Magellan AI's first-ever Q1 2026 podcast measurement report reveals 2.29% response rate, 9.74% lead conversion, and why video format changes almost everything.

Typeface's 2026 Signal Report finds enterprise campaign timelines grew longer despite AI adoption, with 34% needing 1-2 months to ship and only 16% prepared.

Channel 4 today added Amazon DSP, FreeWheel, Hawk, PubMatic, and Yahoo DSP as partners, opening UK broadcaster VOD ad inventory to global programmatic buyers.

VAB's 2026 'Stand with Pride' report finds LGBTQ+ allies spent $73B vs $56B for non-supporters, with 79% of LGBTQ+ adults aged 18-49 and Gen Z making up 40%.

Amazon's A+ Content is not indexed by A9 or COSMO, but it trains Alexa for Shopping through conversions - here is what changed in 2026 and why it matters.

Smartly and Horizon Media today launched an integration connecting Blu audience segments to creative and campaign workflows across social, CTV, and Google.

Meta expands Instagram for TV to Samsung Smart TVs in the US, adding Reels casting, interest-based channels, and formats like episodic series and Live on TV.

Xumo today expands with Gracenote and IRIS.TV, giving advertisers program-level and frame-level signals across 2,000 FAST channels on 30 platforms worldwide.

Criteo today disclosed over 2,000 brands advertising on ChatGPT, added three new markets, and launched Prompt Smart Ads showing 4x higher spend after activation

Google Street View launches in Georgia, covering 13,000 km of roads, mountain passes, wine regions, and UNESCO heritage sites on Google Maps and Google Earth.

AudienceProject today opens Elevate to broadcasters and publishers in 10 markets, after two years of supporting large platforms with audience measurement tools.

Adobe at Cannes Lions 2026 announced CX Enterprise partnerships with Accenture, Omnicom, Stagwell, WPP, Anthropic, and Microsoft to deploy agentic AI at scale.

NIQ today expanded its GeoPurchase purchase-based audience product to Poland, Belgium, Mexico, and Indonesia, bringing geo-targeted FMCG data to 11 countries.

Google's new messaging to CMOs reiterates that GEO is still SEO and states that third-party tools have no access to its internal metrics.

Samsung Ads and Amazon Ads today activated shoppable CTV ads on Samsung TV Plus, letting viewers add products to an Amazon cart via their TV remote control.

Google Ads launched promotion mode, Smart Bidding Exploration for Performance Max, and a bidding target overhaul set for August 17, 2026. Ginny Marvin explains.

TikTok Shop's Smart Promotion charges sellers a fixed 3.5% GMV fee in regular periods and 4.5% during campaigns, replacing the legacy co-funded model for most.

About half of U.S. adults use AI chatbots, and 60% read AI Overviews, but more predict AI will hurt society than help it.

Google, Shopify, and browser makers are backing a new Cloudflare PACT protocol for AI agent trust "on Cloudflare's network"

Two senior Google AI researchers, Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer and AlphaFold's John Jumper, are leaving for OpenAI and Anthropic within the same week.

Google is expanding its mandatory financial advertiser verification program across the EU to help people find services they can trust.