News in brief: Omnicom Acquisition of IPG Confirmed; TikTok Loses Appeal Against US Ban; CMA Investigating Outbrain and Teads Merger  Omnicom Acquisition of IPG Confirmed Following news that Omnicom was in advanced talks to buy Interpublic Group (IPG), the deal has now [...]

This week on The Stack: Ad Tech's Latest Anti-Competition Antics; Brands Seek to Change Agency Remuneration; Today’s MadTech Daily  Anti-competition has been top of the news agenda again. In a significant move against Google, Canada will be joining the US DOJ [...]

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 [...]

News in brief: Google’s Ad Stack Court Face-off Finalises; Google Modifies Search; AI Overviews Decreasing Publisher Traffic  Google’s Ad Stack Court Face-off Finalises Google and the US Department of Justice met in court for the final time this week to lay out [...]

News in brief: Google to Face £7bn Consumer Lawsuit in UK; ITV Stock Surges as Investors Consider Takeover Bids; Temu Owner Misses Sales Estimates  Google to Face £7bn Consumer Lawsuit in UK With a huge deal of antitrust pressure already mounting for [...]

News in brief: CMA demands revised Privacy Sandbox commitments from Google; MediaSense acquires R3 Media; and Azerion snaps up Goldbach Austria GmbH CMA demands revised Privacy Sandbox commitments from Google The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its latest report [...]

Today’s news: Google Ad Stack Trial Wraps Up; Reuters and CNN Launch Paywalls; Europe Demands YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok to Expose Algorithm Secrets  Google’s ad stack trial has wrapped up, just three weeks after it began at the US District Court [...]

Today’s news: Epic Games Aims Antitrust Accusations at Google and Samsung; YouTube Content Down over Legal Dispute; Brazil Imposes New Fine for X  The ad tech ecosystem is brimming with legal news. Kicking off the week, Epic Games threw accusations at [...]

Today’s news: Google Wins Appeal Against EU Antitrust Fine; Very Media Group Launches; Tortoise Media in Talks to Buy The Observer  Google has won its appeal against an antitrust fine from the EU, officially being able to reject the €1.5bn (£1.26bn) [...]

Today’s news: EU Faces Off Against Apple and Google; Online Overtakes TV as News Source in UK; Updates on Google vs DOJ Trial   While Google’s ad stack case against the DOJ is now in full swing, news has broken that the [...]