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bigFM Owner Sues German Regulator Over Frozen FM Frequencies in the North
Audiotainment Südwest is taking the Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein media authority to court for refusing to re-tender FM spectrum freed when a rival station went dark.
Sep 103 min read


Europe's Top Court Tells Brands Free Speech Is No Blanket Shield in Trademark Cases
The ECJ sided with Ikea against a Belgian far-right party that copied its look, ruling that political speech does not give free rein to exploit a famous brand's reputation.
Sep 103 min read


About You Fires the Starting Gun on Christmas — in Early September
Zalando-owned About You has launched what it calls the year's first Christmas spot, fronted by Lena Gercke, a full three months before the holidays.
Sep 103 min read


German Ad Market Keeps Growing to 2030 — but Linear TV Is the Structural Loser
Forecaster Madison & Wall has raised its German ad-market outlook to 2030, but the growth is almost entirely digital while linear TV keeps shrinking.
Sep 103 min read


Renault Hands Global Marketing and Brand Strategy to Jean-Pierre Diernaz
Renault has appointed Jean-Pierre Diernaz VP of Renault Brand Global Marketing and Chief Branding Officer across all brands, opening a new phase in its marketing transformation.
Sep 103 min read


French Agency Castor & Pollux Embeds a Dedicated Creator to Run Brands' TikTok
Castor & Pollux has launched 'Fellow', placing a recruited creator inside an advertiser's team to own its TikTok long-term — with Engie the first public test.
Sep 103 min read


French TV Alliance ADMTV Unveils a Quality-Weighted Carbon KPI for Video Ads
The ADMTV and specialist DK have launched a metric measuring CO2e per completed viewed second per 1,000 contacts — and it shows social video far out-emitting TV.
Sep 103 min read


Brands Start Buying 'Agent Ads' to Influence AI Shopping Bots
US publishers and brands including Time and Wayfair are building ads and data feeds aimed at AI agents, not humans, as agentic shopping begins to reroute buying decisions.
Sep 103 min read


Five Guys Names Mirimar as Its First Creative AOR, Ending the Word-of-Mouth Era
Five Guys has appointed LA agency Mirimar as its creative agency of record, cementing a more deliberate marketing push after decades of relying on word of mouth.
Sep 103 min read


GLP-1 Insurance Cutbacks Push Weight-Loss Marketers Into Brand Mode
As employers and insurers pull back GLP-1 coverage, drugmakers like Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are pivoting from awareness ads to brand-building for a growing out-of-pocket market.
Sep 103 min read


US Publishers' Paid-Search Spend Jumps 274% as AI Craters Organic Traffic
US news publishers are spending hundreds of millions a month buying search traffic to offset AI-driven organic declines, with paid-search budgets up 274% in three years.
Sep 103 min read


BBDO's Andrew Robertson Takes Over Omnicom Advertising as Troy Ruhanen Retires
Omnicom has named BBDO chairman Andrew Robertson CEO of its combined Omnicom Advertising division as founding chief Troy Ruhanen retires after two decades.
Sep 103 min read


Over Half of B2B Firms Are Ramping Up Brand Building, Marketing Week Finds
Marketing Week's State of Brand in B2B 2026 shows 58.4% of B2B firms increased their brand-building focus this year — yet only a fraction commit to genuinely long-term brand strategy.
Sep 103 min read


Co-op Takes On the 'Big Shop Faff' in VCCP-Made 'Pop to Co-op' Campaign
Co-op's new 'Pop to Co-op' campaign satirises the hassle of the big supermarket shop to reframe convenience as no compromise on value, anchored by its Aldi Price Match.
Sep 103 min read


Direct Mail Enters Mainstream Media Planning via New Adwanted Connected Tool
A new tool from Royal Mail Marketreach, JICMAIL and Adwanted lets planners buy direct mail and door-drops alongside regional OOH, radio and cinema for the first time.
Sep 103 min read


IPA: Britons Now Consume 44% of Commercial Media Alone — What Solo Living Means for Brands
New IPA TouchPoints data shows UK adults spend 44% of their commercial-media time alone, pushing brands toward context-aware, individualised planning over shared reach.
Sep 103 min read


Radiocentre Warns an Early Freeview Switch-Off Could Push Radio Costs Up 50%
Radiocentre is urging the government to delay any early Freeview switch-off, warning it could push radio transmission costs up more than 50% and threaten station closures.
Sep 103 min read


Channel 4 Confirms 340 Job Cuts — 28% of Staff in Its Biggest-Ever Restructure
Channel 4 has confirmed around 340 redundancies — roughly 28% of staff — in its biggest-ever restructure, as CEO Priya Dogra accelerates a streaming-first strategy.
Sep 103 min read


ASA Bans Thomas Cook, Loveholidays and DialAFlight Ads Over Vague 'Eco' Hotel Claims
The ASA has banned ads from Thomas Cook, Loveholidays and DialAFlight for unqualified 'eco' hotel claims — here's why bare green words now fail by default and what marketers should do.
Sep 103 min read


Innocean Takes Over Hyundai's UEFA Champions League Activation
Hyundai's in-house agency Innocean Europe will lead the European activation of the carmaker's UEFA Champions League sponsorship, covering strategy, creative, social and match-day activity.
Sep 93 min read
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