The American Prospect drops programmatic ads, bets on reader trust
On April 6, 2026, The American Prospect removed all programmatic advertising from its website, citing surveillance, monopoly power, and damage to journalism.
Luis Rijo
Luís Rijo is a seasoned marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in Digital Marketing, Search, Social, Display, Video, and DOOH. Based in Europe. Also writing in the spend. Reach out via luis@ppc.land
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Italy's Garante fines Intesa Sanpaolo €31.8M - one employee, 3,573 victims
Italy's Garante fined Intesa Sanpaolo €31.8M after one bank employee accessed 3,573 customer accounts, including politicians, for two years undetected.
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Sundar Pichai's candid take on AI, Search latency, and Google's $180bn bet
Google CEO Sundar Pichai details millisecond latency budgets, a $180bn CapEx plan, and why Search will become an agent manager within a decade on a podcast.
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Google AdSense is reshuffling its ad tech partner list - what publishers need to know
Google today announced a two-phase experiment to update AdSense's commonly used ad technology partner list, with changes starting April 20 and a final update on or after June 5, 2026.
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Fubo targets $300M EBITDA by 2028 after Disney merger profitability turn
Fubo today set Adjusted EBITDA targets of $80-$100M for fiscal 2026 and $300M for 2028, backed by contractual wholesale fee step-ups tied to its Disney deal.
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JCDecaux acquires Tokyo taxi shelter operator VISTA COMMUNICATIONS
JCDecaux signed an agreement on March 30, 2026 to acquire VISTA COMMUNICATIONS Inc., adding 29 taxi shelters and 58 advertising faces in Tokyo to MCDecaux.
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Cloudflare and ETH Zurich say AI bots are breaking the web's cache layer
Cloudflare data shows AI crawlers cause cache miss surges affecting human users, with 32% of network traffic automated and new cache architectures proposed.
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Coachella 2026 kicks off this Friday with YouTube's biggest livestream yet
YouTube streams Coachella 2026 starting April 10 with 7 stages, 4K resolution, Multiview, and a virtual merch store - here is what changed and why it matters.
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Google Vids gets free Veo 3.1 video generation, music, and AI avatars
Google Vids adds free Veo 3.1 video generation, Lyria 3 music, and directable AI avatars for all users, with 1,000 monthly generations for Ultra subscribers.
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Gmail username change is live - and it could break your login system
Google on March 31 enabled Gmail username changes for U.S. users, creating authentication risks for platforms using email as the primary user identifier.
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FTC's 2026-2030 plan puts Big Tech, kids' data, and ad fraud in the crosshairs
The FTC published its FY 2026-2030 Strategic Plan on April 3, 2026, setting enforcement priorities across antitrust, consumer protection, and children's online.
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HubSpot brings TikTok fully inside its CRM - ads, content, and revenue in one place
HubSpot's native TikTok integration in Marketing Hub lets marketers sync CRM segments, manage ads, publish content, and attribute revenue in one system.
