Spotify drops AI persona artists from recommendations in mid-September
Badged profiles keep streaming but lose editorial placement. Self-disclosure opened today; reviews begin with acts above set audience thresholds. Who appeals?
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Kochava's StationOne gains 5 ad platform workspaces for chat-run ad ops
Meta and TikTok MCP connectors sit under the five workspaces built for agency performance teams. Pricing, rollout dates and write scope all remain undisclosed.
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Google blocks new broad match settings before September 1 AI Max migration
Creation of legacy setups ended August 3. Migrated campaigns keep search term matching on by default, and older API versions survive only to September 2027.
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Ireland's blind adults gain 15,000 free Meta AI glasses in phased rollout
Registration runs through meta.vi.ie and a dedicated phone line, with Meta funding hands-on training for each pair. What does it signal for wearable ad reach?
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Google's SerpApi case forces its licensing deals into the open
Two partners stay unnamed only until discovery opens; the court already located the records inside Google. Binding US and EU data orders complete the squeeze.
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Google puts ad group targets in scope for the August 17 bidding change
Marvin rules out any benefit for campaigns already missing targets, and unconstrained accounts see nothing move. Which targets get reset before Monday, Aug 17?
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AI Max shows 72% more invalid traffic in retail search, Lunio finds
Lunio found retail AI Max search campaigns carry 72% more invalid traffic and 68% of all invalid clicks. Google converts broad match ads on September 1, 2026.
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Zuckerberg's 6,500-word AI letter never mentions advertising once
Balance of power appears 23 times across 6,542 words; advertising, zero. Advertisers fund the compute behind a philosophy that never once names their trade.
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Yellow Pages faced 16 years of price caps. Whittaker says platforms are next
Directories held 75% share under a UK price cap that ran to 2013. Investors still modelling breakup risk may be pricing the wrong regulatory regime entirely.
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Retailers on AI Max face 72% more invalid traffic, Lunio finds
Google Shopping invalid clicks reached 7.51% in Q2 2026, roughly one in thirteen. A retailer spending $10m a year wastes $500,000. What happens at the Q4 peak?
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Google adds Granola to Gemini 12 days after it was sued over secret recording
Otter.ai, Wix, Ticketmaster and ten more arrive within weeks, joining a documented roster of 41 apps, most US-only. Which service captures the default slot?
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Google faces French complaint as AI summaries cut traffic up to 38%
Publishers invoke 2022 commitments that bind Google until July 2027, filed 20 days after AI Overviews reached France. Will the Autorité reopen negotiations?
