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Amazon patents 'voice-sniffing' algorithms

Amazonsaysitdoesnoteavesdroponcustomers'conversationstotargetadvertisingatthem,afteritemergedithadpatented"voice-sniffing"tech.Thepatentdescribeslisteningtoconv

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Time is running out for BuzzFeed, Mashable

BuzzFeedhasgivenupongoingpublicfornowandMashableislookingforanemergencybuyer.Thehoneymoonperiodlookstobeoverforonlinenewswebsites--leftfragilebyamodelbuiltalmos

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Thailand, China jointly hold sign-ad trade show for 1st time

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Nov.10(APD)--TheorganizerofSignAsiaExpojoinshandswithhisnewChinesepartnertoholdaninternationalsign-advertisingtradeshowonThursday,b

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Facebook to share Russia-linked political adverts with investigators

FacebookfounderMarkZuckerbergsayshiscompanywillshare3,000Russia-linkedpoliticaladvertswithUSinvestigators.Healsopledgedtomakepoliticaladvertisingmoretransparent

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Facebook adds human reviewers after 'Jew haters' ad scandal

Facebookwilladdmorehumanreviewerstoitsadvertisingsystemafteradmittingitfailedtoprevent,orevennotice,anti-Semitictargetingonthenetwork.SherylSandberg,thenetwork’

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DC eyes tighter regulations on Facebook and Google as concern grows

Everytimeatelevisionstationsellsapoliticalad,arecordisenteredintoapublicfilesayingwhoboughttheadvertisementandhowmuchmoneytheyspent.Unlikeothermedia,onlinecompa

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China’s digital ads market to hit $50b in 2017

The Chinese digital advertising market is expected to reach US$50 billion by the end of 2017, an eMarketer report said on Monday.

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China’s digital ads market to hit $50b in 2017

TheChinesedigitaladvertisingmarketisexpectedtoreachUS$50billionbytheendof2017,aneMarketerreportsaidonMonday.AccordingtotheNewYork-basedmarketresearchcompany,Chi

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EU regulators readying third Google antitrust charge

Alphabet's Google may face a third EU antitrust charge as soon as next month, this time focusing on its revenue mainstay AdWords ad placement service, three people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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At Cannes, the Ad industry confronts the rise of Facebook

The frightened townsfolk — top executives from the biggest media companies and advertising agencies in the world — debated in whispers their grim choice between bloody resistance or total surrender.

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China's Baidu search draws unusually loud outcry after student's death

Sponsored results in China’s dominant search engine can be hard to distinguish, users say

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China mulls ad bans

China's top legislature began Monday reviewing a draft amendment to the Advertisement Law that proposes a ban on baby formula and tobacco advertising.

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Campaigners call for tobacco advertising ban

Health professionals and tobacco control experts in China have called for tobacco advertising to be fully outlawed as the draft amendment to the Advertising Law failed to stipulate the ban explicitly.