In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Australia moves to sue Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google over enforcement of its under-16 social media ban, Spotify launches paid memberships to help podcasters monetise their biggest fans, and Spark Foundry research finds 25-to-34-year-olds are [...]

In today’s digest, Apple defends its WebKit crackdown on ad tech identity resolution and signals more to come, YouTube tests AI answers at the top of search results, and Meta removes contract language over scraping business websites for AI training

DoubleVerify (DV), the leading software platform to verify media quality, optimise ad performance and prove campaign outcomes, has announced the release of its 2026 Global Insights Report, Scroll, Stop, and Shop: Walled Garden Trends. The report examines how social and [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Publicis says it is taking market share as growth picks up in Q3; The New York Times is among more than 40 new members of the SPUR AI licensing coalition; and YouTube brings its AI [...]

Black Friday is one of the most crowded weeks of the year for advertisers. But a new study suggests that much of the content available to them may be a poor fit for the customer watching it. For each of [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss SPUR unveiling an AI content tracking standard, Singapore’s digital economy reaching USD$113bn (£84.75bn), and YouTube putting original content first in its Shorts algorithm

In today’s Digest, we look at John Lewis betting on a YouTube chat show to get noticed by AI, The Trade Desk exiting the S&P 500 on the same day mass layoffs take effect, and Chinese AI developers turning to [...]

This week, the advertising and media landscape saw major consolidation, growing regulatory pressure and a continued shift towards AI-powered commerce and content. In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss investors betting on a USD$2tn (£1.50tn) IPO valuation for Anthropic and Tencent’s [...]

In today's Digest, we discuss an appeals court allowing thousands of addiction lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap to proceed, YouTube raising the bar for creators to join its monetisation program, and Alibaba testing paid tiers for its Qwen [...]

Silverpush, the contextual intelligence company, today (12th August, 2026) announced the release of Silverpush Contextual Podcast Segments, a new way for advertisers to reach exclusive podcast inventory on YouTube. This allows brands and agencies to activate video advertising campaigns on [...]