Aller Media, Bonnier News, and Schibsted endorsed IAB Sweden's expulsion of Meta on March 12 over fake ads, citing SEK 136 billion in fraud revenue and consumer harm on Facebook.

FreeWheel launches AI agent infrastructure with an MCP server and Intelligence tools to automate premium video ad buying and selling, piloting with PMG's Alli platform.

JCDecaux reported €3,967.1m revenue for FY2025, with programmatic DOOH up +19.2% and free cash flow hitting an all-time high of €342.9m.

Nielsen's 2026 Upfront Planning Guide shows streaming commands 66.7% of 18-49 ad-supported TV time, with sports at 30% and FAST targeting Gen X.

YouTube today hosts the 98th Academy Awards with four official livestreams, as the platform prepares to become the exclusive global broadcaster of the Oscars from 2029. Over 3 billion views of Oscars-related content accumulated in the past 12 months.

Disney+ rolls out Verts this week for U.S. subscribers - a swipeable vertical video feed on mobile linking scenes to Watchlists and direct playback.

IAB Europe's Dimitris Beis breaks down agentic advertising infrastructure in a March 12 video, outlining three scaling levels, LLM risks, and what an ecosystem of autonomous ad agents would actually require.

Meta will discontinue Nielsen DMA targeting for automotive model ads on June 22, 2026, replacing it with Comscore Markets - campaigns must migrate or stop delivering

Instagram will end support for end-to-end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026. What the feature does, how it works, and what users lose when it goes.

Adobe's Shantanu Narayen announces he will transition from CEO after 18 years, as the board launches a global search for his successor amid an AI-focused strategy.

Apple this week reduced App Store commissions in China to 25% for standard transactions and 12% for small businesses, following regulator discussions. Here's what changes and why it matters.

Amazon raises Prime Video's ad-free subscription from $2.99 to $4.99 a month on April 10, a 67% price increase rebranded as Prime Video Ultra with added 4K features.

There is incredible potential for Meta advertisers to leverage AI, but only when in the right hands and trained on best practices.

Infinite Dial 2026 finds podcast monthly listeners hit 58%, online audio at 81%, and 93% of Americans aware of generative AI brands - key data for marketers.

OpenX and TVision launched a CTV attention targeting solution on March 11, using predictive scores and pre-bid activation across 231 million monthly unique users.

Google launched Merchant Center for Agencies on March 11, 2026, giving digital marketing firms a single dashboard to manage all client accounts, diagnostics, and ad opportunities.

Google's Search Central Live arrives in Toronto on April 21, 2026, marking the series' first event in Canada, with sessions on AI in Search, Search Console, and structured data.

Sprinklr posts $857.2M revenue and a $200M buyback for fiscal 2026, yet guidance signals near-flat growth, declining churn and rising AI costs cloud the outlook.

Amazon's Shop Direct now accepts third-party product feeds from Feedonomics, Salsify, and CEDCommerce, giving over 400,000 merchants real-time access to hundreds of millions of customers.

Meta is testing clickable links directly in Instagram post captions, capped at 10 per month, exclusively for Meta Verified subscribers - a shift from its long-standing link restriction policy.