Court Rules Google’s Antitrust Liability is Now “Settled Law”
A federal court in New York has ruled that Google is legally liable for monopolizing the ad server…
Forrester: Open Web to Lose 30% of Ad Dollars in 2026
Forrester has released its 2026 B2C marketing predictions — and one of them is a bit gloomy for…
The Trade Desk Pushes Back on Amazon’s DSP Bake-Off
On Friday, Adweek reported that Amazon DSP “is approaching some agencies and offering free head-to-head testing of its…
Paramount and Taboola Bet on SMB Performance With New Partnership
I know my calculus. And today, Taboola + Paramount = Performance Multiplier. OK, but seriously — Taboola and…
Guy Who Doesn’t Like Ads Launches Browser
The company that still hasn’t shown a single ad yet — but will let ChatGPT talk dirty to…
Google Privacy Sandbox is Dead
We mean it this time. Like, really dead. This is hardly a surprising announcement, right? Google’s decision to…
DoubleVerify Deepens Microsoft Integration to Cover Bing, Outlook, and Games
Death, taxes, and DoubleVerify integrations. To that end, yesterday, DoubleVerify and Microsoft announced an expanded technical integration for…
AdTech Industry Rolls Out AdCP
It’s agentic. Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun dun… Today, a…
OpenAI Will Allow Porn Before Ads, Says CEO
You read that right. Earlier today, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that after making “ChatGPT pretty…
MNTN and PubMatic Team Up to Expand CTV Access
CTV keeps getting more accessible—and today’s partnership between MNTN and PubMatic pushes that trend forward. Under the deal,…
MediaLink Study: Advertisers Turn to Apps as AI Eats the Web
The web’s existential crisis continues. A new study from MediaLink, commissioned by LoopMe, suggests advertisers are bracing for…
Sam Altman: OpenAI Could Build “Some Cool Ad Product”
So…what you’re saying is there’s a chance for ads in ChatGPT? That’s the takeaway from a new Stratechery…