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  • YouTube opens Shopping affiliate program to UK creators with six retailers 11 min read

    YouTube opens Shopping affiliate program to UK creators with six retailers

    Wayfair, Currys, Debenhams, Boots, M&S and Etsy are the launch merchants for a market that becomes the 15th. Commissions clear 60 to 120 days after purchase.

  • USA TODAY Co. loses 22 million monthly unique visitors in one quarter 13 min read

    USA TODAY Co. loses 22 million monthly unique visitors in one quarter

    Digital advertising fell 9.2% to $79.8m after a programmatic partner exited, squeezing publisher supply. Reed puts cutting Google off at 9 to 15 months out.

  • Teads halts 2026 guidance as direct response profit drops 30% 11 min read

    Teads halts 2026 guidance as direct response profit drops 30%

    Adjusted EBITDA fell 74% to $7 million while premium publisher page views dropped 15-25%, squeezing open web ad supply. Where does that ad budget move next?

  • W3C sets September 3 deadline for feedback on DID Resolution v1 13 min read

    W3C sets September 3 deadline for feedback on DID Resolution v1

    Five sections carry at-risk flags, among them DID URL dereferencing, which identity vendors build on. Two implementations must ship before the spec advances.

  • Amazon Pharmacy delivers GLP-1 drugs to Medicare patients for $50 a month 11 min read

    Amazon Pharmacy delivers GLP-1 drugs to Medicare patients for $50 a month

    Same-day delivery covers 3,100 US cities and towns, expanding to nearly 4,500 by the end of 2026. The federal Bridge Program setting the price expires in 2027.

  • Microsoft lets advertisers block ads next to 1,000 page titles 9 min read

    Microsoft lets advertisers block ads next to 1,000 page titles

    Terms apply account-wide across Audience, Search, Shopping and Performance Max campaigns. Premium Streaming is unsupported, and rollout remains incomplete.

  • Prime Video sets Madden premiere for November 18, mid-NFL season 10 min read

    Prime Video sets Madden premiere for November 18, mid-NFL season

    Cage biopic arrives on a service Amazon sized at 315 million ad-supported viewers, handing buyers a football title in November. Ad load remains undisclosed.

  • Meta and TikTok lose as judge finds minors' feeds are not protected speech 11 min read

    Meta and TikTok lose as judge finds minors' feeds are not protected speech

    Ranking by predicted engagement is not editorial judgment, the court held. California can default teen feeds to one hour, with age rules due January 1, 2027.

  • Google Maps gains food ordering through Square and Toast 11 min read

    Google Maps gains food ordering through Square and Toast

    Ordering, hotel and event search stay US-only while transit and Gmail-linked answers go worldwide across 150 countries. Who pays for placement remains open.

  • Nielsen buys DoubleVerify for $2.15 billion. Who checks the checker now? 14 min read

    Nielsen buys DoubleVerify for $2.15 billion. Who checks the checker now?

    Nielsen buys DoubleVerify for $2.15 billion at $13.60 a share, taking ad verification private and folding fraud and quality checks into TV audience currency.

  • BBC audio ads would raise £10m, 0.25% of licence fee income, study finds 10 min read

    BBC audio ads would raise £10m, 0.25% of licence fee income, study finds

    Eighteen signatories including Global, Bauer, News UK and the Telegraph wrote to Lisa Nandy on 6 August. Two-thirds of the public oppose ads on BBC content.

  • Google opens Meridian Scenario Planner beta with per-channel spend constraints 13 min read

    Google opens Meridian Scenario Planner beta with per-channel spend constraints

    Open beta guide sets out fixed and flexible budget targets, spend bound formulas and a $150M demo. Saved dashboards run on the owner's own data access rights.

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