This week, regulation and reinvention were front and centre, as policymakers, platforms, and advertisers grappled with how ad tech and data are reshaping the digital ecosystem...

In today’s Digest, we cover the UK pressuring Google over AI Overview opt-outs for websites, Google axing YouTube vs TV viewing comparisons, and UK advertising hitting £12.5bn in Q3, up 11.4%.

In today’s Digest, we look at TikTok splitting its US app from its global business, YouTube CTV ads enabling shopping, and Netflix doubling ad revenue while eyeing growth in 2026.

This week was defined by soaring digital engagement, acquisitions, sharper data tools, and accelerating AI ecosystems reshaping the global tech and media landscape.

In today’s Digest, we cover Walmart exploring ads for its Sparky AI shopping agent, Warner Music Group settling with an AI music firm and launching a joint venture, and YouTube trialing new feed control features.

In today’s Digest, we cover the EU greenlighting Omnicom’s IPG acquisition without conditions, YouTube usage reaching 84% of adults, and Alibaba’s Qwen topping 10 million downloads.

In today’s Digest, we discuss a Dutch court ordering Meta to provide the users of its platforms with timelines that don’t rely on profiling , Spotify joining Amazon DSP, and NBCUniversal and YouTube TV inking a deal to add Peacock [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover PubMatic suing Google over its advertising monopoly, Magnite acquiring streamr.ai, and YouTube breaking its live-stream record with an NFL game. 

In today’s Digest, we cover Disney selling a 10% ESPN stake to the NFL; Roku debuting its new ad-free streamer ‘Howdy’, and the Lib Dems urging TV-level checks on YouTube ads.

In today’s Digest, we cover YouTube becoming the top TV choice for children, YouTube being added to Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, as well as Havas reporting solid H1 results and expanding in Southeast Asia.