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OpenAI moves into Germany's ad market with a new marketing chief
OpenAI has hired ex-Snap marketer Denise Mancinone to lead its German marketing as ChatGPT ads reach Germany. A local ad business is taking shape.
Aug 193 min read


Coca-Cola's global media review pits Publicis against WPP
Coca-Cola has put its multi-billion-dollar global media, data and tech account into review — Publicis vs WPP — as Publicis also eyes PepsiCo.
Aug 193 min read


YouTube overhauls how views are counted across every format — what it means for marketers
From 24 August 2026 YouTube counts a view the moment a video plays, across all formats. Headline views will inflate — here's why 'engaged views' now matters for creators, advertisers and earnings.
Aug 194 min read


ChatGPT ads land in Europe as OpenAI opens 31 new markets
OpenAI is switching on ChatGPT ads across 31 European markets — Free and Go users only. Here’s what it means for advertisers and what to do now.
Aug 193 min read


Formula 1's Colin Farrell-voiced 'Five Lights' revs up the US audience
Formula 1's 'Five Lights', narrated by Colin Farrell via agency Wing, is a cinematic mid-season push anchored in Times Square — F1's continued courtship of US fans.
Aug 193 min read


Google Ads to retire language targeting in Search
Google will retire campaign-level language targeting in Search from late September 2026 — another manual lever ceded to AI, with real compliance headaches for regulated brands.
Aug 193 min read


Disney bets on handmade craft for World Princess Week
Disney's World Princess Week short by Fallon and Alex Prager leans on bigatures, puppets and a live orchestra — a deliberate handmade craft flex against AI content.
Aug 193 min read


PlayStation bets big on 'It Happens on PS5' — and courts a fan backlash
PlayStation's 'It Happens on PS5' by adam&eve/TBWA teases GTA VI and more — and the instant fan backlash shows brands no longer own the narrative post-launch.
Aug 193 min read


Vinci's H1 2026: energy powers a record order book — and a B2B branding lesson
VINCI's H1 2026 — order intake up 8% to a record book, EPS up 11% — is a masterclass in how B2B and infrastructure brands really market: proof, people and touchpoints.
Aug 193 min read


Email Marketing for UK Small Businesses: A Beginner's Guide
A UK-focused beginner’s guide to email marketing for small businesses: build a permission-based list, stay compliant with UK GDPR and PECR, pick a platform, and get the best ROI.
Aug 185 min read


JCDecaux renews its emblematic Hamburg street-furniture contract for 15 years
JCDecaux renewed its Hamburg street-furniture contract for 15 years, adding green-roof shelters and fleet electrification — OOH quietly modernising city inventory.
Aug 183 min read


French radio takes DAB+ to national TV to defend the dashboard
French radio's 'Ensemble pour le DAB+' ran a national TV campaign to defend the car dashboard as DAB+ targets 80% coverage — a category-wide defence play.
Aug 183 min read


Meta appeals France's order to renegotiate press neighbouring rights
Meta appealed France's order to reopen 'droits voisins' negotiations with publishers — opening a second front after Google in France's platform-payment fight.
Aug 183 min read


Havas Media stays France's No.1 media agency as Zenith overtakes Starcom
RECMA's France 2025 ranking keeps Havas Media No.1 at 14.5% as Zenith overtakes Starcom and iProspect enters the top five — the French media-agency pecking order.
Aug 183 min read


France Televisions posts record audiences for the Tour de France Femmes
France Televisions posted record Tour de France Femmes audiences — a 32.9% share and 23.2m viewers — strengthening the commercial case for women's sport.
Aug 183 min read


Ahoj-Brause revives the 'PPAP' meme as a social-first jingle
Ahoj-Brause turned the 2016 'PPAP' meme into a remixable jingle for its Brausefinger launch — a heritage brand mining precise nostalgia to reach Gen Z on social.
Aug 182 min read


The Ambition creates a Head of Strategy & Innovation role, hiring from DB Schenker
The Ambition named ex-DB Schenker brand lead Sophie Käppele its first Head of Strategy & Innovation — client-side talent crossing into agency strategy.
Aug 183 min read


Havas Media retains — and expands — the Hermes Arzneimittel account
Havas Media retained and expanded Hermes Arzneimittel's account after a multi-stage pitch, adding econometric modelling — media competing on proof, not just buying clout.
Aug 182 min read


Lidl fires back at Aldi with a mocking film in the discounter 'app war'
Lidl hit back at Aldi with a mocking film in Germany's discounter 'app war' — a comparative-advertising spectacle that's really a fight over loyalty-app data.
Aug 183 min read


Motel One commissions a sonic identity for 13 countries
Motel One appointed Berlin agency EightSix to build a 13-country sonic identity covering The Cloud One too — a bet on audio as a cross-border recognition asset.
Aug 183 min read
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