With worries about gas and food prices motivating shoppers, this year's deal event will look a little different. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney

The kick-off is a week away, and CPG brands are all in. Are consumers? Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney

With its fourth straight quarter of gains, Macy's is proving the department store format still has a pulse. Kohl's isn't. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney

I've been thinking about political narratives this week, not just because of Graham Platner's, but because I got pitched on a service capable of tracking how advertising impacts it. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

The live "UFC Freedom 250" event will be designed to attract younger audiences. But the event is not expected to produce positive results for the bottom line. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light," wrote Dylan Thomas - an apt line of poetry for the way Scott Pelley left CBS. Read the full story by Adam Buckman

Like Trump, Weiss is an agent of change, but also an agent of chaos. Creating chaos in the workplace plays like a deliberate strategy for both of them. Read the full story by Adam Buckman

Meta's Oversight Board stated that the company's ban raises "serious questions" with regard to "due process concerns" about the tech giant's account deactivation process. Read the full story by Colin Kirkland

McDonald's is actually opening new stores in war zones of the largest and most horrific war that Europe has seen in 80 years. Read the full story by Dave Morgan

X Corp. says the settlement terms were "imposed on a company that no longer exists." Read the full story by Wendy Davis

An executive order signed by President Trump will give the government an early look at new AI models before they become public by asking AI developers to voluntarily submit their … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

The data benchmarks share of prompt volume among the Big 3 - ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot - and shows why they truly are the first real "interactive" medium. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Consumers' reliance on AI to choose a healthcare provider is completely upending traditional methods like search engine marketing and referrals. Read the full story by Les Luchter

According to the Horizon Media study, a negative experience with an automated purchase puts consumers' brand loyalty at risk - what Horizon calls a "trust tax." Read the full story by Steve McClellan

OpenAI is embracing retro-style advertising as it markets generative AI that can produce vivid images and natural-sounding conversations - aiming to raise brand awareness ahead of a potential IPO, Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

The good news is the percentage of advertisers concerned about the "transparency" of their media agencies has gone down since the ANA first benchmarked the issue in 2014. The bad … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

American Eagle Outfitters spent more money running its corporate operations and marketing during the first quarter of 2026, primarily due to a deliberate decision to increase its ad budget - … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

Many Americans haven't abandoned support for LGBTQ rights, but public opinion has become more complicated, fragmented and politically polarized. Read the full story by Rob Williams

"Pattie Gonia backpacked 100 miles down the California coast in drag, raising funds for outdoor nonprofits," according to "USA Today." Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik

The long-time Horizon Media digital chief's next new gig is Chief Strategy Officer of Media Consulting Group, which has some unique, and differentiated ways of curating programmatic inventory, he says. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

In this week's edition, I share my assessment of the major upfront advertising presentations in granular detail, as part of a special 80-page report. Read the full story by Steve Sternberg

While some international and local papers offer ad-free subscription options, the Post is the first of the Big 3 (New York Times, Wall Street Journal) national U.S. newspapers to do … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

The shootout is between WPP and Publicis Groupe. North America, which shifted to Publicis last year, is not part of the review. Read the full story by Steve McClellan

For the month of May, California is the highest spender at $189 million, followed by Georgia at $58.6 million and Texas with $52.7 million. There have been 646,000 TV airings … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

Her career spanned top public relations posts at Benton & Bowles, Wells Rich Greene, Grey Global Group, FCB, and the media agency MPG. Read the full story by Steve McClellan