Magellan AI's H1 2026 data shows podcast ad spend peaked at $408M in December 2025, Germany grew new brands 259% Y/Y, and financial services led ex-US growth.

Spain's AEPD fined Amadeus IT Group €14.4 million for using millions of travellers' booking records to build passenger profiles without a valid lawful basis.

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WordPress and Astro sit on opposite sides of a comparison that shows what drives real-world Core Web Vitals performance.

Sam Sifton's stance on AI-generated content aligns perfectly with Google's quality standards. Human accountability and editorial rigor remain essential for SEO.

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Madhive today expanded Maverick AI to include agentic capabilities, adding an MCP server for LLM access to its local-first DSP across 50,000 daily campaigns.

Edison Research at SSRS finds 175.5 million U.S. adults use AI weekly as of May 2026, up from 52% in February 2026, led by Gemini's fastest platform growth.

YouTube is moving AI disclosure labels to more visible spots and adding automatic detection for undisclosed photorealistic AI content on videos.

Google today expanded Preferred Sources into AI Overviews and AI Mode, adding Highly Cited labels and carousels as publishers navigate ongoing traffic decline.

A Search Console logging error on May 21, 2026 wiped Discover click and impression data for the entire day, Google confirms. Third Discover bug in weeks.

YouTube today launched a prompt-driven custom feed on the Home tab, letting signed-in U.S. viewers type what they want to watch and get a refreshing new feed.

Google's Display & Video 360 API will support Demand Gen line items, ad groups, and ads starting June 10, 2026, completing a rollout that began in closed beta.

Google says users have selected 345,000 Preferred Sources, which now appear in AI Overviews and AI Mode alongside new link carousels.

Carl Hendy challenges Google's AI Search preference claims, pointing to data gaps in the Google/Ipsos survey that the industry uses as its main source.

Google's May core update, Publicis-LiveRamp for $2.2B, ChatGPT ad upgrades, DMA fines, and programmatic RTB changes dominated marketing news May 22-28, 2026.

Australia's Q1 2026 internet ad market reaches a record $4.9bn, up 15.3%, with video and search leading growth and SMEs joining large brands as major spenders.

IAB Tech Lab releases AI bot and crawler management guidance for public comment, supporting CoMP API adoption and sustainable content marketplace development.

A Rome court annulled the Italian Garante's €15M ChatGPT fine, ruling the authority had no jurisdiction once OpenAI established its Irish subsidiary in 2024.