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The always capricious dynamic between advertisers and agencies is going through its latest set of twists and turns. Both groups are dealing with the irreversible changes to their respective businesses caused by the coronavirus crisis and any slither of hope that the worst disruptions are over has well and truly evaporated over the last week. The U.K. announced it's in the midst of the deepest recession of any major global economy. What this means is that the traditional drivers of growth such as consumer spending and corporate investment are likely to remain volatile. Read more below.

• As businesses face economic headwinds, marketers, and subsequently their agencies, are coming under intense scrutiny.
• Through the middle of the last decade, desktop ad blocker usage soared; but signs suggest that meteoric rise is well past its peak.
• For the past several weeks, audiences have begun to come back to travel publications, some of them lured by content that is more focused on safety or staycations.
• Branded content revenue has grown during coronavirus thanks to Wall Street Journal's prominence with business-focused advertisers.