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Bill Maher on The View: They're Not the Best Advertisement for Women
Townhall
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August 13, 2025
Bill Maher got candid with Drew Barrymore on his podcast Club Random, where the HBO host and comedian ripped into the ladies of The View, saying they’re nice but absolute trainwrecks regarding representing the sisterhood. The program is riddled...
BIA Revised 2025 Outlook: $169B In U.S. Local Advertising, 2.4% YoY Decline.
Inside Radio - Tennessee
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BIA Advisory Services has updated its 2025 U.S. Local Advertising Forecast, now projecting total local ad revenue of $169 billion this year, a 2.4% decline vs. last year. This revision, released Wednesday, marks a 1.5% drop from the firm’s earlier...
"Soft drinks commercials" and "gentle" Russification: How the USSR was creating an alternative reality
Texty
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S Статті ₴ Soviet movies, along with a major part of Soviet literature and songs, attempted to describe an alternative utopian world that had little to do with the real Soviet life in the USSR, but which was implicitly presented as the "reality"....
Google’s AI Overviews is boosting revenue in ads and affiliates for some marketers: report
Campaign Asia-Pacific
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August 13, 2025
NP Digital has released Search Engine Trends 2025, its inaugural report on SEO trends and how it impacts marketing performance and strategy. Google’s AI Overviews have become a dominant feature on the search engine after launching worldwide in May...
From Nonna’s Hands to Your Plate: Dining at The St. Rita
Apartment613
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August 15, 2025
Advertisement: by Ali Tejpar and Jade Monaghan On bustling Bank Street in the Glebe, The St. Rita offers something rare in Ottawa’s food scene: a restaurant that feels less like an outing and more like an invitation to a family dinner. Opened in...
Baltimore teens bet on themselves to fight annoying ads and food insecurity through tech
Technical.ly
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August 13, 2025
Before this summer, Lyfe Boone had never built a website. Now, he’s planning to help his mother launch her own e-commerce platform. Boone is part of Dent Education’s “Bet on Baltimore” initiative, a five-week, full-time summer program that aims to...
Now you see me, now you don’t: how subtle ‘sponsored content’ on social media tricks us into viewing ads
EurekAlert!
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How many ads do you see on social media? It might be more than you realize. Scientists studying how ads work on Instagram-style social media have found that people are not as good at spotting them as they think. If people recognized ads, they...
Classified Ads for the Week of August 13 – August 19, 2025
The Standard Newspaper Online - Arizona
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August 13, 2025
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Supreme Court Dismisses IMA Petition On Misleading Ads For Traditional Medicines
ABP Live
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August 13, 2025
On August 11, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) demanding action against misleading advertisements related to traditional medicines. The case began when the IMA approached the court against...
FTC SAYS ‘IT’S OVER’: Dating Service Operator, Match Group, to Pay $14M for Deceptive Ads and Cancellation Policies
National Law Review
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August 12, 2025
In yet another multi-million dollar enforcement action, Match Group, Inc. and Match Group, LLC (“Match”), owners of Match.com, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, and The League, have agreed to pay $14 million and overhaul core business practices after the...
Netflix raises subscription prices across all Australian plans, standard with ads, standard, and premium users
The West Australian
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August 13, 2025
Netflix has announced another round of price hikes for Australian customers, marking its sixth increase since launching locally in 2015. All subscription tiers will see changes, hitting users as soon as September, 2025. For Aussie’s already...
AMC Theatres, once a refuge from ads, embraces commercials
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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AMC Theatres, facing years of stagnating attendance, took a bet in July when it added commercials to its preview roll, eager to boost its bottom line. Early numbers show that the deal is working and is expected to bring in “tens of millions of...
Remember these? A look back at Kodak’s most iconic commercials
Democrat & Chronicle - New York
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Eastman Kodak, the iconic film company founded in Rochester by George Eastman 133 years ago, is warning that there is “substantial doubt” about its ability to stay in business. In its earnings report Aug. 11, Kodak said it doesn’t have “committed...
Event recognizing advertising, marketing and creative industries in Central California
ABC 30 - California
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August 12, 2025
Tuesday, August 12, 2025 10:28PM A special event is recognizing excellence in advertising, marketing and creative industries across central California. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A special event is recognizing excellence in advertising, marketing...
ACT needs tougher electoral laws to act against deepfake AI ads: commission
Canberra Times
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August 13, 2025
"It is possible that the marked increase since 2004 in the number of non-voters choosing to pay the $20 penalty for failing to vote may be due, at least in part, to the low value of the penalty. For some electors, it may be that the $20 penalty is...
8.13.25 LEGAL NOTICE: Docket No. 25-21292 Elizabeth Kimbrough, Kanden Kimbrough Petitioners, V. Bennie James Holt, Jr., Tamaja Bayon Sealy, Respondents Advertisement
Speakin' Out News - Alabama
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August 13, 2025
IT APPEARING from the Complaint which is sworn to, and by Affidavit attached to the Complaint, TAMAJA SEALY, the Defendant, that personal service of process cannot be had upon her; service of process by publication having been Ordered, she is...
Washington’s advertising services tax: Sourcing rules clear as mud
JD Supra - California
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August 12, 2025
Washington’s sales tax on advertising services takes effect October 1, 2025, and comes in two forms: a tax on digital automated services and a tax on retail sales of advertising services. Both impositions apply to digital advertising services...
T-Mobile Must Drop Misleading "Savings" Ads After Watchdog Review
Android Headlines
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August 12, 2025
Companies love advertising their products as being the best, or their services as being the cheapest, or that you can get the most savings. But more often than not, we have to wonder, is it true? Unfortunately for T-Mobile, it is being asked to...
Fad or Breakthrough? Veteran Dietician, Once a Skeptic of Weight-Loss Drugs,Weighs In
The Spirit - New York
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You’ve probably seen the flashy commercials on TV. There’s been an explosive growth in the sales of weight-loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound, known as GLP-1s. In February 2024, new prescriptions for these drugs increased...
Match Group agrees to pay FTC $14M for misleading ads, dating app messages
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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August 12, 2025
Match Group agreed to pay $14 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle claims related to accusations of deceptive business practices on its platform Match.com, the agency announced on Tuesday. The settlement with the Dallas-based parent...