This week on The Stack: Outbrain and Teads Officially Merge; Google’s Latest Moves; Today’s MadTech Daily  In some of the biggest ad tech news of the week, Outbrain completed its USD$900m (£725m) acquisition of Teads. Moving forwards, the entity which merges [...]

News in brief: Google Drops Vow Against Using AI for Harm and Prepares for More AI Search Updates; Snap’s Active Advertisers Double; Instagram and YouTube See Drops in Average Views per Video Google Drops Vow Against Using AI for Harm and [...]

News in brief: AUS Publishers Hit Google with Lawsuits; Daily Mail to Merge Print and Online Teams Amidst Challenges; BBC World Service Sets out £6m Saving Plan  Google Faces Ad Tech Lawsuits from AUS Publishers Google is facing two class-action lawsuits from [...]

News in brief: TikTok Restored after Brief Shutdown in US; Google Refuses to Add Fact Checks in Line with EU Code; IAB Adds CTV and Retail Media to Gold Standard; UK Gov Gives Creative Industries £60m Boost  TikTok Restored After Brief [...]

News in brief: CMA Launches Google Search Investigation; TikTok Denies Discussion of Sale to Elon Musk While Users Migrate to Red Note; Indonesia Plans Social Media Age Restrictions  CMA Launches Google Search Investigation On Tuesday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority launched [...]

News in brief: Disney Launches New Ad Tech Tools; Google Tests AI Podcast Feature for News; TikTok Rolls Out Message Ads in APAC  Disney Launches New Ad Tech Tools At its fifth annual Global Tech and Data Showcase last week, Disney announced [...]

This week on The Stack: Meta to End Fact-Checking While X’s Content Moderation Comes Under Further Scrutiny; WWE’s Netflix Debut; Japan Announces Action Against Google    Meta shocked many this week by announcing the end of fact-checking for its social media platforms, [...]

News in brief: Google Faces New Ad Tech Lawsuit in Australia; UK Gov Proposes Exception to Copyright Law for AI Training; EU Opens Proceedings Against TikTok on Election Risks    Google Faces New Ad Tech Lawsuit in Australia  Google is facing a new [...]

News in brief: Global Ad Spend to Surpass $1tn in 2024; TikTok Shop Launches in Spain; European Regulators Examine Google and Meta’s Ad Partnership  Global Ad Spend to Surpass $1tn in 2024 Global ad spend is set to rise by 9.5% in [...]

News in brief: Canada Sues Google for Anticompetitive Ad Tech Practices; X Attempts to Lure in Advertisers with Shopify Credit Match; Temu Overtakes eBay Market Share in AUS  Canada Sues Google for Anticompetitive Ad Tech Practices All eyes are on Google, and [...]