John Lewis’ new Xmas ad campaign is the most emotionally-engaging festive campaign from the retailer in almost a decade, according to new data from DAIVID. Released this week, the latest addition to the retailer’s much-vaunted catalogue of Christmas ads, "Where Love [...]

OpenAI have launched Atlas, Perplexity have launched Comet. The age of AI driven search is truly here and the fight is on for the future of the web. Harry Menear look at the latest in the global browser wars. There has [...]

In today’s Digest, we look at Amazon suing Perplexity over its AI shopping assistant, Epic and Google settling their lawsuit, and People Inc. signing an AI deal with Microsoft amid traffic drop.

In today’s Digest, we discuss Amazon Ads expanding its sports streaming inventory, Getty and Perplexity inking a multi-year deal to power AI search visuals, and Sky, BBC, and ITN urging a crackdown on Big Tech.

DoubleVerify, the leading software platform to verify media quality, optimise ad performance, and prove campaign outcomes, today (4th November, 2025) announced DV AI Verification™, a new offering designed to help advertisers identify and manage AI agent interactions and avoid low-quality [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss tech giants stepping up efforts to fix AI security flaws; Alibaba investing USD$281m to expand Taobao stores; and the global TV and video market on track to hit USD$1tn by 2030.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Bending Spoons acquiring AOL for $1.5bn, WPP’s new chief starting the role amid a profit alert, and Meta’s ad revenue jumping 26% in Q3, with the company expecting major tax relief under Trump’s [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover the latest ad spend forecast from AA and WARC, Publicis buying HEPMIL Media Group to boost its influencer marketing in Southeast Asia, and US senators pushing to ban teen use of AI chatbots.

In today’s Digest, we look at ChatGPT adding PayPal shopping and OpenAI hitting a $500bn valuation. We also cover Musk launching an AI encyclopedia as well as  StarHub and Mediacorp teaming up for Singapore viewers.

Shirley Marschall is back, and in this week's column she's looking at the role of agentic ad tech, AI and the need to look beyond the hype...