Ads no longer push YouTube video titles down the watch page
Product overlays shift to a shelf below the player and Shorts icons thin out. Five design rules from YouTube, and what a quieter interface does to ad space.
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OnlyFans owner faces class action over 5% lifetime referral commissions
Two referrers who signed up 6,700 creators say payouts fell to $0.44 a month after Fenix capped commissions at 12 months. Can platform promises be revoked?
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Spotify drops AI persona artists from recommendations in mid-September
Badged profiles keep streaming but lose editorial placement. Self-disclosure opened today; reviews begin with acts above set audience thresholds. Who appeals?
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Microsoft Clarity card ranks which AI operators scrape most and refer least
Sample card displays a 6,000:1 ratio against 41 referrals, then links straight into filtered session recordings. Free to use, but only with a CDN connected.
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Kochava's StationOne gains 5 ad platform workspaces for chat-run ad ops
Meta and TikTok MCP connectors sit under the five workspaces built for agency performance teams. Pricing, rollout dates and write scope all remain undisclosed.
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Kobalt songwriters gain paid Spotify remix income in publishing-side deal
Publisher agreement lands nine days after Merlin, and names songwriters, not artists, as participants. Price and launch date stay undisclosed. Who opts in next?
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Agencies gain direct access to InMobi ad inventory through Buyer Hub
Role-based controls, deals forecasting and self-serve reporting arrive 14 months after curators went live. Can a sell-side agent earn a trading desk's trust?
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AdPlayer.Pro gains 100 partners in a decade of video ad tech expansion
CTV ad server entered development in 2025 and Google Ad Manager certification landed in 2026, from a 2016 base of 5 partners. The rivals it targets go unnamed.
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Google blocks new broad match settings before September 1 AI Max migration
Creation of legacy setups ended August 3. Migrated campaigns keep search term matching on by default, and older API versions survive only to September 2027.
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Ireland's blind adults gain 15,000 free Meta AI glasses in phased rollout
Registration runs through meta.vi.ie and a dedicated phone line, with Meta funding hands-on training for each pair. What does it signal for wearable ad reach?
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Meta blocks 756,000 under-16 accounts in Australia in seven months
Instagram accounted for 462,000 removals and Facebook 294,000, figures reported to eSafety. Meta now wants a single age check at the operating system level.
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CTV lifts paid search conversions 22.3%, Lifesight report finds
Paid social gained 8.5% in the same analysis, while one anonymized test returned 3.03x incremental ROAS - mostly from existing buyers. Who really caused it?
