Digiday Research: 41% of agency buyers say they will resume Facebook spending at the end of July

Agency execs remain dived on when to return their advertising budgets to Facebook as the end of the boycott nears.

‘Contextual on steroids’: How Insider is tracking and scaling audience behavior using first-party data

In the latest edition of our Digiday+ Talks, Meron discusses how first-party data not only helps give Insider's sales team a better understanding to how a campaign might perform, but it also has legs that extend well beyond the confines of Insiders' websites.

TV networks begin to signal willingness to prioritize streaming over linear

For TV networks to succeed in streaming, they will need to make moves that jeopardize their legacy linear businesses.

‘Just waiting for the knockout blow’: U.K. government’s junk food ad ban yet another hit for already battered publishers

The U.K. government is proposing a ban on ads for foods high in fat, salt and sugar on TV or online before 9 p.m. — and is weighing ending online junk food ads altogether.

Digiday Research: 56% of buyers say clients paused Facebook ad spend this month

More than half of agency buyers said clients had paused Facebook ad spend this month in response to the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign.

As headwinds emerge, DTC brands bet on early growth to carry them through the rest of the year

From March through July, direct-to-consumer startups in categories like personal care products and athletic apparel reported astronomical growth. Now, is a slowdown on the horizon?

‘People have to be more aware of bullshitters’: Why there’s a push for more realism in advertising now

In advertising, there’s long-been a “fraud problem” in that the industry has a surplus of poseurs or bullshitters.

What entertainment companies are doing to end ‘exclusion by familiarity’ and and make their workforces, productions more diverse

Entertainment companies are conducting content audits, forming diversity committees and hiring diversity consultancies.