How The Minnesota Star Tribune Protects Advertisers While Covering ICE Crackdowns

Amid a federal immigration crackdown that’s produced widespread allegations of law enforcement misconduct and resulted in the high-profile deaths of two US citizens, the state of a local news publisher’s advertising business can seem inconsequential.  But the Minnesota Star Tribune has to deal with how its duty to keep the public informed impacts its monetization [...]

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Sports, Influencer and Media Buying Capabilities to Drive M&A This Year

While Sky's proposed £1.6 billion takeover of ITV's media and entertainment business reportedly hits some bumps in the road, the overall M&A landscape for media and marketing in the UK looks smoother this year than in 2025. According to Moore Kingston Smith (MKS), a multi-disciplinary advisory, tax and audit firm that tracks deals in the [...]

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Freestar’s CEO On Why Ad Tech Transparency Is A Boon For Struggling Publishers

How do digital publishers navigate programmatic ad tech’s “flight to quality” while also dealing with their search traffic flying out the window? That’s the challenge and opportunity facing publisher monetization networks like Freestar, says CEO Kurt Donnell on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks. While Donnell acknowledges that “it’s freaking tough for publishers right now,” [...]

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Old Spice marks ‘The End of Adolescence’

Old Spice can hardly have known about Victoria Beckham’s spot of difficulty with son Brooklyn when they OK’d this new campaign from Wieden+Kennedy (it’s an update of a 2014 effort anyway) but ‘The End of Adolescence’ from Wieden+Kennedy HQ certainly strikes a chord. W+K originally made its mark on Old Spice with Isaiah Mustafa of [...]

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Michael Kassan’s 3CV Made $50M in Its First 15 Months in Business

Months after a messy split with his former business partners, Michael Kassan is doing big business at 3CV—from the boardroom to the beach.

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How to Build Local Market Dominance Using Billboards, Social & SEO

Billboard advertising, social media and SEO combine to help local businesses dominate their area and generate consistent enquiries. The post How to Build Local Market Dominance Using Billboards, Social & SEO first appeared on Billboard Media.

By |2026-02-16T23:20:32-08:00February 16th, 2026|News|Comments Off on How to Build Local Market Dominance Using Billboards, Social & SEO

Cross-Channel Collaboration, New Partnerships, and Fresh Data Integrations: What Europe’s TV JICs are Working On in 2026

A lot of the measurement issues facing the TV industry, such as the challenges of measuring across fragmented platforms, and finding common measurement standards for different types of video content, cut across markets. So while each country has its own nuances and set of pressing priorities, the TV measurement JICs in each market are often [...]

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