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French media regulator Arcom will begin implementing recommendations from the Lasserre report on public-broadcasting impartiality from September 2026.

NRJ Group reported first-half 2026 revenue of €149.4m, down 3.5%, blaming a difficult advertising market as radio and TV ad income fell.

Prisma Media has become the first French press publisher to feed its first-party data into Nielsen's ID Graph, the engine behind Digital Ad Ratings measurement.

Ad-tech platform StackAdapt launched in-platform Economic Impact Measurement, connecting ad exposure to roughly $4 trillion in US consumer card-transaction data.

Out-of-home giant Outfront created a chief data officer role and filled it with IPG/UM veteran Huw Griffiths, as OOH races to prove measurable value against digital.

Snapchat will stop rewarding and broadly recommending fully AI-generated videos in Spotlight, requiring 'substantial human involvement' for content to earn creator payouts.

Snap beat Q2 expectations as ad prices jumped about 10% — but ad revenue grew just 9%, meaning growth came from pricing rather than expanded inventory.

Spotify crossed 300M Premium subscribers and revealed its automated sales channel now makes up nearly 40% of ad-supported revenue — a big shift in how brands buy audio.

Pinterest reported Q2 2026 revenue up 18%, crediting AI as a clear accelerant for advertiser performance — though user growth came almost entirely from lower-monetizing markets.

In its first full quarter as Paramount Skydance, the company leaned on streaming growth and argued its pending Warner Bros. Discovery deal will be good for advertisers.

Lucozade Ribena Suntory has appointed Dark Horses as lead creative agency for Lucozade, as the energy brand approaches its 100th anniversary.

Prostate Cancer UK's 'This Club Matters More' unites rival football fans under a fictional 'Prostate United' — and marks the final work from agency Elvis.

Coca-Cola Great Britain has launched 'Counter Cultures', a campaign celebrating the family-run hospitality businesses that stock its drinks.

Soft-drinks maker AG Barr has appointed VCCP Media as its media agency of record after a competitive four-way pitch, unseating incumbent the7stars.

Co-op, with Carat UK and Platform Media, has launched 'Pop to Co-op', a four-part comedy microdrama — a first for UK grocery.

Pinterest has opened a new London headquarters at Oxford Circus, positioning the UK at the centre of its shopping-focused advertising strategy.

Mondelez's Dairylea has launched 'A World of Their Own', a VCCP-created campaign celebrating childhood independence and taking a gentle swipe at helicopter parenting.

TBWA has rolled out its first full global visual identity, a deliberately imperfect, handmade system built in-house by Design by Disruption.

Agency thjnk has launched a new brand platform, 'FEEL GLÜCK', for Lotto Baden-Württemberg — a 360-degree campaign uniting the state lottery's products under one feel-good idea.

Edeka-owned discounter Netto is giving app users free RTL+ streaming above a spending threshold, in a permanent tie-up with broadcaster RTL — grocery loyalty meets entertainment.