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25 May 2026
At our Future of Brands conference last month, the UN's Charlotte Scaddan and CAN co-founder Harriet Kingaby unpacked a recent issue brief that warned the integrity of the global information ecosystem is at a "crisis point".
21 May 2026
One large advertiser has a live keyword blocklist with a national news brand that contains over 34,000 words across 22 languages. That is more words than the average UK adult uses in their active vocabulary.
Google launches AI marketing assistant as it expands search and agentic commerce advertising options
20 May 2026
The tech giant announced a slew of new ad formats for AI search and will roll out its Universal Commerce Protocol to AI Mode and YouTube. It is also launching a new Ask Advisor AI marketing assistant to help brands automate their campaigns across Google's adtech stack.
20 May 2026
Channel 4 reported a -1% year-on-year decline in total revenue to £1.03bn in fiscal year 2025, with the broadcaster's leadership highlighting its "resilience" in the face of "cyclical and structural" pressures facing the UK TV advertising market.
20 May 2026
The lobbying effort comes after the announcement of the Regulating for Growth Bill, with IAB UK finding that 95% of digital advertising companies are using AI, compared to just 16% of total UK businesses.
19 May 2026
Isba director of media Steve Chester will succeed George as interimin managing director.
18 May 2026
Laura Kell, Olya Dyachuk and Marcos Angelides share how brands are working to show up in large-language models and what marketers need from AI companies as the likes of OpenAI are embracing advertising.
14 May 2026
Netflix expands ad inventory into video podcasts and vertical video. EMEA ads VP Damien Bernet sits down with The Media Leader to discuss the streaming giant's plans.
14 May 2026
A majority of the UK's largest national radio brands registered year-on-year contractions, including Global's Heart, Capital and Smooth, as well as Bauer's Hits Radio portfolio (-8.3% to 12.1m) and Greatest Hits Network (9.7% to 6.8m).
14 May 2026
Total digital listening now comprises more than three-quarters (76%) of overall radio listening, according to the latest Rajar figures.
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