<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Advertising - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Advertising news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Lobbyists send legal threats to councils over anti-wood burner campaigns]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least eight councils receive legal threats alleging flyers criticising wood burners are in breach of advertising codesLobbyists for the UK wood-burning stove industry have threatened councils with legal action over public information campaigns warning of the harms of air pollution.At least eight councils have received legal threats, according to research by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The Stove Industry Association (SIA), which represents the UK&rsquo;s expanding industry around the bu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/lobbyists-send-legal-threats-to-councils-over-anti-wood-burner-campaigns/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/lobbyists-send-legal-threats-to-councils-over-anti-wood-burner-campaigns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WPP to sell assets and cut jobs in radical shake-up to counter AI threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Group aims to be &lsquo;simpler, lower-cost, AI-enabled business&rsquo; and achieve &pound;500m of annual savings by 2028The beleaguered UK advertising group WPP has announced a radical restructure to counter the threat posed by the growth of artificial intelligence, including plans to sell assets and job cuts.Aiming to be &ldquo;a simpler, lower-cost, AI-enabled business&rdquo;, the London-based company laid out plans to achieve &pound;500m of annual savings by 2028, at a cost of &pound;400m ov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/wpp-to-sell-assets-and-cut-jobs-in-radical-shake-up-to-counter-ai-threat/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/wpp-to-sell-assets-and-cut-jobs-in-radical-shake-up-to-counter-ai-threat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mumsnet calls for under-16s social media ban with cigarette-style health warnings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resembling cigarette packet warnings, the ads highlight dangers and urge people to email MPs Mumsnet has launched a campaign to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s featuring health warnings in the style of those on cigarette packets.The deliberately provocative national advertising campaign calls for all social media to be banned for children under the age of 16. The images on billboards and social media make a number of stark statements related to health. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/mumsnet-calls-for-under-16s-social-media-ban-with-cigarette-style-health-warnings/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/mumsnet-calls-for-under-16s-social-media-ban-with-cigarette-style-health-warnings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TfL Facebook ad banned for negative stereotype about black men]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ad was part of campaign to encourage Londoners to intervene if they witness sexual harassment or hate crimeA Transport for London (TfL) ad featuring a black teenage boy verbally harassing a white girl has been banned for &ldquo;perpetuating the negative racial stereotype about black men as perpetrators of threatening behaviour&rdquo;.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the &ldquo;irresponsible&rdquo; ad &ndash; which was the subject of a complaint &ndash; featured a &ldquo;harmful ste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/tfl-facebook-ad-banned-for-negative-stereotype-about-black-men/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/tfl-facebook-ad-banned-for-negative-stereotype-about-black-men/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK ad agencies undergo their biggest exodus of staff as AI threatens industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Number of employees declined by more than 14% to 24,963 last year, with fall greatest among younger workersAI is indeed coming &ndash; but there is also evidence to allay investor fearsUK advertising agencies had their biggest annual exodus of staff last year, led by younger workers, as artificial intelligence tools threaten to replace workers and force the industry to cut jobs and costs.Staff numbers at creative agencies, which are facing acute pressure from the rollout of AI tools that reduce]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/uk-ad-agencies-undergo-their-biggest-exodus-of-staff-as-ai-threatens-industry/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/uk-ad-agencies-undergo-their-biggest-exodus-of-staff-as-ai-threatens-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super Bowl: Bad Bunny, the ads and everything but the football – as it happened]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biggest US sports night of the year has also seen recent Grammy winner Bad Bunny invite a host of A-list guests for an extravagant half-time performanceBad Bunny&rsquo;s Super Bowl half-time show review &ndash; a thrilling ode to Boricua joySuper Bowl LX: Relentless Seahawks pummel Patriots to claim their second titleWe&rsquo;re drifting dangerously close to the football here, but the teams are taking the field with the now-traditional blessing of some celebrity fans. First up, longtime Seat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/super-bowl-bad-bunny-the-ads-and-everything-but-the-football-as-it-happened/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/super-bowl-bad-bunny-the-ads-and-everything-but-the-football-as-it-happened/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battle of the chatbots: Anthropic and OpenAI go head-to-head over ads in their AI products]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Anthropic campaign suggests other AI platforms will incorporate targeted ads in their chatbot conversationsThe Seahawks and the Patriots aren&rsquo;t the only ones gearing up for a fight.AI rivals Anthropic and OpenAI have launched a war of ads trying to court corporate America during one of the biggest entertainment nights of the year. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/battle-of-the-chatbots-anthropic-and-openai-go-head-to-head-over-ads-in-their-ai-products/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/battle-of-the-chatbots-anthropic-and-openai-go-head-to-head-over-ads-in-their-ai-products/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bald eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd: is Budweiser’s all-American Super Bowl ad serious?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Featuring an unlikely animal friendship, the commercial boasts enough patriotic iconography to verge on self-parodyThree years after its sister brand, Bud Light, faced a rightwing boycott over a transgender spokesperson, Budweiser&rsquo;s new Super Bowl ad, American Icons, contains absolutely nothing that could be mistaken for social progress. Instead, it features an unlikely friendship between two animals whose blood runs red, white and blue: a bald eagle and a Clydesdale horse, the Budweiser i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/bald-eagles-and-lynyrd-skynyrd-is-budweisers-all-american-super-bowl-ad-serious/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/bald-eagles-and-lynyrd-skynyrd-is-budweisers-all-american-super-bowl-ad-serious/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our ducks get the royal treatment too | Brief letters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Duckingham Palace | Child-friendly train travel | Australian Open | Apostrophe confusion | Washing duvet coversFollowing the revelation that King Charles&rsquo;s hens live in Cluckingham Palace (&lsquo;I wasn&rsquo;t going to be diverted,&rsquo; says King Charles about campaign on the environment, 28 January), we are proud to reveal that our flock of egg&#8209;laying ducks lives at Duckingham Palace. It has cutout wooden duck&nbsp;silhouettes on the gables, wooden wine boxes for nesting and stra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/our-ducks-get-the-royal-treatment-too-brief-letters/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/our-ducks-get-the-royal-treatment-too-brief-letters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sydney Sweeney threw bras around the Hollywood sign. I totally get it | Dave Schilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[The actor was promoting her new lingerie line &ndash; and in 2026, marketing requires more than a glossy adI would hate to have to launch a new product in 2026. Imagine a scenario where you&rsquo;ve developed some ingenious new widget that costs millions of dollars to design, produce and bring to market. You could have quit numerous times. You probably wanted to, because there&rsquo;s a new season of The Traitors and you have to catch up. But you never surrendered. You persevered, and your brill]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/sydney-sweeney-threw-bras-around-the-hollywood-sign-i-totally-get-it-dave-schilling/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/sydney-sweeney-threw-bras-around-the-hollywood-sign-i-totally-get-it-dave-schilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the wayward apostrophe in WALE’S LARGEST VAPE SHOP a sign of the times? | Adrian Chiles]]></title><description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;d been catching sight of a billboard displaying what I suspected to be some rogue punctuation every time I drove into Cardiff. This time, I had to stop and capture the evidenceSomething&rsquo;s been bothering me on my commute to Cardiff. I usually take the train, but when I have to drive, just after I&rsquo;ve passed Cardiff City stadium, I always get a red light just before a railway bridge. It&rsquo;s not the red light I object to, it&rsquo;s the giant electronic billboard right there,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/is-the-wayward-apostrophe-in-wales-largest-vape-shop-a-sign-of-the-times-adrian-chiles/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/is-the-wayward-apostrophe-in-wales-largest-vape-shop-a-sign-of-the-times-adrian-chiles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coinbase adverts banned in UK for suggesting crypto could ease cost of living crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advertising Standards Authority says firm advised by George Osborne &lsquo;trivialised risks of cryptocurrency&rsquo;A cryptocurrency company advised by George Osborne has been banned from showing a set of adverts that suggested using its services could be a solution to the cost of living crisis.Coinbase, which appointed the former Conservative chancellor to chair its global advisory council last year, has been told by the UK&rsquo;s advertising watchdog that its adverts were &ldquo;irresponsibl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/coinbase-adverts-banned-in-uk-for-suggesting-crypto-could-ease-cost-of-living-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/coinbase-adverts-banned-in-uk-for-suggesting-crypto-could-ease-cost-of-living-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ads I see online unashamedly lie. Doesn’t Australian consumer law require advertisers not to mislead us?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advertising shown in Australia cannot be false or misleading, writes policy expert Kat George. But false claims on the internet are vast and regenerativeRead more Australian customer service questionsHow is it that ads on the internet don&rsquo;t seem to be subject to Australian consumer law, which requires advertisers not to mislead consumers? For instance, I am forever being told &ldquo;this new cooling device will cool any room in 10 minutes while using 96% less energy than traditional air co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/ads-i-see-online-unashamedly-lie-doesnt-australian-consumer-law-require-advertisers-not-to-mislead-us/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/ads-i-see-online-unashamedly-lie-doesnt-australian-consumer-law-require-advertisers-not-to-mislead-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marcus Gilbert obituary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Actor who starred as Rupert Campbell-Black in the TV series Riders in the 1990s and in the Rambo and Evil Dead film franchisesThe actor Marcus Gilbert, who has died of throat cancer aged 67, attained sex-symbol status in two television adaptations of Barbara Cartland novels, and then the raunchy drama Riders, based on Jilly Cooper&rsquo;s Rutshire Chronicles series of books.As the bed-hopping Rupert Campbell-Black in Riders (1993), and featuring in around 20 candid sex scenes in the mini-series,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/marcus-gilbert-obituary/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/marcus-gilbert-obituary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ads to be placed alongside answers as OpenAI looks to beef up revenue for flagship AI productChatGPT will start including advertisements beside answers for US users as OpenAI seeks a new revenue stream.The ads will be tested first in ChatGPT for US users only, the company announced on Friday, after increasing speculation that the San Francisco firm would turn to a potential cashflow model on top of its current subscriptions. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/chatgpt-to-start-showing-ads-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/chatgpt-to-start-showing-ads-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X UK revenues drop nearly 60% in a year as content concerns spook advertisers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elon Musk-owned site reports plunging profits amid outcry over use of AI tool Grok to create sexually explicit imageryBusiness live &ndash; latest updatesUK revenues at Elon Musk&rsquo;s X fell by almost 60% in a year as advertisers pulled their spending over concerns about the social media platform&rsquo;s content.News of the plummeting financial performance comes after X switched off the image creation function on its AI tool Grok for the vast majority of users after a widespread outcry about]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/x-uk-revenues-drop-nearly-60-in-a-year-as-content-concerns-spook-advertisers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/x-uk-revenues-drop-nearly-60-in-a-year-as-content-concerns-spook-advertisers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tuesday briefing: Will a ban on advertising junk food help to tackle obesity in the UK?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s newsletter: As new rules ban TV and online ads for high-fat, salt and sugar products&#8203;, the curbing of junk food marketing has found cross-party supportGood morning. The television and online advertising landscape changed yesterday, as regulations came into force across the UK limiting the amount of &ldquo;less healthy&rdquo; food and drink products that can be shown during the daytime and online, in an attempt to reduce obesity in the UK.For today&rsquo;s newsletter I spok]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/tuesday-briefing-will-a-ban-on-advertising-junk-food-help-to-tackle-obesity-in-the-uk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/tuesday-briefing-will-a-ban-on-advertising-junk-food-help-to-tackle-obesity-in-the-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on the junk food advertising ban: shaping tastes is a job for government | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weight-loss drugs cannot solve the problem of poor diet. Ministers are right to demand healthier food and promotionsAfter years of wrangling, from this week new rules shield children in the UK from junk food advertisements. Those featuring processed food and drink products in 13 categories &ndash; including soft drinks with added sugar, crisps, chocolate and sweets &ndash; are now banned online, and can only be shown on broadcast TV after 9pm. In a month already strongly associated with the givi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/the-guardian-view-on-the-junk-food-advertising-ban-shaping-tastes-is-a-job-for-government-editorial/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 20:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/the-guardian-view-on-the-junk-food-advertising-ban-shaping-tastes-is-a-job-for-government-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ban on TV junk food advertising before 9pm comes into force in UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watchdog will also monitor online ban for high fat and sugar products as part of wider effort to tackle childhood obesityA ban on junk food advertising on TV before 9pm and a total ban online has come into force as the government attempts to tackle the childhood obesity crisis.Under the rules, which will be enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) 13 categories of products can no longer be advertised on TV before the watershed or at any time online. The banned products are high in f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/ban-on-tv-junk-food-advertising-before-9pm-comes-into-force-in-uk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/ban-on-tv-junk-food-advertising-before-9pm-comes-into-force-in-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Social listening’: Unilever seeks to capitalise on Vaseline’s TikTok moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Multinational boosts online chatter after social media users showcase product&rsquo;s widespread use in life hacksAs a product discovered more than 150 years ago on a Pennsylvania oilfield, the humble pot of Vaseline may not seem like an obvious target for social media algorithms.Yet the brand&rsquo;s emergence as a TikTok talking point has placed it at the forefront of an advertising revolution, in which large companies are spending big on content creators and putting fewer resources into promo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/social-listening-unilever-seeks-to-capitalise-on-vaselines-tiktok-moment/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/advertising/social-listening-unilever-seeks-to-capitalise-on-vaselines-tiktok-moment/</guid></item></channel></rss>