In today’s Digest, we discuss the out-of-home advertising (OOH) industry reporting 4.4%  growth in Q3, Australia making streamer content quotas law, and China’s AI governance framework winning backing from researchers at DeepSeek and Alibaba.

DoubleVerify, a leading software platform to verify media quality and optimise ad performance, surveyed 1,970 marketers globally to explore their attitudes and investment decisions related to news content, and the majority of respondents reported that inventory in news environments outperforms [...]

In today’s Digest, we look at US senators pushing a Facebook and Instagram scam ad probe, ChatGPT gaining a new shopping research tool, and Alibaba topping revenue forecasts driven by instant retail and AI.

Are the new HFSS (High fat, salt, and sugar) rules taking a bite out of Christmas ads? New data from DAIVID suggests so, with this year’s festive campaigns 24% less likely to make festive shoppers’ mouths water than in 2024 [...]

Seedtag, the global neuro-contextual advertising company, announced today (19th November, 2025) the results of a first-of-its-kind neuroscience study, conducted in partnership with Professor Moran Cerf, a leading neuroscientist at Columbia University.  The research shows that neuro-contextual ads deliver 3.5x higher neural [...]

A heartwarming Disney film about a little girl whose doodle comes to life after Santa mistakes her drawing for a Christmas wish is the most emotionally engaging ad of the festive season. That’s according to new analysis from DAIVID, which [...]

Gaming advertising delivers 20 times more engagement for just 5% of typical media budgets, according to Australia's first comprehensive gaming attention benchmark report released today by iion. The benchmark study, titled "The Attention Advantage," analysed 50+ gaming campaigns across Australian mobile [...]

VideoElephant’s October 2025 Rewind Report reveals a transformative surge in licensed and monetised video content usage among top global publishers, as AI-driven search reshapes digital media distribution. Key findings from VideoElephant’s data—capturing usage across major clients including MSN, Gannett, News Corp Australia, and [...]

Brands are doubling down on the proven effectiveness of affiliate marketing in the face of rising customer acquisition costs, with influencers taking an increasing share of affiliate budgets. This is among key findings of The Global State of Affiliate Marketing [...]

Mistplay, the pioneer of play-and-earn in the rewarded ad space, today (4th November, 2025) released its "2025 Mobile Gaming Across Markets Report", uncovering foundational differences in how players discover, play, and spend across the US, UK, Korea, and Japan – [...]