UK digital ad spend soars despite fears over ad blocking
Display market rises by more than a quarter as total digital advertising hits record £3.98m in first half
Google AMP battles ad-blocking, Apple and Facebook by cutting load times
Search company unveils Accelerated Mobile Pages in bid to work with publishers, ad companies and rival platforms
Apple approves adblocker that even blocks Apple News
Will Been Choice, which hit the App Store this week, be allowed to stay up?
Instagram for brands – top tips
On Instagram’s fifth birthday, agency pro Hannah Kimuyu explains how brands can use the platform to improve engagement
Eclipse looms for newspaper giants buying a place in the digital sun
Ad blockers are wreaking havoc with the online revenue of newspapers, yet some groups continue to throw money around to acquire online rivals. What happens when boom turns to bust?
Rise of ad-blockers shows advertising does not understand mobile, say experts
Apple has made ad-blocking mainstream, prompting fears in the $31.9bn mobile ad market. But those grappling with the problem say the user must come first
Virgin Media focuses on female role models in TV ad campaign
Emmeline Pankhurst, singer Billie Holiday and gymnast Nadia Comaneci feature with former X Factor contestant Fleur East providing soundtrack
Denis O’Brien’s Digicel group picks a fight with Google and Facebook
His Caribbean mobile phone operator is to block web companies’ adverts
AdBlock Plus creator to set up independent board to oversee ‘whitelist’
Eyeo’s move follows court victory against German publisher Axel Springer, which claimed it breached laws on competition, copyright or market dominance
Facebook makes U-turn after banning RNIB’s ‘degrading’ sight-loss ad
Social network unblocks video promoting the need for sight-loss advisers in UK hospitals after claiming it breached guidelines on language
UK mobile ad spend ‘to overtake print and TV’
eMarketer report forecasts British mobile ad spend will increase by 45% this year to £3.26bn and rise by another 35% next year to £4.4bn
Facebook bans ‘degrading’ charity ad about sight loss
YouTube channel campaign aiming to promote the need for sight loss advisers in UK hospitals blocked on social media site for breaking guidelines on language
Can ad blockers put an end to the ad tech arms race?
The technology works - but so does respecting your audience and giving them what they actually want to read
Ashley Highfield: ‘We can find a win-win relationship with the BBC’
Johnston Press boss on conflicts of interest, BBC imperialism, Whittingdale’s review of the corporation – and mergers
The rise of ad-blocking could herald the end of the free internet
More and more people are using software to turn off irritating website advertisements – but without them, smaller sites might go under