Sheila Obeng-King

Articles by Sheila

• Digest: Publishers Take Legal Action Against Meta Over Scam Ads; US Black Friday Sales Hit Record; New Ad Net Zero AI Usage Measurement

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  In today’s Digest, we cover publishers taking legal action against Meta over its serving of scam ads as well as the impact of this year’s Black Friday, with record online sales in the US while UK high streets saw slowing [...]

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• Digest: OOH Industry Reports 4.4% Growth; Streamer Content Quotas Become Law in Australia; China’s AI Framework Wins Support from DeepSeek

  2 months ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we discuss the out-of-home advertising (OOH) industry reporting 4.4%  growth in Q3, Australia making streamer content quotas law, and China’s AI governance framework winning backing from researchers at DeepSeek and Alibaba.

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• The Stack: Retail Meets AI

  2 months ago News

  

  This week, AI takes center stage as retailers, platforms, and tech giants roll out new tools. In today’s MadTech Daily, we look at the European Parliament urging a social media ban for under-16s, the Observer debuting a new digital subscription [...]

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• Digest: Walmart Explores Ads for Sparky AI; Warner Settles With AI Music Firm; YouTube Trials New Feed Control Features

  2 months ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we cover Walmart exploring ads for its Sparky AI shopping agent, Warner Music Group settling with an AI music firm and launching a joint venture, and YouTube trialing new feed control features.

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• Digest: US Senators Push Probe into Meta Scam Ads; ChatGPT Adds Shopping Research Tool; Alibaba Tops Revenue Forecasts 

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  In today’s Digest, we look at US senators pushing a Facebook and Instagram scam ad probe, ChatGPT gaining a new shopping research tool, and Alibaba topping revenue forecasts driven by instant retail and AI.

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• Digest: EU Unconditionally Greenlights Omnicom’s IPG Acquisition; 84% of Adults Using YouTube; Alibaba’s Qwen Tops 10m Downloads

  3 months ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we cover the EU greenlighting Omnicom’s IPG acquisition without conditions, YouTube usage reaching 84% of adults, and Alibaba’s Qwen topping 10 million downloads.

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• Digest: Judge Reluctant to Break up Google in Ad Tech Monopoly Case; WBD Draws Bids from Paramount, Comcast & Netflix; ChatGPT Rolls Out Group Chats

  3 months ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we cover Warner Bros. Discovery drawing bids from Paramount, Comcast, and Netflix, UK Champions League rights targeted by Paramount as well as Google fighting an ad business breakup. We also discuss ChatGPT Rolling out Group Chats worldwide

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• The Stack: The AI Advertising Era

  3 months ago News

  

  From bigger budgets and smarter auctions to instant TV ads, this week saw the media and ad tech industries racing toward an automated future. In today’s Digest, we cover Perplexity launching a tool to simplify online shopping, a Spanish court [...]

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• Digest: Advertisers Eye 2026 Media Budget Shifts; ChatGPT to Offer Target Shopping; Meta Cleared of Monopoly Claims 

  3 months ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we cover major shifts for advertisers in 2026 media budgets, ChatGPT offering target shopping via OpenAI, and OpenAI striking a deal with Intuit for personal finance integration. We also discuss Meta being cleared of monopoly claims over [...]

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• Digest: Channel 4 Launches AI Ad Tool for SMEs; Twitter Co-Founder Finances App to Bring Back Vine Videos; Jeff Bezos Creates AI Startup

  3 months ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we discuss Channel 4 launching an AI ad tool for SMEs, Jack Dorsey backing diVine, a Vine reboot featuring its video archive, as well as Jeff Bezos becoming co-CEO of Project Prometheus.

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