Explore the technical specifications for Demand Gen campaigns, covering image, video, and text requirements for effective ads.
by Luis Rijo
Meta up 33%, Google Search up 19%, Amazon up 24%: millions of SMBs outside agency chains, not large brands, are fuelling platform advertising growth in Q1 2025.
Amazon's Prime Video today detailed its May 2026 slate: new originals, live sports across five leagues, and Amazon Music festival livestreams for US viewers.
Alphabet posts $109.9B in Q1, X replaces its entire ad stack, Omnicom runs live agentic buys, and OpenAI formalizes advertiser data-sharing in one dense week.
Walmart Connect launches Connect Select CTV marketplace in Walmart DSP with Magnite, PubMatic, FreeWheel, and first-party shopper data for all advertisers.
OpenAI updated its US privacy policy on April 30 to formalize advertiser data sharing, purchase data receipt, and user targeting through marketing partners.
Norwegian DPA warns Schibsted's 39-krone privacy fee could harm vulnerable users and raises GDPR consent questions across Aftenposten, VG, Bergens Tidende.
X has started a phased rollout of a fully rebuilt Ads Manager in April 2026, powered by AI retrieval and ranking systems built by xAI, promising higher ROI.
Alphabet Q1 2026: Google Network revenue dropped 4% to $6.97B as AI search features accelerate a structural shift of traffic away from the open web publishers.