Al Bundy, patriarch of a dysfunctional family on "Married ... with Children," was named "The Greatest TV Dad of All Time" in a long-ago poll. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
The National Retail Federation predicts people will lavish fathers with love, spending an average of $190. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney
IX, which stands for "intelligent experiences," may sound to some like an oxymoron, but Huge is developing them for Google, Hublot and Darling Ingredients. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
The company is arming clients with the new bot in time for Cannes where they can upload recorded audio or images and text from speeches, presentations and more, and receive … Read the full story by Steve McClellan
From Michael Kassan to the new Big Three of the TV screen to Terry Kawaja's parody video, things will be hopping. Read the full story by Dave Morgan
The session, hosted by WPP, will be held at the Lumiere Theater June 18. The holding company also has a week-long lineup of events scheduled for its WPP Beach venue. Read the full story by Richard Whitman
The watchdog Check My Ads, which last year made a formal complaint about X to TAG, blasted the group's decision. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
While X claims to have the most devoted base of news seekers, it ranked highest in inaccurate reporting, a Pew Research study finds, with 86% of its user base reporting … Read the full story by Colin Kirkland
Combined with AI agent ad sales from Meta and Snap, the pure-play AI ad market will top $9 billion next year, even as other AI developers eye ad monetization. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
The latest partnerships with Reddit and Pinterest, announced Thursday, connect the dots for advertisers of the social news network by providing more information in its reporting platforms. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
The new company, Aquila LLC, has selected Kantar Media to create its audience calibration panel, and Accenture to handle system integration and end-user interface design. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Samsung Ads, the ad sales unit of Samsung Electronics, is the first TV set "OEM" to join the JIC and signals a diversification of its transactional currency certification membership, albeit … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Oracle built its ad business through the acquisition of well-established companies including BlueKai and Moat. The decision to shutter its ad business was made in the past three months, Oracle … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
The brand spent an estimated $155 million on measured media last year, according to agency research firm COMvergence. Read the full story by Steve McClellan
"Babies" is probably the only spot in history that combines poop jokes, Jean Piaget's theory of object permanence, and a terrifying latter-day Liberace. Read the full story by Barbara Lippert
It looks like Red Lobster might be getting a reprieve from an unexpected source after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month. Read the full story by Barbara Lippert
Amid an increasingly crowded marketplace of retail media networks, now you can also buy the friendly skies of United. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Instagram, which recently began testing unskippable ads in user feeds for the first time, is now furthering its interest in more disruptive ad formats as it tests ads displayed in … Read the full story by Colin Kirkland
At least not in terms of share of total ad spending. Uruguay and Sri Lanka are, according to a fascinating new analysis just released by GroupM. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
"Pink Slime" -- aka Russian disinformation sites -- now outnumber the number of authentic local daily newspaper sites published in the U.S., according to just-published data from NewsGuard. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Apple will integrate Apple Intelligence across ios18 and MacOS Sequoia, providing generative AI functions across a series of writing and image tools. Read the full story by Danielle Oster
Sajak's last show as host of "Wheel of Fortune" ended a 43-year run in the job, a record for hosting a single game show. Read the full story by Adam Buckman