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IAB | November 02, 2020

News has always played a critical role in the lives of consumers. In 2020, the importance of timely, trusted news was amplified as everyone sought updates related to the global pandemic, social injustice, economic uncertainty, and the impending Presidential Election. However, while news outlets experienced record viewership, readership, and listenership, advertising dollars had not increased in a commensurate way. In fact, some brands had backed away from advertising on these platfor...

IAS | September 18, 2020

Taboola, the world's leading discovery platform, today announced a partnership with Integral Ad Science (IAS), the global leader in digital ad verification, to introduce an industry-first pre-bid brand safety technology for performance advertisers. This is the first-ever integration to directly apply pre-bid brand safety within a native discovery platform. With this integration, performance advertisers have the ability to achieve their marketing goals across Taboola's large audience of 1...

torontosun | January 14, 2020

Advertising revenues for CBC TV’s English programming continued their downward trend last year, and less than 1% of the country watched its local dinnertime newscasts, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. Citing the broadcaster’s annual report, ad dollars fell 37%, from $178 million to $112.5 million. For the French service, ad revenues declined 3%, from $140 million to $136 million. “There is continued risk that our organization will not remain sustainable as we anticipate...

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Google | June 23, 2022

Google received top honors for correcting historical wrongs by fixing camera technology on mobiles in its ‘Real Tone’ commercial that featured in the Super Bowl this year. It took home the top prize in the Mobile Lions category. The jury perused through a number of contenders, and one of the main criteria was how the ad campaigns held up to the mobile category. “When we got to the Grand Prix, practically everyone raised their arms for this idea,&rdq...