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, [...]

We meet with Jay Fowdar, VP of customer success at Samba TV, in this interview to discuss ongoing challenges in omni-channel planning.  Jay also shares insights into how first-party data that leverages TV viewership data and postcodes is an innovation that [...]

News in brief: EU Pushes to Conclude Investigation into X’s Content Moderation; Reddit Introduces New Features for Advertisers; Livestreaming Shopping App Whatnot’s Valuation Rises to $5B EU Pushes to Conclude Investigation into X’s Content Moderation Top officials in the European Commission (EC) [...]

News in brief: Meta to End Third-Party Fact-Checking Program; Singapore Considers Social Media Age Restrictions; Disney to Combine Hulu + Live TV with FuboTV  Meta to End Third-Party Fact-Checking Program   Meta has announced it will be ending its third-party fact-checking program, instead [...]

Amir Sharer, founder and CEO of BRAVE, sits down with leading executives from across the industry to examine what's next for programmatic in 2025. As programmatic advertising evolves at lightning speed, staying ahead demands a deep understanding of emerging trends, [...]

News in brief: South Australia Bans Junk Food Ads on Public Transport; WWE Raw Hits Netflix; Amazon Plans Expansion into UK Broadband  South Australia Bans Junk Food Ads on Public Transport The government of South Australia has introduced a ban prohibiting junk [...]

News in brief: Japan to issue antitrust order versus Google; UK streaming ads market passes £1bn; and Reuters and Gannett to launch bundled subscription. Japan to issue antitrust order versus Google The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) is set to issue Google [...]

As with all industries, government regulation across the globe is set to have a critical impact on the advertising industry throughout 2025. From updates to privacy legislation, affecting targeting and the use of consumer data, through to new laws governing [...]