Kim Kardashian says her Instagram account is ‘off limits’ to ads
Reality TV star slams product promotion and says husband Kanye West inspired her to launch a computer game
Harvey Keitel is suing financial company for breach of contract
The actor has filed a $1.5m lawsuit against E*Trade for dropping him from an ad campaign and ‘moving in a different direction’ ... with Kevin Spacey
Vice and Unilever team up for launch of female-focused channel
Broadly to be video-led channel spanning subjects such as politics, culture, sex and fashion
Daily Mail, WPP and Snapchat to launch native advertising agency
Sir Martin Sorrell’s marketing services group joins newspaper and tech company in new venture that aims to work across media and ad industry
Entourage’s Adrian Grenier: “I’m not a tool of greenwash”
Star of TV show and film says he is cautious about signing deals to be spokesperson for brands
Snapchat boss makes ‘don’t be creepy’ pledge
Evan Spiegel extolls the vitrues of advertising that ‘fits the context of the story’ rather than pre-rolls or banner ads
Anonymity is the internet’s next big battleground
Users are growing twitchy about how their data is being used, with major ramifications for advertisers, marketers and the entire internet industry
Time is running out for the 30-second TV commercial
Interruptive television ads are the eight-track of advertising. Today, viewers want to engage with commercials on their own terms, and in their own time
Cannes Lions 2015: tech takes its place at the heart of creativity
This year’s ad festival promises to reward those who have made tech innovation central to their content creation and ad storytelling
Heinz says sorry for ketchup QR code that links to porn site
Ketchup buyer mistakenly exposed to porn after Heinz allows a competition domain to lapse, allowing adult entertainment firm to buy it
How acting opposite a meerkat could have been Gerard Butler’s toughest gig
The Hollywood hard man thinks he knows what backbreaking work is like, but even he must be relieved that talk of him going up against a cuddly puppet is merely rumour
YouTube Minecraft channel The Diamond Minecart visits Jurassic World
British gamer Daniel Middleton gets his dino on, courtesy of a sponsorship partnership with film studio Universal Pictures
Belgium takes Facebook to court over privacy breaches and user tracking
Belgian privacy commission launches lawsuit after warning over alleged privacy law breaches over tracking of users and non-users for ads
Intelligence rather than image will shape the future of marketing
Brands must focus on data and technology, not messaging and imagery, to make an impact in a competitive marketplace
Ex-Havas chief David Jones raises $350m for new ‘brandtech’ group
You & Mr Jones, which has already invested in Mashable and Mofilm, aims to leverage technology for brands