […]

  • AdExchanger Politics: The Fight For The Undecideds Will Decide The 2020 Race

    You are reading AdExchanger Politics, our news roundup in which senior editor James Hercher tracks the latest developments in political advertising, augmenting our political marketing commentary and news coverage. Want it by email? Sign up here. It’s hard to imagine that there are American voters still split between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, considering […]