Today's digest looks at TikTok and Reddit coming under the scrutiny of the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, trouble in the creative development process, and new updates from Google. TikTok and Reddit Under Privacy Scrutiny  TikTok and Reddit are two of the [...]

News in brief: Channel 4 to Simplify Ad Buying Platform; Guardian Media Group Partners with OpenAI; TikTok Shop's US Sales Increased 153% in January Channel 4 to Simplify Ad Buying Platform  This year, Channel 4 will be simplifying its ad buying platform and [...]

News in brief: OOH Revenue Grows 7.7%; Apple and Google Restore TikTok to US App Stores; UK Gov Partners with Anthropic AI  OOH Revenue Grows 7.7% Out of home (OOH) revenue for 2024 saw growth of 7.7% year-on-year, achieving its highest ever [...]

News in brief: Meta Tests Ads on Threads; Nielsen to Replace Consumer Panel-Based TV Ratings; Perplexity Submits New Bid for TikTok  Meta Tests Ads on Threads Meta has begun to test ads on its Threads platform “with a handful of brands in [...]

News in brief: Trump Signs TikTok Delay and Repeals Executive Order on AI Safety; Social Platforms Sign EU Code of Conduct; Kantar Media to be Sold Trump Signs TikTok Delay and Repeals Executive Order on AI Safety  Following last weekend’s commotion over [...]

News in brief: CMA Launches Google Search Investigation; TikTok Denies Discussion of Sale to Elon Musk While Users Migrate to Red Note; Indonesia Plans Social Media Age Restrictions  CMA Launches Google Search Investigation On Tuesday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority launched [...]

News in brief: Disney Launches New Ad Tech Tools; Google Tests AI Podcast Feature for News; TikTok Rolls Out Message Ads in APAC  Disney Launches New Ad Tech Tools At its fifth annual Global Tech and Data Showcase last week, Disney announced [...]

News in brief: US Senators Urge Biden to Extend TikTok Ban Date; Perplexity’s Value Triples; Sony to Become Largest Shareholder of Kadokawa US Senators Urge Biden to Extend TikTok Ban Date The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear TikTok’s last legal [...]

This week on The Stack: Omnicom Acquisition Rocks Industry; TikTok’s Last Hope to Beat US Ban; Today's MadTech Daily Undoubtedly, the biggest news of the week for the ad tech industry was Omnicom’s acquisition of Interpublic Group. The deal was [...]

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 [...]