OpenAI paid low hundreds of millions for TBPN, a tech talk show built on friendly access. What the deal means for AI public narrative and marketing.

Italian research from IAB Italia's Search Forward 2026 shows 35% of online adults use generative AI for shopping, while Google AI Mode reaches 9.4% in Italy.

RTL AdAlliance Living Room Study 2026: 64% of Europeans watch TV daily across 17 markets, but Netflix daily use reaches only 19% despite 53% subscription reach.

IAB Europe's April 2026 programmatic CTV guide covers SSAI, fraud, six ad formats, ACR data, TCF consent, and measurement for European buyers and sellers.

The Trade Desk named seven independent agencies to its second Premier Partner class on April 3, 2026, through role-based Edge Academy certification paths.

Amazon today announced a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on FBA, MCF, and Buy with Prime fees starting April 17, 2026, adding $0.17 per unit on average.

China's CAC, MIIT, and MPS launch 2026 enforcement campaigns targeting internet advertising data practices, apps, SDKs, and facial recognition in six sectors.

Google's Data Manager API replaces fragmented audience and conversion pipelines with one unified ingestion point across Google Ads, DV360, and Analytics. Deadlines are in motion.

Deep Sync and MiQ expand their programmatic political advertising partnership for 2026 midterms, promising voter data activation in under one hour and 53% more reach.

Anonym and Reddit today announced a privacy-safe measurement partnership using confidential computing, marking Anonym's fourth major platform deal in under a year.

Adthena analyzed 29.1 million queries across 10+ industries to map how ads perform in Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT - here are the numbers.

Amazon Leo will bring 1 Gbps in-flight Wi-Fi to 500 Delta aircraft from 2028, using low Earth orbit satellites just 370 miles up - here is what that means.

YouTube Kids uses automated filters, human review, and user reports to decide which videos reach children. Here is how the three-layer system actually works.

NBC Sports has quietly handed control of a key part of its audio business to an outside technology partner, and the choice reveals how seriously major sports broadcasters are now treating podcast monetization.

UK's new subscription regime under the DMCCA 2024 sets cooling-off refunds, easy-exit rules and £400m in projected annual consumer benefit from spring 2027.

Basis today launched Compass, an agentic AI tool that converts campaign briefs into omnichannel media plans in minutes, cutting planning time by up to 90%.

YouTube is rolling out Gifts powered by Crystals to eligible Indonesian creators in the YouTube Partner Program, adding a new live stream monetization tool.

Amazon billing, pricing, and fee changes collide with The Trade Desk identity overhaul and dentsu's leadership reset in the week's most consequential ad industry moves.

Cloudflare launched EmDash on April 1 - a WordPress alternative with sandboxed plugins, x402 payments, and AI tools that drew criticism from Matt Mullenweg.

Paligo's interactive investigation maps AI's chip dependency, energy demands, and content layer - revealing what it actually costs to run a model at scale.