Sheila Obeng-King

Articles by Sheila

• Digest: Judge halts Paramount-Warner Bros Deal; Google Integrates Local Services Ads 

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  In today’s Digest, we cover a judge halting the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal amid an antitrust challenge, Google integrating Local Services Ads into Search, and AliExpress vowing to appeal a €550m EU fine.

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• Digest: Google Traffic to UK Publishers Set to Halve?; EU Fines AliExpress for DSA Violations 

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  In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover a new study finding AI is accelerating the collapse of Google Search referral traffic, the EU fining AliExpress €550m over failures to police illegal and counterfeit products, and Beehiiv launching Community and AI Copilot [...]

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• Digest: Stagwell Builds AI Media Marketplace; EU Forces Google to Open AI & Search

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  In today’s Digest, we discuss Stagwell bringing ad inventory curation in-house with a new AI platform, the EU forcing Google to open Android AI and Search to rivals under the Digital Markets Act, and Chinese AI lab Moonshot narrowing the [...]

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• The Stack: AI Meets Reality

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  This week, the AI boom collided with commercial and regulatory realities, as major platforms doubled down on AI-powered experiences. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Uber and Delivery Hero joining forces, Stripe and Advent launching a USD$53bn bid for PayPal, [...]

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• Digest: Publisher Ad Supply Drops 40%; Spotify Tests AI Chatbot for Premium Users

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  In today’s Digest, we cover publisher ad supply plunging by as much as 40% as AI search erodes web traffic, Spotify testing a conversational AI chatbot for Premium subscribers, and Shein and DeepSeek advancing their IPO plans.

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• Digest: OpenAI Ads Set to Miss Forecast by 90%; Disney+ Weighs Free Ad-Supported Tier 

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  In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss OpenAI’s ad business targets, Disney considering and ad-supported free tier, and much more…

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• Digest: Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secrets; Microsoft Partners With Nine For Copilot  

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  In today’s Digest, we look at Apple suing OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft involving former employees, Microsoft striking a deal with Nine to feature its journalism in Copilot AI results, and Integral Ad Science appointing Lidiane Jones as its [...]

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• Digest: EU Says Meta Failed to Protect Users; Google Adds AI Labels to Search & YouTube Ads

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  In today’s Digest, we cover Brussels ramping up pressure on Meta over its alleged "addictive" platform design, Google expanding AI disclosure rules across Search, YouTube, and Discover ads, and more...

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• The Stack: AI Reshapes Media

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  This week, AI continued to reshape media, advertising and streaming, while major leadership changes and industry deals signalled the next phase of competition across the digital landscape.

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• Digest: Netflix Expands Short-Form Video; YouTube Tops UK Podcast Market; OpenAI launches GPT-Live-1 

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  In today’s Digest, we cover Netflix expanding its short-form video offering through publisher content deals, YouTube becoming the UK's leading podcast platform, and OpenAI launching the GPT-Live-1 voice model for ChatGPT.

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