Google Ads API v23 introduces channel-level reporting for Performance Max, enabling developers to break down ad performance across Search, YouTube, Display, Gmail, Maps, and Discover.
Major music publishers including Concord and Universal file massive copyright lawsuit against Anthropic claiming illegal downloads of 20,000 songs via BitTorrent from pirate sites.
Cloudflare data shows Googlebot accesses 3.2x more unique URLs than OpenAI and 4.8x more than Microsoft, as UK regulator considers crawler separation mandate.
Azerion today integrated Global Data Resources into Hawk DSP, enabling privacy-first geo-demographic targeting across 13 European markets without cookies or IDs.
Prebid today took over the sales agent repository for agentic advertising from AgenticAdvertising.org, providing publishers neutral path to automated direct buying.
IAB Tech Lab released standardized definitions for programmatic auctions on January 29, establishing common vocabulary for buyers, sellers, and platforms.
Meta reports $58.1B advertising revenue in Q4 2025 with 24% growth as GEM model improvements and Advantage+ tools deliver conversion gains while video generation reaches $10B run-rate.
Google sent cease and desist letters to Barb and Kantar Media, stopping YouTube viewership comparison with traditional TV channels just months after launch.
EDO launches syndicated cross-platform measurement feeding directly into media partners' analytics systems as streaming and linear converge.
Microsoft search advertising revenue increased 10% to $3.8 billion in Q2 fiscal 2026 as cloud business surpassed $50 billion quarterly milestone for first time.
Pinterest reduces workforce by 15% to fund AI development, but shares sink 9.61% as analysts question whether automation addresses competitive pressures from Meta and TikTok.
Google today upgrades AI Overviews to Gemini 3 globally, enabling seamless transitions to AI Mode conversations directly from search results pages.
