In today’s digest we explore Axel Springer acquiring the Telegraph for £575m, Indonesia moving to implement a social media ban for under-16s, and the UK delaying AI copyright rule decisions. 

Pageviews for articles about electric cars have shot up by 166% over the past three months, reflecting a growing scepticism towards the alternative vehicle type, according to Taboola. Data from Taboola Newsroom, which monitors readership trends across Taboola’s international network of publisher [...]

Ads ARE coming to ChatGPT; BBC teams with YouTube, and Singapore changes laws to ease data sharing.

DoubleVerify, a leading software platform to verify media quality and optimise ad performance, surveyed 1,970 marketers globally to explore their attitudes and investment decisions related to news content, and the majority of respondents reported that inventory in news environments outperforms [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover Google striking an AI news deal with AAP and the PPA calling for CMA oversight of Google AI search. We also discuss the UK dropping its bid for Apple user data as well as ChatGPT’s [...]

DoubleVerify, the leading software platform to verify media quality, optimise ad performance, and prove campaign outcomes, today (16th June, 2025) announced the formation of the News AcceleratorTM Publisher Council, a new initiative designed to deepen engagement and transparency between DV and [...]

Opti Digital is pleased to announce its partnership with Euronews, a global leader in multilingual news broadcasting. After a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process involving several ad tech vendors, Euronews selected Opti Digital for its comprehensive and intuitive Ad [...]

Taboola has announced it has reached a new partnership with Samsung to serve news recommendations on Samsung devices and news channels.  Under this new multi-year relationship, Taboola will power news recommendations on Samsung News, the popular news application found on millions of [...]

Millions of Brits are turning to personal finance guru Martin Lewis amid fears around welfare spending overhaul, readership data from Taboola’s network of publishers indicates. On Tuesday, Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall announced her intention to significantly reduce welfare expenditure [...]

News in brief: European Industry Committees Create Audience Measurement Coalition; Sky to Overhaul Newsroom in Favour of Paid Content; Amazon Launches CTV Audience Tool  European Industry Committees Create Audience Measurement Coalition Several European joint industry committees, media owner committees, and professional research [...]