From court battles to copyright clashes, this week tested the limits of big tech’s dominance.In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Verve Group acquiring Captify, Meta Seeking AI content deals with media firms, and China dropping its Google antitrust case.

In today’s Digest, we cover PubMatic suing Google over its advertising monopoly, Magnite acquiring streamr.ai, and YouTube breaking its live-stream record with an NFL game. 

It’s been a big week in ad tech; tech giants faced regulators, media firms scaled up, while AI hit new speeds. In today’s Madtech Daily, we cover Google facing a USD$425m privacy payout and a USD$381m fine in France over [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover Google avoiding the sell-off of Chrome in its search antitrust trial, Disney agreeing to pay $10m to settle the FTC kids’ privacy case, and Singapore warning Meta to curb scams or face a fine.

In today’s Digest, we discuss the latest ad tech investigations, including Google facing an AI antitrust probe and regulators looking into whether Media Matters colluded with advertisers to turn advertisers away from X.  We also examine ChatGPT’s referral traffic doubling [...]

Today's news digest looks at Google experimenting with a new AI-only search feature, the EU pushing back on criticism from the US over its antitrust regulation, as well as the Competition and Markets Authority deciding against formally investigating Microsoft's partnership [...]

This week on The Stack: Latest Ad Tech Acquisitions; Google and Apple in Antitrust Spotlight; Today's MadTech Daily   This week saw the news of two big ad tech acquisitions. The Trade Desk announced it would be acquiring Sincera, with the [...]

News in brief: Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI; Venu Sports Streaming Cancelled; Apple UK Antitrust Trial Begins Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI Meta has decided to terminate its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes, reports Axios. A memo [...]

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 [...]