In today’s Digest, we look at ChatGPT adding PayPal shopping and OpenAI hitting a $500bn valuation. We also cover Musk launching an AI encyclopedia as well as  StarHub and Mediacorp teaming up for Singapore viewers.

Today, VIOOH, the leading premium global digital out-of-home (DOOH) supply-side platform, announced a strategic partnership with BIG OUTDOOR, the preferred choice for the most coveted out-of-home media assets in the US, expanding programmatic access to premium digital inventory stateside. The partnership [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Apple planning ads for Maps, X losing its advertising boss, and the EU’s preliminary findings that Meta and TikTok broke disclosure obligations.

adWMG has announced a new strategic partnership with Venatus, a global advertising technology company specialising in premium gaming and entertainment inventory. The collaboration brings together adWMG’s user-acquisition and performance marketing expertise with Venatus’ extensive access to high-quality gaming audiences across [...]

We examine the findings of the latest IPA Bellwether Report, calling on a range of industry experts for their insights. UK marketing budgets have risen for a second consecutive quarter, remaining in positive territory for Q3 2025. Just over 22% [...]

In today’s Digest, Nine and Paramount-Ten’s ad sales merger talks, Perplexity’s decision to pause new ad sign-ups, and the European Commission’s review of child safety on major platforms as UK MPs’ call to probe job cuts to TikTok’s content moderation [...]

In her latest column, Shirley Marschall kicks-off Q4 with her own take on annual end of year predictions...

Global advertising platform MGID today (7th October, 2025) announced a significant strategic restructuring of its leadership team. Sergii Denysenko, who had been MGID’s CEO for 14 years, will be taking the newly created role of chairman of the board. His [...]

Taboola, a global leader in delivering performance at scale for advertisers, announced continued adoption for Realize, its industry-first platform that specialises only in performance outcomes at scale beyond search and social. Taboola continues to bolster Realize with new Generative AI features [...]

Ciaran O'Kane has been sketching again. This time, he takes a look at the impact of AI and chatbots on the search landscape, and what that means for the marketing funnel... Despite a London Underground and DLR strike, we had over [...]