The Trade Desk Shoots Down OpenAds Rumor
Conspiracy or understandable anxiety? In a brief exchange on X today, @BradAT posted: “I have anecdotal evidence that…
Index Exchange Takes Google to Court Over Ad Monopoly
Index Exchange is joining a growing group of adtech companies (and publishers) suing Google for monopoly damages. In…
Amazon Sues Perplexity Over AI Shopping
Amazon is reportedly suing Perplexity — the AI search and browser startup — over its Comet browser’s ability…
AppLovin: Short Reports are “Clearly False”
Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that adtech leader AppLovin is being “probed” by the SEC for data-collection practices. As a…
Report: AppLovin Under SEC Scrutiny?
Another day, another knife out for AppLovin. Bloomberg is reporting that the SEC “has been probing the data-collection…
Magnite Sues Google for Antitrust Damages
Magnite is making good on its threat. On the company’s Q2 earnings call last month, CEO Michael Barrett…
PubMatic Becomes Latest SSP to Sue Google
SSPs be running wild, man. That’s how it feels months after a federal court ruled Google acted monopolistically…
After OpenX, Dotdash Sues Google
The lawsuits onslaught is happening. OpenX was the first adtech company to file a follow-on civil suit against Google after…
Report Raises Questions Over The Trade Desk and Walmart
When it rains, it pours. The Trade Desk, which continues to reel after last week’s earnings call, posted…
Perplexity’s $34.5 Billion Chrome Bid Is Probably Just PR
AI search engine, Perplexity, says it’s ready to cough up $34.5 billion in cash to buy Google’s Chrome…
OpenX Sues Google for Market Abuse
OpenX is leaving here with something. The independent SSP has filed a civil lawsuit against Google, claiming the…
Judge Tosses Rumble’s Google Antitrust Case
From a Rumble to a whimper. Today, a federal judge granted Google’s motion for summary judgment against video…