As the ‘trial of the century’ approaches, what impact could Google vs the US Department of Justice have on the ad tech industry? In recent years, Google has faced mounting scrutiny over its alleged anticompetitive practices. This is now coming to [...]

On today’s news digest: X Ad Revenue Down 24%; Judge Blocks Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery Planned Bundle on Antitrust Grounds; Amazon Considers Creating Separate App for Amazon Pay in India  It won’t come as a shock to anyone that [...]

On today’s news digest: NBCUniversal Achieves Record Olympic Ad Spend; Microsoft Beats Revenue Forecast; Spain Hands Booking.com €413M Antitrust Fine   Comcast-backed NBCUniversal, which has had US rights to the Olympics for over thirty years, is set to surpass its hefty ad [...]

First, we had the delay. Then, the abandonment. On Monday, Google announced via a blog post that it was shelving the deprecation of the third-party cookie, and would instead, “introduce a new experience in Chrome that lets people make an [...]

Forget sipping rosé as you promenade in your summer finery down La Croissette. Forget the end of year awards festivities as you wrestle with the choice of lamb or chicken. Forget even Google’s u-turn on the deprecation of the third-party [...]

This week on The Stack: Latest Industry Scrutiny from Regulators; Omnicom's Growth Declines in APAC; Today's MadTech Daily This week’s digest news saw Apple’s ‘tap to pay’ antitrust case come to a close, with the European Commission (EC) accepting a set [...]

On today’s news digest: Xandr Accused of EU Privacy Breaches; DOJ Publishes Witness List for Google Antitrust Trial; Microsoft and Apple Leave OpenAI Board Observer Roles  Xandr, the Microsoft-owned ad tech business, has been accused of EU privacy breaches in a [...]

On today’s news digest: ByteDance Owns China's Most Popular AI Chatbot; Canada’s Security Agency Advises Against TikTok Use; Microsoft Dodges UK Antitrust Scrutiny While Facing Potential EU Fine TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is currently winning the race to provide China’s equivalent [...]

On today’s news digest: 20 Media Groups Sign Open Letter Against BBC Ad-Funded Podcasts; Publishers Raise Concerns Over New Apple Feature; EC Set To Hit Microsoft With New Antitrust Charges Following the BBC’s decision to turn to ad funding for its [...]

On today’s news digest: Cadent to Acquire AdTheorent; Microsoft to Separate Teams and Office Amid Antitrust Scrutiny; Google to Destroy Data to Settle Chrome Incognito Tracking Lawsuit   Cadent, one of the largest solutions providers for converged TV advertising, has announced it [...]