45% of UK monthly podcast consumers now watch on smart TVs, Signal Hill finds, with 84% already watching video - far ahead of the US at 62% and Canada at 75%.

Reddit's native Shopify integration is now globally available, while a new TransUnion study shows 7x average ROAS for EMEA retail advertisers from 2023 to 2025.

Supporting Cast becomes first to gate subscriber-only video inside Spotify via the Distribution API, so premium podcast listeners never have to leave the app.

Google plans to upgrade Google tags into full GTM containers, add a no-code visual tagging tool, and redesign the Tag Manager interface for all advertisers.

Pharma Rx brands raised multiscreen TV spend by 53% in six months after FDA enforcement letters targeted deceptive digital drug advertising in September 2025.

Google product leaders at GML 2026 explain how Gemini changes intent matching, AI Max requirements, Asset Studio video creation, and new measurement signals.

A study of 44 major U.S. publishers finds aggregate organic search traffic rose 5% since AI Overviews, but gains flowed almost entirely to institutional brands.

Broadsign's sell-side AI agent and Draft Digital's buy-side agent planned, booked, and executed the first fully agentic OOH ad campaign for Lot of Happiness.

Mobile measurement partner selection driven by agency advice, competitor signals, or brand name routinely ends in bad data or a costly migration 18 months on.

Google's Gemini app reached 900 million monthly active users in May 2026, matching ChatGPT's weekly active user count and growing 20% over just four months.

Adobe research of 500+ marketers finds 98% lack a clear AI search roadmap, as AI-driven referrals in the US grew tenfold between July 2024 and February 2025.

Ireland's High Court rejected all of Meta's grounds in its challenge to a DPC inquiry that could produce €360-430M fines over Facebook's Hive data access.

Bell Media and TELUS launch live ad replacement on TELUS TV+ across TSN and CTV channels, marking Canada's first broadcaster-BDU live linear inventory deal.

IAB UK launches the UK's first industry-backed Creator Qualification, a 90-minute ASA-developed course on disclosure, as 84% of brands plan more creator deals.

IAB Spain's 17th annual social media study finds 33.1 million users, 7.2 average platforms per person, TikTok Shop surging 25pp, and 87% demanding AI labels.

Taboola Newsroom data shows UK readership for energy crisis articles surged 3,350% between mid-February and mid-May 2026, as fuel prices hit a three-year high.

TripleLift's 2026 survey of 200 advertising pros finds 73% use AI for optimization but only 25% apply it to creative, exposing a trust gap in the industry.

Learn how AI agents visit websites raises questions about digital authority. This case could reshape legal perspectives in technology law.

OpenAI launches conversion-optimized ChatGPT ads June 5. US programmatic CPMs surge 34% year-over-year. Pichai admits Google Search has become too opinionated.

Five tactics Google's new guide says to ignore for AI Overviews. Here's which ones still hold up when the scope shifts from citation to autonomous agent action.