Automaker Hyundai paused advertisements on the social media platform X after a sponsored post from the company was featured next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi posts, the company confirmed to The Hill. “We have paused our ads on X and are speaking to X directly about brand safety to ensure this issue is addressed,” Hyundai said
Bank of America is facing calls for a boycott over allegations it is closing accounts of customers based on their political views.Multiple MAGA profiles and Republicans have criticized the bank in recent days over claims, which have been denied by the company, that it is allegedly engaging in a practice known as "de-banking" because of customers' religious and political beliefs.John Eastman, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, recently claimed his Bank of America and USAA accounts were closed in...
The automaker Hyundai said it had paused its advertising on Elon Musk’s social media app, X, after a sponsored post from the company appeared next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi posts. Hyundai confirmed the pause in a statement to NBC News late Wednesday and said it was taking its brand safety concerns to Musk’s company. “We have paused our ads on X and are speaking to X directly about brand safety to ensure this issue is addressed,” Hyundai said in the statement. Nancy Levine Stearns, a...
Automaker Hyundai said it had paused its advertising on Elon Musk’s social media app, X, after a sponsored post from the company appeared next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi posts. Hyundai confirmed the pause in a statement to NBC News late Wednesday.
VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of online news aggregator Dailyhunt and short-video platform Josh, on Wednesday said it has acquired New York-based digital magazine store Magzter.Founded in 2011, homegrown Magzter is a cross-platform, self-service, global digital newsstand with a library of over 8,500 premium magazines and newspapers. The deal, financials of which went undisclosed, marks Dailyhunt’s foray into premium content.The deal is a cash-and-stock transaction, cofounder Umang Bedi told...
The outlook for the rest of the year is a tale of two realities.
Despite the threat posed to Google’s search dominance by new generative AI competitors, revenue from the channel soared in the first quarter of 2024. Google brought in more than $46 billion in search revenue, a 14% year-over-year increase and the most the company’s search revenue has grown in two years. Google once again branded itself as an AI-first company, with AI developments complementing, and not undermining, its ad offerings. “We have a clear path to AI monetization that includes...
All three of the returning were on the soap opera for years - and one of them even performed a hit song that became inextricably connected to the series. Fans are certain to recognize these names.
The ecosystem of streaming television is going to continue its surge this year, with premium programmers like Max, Disney+, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video and others collectively growing 13% to $10 billion in ad revenue, according to Interpublic Group's investment arm Magna. But while this creates a host of new advertising opportunities for marketers, dozens of challenger brands like Roku and Telly and are also trying to capitalize by entering the nascent streaming space, which has led to a...
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has reported a good start to 2024, with group revenues increasing by 6% to €867m (US$920m) as the advertising market shows signs of recovery. That revenue figure was an inc
Meta, the owner of Facebook, accepted money for ads displaying the death hoaxes. People who clicked the ads were taken to predatory scam pages.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres asked for “an immediate cessation” of the hostilities, adding that “neither the region nor the world can afford another war.”