Microsoft's new tools aim to help advertisers stay visible and competitive as AI agents increasingly drive discovery and purchasing decisions.

Google Ads now enables call recording by default for eligible AI-qualified call leads, changing how call conversions are evaluated in the U.S. and Canada.

Google uses AI to qualify call leads, helping advertisers optimize for real conversions instead of call length.

Digiday reports an early ChatGPT ads manager build now shows $3-$5 CPC bids for some pilot advertisers, as OpenAI continues expanding its ad tools.

Bleav appoints Maryann Alvarez and Gretchen Waller as Directors of Partnerships to scale podcast and sports media advertising across its 500+ show network.

Google expanded Ads Advisor with three agentic safety features: real-time policy reviews, 24/7 security monitoring, and instant certifications via Gemini.

SearchApi asks Texas court to dismiss SerpApi's trade secret and copyright claims, saying the suit is retaliation for refusing an acquisition in December 2025.

Tests and antitrust filings reveal Google AI Mode draws from FastSearch - a cached, lighter index separate from the live web powering traditional Search results

YouTube is stopping push notifications for inactive 'All' subscribers, based on experiment results showing fewer viewers turned off notifications entirely.

Innovid's Hypermode is now generally available, slashing social campaign setup time by up to 80% across Meta, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, and TikTok platforms.

California releases unredacted court evidence showing Amazon coordinated retail price increases with Levi's, Walmart, Chewy, Target, and other major brands.

Google Ad Manager launched focused banner ads on March 9, 2026, a beta format that blurs article text mid-scroll until readers tap a button to resume reading.

ARD, BDZV, MVFP, VAUNET and ZDF publish a joint framework demanding copyright protection, media law and competition rules to govern AI platforms in Germany.

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WooCommerce stores can now sell products directly from YouTube videos, making those videos a direct path to purchase.

High-quality content is no guarantee of SEO success. Sometimes, mediocre content is good enough. New research unpicks the impact of originality on rankings.

Everyone’s been watching the wrong pipe. The synthetic content is already in the retrieval layer, and the answer engines are laundering it as fact.

Bumper launched the Bumper Score on April 21, a 0-200 verified audience metric built on first-party data to close the trust gap holding back podcast ad spend.

H/L is first agency to programmatically buy smart TV home screen inventory via PMP deals in Nexxen DSP, reaching viewers before they select content to watch.