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What's Happening in Advertising & Marketing

Political campaigns and regulatory pressure on social platforms are reshaping advertising and media spending in opposite directions. Election cycles are driving up advertising outlays—midterm coverage drew 31 million viewers, up 23 percent from 2022, lifting broadcaster ad rates during high-attention periods, while early proliferation of 2028 Democratic candidates will extend primary spending on media and campaign infrastructure. Simultaneously, California's restrictions on addictive platform features and Australia's under-16 social media ban threaten the engagement-based revenue models that underpin Meta, TikTok, and Google's advertising businesses; if enforced, these laws force costly product redesigns and reduce user time spent on platforms, compressing the ad inventory and targeting precision those companies monetize. The platforms are mounting legal challenges on First Amendment and constitutional grounds, but a court ruling against them would accelerate advertiser pressure and federal regulation, narrowing their ability to sustain current ad-supported models. Sports media rights are consolidating around Fanatics, which is expanding creative control over NHL merchandise and brand presentation, concentrating design and merchandising revenue within a single distributor rather than spreading it across league and partner ecosystems.

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