News in brief: US Senators Urge Biden to Extend TikTok Ban Date; Perplexity’s Value Triples; Sony to Become Largest Shareholder of Kadokawa US Senators Urge Biden to Extend TikTok Ban Date The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear TikTok’s last legal [...]

In this op-ed, James Heimers, SVP of analytics at RAPP, discusses the investment in artificial intelligence, and what the industry can do to make AI work. The explosive growth in AI investment has been both lauded as transformative and criticised as [...]

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: US Rollout of Netflix Ad Stack Set for April; UK Introduces New Online Safety Regulations for Tech Firms; UK Creatives Seek Copyright Protections from AI US Rollout of Netflix Ad Stack Set for April Netflix’s in-house ad tech stack [...]

News in brief: Skyscanner Launches Advertising Platform; Over 1 Billion Hours of YouTube Content Streamed Daily on TV; Apple Rolls Out ChatGPT Integration   Skyscanner Launches Advertising Platform Skyscanner is the latest company to announce the launch of an advertising platform. With the [...]

As we move towards 2025, the pace of innovation across the media and ad tech industries is accelerating. From artificial intelligence to CTV, these innovations present both opportunities and challenges.  Emerging technologies such as generative AI are reshaping content creation and [...]

DoubleVerify (DV), the leading software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics, announced the launch of its Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Website Avoidance & Detection solution. This innovative offering helps advertisers navigate the risks posed by low-quality, AI-generated content [...]

News in brief: Huge Agency Merger on the Horizon? Go Ahead Given for The Observer Sale; Channel Factory Seeks Backer; Perplexity Adds Publishers to Ad Revenue Program  Omnicom to buy IPG? Huge agency news broke on Sunday evening, as Omnicom is reportedly [...]

News in brief: Microsoft Accuses FTC of Leaking Antitrust Investigation; Amazon Breaks New Black Friday Record and Releases AI Models  Microsoft Accuses FTC of Leaking Antitrust Investigation Last week, news broke that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had opened an antitrust [...]

A heartwarming campaign from floral delivery service Teleflora featuring a hospitalised boy and a magical snowman is the most emotionally engaging Holiday ad of 2024. That’s according to new research by creative effectiveness platform DAIVID, which used its AI-powered technology to [...]