This chart shows how much more expensive ‘brand-safe’ video ads are versus YouTube videos

A growing number of global brands have pulled their advertising campaigns from YouTube over the past week after finding their ads had appeared next to extremist content. Google, which owns YouTube, has vowed to tackle the issue by working on toughening up its policies, making its advertiser controls easier to use, and hiring more staff to police…

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Paris Bans Sexist Outdoor Ads

Outdoor advertising in 2011. Photo via Getty Images. Paris will not have “sexist and discriminatory” ads cluttering up its outdoor space, thank you very much. Business Insider reports that the Council of Paris just signed off on a new contract to handle outdoor advertising throughout the city. But first the winner, JCDecaux, had to agree…

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The Gig Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death – The New Yorker

Fiverr, an online freelance marketplace that promotes itself as being for “the lean entrepreneur,” recently attracted ire for an ad campaign called “In Doers We Trust.”CreditCOURTESY FIVERR Barrier Status: ‘none’ Last September, a very twenty-first-century type of story appeared on the company blog of the ride-sharing app Lyft. “Long-time Lyft driver and mentor, Mary, was…

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The California-U.S. brawl over auto emissions has begun – LA Times

U.S. automakers consistently have been great at grousing about safety and environmental regulations; in fact, that may be the only thing they’ve consistently been great at. Last week, this talent was again on display as they achieved one of their cherished goals — rolling back emissions and mileage standards set by the Obama administration in…

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