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YouTube will now automatically label AI videos
June 8, 2026
The company announced on Wednesday that its internal systems will apply labels when it detects that “significant photorealistic AI” has been used. YouTube will also be making its AI labels more prominent, so they’re easier to spot across both long-form videos and YouTube Shorts.
Tech Crunch
Meta rolls out global expansion of teen content restrictions
June 8, 2026
Meta is expanding its 13+ content settings globally to all teen users as the company continues to add more options to help parents manage their kids’ experience in its apps. Ideally, this move will also help Meta avoid further restrictions regarding teen social media usage.
Social Media Today
OOH planning is shifting from audience targeting to real-world behaviour
June 8, 2026
Out-of-home advertising has always held a unique position within media because it exists inside the environments where real behaviour happens. Yet despite that advantage, OOH planning has often relied on relatively fixed audience assumptions that only partially reflect how people move, decide, and respond in the real world. This is now changing quickly.
The Media Leader
All media is commerce media: If everything is measurable, why is it still so hard to prove what works?
June 8, 2026
Commerce media promises clarity, accountability and measurable outcomes, but as the system scales, tensions emerge around truth, value and trust. Season 3 of All Media is Commerce Media explores what happens when the consequences start catching up with the industry.
The Drum
How Generative AI is redefining visibility and what sales, marketing, and communications leaders must do now
June 8, 2026
As AI-generated answers are replacing traditional search, a significant shift is occurring and it’s one that many companies have yet to recognize fully. This is not a superficial change. It fundamentally alters how visibility is gained and lost, shifting perception from marketing-led to algorithmically assigned a reality that many organizations are not yet monitoring.
The AI Journal
Social overtakes DSPs as marketers shift more budget to streaming
June 8, 2026
Social video is increasingly being treated less like a supplemental digital channel and more like a core TV buy. Marketers are continuing to redirect video ad dollars toward streaming and social platforms, with social video now emerging as the industry’s top ad-buying channel.
The Measure
As feeds become entertainment hubs, marketers rethink social’s role
June 8, 2026
Social media platforms used to be digital town squares, opening up interaction between brands and shoppers. Now, platforms function more as short-form entertainment hubs. The quiet shift is forcing brand marketers to rethink the role social plays in their marketing strategies, how creative gets made and success metrics. In some ways, brands are having to act like media companies, adapting by producing platform-native entertainment while still staying accountable to sale
Digiday
When marketing mix modelling isn’t working: How H&R Block rethought attribution and modelling
June 8, 2026
Having the confidence to keep awareness channel campaigns on for longer, and tell the “honest” story about when marketing is and isn’t contributing effectively – and in business outcome terms – are growing realities for H&R Block, thanks to a rethink of its media modelling approach.
Mi3
Marketers keep conflating Gen X with boomers and it’s costing them
June 8, 2026
Gen X is known as “the forgotten generation,” and that appears to apply to the way they are treated by marketers: New research from Curion Insights reveals that 93% of Gen Xers feel “brand messaging misses them entirely.”
Adweek
Coca-Cola launches global media review
June 8, 2026
Coca-Cola has launched a global review of its media, data science and technology business across most of its major markets. The review is facilitated by consultancy Mediasense and is expected to see incumbent WPP Open X compete against Publicis Groupe for the account. In addition, it coincides with the renewal cycle of Coca-Cola's five-year partnership with WPP Open X, which began in 2021.
Marketing Dive
It’s official! Amazon Prime is now in South Africa
June 8, 2026
Amazon Prime, a membership program that offers members an unmatched combination of unlimited free delivery, savings, and entertainment advantages, has been formally introduced in South Africa by Amazon.co.za.
Bizcommunity
Kaya 959 announces DJ Fresh as new breakfast host
June 8, 2026
Kaya 959 has announced significant talent acquisitions in South African radio: broadcaster Thato Sikwane, better known as DJ Fresh, will join the station as host of its flagship weekday breakfast show from Monday, 1 July.
Media Update
Epic Outdoor and Jacaranda FM turn SA’s iconic billboard into the nation’s largest live video broadcast
June 8, 2026
Epic Outdoor, one of South Africa’s most innovative out-of-home media owners, is once again pushing the boundaries of what digital out-of-home can do.
Bizcommunity
Campaigns setting benchmarks for Creator Marketing in South Africa at the Content Creator Awards 2026
June 8, 2026
Some time ago, the smartest brands and agencies in South Africa realised something important: forced influencer integration simply wasn't landing anymore. The industry has evolved significantly since then, and we're delighted to see that the best agencies and brands are no longer treating creators as just another media platform or distribution channel.
Media Update
New Study of 10 000 South African youth reveals insights into The Future of Youth Marketing
June 8, 2026
To better understand this generation on their own terms, ReachPlayers, a gaming ad network focused on immersive in-game branded content, surveyed 10 000 young South Africans aged 13 to 25, gathering responses directly inside gaming environments where this audience is active and engaged. The findings point to a generation that is ambitious, practical and highly selective.
Media Update
NIQ State of the Retail Nation Q1 2026: South African retail benefits from benign inflation
June 8, 2026
*FMCG sales value for Q1 2026 rises 6.5% to R173.6bn * Traditional trade channels growth outpaces modern trade in several key categories *Average prices drop in tech & durables as consumers defer tech upgrades
Bizcommunity
75% of young South Africans report multiple incomes as side hustles digitise
June 8, 2026
South Africans are increasingly turning spare rooms, kitchen tables and smartphones into business opportunities as side hustles evolve from extra income streams into essential financial lifelines.
Bizcommunity
The 2026 Product of the Year Winners announced as voted by South African consumers
June 8, 2026
SA’s consumers have cast their votes in the country's comprehensive independent product survey. Product of the Year South Africa has announced the 40 winners of the 2026 Product of the Year Awards, recognising products and services that have stood out for innovation, relevance and real consumer appeal.
Media Update

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