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'Advertising should be recognisable and immediately recognisable' the ASAI has warned (Stock image)

Social media users must flag sponsored content - ASAI

A 30% increase in complaints about advertising is down to increased awareness rather than falling standards, according to the chief executive of the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland.

News Lens • 05 Sep 19

ITV's chief executive Carolyn McCall said the company's results were 'very much as expected'

ITV's first quarter revenue hit by weak ad demand

UK broadcaster ITV has today reported a 4% drop in first-quarter revenue due to weaker advertising demand caused by the late timing of Easter and political and economic uncertainty.

Business • 08 May 19

Independent News & Media's CEO Michael Doorly (l) and chairman Murdoch MacLennan

Despite dip, INM profits for 2018 beat expectations

Independent News and Media has reported lower revenues and profits for the year to the end of December, but said it was continuing to make progress in implementing its new strategy.

Business • 29 Mar 19

A 10% growth in digital advertising more than offset a 1% decline in print advertising across the Daily Mail newspaper titles

Daily Mail owner on track as Q1 revenue rises 2%

The owner of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper said demand for advertising on its popular MailOnline website contributed to a 2% rise in underlying first-quarter revenue.

Business • 24 Jan 19

The owner of the JWT and Ogilvy agencies has lost 40% of its value in the last year and has been forced to cut its sales and profit forecasts

WPP to spend £300m by 2022 in bid to return to growth

British advertising group WPP has announced it plans to spend £300 million (€331 million) and cut 2,500 jobs over the next three years to return the world's biggest advertising group to growth by reducing the number of agencies it runs and hiring more talent in New York.

Business • 11 Dec 18

The ad campaign focuses on the destruction of the rainforest

Iceland's Christmas TV ad banned in UK

Iceland's Christmas TV advert has been banned from UK television as it has been deemed too political.

UK • 09 Nov 18

WPP's biggest pressures are being felt in the US

New WPP boss has work to do to strengthen US business

WPP's new boss Mark Read vowed to rebuild its creative agencies in the US and strengthen its position on Madison Avenue after reporting first-half results dragged down by the world's biggest advertising market.

Business • 04 Sep 18

ITV is in the middle of a strategic review under new CEO Carolyn McCall

ITV Q1 advertising growth in line with forecasts

Broadcaster ITV said it had made a solid start to the year with net advertising revenue up 1% in the first quarter, as expected, and its studios business performing well.

Business • 10 May 18

The newspaper industry has struggled in recent years as advertisers have migrated to online platforms

Johnston Press sees print ad market improvements

UK newspaper publisher Johnston Press said today it was seeing early signs of improvement in the print advertising market.

Business • 17 Apr 18

Mr Sorrell had built a two-man outfit into one of Britain's biggest companies with 200,000 staff in 112 countries.

Martin Sorrell quits as head of ad group WPP

Martin Sorrell, who built WPP into the world's biggest advertising agency through 33 years of deal making, has quit after an allegation of personal misconduct.

Business • 16 Apr 18

YouTube said 2017 was a difficult year as a result of the controversy around how it handles advertising

YouTube tightens ad rules in a bid to address concerns

YouTube has ramped-up rules regarding when it will run ads with videos as it scrambled to quell concerns by brands about being paired with troublesome content.

Technology • 17 Jan 18

Facebook said it would add over 1,000 people over the next year and invest more in software to flag and take down ads

Facebook to hire 1,000 people to review ads

Facebook plans to hire 1,000 more people to review ads and ensure they meet its terms, as part of an effort to deter Russia and other countries from using the social media network to interfere in others' elections.

Business • 03 Oct 17

The UK's Advertising Standards Agency said a review found that such stereotypes could limit the aspirations of children

British adverts facing tougher gender stereotype rules

Britain's advertising watchdog has signalled tougher regulation for ads featuring gender stereotypes, saying they were potentially harmful to young people.

Business • 18 Jul 17

WPP said it would cut CEO Martin Sorrell's pay to no more than £19m from £48m last year

WPP reports slight rise in sales for early part of 2017

WPP, the world's largest advertising group, reported a slight increase in like-for-like net sales growth in the first four months of 2017.

Business • 08 Jun 17

Orb's Geoff Fitzpatrick said the new technology will create a new flow of data for advertisers

New ad technology can track people's mood and gender

Advertisers are piloting new technology which can track people's eye movements and determine their age, gender, mood and facial features as they pass digital ad displays on Dublin's streets.

Business • 07 Apr 17

Some analysts also believe that departing advertisers, eager to reach YouTube's millennial audience, will quickly return

YouTube ad controversy could threaten site's strategy

The decision by a handful of high-profile consumer brands to pull advertising from Google's YouTube over offensive content could threaten the site's long-term strategy of stealing ad dollars from television, analysts and ad industry professionals have said.

Business • 24 Mar 17

Britain is the largest market for Alphabet's Google outside the US, generating $7.8 billion mainly from advertising last year

Google to revamp policies, hire staff after ad scandal

Google has vowed today to police its websites better by ramping up staff numbers and overhauling its policies.

Business • 21 Mar 17

WPP sees tougher 2017 after hitting 2016 sales target

WPP, the world's largest advertising group, said it had seen a relatively slow start to 2017 and would plan conservatively for the year ahead after hitting its 2016 target for net sales growth.

Business • 03 Mar 17

Social media advertising is set to overtake newspapers comfortably by 2020

Social media ads to hit $50 billion by 2019

The amount of money spent on advertising on social media is set to catch up with newspaper ad revenues by 2020, a forecaster said today.

Business • 05 Dec 16

Google said its third quarter revenue jumped 20% to $22.45 billion.

Google parent Alphabet profit surges on mobile ads

Google parent Alphabet bettered analysts' estimates for third-quarter profit and revenue as the search company showed it has honed its core business for the mobile era.

Business • 28 Oct 16

Daily Mail and General Trust said job cuts due to 'challenging market conditions'

Mail newspaper group cutting 400 jobs in shake-up

The owner of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday is axing 400 jobs as it battles against plunging advertising sales.

Business • 29 Sep 16

Pinterest has made regular tweaks to its service based on user interactions

Pinterest introduces video adverts to service

Pinterest has introduced video ads as it moved to cash in on a growing appetite for videos at the popular online bulletin board.

Technology • 17 Aug 16

Concerns raised over Google's advertising business

EU files fresh competition charges against Google

EU regulators have brought a third competition charge against Alphabet's Google, accusing it of blocking rivals in the lucrative online search advertising market.

News • 14 Jul 16

Media group holds its AGM in Dublin today

INM's overall ad revenue down so far this year

Independent News and Media has warned of challenging markets in a statement in advance of its annual general meeting today.

Business • 02 Jun 16

Daily Mail and General Trust reports a downturn in the print advertising market

Daily Mail downgrades outlook on print ad slump

The publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper said a downturn in the print advertising market was squeezing margins in its media business.

Business • 26 May 16