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  • EU packaging law needs 27 registrations. Sellers are already leaving 15 min read

    EU packaging law needs 27 registrations. Sellers are already leaving

    Regulation (EU) 2025/40 applies August 12, forcing registration and a local representative in every destination state. One merchant has already cut EU orders.

  • New York Times has sued three AI companies, CEO Kopit Levien says 11 min read

    New York Times has sued three AI companies, CEO Kopit Levien says

    Close to $2bn went into half a million works last year, a cost base publishers can now price against in licensing talks. What terms would make a deal work?

  • RTL TV ad revenue drops 4% to €977m as digital advertising gains 10.9% 17 min read

    RTL TV ad revenue drops 4% to €977m as digital advertising gains 10.9%

    Streaming profit guidance rises to €100m from a €25m-€50m range, and Sky Deutschland adds €61m in one month. Will German ad softness persist into September?

  • Stanford study finds 5% of IP addresses send 55% of all web requests 14 min read

    Stanford study finds 5% of IP addresses send 55% of all web requests

    Fewer than 0.2% of domains hold a unique IPv4 address, and 44% of client IPs carry two or more user agents. Frequency caps and fraud filters read that signal.

  • EU packaging law forces sellers to register in up to 27 countries 12 min read

    EU packaging law forces sellers to register in up to 27 countries

    One authorised representative per member state, one registration each, applies August 12. Small merchants are already cutting EU shipping. Who absorbs the cost?

  • AI lengthens purchase decisions for 42% of US shoppers, RTB House finds 13 min read

    AI lengthens purchase decisions for 42% of US shoppers, RTB House finds

    Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT outrank TikTok and newspapers on trust, yet 35% of shoppers want human sign-off before an agent buys. Who wins the longer wait?

  • Indonesia's data law faces court test with DPA rules still two months away 12 min read

    Indonesia's data law faces court test with DPA rules still two months away

    Komdigi says the watchdog reports to the president, not the ministry, while AI products split across three risk tiers. Can a regulator this late still bite?

  • Shakira's Dai Dai wins 9 of 15 YouTube markets at 117.8M weekly views 13 min read

    Shakira's Dai Dai wins 9 of 15 YouTube markets at 117.8M weekly views

    Indian playback singers sweep the top five artist slots at 1.54bn weekly views; local hits rule six markets. Post-Billboard, the files anchor media planning.

  • TikTok Shop halts sales for sellers who change their business entity 11 min read

    TikTok Shop halts sales for sellers who change their business entity

    Funds stay frozen until 24 hours after approval, and brand badges, category permits and bank links all reset. Eight conversion paths qualify, reversals do not.

  • Ex-Google marketer says up to 35 staff ran YouTube's Twitter account 12 min read

    Ex-Google marketer says up to 35 staff ran YouTube's Twitter account

    Claire Stapleton spent 12 years inside the company and left in 2019. Her account of brand marketing bloat lands while Google's ad tech remedies stay unresolved.

  • Exact match loses 1 in 4 impressions to AI Max, smec finds 13 min read

    Exact match loses 1 in 4 impressions to AI Max, smec finds

    Smec measured 383 million EMEA ecommerce impressions, where expansion climbed from zero to nearly 29% since January 2025. Google's own uplift claim is 15%.

  • Google adds Search Console guide for TikTok, Instagram, X and YouTube data 10 min read

    Google adds Search Console guide for TikTok, Instagram, X and YouTube data

    Creators without a website gain query, country and device breakdowns for posts. The July 29 guide also flags what a YouTube playlist filter does not measure.

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