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• Digest: Google Avoids Chrome Sell-Off; Disney to Pay $10M to Settle FTC Kids’ Privacy Case; Singapore Warns Meta to Curb Scams 

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  In today’s Digest, we cover Google avoiding the sell-off of Chrome in its search antitrust trial, Disney agreeing to pay $10m to settle the FTC kids’ privacy case, and Singapore warning Meta to curb scams or face a fine.

• Ad Tech in MENA - Growth and Challenges Ahead

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  Mark Smith takes a look at the development of ad tech across the MENA region, and why predictions of growth seem well founded… 

• MadTech Sketch: The Unbundling of the Ad Tech Stack

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  In this MadTech Sketch, Ciaran O'Kane outlines fundamental changes across the ad tech stack, amounting to the unbundling of core elements across the supply chain. The dog days of Summer are over. European ad tech emerges from its slumber, readying itself [...]

• A Preview of ATS London 2025: What to Expect Next Week 

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  We run you through what you can expect from ExchangeWire’s ATS London event on 9th September… ATS London is finally arriving: next Tuesday, ExchangeWire returns to the Queen Elizabeth II Centre for a day brimming with everything ad tech. Discussions will [...]

• Me, Myself, and (A)I: Voice, Attention, and the Sonic Ad Economy

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  In her latest ExchangeWire column, Shirley Marschall charts the evolution of audio from ringtones from a loud blue frog, to a potential future of algorithmically curated AI assistants. Sound is an interesting creature, trapped somewhere between “avoid at all costs” and [...]

• Digest: Empower Acquires Ocean Media; TV Networks Rally to Scrap Broadcast Tax; China Enforces Mandatory AI Content Labelling 

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  In today’s Digest, we cover Empower acquiring Ocean Media, TV Networks rallying in Canberra to scrap broadcast tax, and China enforcing mandatory AI content labelling.

• Azerion's Roxanne Harley on Fragmentation Fatigue, the Four Omnichannel Disciplines and Activation in Action

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  Roxanne Harley, head of growth at Azerion UK, expands on the biggest challenges advertisers are facing this year, focusing on fragmentation. She examines what's needed to make omnichannel campaigns work, and details how unified activation in action can look. What [...]

• Digest: Meta’s AI Shake-Up; Report on Australia's Under 16 Social Ban Raises Concerns; Publicis Groupe Australia launches Influential agency

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  In today’s digest, we discuss Meta’s AI shake-up as leaders weigh up Google and OpenAI models amid new hires, Australia’s social media ban for kids facing big risks, and Publicis Groupe Australia launching Influential agency.

• AI Killing Search? That’s Too Simplistic

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  Kate Ross, co-founder & CEO, eight&four, takes a look at how AI is impacting search - and how it’s rewiring, rather than destroying, search behaviour. If you work in marketing, your LinkedIn, X, and Reddit threads are probably full of "SEO [...]

• Digest: UK Sought Broader Apple User Data, Legal Filing Shows; OOH Ad Revenue Dips in H1; Microsoft AI Debuts First In-House Models

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  Today’s Digest discusses the UK seeking broader Apple user data according to a legal filing, out-of-home ad revenue dipping, and Microsoft AI debuting its first in-house models.