News in brief: Global Ad Spend to Surpass $1tn in 2024; TikTok Shop Launches in Spain; European Regulators Examine Google and Meta’s Ad Partnership  Global Ad Spend to Surpass $1tn in 2024 Global ad spend is set to rise by 9.5% in [...]

News in brief: Canada Sues Google for Anticompetitive Ad Tech Practices; X Attempts to Lure in Advertisers with Shopify Credit Match; Temu Overtakes eBay Market Share in AUS  Canada Sues Google for Anticompetitive Ad Tech Practices All eyes are on Google, and [...]

This week on The Stack:  The Latest on Google’s Legal Battles; Social Media Under Growing Scrutiny; Today’s MadTech Daily  This week, Google wrapped up its ad stack court face-off against the DOJ. Closing arguments were made by both parties. Now, the [...]

News in brief: TikTok to Block Certain Beauty Filters for Under 18s; Google Sends Subpoenas to OpenAI, Perplexity and Microsoft; OpenAI Shuts Down Video Tool After Artists Protest TikTok to Block Certain Beauty Filters for Under 18s  As more attention is increasingly [...]

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 [...]

This week on The Stack: The Latest on Google vs DOJ; Walmart and Disney Share Positive Q3 Results; Today’s MadTech Daily  More Google news hit the industry this week: the US Department of Justice said it would ask a judge to [...]

The US DoJ has published its proposed remedies after Google was found guilty of monopolistic practices. What does it mean for the media and ad tech industries? Mat Broughton takes a look... Following the US Department of Justice (DoJ) ruling that [...]

News in brief: Disney reports bullish numbers for streaming and advertising efforts; Zeta Global under scrutiny; Google to halt political ads within the EU. Disney reports bullish results for streaming and advertising efforts Disney has reported positive numbers for its Disney+ streaming [...]

This week on The Stack: M&A takes off; Google, Meta and Apple privacy woes; Today’s MadTech Daily  It's been a big week for ad tech M&A, with Viant acquiring IRIS.TV, Alliant being sold to Inverness Graham, MediaSense buying R3 and Azerion [...]