Interactive Advertising Bureau projects 9.5% US ad spend increase in 2026, with five of six top priorities driven by AI as advertisers embrace autonomous campaign management.
Amazon confirmed 16,000 job cuts today, totaling 30,000 since October as employees allege American workers disproportionately affected versus H-1B holders.
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.
Google Ads Decoded April 8 episode details how product feeds now power CTV, AI Mode, and agentic checkout - with conversion uplift data for retail advertisers.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled Section 230 does not shield Meta from state claims that Instagram was deliberately designed to addict children.
YouTube Premium raises US prices by up to $4/month in April 2026, with the individual plan climbing to $15.99 and the family plan reaching $26.99 monthly.
The Trade Desk faces holdco backlash, Amazon rewires seller billing and streaming pricing, LinkedIn is sued over browser surveillance, and Google's March core update ends.
Gracenote's 2026 study of 4,003 U.S. users finds AI chatbots gaining ground fast in TV content discovery, but 75% of all users still verify chatbot results.
Taboola's DeeperDive reached nearly 7 million monthly active users in six months and is expanding to French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.
Amazon Ads launched unified inventory management APIs in open beta in March 2026, consolidating deals, proposals, and inventory groups under the API v1 model.
Class action filed April 6 alleges LinkedIn secretly scanned Chrome users for 6,000 extensions and routed device fingerprints to undisclosed third parties.
Interactive Advertising Bureau projects 9.5% US ad spend increase in 2026, with five of six top priorities driven by AI as advertisers embrace autonomous campaign management.
Amazon confirmed 16,000 job cuts today, totaling 30,000 since October as employees allege American workers disproportionately affected versus H-1B holders.
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.