Catholic University Law Review Volume 65 Issue 1 Fall 2015 Article 9 2-2-2016 Going Native: The Rise of Online Native Advertising and a Recommended Regulatory Approach A.J. Casale Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.edu/lawreview Part of the Commercial Law Commons, and the Marketing Law Commons Recommended Citation A.J. Casale, Going Native: The Rise of Online Native Advertising and a Recommended Regulatory Approach, 65 Cath. U. L. Rev. 129 (2016). Available at: https://scholarship.law.edu/lawreview/vol65/iss1/9 This Comments is brought to you for free and open access by CUA Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Catholic University Law Review by an authorized editor of CUA Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. GOING NATIVE: THE RISE OF ONLINE NATIVE ADVERTISING AND A RECOMMENDED REGULATORY APPROACH A.J. Casale+ 15 Animal Vines That Perfectly Describe Your Mood Right Now — BuzzFeed1 11 Dad Jokes We’ve All Heard Before — BuzzFeed2 Many people see “listicle” titles like these while browsing social media and click on them for entertainment.3 What they may not realize is that a large corporation, like Geico in these instances, paid an estimated $90,000 for each list. 4 These advertisements are examples of a segment of the advertising industry, known as native advertising or sponsored content, that is expected to reach $7.9 billion in revenue in 2015, a 69% increase since 2013.5 Native advertising revenue is expected to reach $21 billion by 2018.6 Websites like BuzzFeed have thrived on native advertising, and traditional publications have taken notice.7 In July 2013, the Online Publishers Association + J.D.