Uber has a new global head of advertising in Kristi Argyilan, effective today. The exec joins from Albertsons, where she led the grocer's ads business as senior vice president of retail media since July 2021. After launching its advertising business in 2022, Uber announced in August that it was on track to hit $1 billion...

GroupM projects that the global advertising industry will surpass $1 trillion in total revenue for the first time this year. In its This Year Next Year 2024 End of Year Global Forecast, released today (Dec. 9), the WPP media investment firm estimates that global advertising revenue will increase 9.5% this year, up from the 7.8%...