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Elon still isn't winning over advertisers
Market research group Kantar found more than a quarter of X advertisers surveyed planned to cut spe…
Jyoti Mann
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MrBeast's $100M Amazon reality show may succeed despite controversy. But it could come back to haunt him.
MrBeast has had a few difficult months. But his game show "Beast Games," which had a budget of $100…
Lindsay Dodgson
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Brands are so scared of culture wars and controversy that it's ripping apart the media business
The recent toppling of the Global Alliance of Responsible Media is just the latest defeat in the po…
Lara O'Reilly
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Katy Perry is being accused of environmental infringement by Spanish authorities over shooting "Lifetimes" music video near a protected area
Hit-making singer Katy Perry is no stranger to controversy, but this time, it’s not her music that’…
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PresVu eye drops: Why has a pharma company fallen in controversy for claiming to cure near-sightedness?
PresVu has been suspended by the DCGI due to misleading marketing claims that the eye drops can "cu…
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Panera to discontinue its controversial 'charged' drinks that lawsuits linked to deaths
The drinks were tied to at least two wrongful death lawsuits against Panera.
Grace Dean
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Elon Musk says many big advertisers are the 'greatest oppressors' of free speech after several pull ads from X in antisemitism controversy
Elon Musk sparked controversy after appearing to endorse an antisemitic post on the platform X.
Alia Shoaib
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Google's controversial move to kill the web cookie just got delayed until 2025
Google delayed its removal of third-party cookies on Chrome until 2025 and cited industry and regul…
Ana Altchek
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People are trying to make sense of a new Alexander Wang ad that uses controversial celebrity lookalikes to promote its bags
It might look like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, and Kylie Jenner star in Alexander Wang's …
Amanda Krause
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Walmart joins the growing list of major companies to suspend advertising on Elon Musk's X
"We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers," a Walmar…
Polly Thompson
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X is left with advertisers pushing dubious cryptocurrency and AI 'undressing' apps, users say after Musk's outburst
Experts in social media and advertising say an advertiser exodus has left X reliant on smaller, les…
Tom Carter
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Bill Ackman is defending Elon Musk amid the X owner's antisemitism controversy
"Musk is not perfect, but the world is a vastly better place because of him," Ackman wrote of his f…
Matthew Loh
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From Manyavar’s Kanyadaan to Cadbury’s beef row, here are a few brands that found themselves in trouble in 2021
Advertising campaigns that created controversy in 2021
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Elon Musk's 'attitude' has contributed to an advertiser exodus from X. Here's why Meta's pedophile problem hasn't done the same.
Elon Musk's personality and attitude are driving advertisers off X (formerly Twitter) more than pos…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Fans are calling out celebrities who attended Balenciaga's runway show one year after the brand's controversial holiday campaign scandal
In November 2022, Balenciaga's holiday ad featured young children holding teddy bears in bondage ge…
Lauren Edmonds
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A wine company 'dedicated to conservative values' paired Ronald Reagan's farewell address with clips of protests to promote its products in a new ad
The wine company We The People promises to donate a portion of its profits to conservative politica…
Rachel Askinasi
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Simone Biles' sponsors are supporting her after the gymnast's controversial decision to withdraw from some Olympic competitions
Despite backlash against Simone Biles' decision to step back due to her mental health, the Olympic …
Heather Schlitz
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Twitter is rebranding to X. Here are 5 more tech companies that controversially changed their names or faced backlash.
Facebook became Meta, Amazon started out as Cadabra, and Elon Musk's original X.com was changed to …
Pete Syme
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X could lose $75 million in ad revenue after a litany of controversies from Elon Musk, including his endorsement of antisemitic comments, report says
Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic post may cost X millions of dollars in advertising revenu…
Tom Carter
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Twitter revenue plunged in December as advertisers stayed away after Elon Musk's takeover, report says
Adjusted profits and revenues both fell by about 40% compared with December 2021, The Wall Street J…