Stationers' Innovation Excellence Short List 2024 is announced
The best of the Communications and Content industries announced in prestigious annual Innovations Excellence Awards shortlist.
Published: 01 Jul 2024
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Local Media First Line Of Defence Against Election Misinformation
People will rely heavily upon highly trusted local news media to combat misinformation and fake news during the upcoming general election, a new public poll published today for the News Media Association’s Local Matters report has found.
Published: 20 Jun 2024
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Media Smart and Advertising Association Publish Political Advertising Guide
Media Smart, the advertising and media industry’s education programme, has partnered with the Advertising Association, the UK advertising industry trade body, to publish ‘What’s the deal with political advertising?’. The new 10-point guide aims to help people, especially young people preparing to vote for the first time, understand ads they may see ahead of this year’s local, mayoral, and general elections. It comes as data from UK advertising thinktank, Credos, shows 44% of people are concerned about political advertising, with people significantly less likely to trust political advertising (29%) than all/commercial advertising (39%).
Published: 30 Apr 2024
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Update on the plan for phase-out of third-party cookies on Chrome
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Google publish quarterly reports to update the ecosystem on the latest status of Privacy Sandbox for the Web. As part of Google’s Q1 2024 report, we will include the following update about the timeline for phasing out third-party cookies in Chrome in the April 26th report
Published: 24 Apr 2024
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UK ad spend up 15.9% in Q3 2023 to £9.6bn
The latest quarterly data from the Advertising Association and WARC Expenditure Report shows UK advertising spend rose by 15.9% to a total of £9.6bn for the period July to September 2023. This marks the first time that advertising spend in Q3 has exceeded the £9bn mark, driven predominantly by a sharp increase in online advertising.
Published: 25 Jan 2024
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UK Ad Market Avoids Contraction in Q2 2023 through Growth in Online Channels
The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report shows that the UK’s advertising market was marginally up (+1.0%) during the second quarter of 2023 – on a par with AA/WARC’s July forecast of 0.9% growth – to reach a total of almost £9bn. The latest figures show key online formats, including search (+5.3%) and online display (+5.8%) registered growth between April and June, alongside BVOD (+5.6%) and out of home (+4.4%), which continued its recovery from the pandemic downturn.
Published: 31 Oct 2023
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Global Publishing, Journalism Organizations Unite to Release Comprehensive Global Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Today 26 organizations representing thousands of creative professionals around the world, including news, entertainment, magazine, and book publishing companies and the academic publishing sector, released Global Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI). A first of their kind, these pioneering Global Principles provide guidance for the development, deployment, and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and applications to ensure business opportunities and innovation can thrive within an ethical and accountable framework. The Global Principles for AI are aimed at ensuring publishers’ continued ability to create and disseminate quality content, while facilitating innovation and the responsible development of trustworthy AI systems.
Published: 06 Sept 2023
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UK Adspend Flat in Q1 with Slight Uplift in Outlook for 2023
The latest AA/WARC Expenditure Report data represent a stable first quarter for the UK advertising industry in 2023, with spend remaining flat (0.1% year-on-year growth) to reach a total of £9.0bn.
Published: 27 Jul 2023
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Lisa Hayley-Jones, Former Westminster Forum Chair, joins Advertising Association as Public Affairs Director
The Advertising Association, the umbrella organisation representing the UK advertising industry, has announced the appointment of Lisa Hayley-Jones, former Chair of Westminster Forum, as its new Director of Public Affairs.
Published: 24 Jul 2023
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