GumGum, the contextual-first technology leader transforming digital advertising, has uncovered a critical gap in campaign effectiveness: 41% of contextual ad placements fail to capture attention when creative relevance is ignored. This finding emerged through GumGum’s enhanced Mindset Graph and underscores [...]

UK marketing budgets made a bounce back in Q2 2025, following their drop in the previous quarter. We look at what industry leaders make of the latest findings.  Marketing budgets expanded at the strongest pace in a year during the second [...]

Kargo, a leader in delivering breakthrough omnichannel advertising solutions for global brands, has been recognised with two prestigious wins at the ELETS India Brand Awards 2025. Kargo won top honours in the Outstanding Innovation in Display category for their innovative ASUS [...]

Emily Shaw, digital account director, The Kite Factory takes a look at why in an AI-heavy world, human expertise isn’t becoming obsolete—it’s becoming more valuable than ever...

Our columnist, Shirley Marschall, is back, and this week she’s taking on the rise of ‘slop’ and looking at why AI is the Ozempic of the media…

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, has released details of the UK edition of its Partnerships Experience event (iPX), taking place on 25th June in London. The event brings together brands, influencers, publishers, and advocates to discuss the key trends [...]

EntrepreneurTV, a FAST Channel based on the internationally known media brand, magazine, and content studio, will be moving its management and distribution to leading video solutions provider VideoElephant, whose FAST Managed Services also operates the USA Today FAST Channel.   VideoElephant will [...]

Paapi, a next-generation ad measurement platform, has closed a £420,000 pre-seed funding round led by SFC Capital, the UK’s most active early-stage investor. The initial round was oversubscribed by 20%. Paapi is tackling one of ad tech’s biggest challenges: giving brands [...]

Nano Interactive, a leader in AI-powered intent planning and targeting, and Compliant, the global authority on data integrity in digital advertising, today (10th June, 2025) announced a new partnership. Brands using Nano’s ID-free intent solution can now activate Compliant’s Data Integrity [...]

Taptap Digital, the area-based marketing platform powered by location intelligence, has launched Total Retail, a breakthrough solution designed to help FMCG advertisers drive meaningful retail outcomes by bridging the gap between brand advertising and retail media. As the retail media landscape [...]