Beyond Mainstream alliance warns the EU's AVMSD creates disproportionate burdens for specialty streaming services, threatening content diversity and viewer choice across Europe.

Spotify for Creators is deleting inactive Anchor and Spotify for Podcasters accounts on April 17, 2026. Creators must migrate to a Spotify login to preserve audio, video, and image files.

The Trade Desk's closed beta lets advertisers build campaigns through Claude, raising real questions about defaults, optimization logic, expertise, and transparency in programmatic buying.

YouTube ad formats confuse even seasoned programmatic buyers. Here's what in-stream, in-feed, Shorts, and bumper ads actually mean for campaign performance.

BuzzFeed reports $185.3M revenue for 2025, a 2.4% annual decline, with going concern warnings and $60.2M debt as the company explores strategic options.

IAB Spain published a 86-page branded content report on March 11, 2026, identifying seven common failures that undermine campaign quality, ethics, and effectiveness.

IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety.

The European Commission and EDPB published over 100 public submissions on draft DMA-GDPR guidelines that constrain how Alphabet, Apple, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft handle consent for personalized ads and data access. Final rules expected in 2026.