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For Gigi Robinson, a health and wellness creator who works with brands such as Adobe and Shopify and has 178,000 followers on Snapchat, the lack of clarity around what to [...]

PARIS France - It has become almost standard in articles of all sorts mention that Michel Sapin's appearance is deceiving. Still, it's true. Balding, glasses, a calm outward manner, you'd [...]

The Interactive Advertising Bureau, in conjunction with trade group Network Advertising Initiative, is trying a new tactic as possible government regulation of behavioral ad targeting looms.In a call for increased [...]

Contents: --Beefing Up Banner Ads > by Brian Morrissey, AdweekA new Web ad architecture is developing that promises to remake how advertising is bought and sold, borrowing the best of [...]

NEW YORK --The Interactive Advertising Bureau lashed out at the newly issued Federal Trade Commission blogger ethics guidelines, painting them as an affront to the Constitutional right to free speech.IAB [...]

NEW YORK The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has a message for Cablevision regarding certain ad claims that promise the fastest Internet in the country: [...]

DETROIT -- A coalition of 23 consumer and advocacy groups Thursday sent a letter to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, proposing an action that would force the agency [...]

NEW YORK -- In an 11th-hour bid to thwart an eventual Federal Communications Commission ruling on product placement, the three main U.S. advertising trade associations have sent a letter to [...]

NEW YORK -- The Federal Trade Commission said it would subpoena 44 food, beverage and quick-serve restaurant marketers for detailed information on how they market to children. The companies were [...]

WASHINGTON -- Children are being force fed a diet of sugary foods advertisements on television as spots for candy, snacks and fast food are crowding healthy food off the commercial [...]

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats on Wednesday accused the Federal Communications Commission of all manner of ills, ranging from favoritism to a botched investigation. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the [...]

NEW YORK -- The American Association of Advertising Agencies has issued best practices guidelines designed to help shops retain ownership of the ideas they present during account reviews. 'The agency [...]

Three years ago in China, Toyota had to pull two ads for an SUV after complaints about imagery showing two lions saluting and bowing to the car. Nine months later, [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Association of National Advertisers and the American Association of Advertising Agencies on Tuesday said they oppose the FAIR Ratings Act, which would make Media Rating Council accreditation [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Association of National Advertisers and the American Association of Advertising Agencies on Tuesday said they oppose the FAIR Ratings Act, which would make Media Rating Council accreditation [...]

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would not review a lower court's rejection of loosened media ownership rules. The decision was a loss for broadcast and newspaper [...]

The Rev. A1 Sharpton's Madison Avenue Initiative wants the federal government to issue separate advertising contracts to minority-owned firms instead of awarding business directly to one large agency, group officials [...]

Industry reaction to the Internet Advertising Bureau's (IAB) new voluntary guidelines for interactive marketing units--such as the large messaging-plus ads and pop-ups--continues to be positive. According to a survey conducted [...]

A host of privacy bills are hitting advertisers where it hurts -- but will the industry fight back? The Internet is no longer the wild, wild West. Settlers have arrived [...]

If there's one Beltway certainty this year, it's that the fiscal mess will not divert attention away from lawmakers and regulators spooling out even more red tape to govern the [...]

The mainstream media is trying to root out content farms. The Internet Content Syndication Council, a consortium of companies mostly with roots in traditional media, this week is introducing a [...]

Even as the Federal Trade Commission proposes new guidelines on environmental claims in ads, a pair of studies finds many consumers wary of green products, with price a major sticking [...]

The government may soon wield a great deal more power over the online advertising business, and that's quickly spreading fear across the entire ecosystem, including publishers, ad networks, agencies and [...]

A year ago, it looked as if the Internet would find itself in Washington's crosshairs. A new Democratic administration was moving into the White House with a huge majority in [...]

A year ago, it looked as if the Internet would find itself in Washington's crosshairs. A new Democratic administration was moving into the White House with a huge majority in [...]

If Cannes did the same as The One Show, [it] would go broke. You can bet the other awards shows will not follow suit. They need the money, especially with [...]

On April 30, California lawmakers shot down legislation that would have amounted to a de facto ban on digital billboards in the state. The bill, AB 109, had been sponsored [...]

CELEBRITIES AND CONSUMERS making incredible-sounding claims in ads may soon get new scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC, which some say has gotten more combative of late, is [...]

NEW YORK Ogilvy & Mather, one of the 16 ad agencies under pressure from the New York City Human Rights Commission to increase the percentage of minorities in its ranks, [...]

LUGZ footwear sent a cease-and-desist letter to both APPLE COMPUTER and its agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Playa del Rey, Calif., over similarities between a commercial, 'Arrow,' which the shoe company aired in [...]

NEW YORK As offshore online gambling clients try to attract U.S. agencies, they may find fewer players then they imagined. The latest gambling client to launch a review here in [...]

ALCOHOL brands are showing up as product placements on TV shows where as much as 30.6% of the audience are under 17, well outside guidelines that restrict advertising to the [...]

The Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau is laying the groundwork to enable media buyers to manage cable ad inventory electronically as part of an industry-wide initiative to streamline business transactions between ad [...]

ADWEEK ONLINE WEB POLL Do state Internet privacy laws like the one passed by Minnesota last week place too much burden on advertisers? Yes 31% No 69% Results of our [...]

WASHINGTON-Leo Burnett has hired a Washington law firm to lobby Congress on its behalf regarding the U.S. Army's $95 million account. The move comes as some lawmakers consider holding hearings [...]

* Alcohol/Tobacco Ad Ban Proposed in Baltimore BALTIMORE--Ten of Baltimore's 18 city commissioners have co-sponsored bills to ban outdoor advertising of alcohol and tobacco. The bills will bar all outdoor [...]

Legislation Focuses on Transparency Issue As French media buyers brace for the impact of proposed legislation that would drastically restructure the way media is bought in that country, media execs [...]

Immitation may be the sincerest from of flattery, but CBS' wholesale lifting of Maxell's ad imagery to hype the Grammy Awards is a compliment that the tape manufacturer and McCabe [...]

When the Smoke Clears, Don't Expect the Marlboro Man to Ride Off Into the Sunset NEW YORK--The cigarette business was smoking in ways last week that could be injurious to [...]