Meta connection planning director Pete Buckley reassured big-brand media planners that its AI tools, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg has touted as being able to replace much of what they do, work best in tandem with humans.

The Bauer Media Advertising MD asked advertisers to take social media’s impact on mental health seriously by putting their wallets where their heart is.

Consumers are now using WhatsApp to communicate with brands and to purchase products. Meta promotes the channel as an opportunity for brands to meet customers where they are.

The Molly Rose Foundation CEO and Conscious Advertising Network co-chair join host Jack Benjamin to unpack several research studies about social platforms’ lack of effective child-safety tools.

Why are marketers pressing pause on more interactive platforms when consumers are playing forward? Snap’s senior commercial director believes ‘comfort’ is slowing marketers down.

In response to Mike Follett’s comments at Future of Media Manchester, one planner advises interrogating the platforms and tweaking how you utilise them; don’t blindly de-invest because of the attention metrics.

Marketers are pouring fresh investment into influencers and creators. That momentum will only translate into brand growth if we move from command and control to guardrails and trust, and measure both the quick win and the long haul, writes Kantar.

The Daily Mail has launched two dedicated social publishers that it hopes will “shape the future of news and entertainment for young people around the world”.

Community and peer advice matter to consumers. Fashion brands have an opportunity to be part of these communities, but only if driven by a real desire to become a constructive member. 

New research shows that investing in high-attention media channels is more profitable than investing in low-attention ones. But in the past decade, adspend is going the other way. The report’s authors unpack why and what can be done to improve media effectiveness.