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Spotify is now inside Claude, and it knows what you like

Luis Rijo — Mon, 04 May 2026 21:56:27 +0200

Spotify connected its personalization engine to Claude, letting Free and Premium users request playlists, podcasts, and device controls through conversation.

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AdRoll and PubMatic use MCP to let AI fix programmatic deal problems

Luis Rijo — Mon, 04 May 2026 21:50:44 +0200

AdRoll and PubMatic connected their AI agents via Model Context Protocol on April 23 to diagnose and resolve programmatic deal delivery issues in real time.

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CIMM and TVB set the bar for local TV currency measurement

Luis Rijo — Mon, 04 May 2026 21:20:44 +0200

CIMM and TVB release local TV currency measurement guidelines covering inclusive, transactable, and transparent standards for local video buyers and sellers.

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Google breaks ground on its first Austrian data center, 18 years later

Luis Rijo — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:58:07 +0200

Google has broken ground on its first data center in Kronstorf, Austria, 18 years after buying the site, with 100 jobs and a water-positive target for 2030.

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Your ad blocker is selling your browsing data - and it's legal

Luis Rijo — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:36:26 +0200

Over 80 Chrome extensions with 6.5 million users legally sell browsing data, viewing history, and inferred health conditions to third parties, says LayerX.

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AI Sponsored Snaps let brands chat directly with users

Luis Rijo — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:30:36 +0200

Snap's new AI Sponsored Snaps put brand AI agents inside Snapchat's Chat tab, letting users ask questions and get personalized answers directly from brands.

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"NO BATIDÃO" won't leave — and Michael Jackson just crashed the party

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:52:15 +0200

YouTube music charts for April 24–30, 2026 show "NO BATIDÃO" at global #1 for a 27th week as a Michael Jackson surge reshapes charts across 15 territories.

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Google Translate turns 20: 1 billion users, 250 languages, and new AI features

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:30:24 +0200

Google Translate marks 20 years with 1 billion monthly users, nearly 250 languages, Gemini-powered features, and a new pronunciation practice tool on Android.

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96% of advertisers back audio as Bauer study exposes glaring investment gap

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:26:07 +0200

Sound Check Europe 2026: 96% of advertisers will hold or grow audio spend, yet audio captures only 5% of ad investment despite one-fifth of media consumption.

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Gemini brings memories and chat import to UK users

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:19:04 +0200

Google launched memory personalisation and cross-app chat import tools for Gemini users in the UK on April 29, 2026, with a phased rollout over coming weeks.

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Google TV brings Gemini image and video creation to the living room

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:13:22 +0200

Google TV adds Gemini-powered image and video tools, Google Photos voice search and remixing, and a YouTube Shorts row coming to U.S. home screens this summer.

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Meta forces ad spend disclosure to advertisers starting February 2027

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:05:36 +0200

Meta updates Developer Policy 10.5 and 10.6a, requiring ad-buying solutions to disclose spending and campaign data to end advertisers from February 3, 2027.

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How a beauty creator turned 100,000 subscribers into a YouTube Shopping brand

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:59:27 +0200

BK Beauty's Lisa Howigi explains how microcreators and YouTube Shopping analytics drive more conversions than follower count in the beauty affiliate market.

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Gemini can now export files directly - what formats are supported

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:52:42 +0200

Gemini now exports files in 11 formats - PDF, Word, Excel, Google Docs and more - available globally to all users from April 29, 2026, without leaving the chat.

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Google Photos wardrobe feature scans your closet and lets you try it on

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:46:21 +0200

Google Photos is adding an AI wardrobe feature that catalogs your clothes, builds outfits, and lets you try them on virtually before getting dressed each day.

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ECAPI 1.0: IAB Tech Lab's new universal standard for conversion APIs is here

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:40:10 +0200

IAB Tech Lab finalizes ECAPI 1.0, a universal server-side conversion standard backed by Meta, Google, Walmart, TikTok, and Roku to end fragmented CAPI setups.

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USA TODAY Co. makes more money from AI than ads in a single quarter

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 18:25:52 +0200

USA TODAY Co. Q1 2026: AI licensing with Meta and Microsoft plus digital subscriptions push adjusted EBITDA up 45% and revenue to best trend in four years.

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75,000 Amazon sellers hit $1M in 2025 - and AI made it possible

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:54:48 +0200

Amazon's 2025 Small Business Empowerment Report shows a record 75,000-plus sellers surpassing $1M in annual sales, driven by AI tools and FBA logistics tools.

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Acast hires video staff and rolls out Apple Podcasts HLS in Nordic markets

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:48:13 +0200

Acast hired two video specialists and upgraded studios in Stockholm and Oslo on April 30, 2026, rolling out Apple Podcasts HLS video distribution in Sweden.

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SiriusXM Q1 2026: profit up 20%, podcast ads surge 37%, YouTube deal looms

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:41:34 +0200

SiriusXM posts Q1 2026 net income of $245M, up 20%, as podcast ads jump 37% and a new YouTube audio deal promises to reach 255 million monthly listeners in fall.

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Google makes pickup cost and minimum order value mandatory in UK and EEA

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:31:51 +0200

Google will require pickup cost and minimum order value for in-store pickup products in the UK, Switzerland, and all EEA countries starting September 2026.

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IAB Europe's 2026 programmatic day: CTV, AI, and the messy middle

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:01:53 +0200

CTV measurement gaps, AI buying tools, and SMB access debated at IAB Europe's Virtual Programmatic Day 2026 by leaders from Google, Amazon, Publicis, Magnite.

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Proton report: what advertisers really pay to reach you on Google

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 16:42:45 +0200

Proton analyzed 54,000 demographic profiles using 2025 ad auction data to reveal how much advertisers pay to reach different types of Americans via Google.

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Google tests AI label on search ads while expanding sponsored product grids

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 16:05:21 +0200

Google is testing an AI label on mobile search ads and has expanded sponsored placements into product grids and the related products section of search results.

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Performance Max lets advertisers pick partner networks in alpha test

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:58:20 +0200

Google is testing a Partners control inside Performance Max that lets advertisers choose the Search Partner Network and Google Display Network independently.

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Google merges travel ad formats into Search campaigns with AI Max

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:52:47 +0200

Google is consolidating hotel, flight, and travel formats into standard Search campaigns, ending a fragmented multi-campaign structure for travel advertisers.

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AI Brief: Google lets advertisers steer AI Max in plain language

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:44:26 +0200

Google launched AI Brief on April 30, a Gemini-powered interface inside AI Max that lets advertisers set messaging, matching and audience rules in plain text.

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Google brings AI Max to Shopping campaigns, targeting conversational queries

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:28:51 +0200

Google launched AI Max for Shopping campaigns on April 30, 2026, adding text customization, final URL expansion, and format selection to standard Shopping ads.

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Gemini is replacing Google Assistant in cars - here is what changes

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:02:46 +0200

Google is replacing Assistant with Gemini in cars with Google built-in, starting in the US in English with a software update for existing and new vehicles.

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How agencies became Zeta's surprise story in Q1 2026 - and what it costs

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 14:42:42 +0200

Zeta's agency channel grew sharply in Q1 2026, with holdco brand count up 50% and a new independent deal jumping from zero to eight figures in one quarter.

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Germany's DSA enforcer: 1.3% of complaints led to action in year one

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 14:20:06 +0200

Germany's DSA coordinator converted just 1.3% of 2,033 complaints into proceedings and issued zero fines in 2025, its first full year enforcing the regulation.

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Amazon's MMM API exits beta and unlocks retail data signals in 14 markets

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 14:03:33 +0200

Amazon's MMM API moved to GA in May 2026, enabling programmatic access to advertising and retail signals across 14 countries for brands running MMM solutions.

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W3C opens Shenzhen office, deepening China's role in web standards

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:59:51 +0200

W3C finally opened a Shenzhen Representative Office after 20 years operating in China - what this means for Greater Bay Area and global open web standards.

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Pinterest's anti-scroll campaign is a bet on real life over likes

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:51:28 +0200

Pinterest on May 1, 2026 launched its biggest paid media campaign to date, using OOH, TV, CTV, and cinema to push its users off-screen and into real life now.

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Experian launches Agent Trust to verify humans behind AI shopping

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:45:26 +0200

Experian this week launched Agent Trust, a framework binding AI agents to verified consumer identities, with Visa, Cloudflare, and Skyfire as ecosystem partners.

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Irish digital audio hits COVID-era highs, and advertisers are noticing

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:33:22 +0200

IAB Ireland's Listen Up 2026 finds 76% weekly reach, 16.6 hours consumed, and digital audio ads ranked second for claimed attention across all media in Ireland.

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Index Cloud, Meta CTV, and synthetic audiences: what ad tech needs to know

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 11:12:31 +0200

ExchangeWire's MadTech Podcast covers Index Cloud containerized DSPs, Meta's CTV ambitions, and News UK's synthetic audience planning tool for advertisers.

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Google Tag Manager in 2026: far more complex than most marketers think

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:53:59 +0200

Google Tag Manager in 2026 goes far beyond installing tags - it spans server-side triggers, consent compliance, API connectivity, and performance automation.

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Amazon's Rufus now shows a full year of price history to 50M shoppers

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:18:52 +0200

Amazon expands Rufus price history to 365 days for 50 million-plus shoppers in the U.S., UK, and India, adding auto-buy and scheduled actions in May 2026.

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Amazon Prime Day is back in June 2026 - and marketers need to plan now

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:18:42 +0200

Amazon confirmed Prime Day 2026 for June, spanning 26 countries. Here is what the timing shift means for advertisers, sellers, and the retail media calendar.

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Amazon Quick desktop app learns your work - and never forgets

Luis Rijo — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:13:01 +0200

Amazon Quick desktop app launched April 28, indexing local files and building a personal knowledge graph across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Salesforce.

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Google Analytics Task Assistant guides property setup with step-by-step tasks

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 16:18:37 +0200

Google Analytics Task Assistant launched today, guiding property setup through six task categories for data, advertising, and privacy configuration settings.

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Google Ads cuts granular data access to 37 months starting June 2026

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 16:03:44 +0200

Google Ads cuts granular reporting to 37 months from June 2026, reversing its 11-year policy and affecting the Google Ads API, scripts, and BigQuery pipelines.

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Why your SEO checklist won't save you in the age of AI search

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:18:25 +0200

ACME.BOT argues that basic SEO execution no longer differentiates brands, as AI systems now draw over 90% of nonbranded query answers from third-party sources.

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SuperAwesome signs Wow in the World for its kids podcast ad network

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:11:17 +0200

SuperAwesome adds Wow in the World to its kids podcast ad network, Awesome Audio, connecting global brands with 300 million lifetime listens and 18M monthly.

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Amazon Ads Data Manager: what ADM actually does and how to plug it in

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:04:23 +0200

Amazon Ads Data Manager (ADM) is a standalone platform for uploading, organizing, and activating first-party data across DSP, AMC, and Events Manager via API.

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Brussels AI Act talks collapse - but the August 2026 deadline holds

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 14:54:07 +0200

Overnight negotiations in Brussels failed to amend the EU AI Act, leaving the 2 August 2026 compliance deadline intact and organizations with no extra time.

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The iceberg below the ad market: what Big Tech Q1 results actually show

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 14:47:04 +0200

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.

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Freecash pulled from both app stores over media coverage Almedia disputes

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 14:26:37 +0200

Almedia's Freecash removed from App Store and Google Play over media coverage the company calls inaccurate. Berlin-based firm files appeals with both platforms.

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Prime Video's May 2026 lineup: Spider-Noir, NASCAR, and live music

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 11:05:11 +0200

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.

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Roku reports $1.25B Q1 2026 revenue as ad spend through DSPs jumps 40%

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 10:30:42 +0200

Roku Q1 2026 results: $1.13B platform revenue up 28%, programmatic DSP ad spend surging 40%-plus, net income of $86M, and 100M streaming households reached.

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Amazon's MCF and Buy with Prime packaging shift hits seller cost structures

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 02:44:41 +0200

Amazon SIPP now covers MCF and Buy with Prime, eliminating overboxes and packing slips while applying per-unit discounts of up to $1.32 for qualifying US sellers.

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Microsoft and OpenAI rewrite the deal: what actually changed

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 02:02:32 +0200

Microsoft and OpenAI amended their deal on April 27, dropping revenue share payments, making the IP license non-exclusive, and letting OpenAI use any cloud.

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Walmart's Scintilla API opens retail data to media partners

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 01:56:24 +0200

Walmart Data Ventures launches Scintilla Media Data Feed, giving agencies and tech partners scalable API access to 500 retail data elements for media planning.

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Shift launches privacy-first AI browser as trust gap widens

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 01:51:01 +0200

Shift this week launched Shift AI, a privacy-first browser with Cloudflare proxy and optional AI features, as 44% of users worry AI could act without approval.

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Infillion tells DSP buyers what questions they are afraid to ask

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 01:43:33 +0200

Infillion MediaMath published a 15-question DSP buyer guide on AI architecture, pricing transparency, data ownership, and identity resolution for programmatic.

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Ad platforms rebuild, earnings diverge, and AI rewrites the supply chain

Luis Rijo — Sat, 02 May 2026 01:34:16 +0200

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.

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Circle to Search can now find entire outfits at once on Pixel 10

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:50:28 +0200

Google's Circle to Search on Pixel 10 can now deconstruct a full outfit into individual shoppable items, powered by Gemini 3, with a virtual try-on feature.

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News publishers target Common Crawl, the AI training data backdoor

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:43:00 +0200

News/Media Alliance sent a formal letter to Common Crawl demanding it stop unauthorized scraping and block AI companies from using news content for training.

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Viaplay keeps UEFA Champions League in Denmark through 2031

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:36:14 +0200

Viaplay extends UEFA Champions League rights in Denmark and Europa League in Norway and Finland through 2031, covering four seasons starting Fall 2027 onward.

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Meta opens its ad system to Claude and ChatGPT with new AI connectors

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:29:48 +0200

Meta launched AI connectors letting Claude and ChatGPT manage campaigns, catalogs, and ad signals directly - no developer credentials or API setup required.

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SISTRIX April 2026: AI citation drift and the death of keyword research

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:21:52 +0200

SISTRIX April 2026 review reveals AI citation drift rates of 54-59% across six countries and launches Prompt Research to replace traditional keyword research.

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Walmart Connect opens CTV to all advertisers with Connect Select

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 20:46:46 +0200

Walmart Connect launches Connect Select CTV marketplace in Walmart DSP with Magnite, PubMatic, FreeWheel, and first-party shopper data for all advertisers.

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OpenAI's privacy policy now lets advertisers send purchase data

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 20:35:39 +0200

OpenAI updated its US privacy policy on April 30 to formalize advertiser data sharing, purchase data receipt, and user targeting through marketing partners.

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Guideline brings local CPM benchmarks to CTV and podcasts

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:13:07 +0200

Guideline expands SQADCosts Local to CTV, audio streaming, and podcasting, delivering geo-targeted CPM benchmarks across 60+ U.S. publishers for local buyers.

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Typeface AEO Analyzer scores content for AI search as Firstsource deal lands

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:06:11 +0200

Typeface yesterday launched an AEO Analyzer that scores content for AI answer engine visibility, as Firstsource announced a parallel agentic marketing partnership.

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NZZ seals 45% stake in APG|SGA as JCDecaux and Pargesa exit Swiss OOH

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:58:23 +0200

NZZ completes its 45% stake in APG|SGA as JCDecaux and Pargesa fully exit Switzerland's largest out-of-home media company after months of regulatory steps.

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Bankinter fined €240K for EVO Banco data breach exposing 1.27M records

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:00:07 +0200

Spain's AEPD fined Bankinter €240,000 over a 2024 API vulnerability at EVO Banco that exposed financial and identity data of 1.27 million people in Spain.

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Italy fined Intesa Sanpaolo 17.6M for profiling 2.4M bank customers

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:49:35 +0200

Italy's Garante fined Intesa Sanpaolo 17.6M euros for secretly profiling 2.4 million bank customers to select them for the Isybank transfer, violating GDPR.

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Social media scams cost Americans $2.1B in 2025, FTC finds

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:40:17 +0200

The FTC reports Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, an eightfold rise since 2020, with Facebook ranking as the costliest single platform.

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LinkedIn beats YouTube as top B2B video channel, Wistia report finds

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:18:59 +0200

Wistia's 2026 State of Video Report finds LinkedIn surpassed YouTube as the top B2B video channel, with 81% of businesses citing it as their primary platform.

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Why major publishers are backing Amazon against Perplexity's AI spoofing

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 15:39:27 +0200

DCN's amicus brief backs Amazon in the Ninth Circuit, warning that Perplexity's AI agent spoofing corrupts ad metrics and undermines publisher revenue at scale.

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Google Discover now tells users why they are seeing certain articles

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 15:29:16 +0200

Google Discover adds a 'You asked to see' label to articles surfaced via its Tailor Your Feed chat, now in beta - here is what the new label means for users.

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Apple's record $111bn quarter: Services, ads, and a CEO farewell

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 14:14:02 +0200

Apple posted $111.2bn in March 2026, with Services at an all-time high of $31bn, Maps ads confirmed for this summer, and Tim Cook announcing his departure as CEO.

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Schibsted's ad opt-out fee alarms Norway DPA over privacy as a luxury

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 12:39:15 +0200

Norwegian DPA warns Schibsted's 39-krone privacy fee could harm vulnerable users and raises GDPR consent questions across Aftenposten, VG, Bergens Tidende.

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Amazon's ad business crossed $70B TTM - and that's not even the biggest story

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 12:25:07 +0200

Amazon Q1 2026: advertising hit $17.2B at 24% growth and crossed $70B TTM, while AWS infrastructure and AI chip deals redraw the map for the ad industry.

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Mastercard and Rabobank complete first AI agent payment in the Netherlands

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 12:09:02 +0200

Mastercard and Rabobank executed the Netherlands' first AI agent payment on April 30, using Agent Pay and Priceless.com to book a coffee tasting experience.

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X rebuilds its entire ad platform from scratch in a 20-year first

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 12:02:57 +0200

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.

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Microsoft search ads bounce back to 12% as AI business hits $37B run rate

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 10:49:53 +0200

Search ads bounce back to 12%, AI tops $37B annual revenue run rate, and Azure grows 40%. Here is what Microsoft's Q3 FY26 earnings signal for advertisers.

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Reddit's ad revenue jumps 74% as EPS misses forecast in Q1 2026

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 10:38:19 +0200

Reddit posted $663 million in Q1 2026 revenue, up 69% year-over-year, with advertising at $625 million - but diluted EPS of $1.01 missed the $1.11 analyst forecast.

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Cloudflare lets AI agents open accounts, buy domains, and ship code - no human required

Luis Rijo — Fri, 01 May 2026 09:55:17 +0200

Cloudflare yesterday launched agent provisioning via a new protocol co-designed with Stripe, letting AI agents create accounts, register domains, and deploy apps without manual steps.

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Google updates preferred sources guide, doubling publisher click-through rates

Luis Rijo — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:30:24 +0200

Google today refreshed its preferred sources guide for publishers, with deeplinks and button assets to help audiences add outlets as starred sources in Search.

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Google Ads API to expand product reporting for all campaign types on June 15

Luis Rijo — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:08:28 +0200

Google Ads API will add cost and conversion metrics for Video, Demand Gen, and App campaigns, and full network data for Performance Max, starting June 15, 2026.

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YouTube picture-in-picture goes global, but music stays behind a paywall

Luis Rijo — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:53:20 +0200

YouTube today expands picture-in-picture to non-Premium users outside the US on Android and iOS, ending a geographic restriction. Music PiP stays Premium-only.

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noyb sues Hamburg DPA as PimEyes keeps scanning faces unhindered

Luis Rijo — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:10:23 +0200

Privacy group noyb today sued Hamburg's data watchdog for refusing to act against PimEyes, a facial recognition engine holding billions of biometric records.

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Meta Q1 2026: $56.3B revenue as AI tools double advertiser adoption

Luis Rijo — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:46:42 +0200

Meta posts $56.3B in Q1 2026 revenue, up 33%, as AI ad creative tools double to 8 million advertisers and the Adaptive Ranking Model drives conversion gains.

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Alphabet Q1 2026: Google Network ad revenue falls 4% as AI reshapes the web

Luis Rijo — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:28:03 +0200

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.

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Innovid expands measurement with purchase data and publisher attribution

Luis Rijo — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:07:32 +0200

Innovid today releases measurement capabilities covering purchase impact, source-level attribution, and vertical benchmarks for CTV and cross-channel campaigns.

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Spotify hits 761M users as biddable ads top a third of ad revenue

Luis Rijo — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:55:57 +0200

Spotify reports 761 million MAUs in Q1 2026, biddable programmatic ads exceed one-third of ad revenue, and free cash flow hits a record 824 million euros.

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EU spent millions building an age verification app nobody has to use

Luis Rijo — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:39:47 +0200

European Commission today adopted a recommendation pushing EU Member States to deploy anonymous, privacy-preserving age verification apps by 31 December 2026.

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EU catches Meta letting under-13s slip through on Instagram and Facebook

Luis Rijo — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:28:58 +0200

The European Commission today found Meta's Instagram and Facebook in breach of the DSA for failing to keep children under 13 off their platforms, risking fines up to 6% of global turnover.

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Adthena's AdBridge ports Google Ads into ChatGPT in minutes

Luis Rijo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:52:04 +0200

Adthena launches AdBridge, a free migration wizard that ports Google Ads campaigns into ChatGPT Ads in minutes, as OpenAI's trial surpasses 600 advertisers.

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VIOOH and We OOH bring 1.3 billion monthly impressions to Brazil

Luis Rijo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:59:21 +0200

VIOOH partners with We OOH to put 320 Brazilian DOOH screens and 1.3 billion monthly impressions into programmatic reach across 16 major Brazilian cities.

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YouTube stops push notifications for inactive subscribers in new rollout

Luis Rijo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:52:46 +0200

YouTube stopped sending push notifications to inactive subscribers who ignore alerts, based on experiment results showing fewer viewers disabled notifications.

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AdSense vignette back-button trigger collides with Google spam policy

Luis Rijo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:32:11 +0200

Google AdSense vignette ads can trigger the back-button hijacking it now penalizes in organic search results from June 15, exposing publishers to dual risk.

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Apple adds monthly 12-month commitment plan to App Store subscriptions

Luis Rijo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:27:04 +0200

Apple has updated App Store auto-renewable subscriptions with a monthly billing option tied to a 12-month commitment, excluding the US and Singapore markets.

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Roku Curate bundles retail purchase data with CTV inventory in one package

Luis Rijo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:20:59 +0200

Roku launched Roku Curate on April 27, 2026, combining its own platform data with purchase signals from six retail partners into pre-packaged CTV media buys.

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Australia's news tax on Google and Meta: what the draft NBI law really says

Luis Rijo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:59:36 +0200

Australia's News Bargaining Incentive sets a 2.25% levy on digital platforms with A$250m+ revenue in Australia that skip commercial deals with news publishers.

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Optable and Goodway Group bet on AI agents to fix broken agency

Luis Rijo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:52:17 +0200

Optable and Goodway Group today announced a partnership embedding agentic AI into connected commerce, with more than 70 Goodway team members using the platform.

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Nielsen plugs Triton Digital's podcast data into its planning tool

Luis Rijo — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:45:17 +0200

Nielsen integrates Triton Digital's Podcast Metrics Demos+ into Nielsen Media Impact, giving planners podcast audience data inside a cross-media planning tool.

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