AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoElection Ad Spend: The 2026 US midterms set a campaign spending record, with $11.9 billion spent and TV ads still dominant. In Georgia, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won despite an 8-to-1 ad-spending gap: pro-Republican Rick Jackson’s campaign spent $271.5 million, against $32.8 million for Bottoms. New Attention: ByteDance’s Hongguo short-drama app reached 430 million users in September, overtaking AI assistant Doubao and underscoring the growing pull of short-form video. AdTech Shift: Publicis completed its LiveRamp acquisition and launched an AI growth engine, while Netflix named Darshan Kantak to lead its ads platform. Google is expanding ads in AI search even as they earn less per visit than traditional search ads. Ad Rules: UK watchdogs banned four weight-loss ads for promoting prescription-only medicines to the public.
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