Flash is dying a death by 1,000 cuts, and that’s a good thing
The end of Adobe’s video carrier is nigh as Amazon marks the first of the big-name advertisers to block Flash ads, while Google’s Chrome will ‘intelligently pause’ them
Is this really the beginning of the end for web ads?
John Naughton: Users complain about load times and third-party scripts, but if ad-blocking continues to rise, what happens to the web’s business model?
As summer dwindles, print revenues enter a long, cool autumn
One sobering new study suggests print revenues will outgross digital for many years to come – even as newsprint sales steadily decline
Google billboards announce UK is searching for revenge porn sites
Eye-catching digital hoardings reveal search term among other queries such as Dismaland, Strictly Come Dancing and cricket scores
New UK vlogger guidance issued in wake of Kim Kardashian’s banned selfie
Advertising watchdog says video bloggers have complained of pressure to keep commercial tie-ups secret from their fans
BBC3 ad spend to triple as TV channel set to close
Corporation will spend nearly half its advertising budget for paid-for media on promoting launch of online-only channel
Police anti-piracy operation cuts advertising on illegal sites by 70%
Operation Creative, backed by ad industry and film, music and TV trade bodies, seeks to stop legitimate brands’ campaigns appearing on pirate websites
Advertisers want your attention, but how do they know they have it?
Drawing attention to advertising powers the likes of Google and Facebook – but in the digital age, measuring it remains shockingly fuzzy
Instagram has embraced advertising – and that’s no bad thing
The photo-sharing app is now open to self-service ads, allowing brands to become part of the conversation
Privacy pressure group EFF announces stronger Do Not Track standard
Disconnect and Adblock joins Electronic Frontier Foundation in coalition hoping to pressure advertisers to obey user preferences on tracking
Ads can now tell how fast your heart is beating
As smartphones and wearables collect increasingly sophisticated health data from consumers, advertisers are now considering how this can be used to serve more effective content
Time watching videos online will rise to an hour a day – report
More than half of viewing is done on mobile devices, says ZenithOptimedia, which also predicts a fall in television viewing next year
Can AI help us solve the ad industry’s troubles?
Embrace the algorithm and we will future proof the sector for 2020 and beyond
Five ways to bring advertising to life in the internet of things
As the number of connected devices grows, we look at how advertisers are making ever more creative campaigns
UK advertising spend hits record £4.7bn in first quarter of 2015
TV ads grew 11.5% year on year but newspapers and publishers report slowest growth in digital ads on record and overall decline in spending of 6.8% across industry