Pre-launch creative scoring lands inside a 150-person independent shop as it absorbs an AI predictor, raising the question of who consolidates ad tech next.

Deal routes brand campaigns into GIFs and stickers reaching over 1 billion daily users, as Koddi and LiveRamp extend commerce media well beyond retail sites.

The EU orders Google to share its search data and open up Android to rival AI assistants, as a Swedish court and a Nielsen antitrust ruling reshape the week.

Counterfeit clothing, unsafe toys and dangerous cosmetics stayed online for weeks, the Commission found. AliExpress has until October 20 to file a remedy plan.

Merchant Center sellers worldwide see Shopping rules combined in September 2026, though Google says enforcement holds steady. What really changes for feeds?

The Model Context Protocol connects AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to your own marketing data. Here’s what to plug in, how it works across your team, and why data quality decides the payoff.

Google is moving Local Services Ads into Google Ads as Performance Max pay-per-lead campaigns, with bidding, reporting, and management changes beginning August 2026.

AI search tools answer customer questions about local businesses, and those answers can be wrong. Here's how to test what AI says about your business.

Meta now allows advertisers to use the ROAS Goal bid strategy when maximizing the number (not just value) of conversions.

Bans equal 43 percent of the global population in 2025, yet Meta allows advertisers 8 to 32 fraud strikes before an account ban. A brand safety flashpoint.

Reports won't carry over and manual bidding disappears as US home service accounts migrate first in August, while non-US accounts wait until the 2027 rollout.

Image creation enters Search results across AI Mode regions using the Nano Banana model, which has generated over 5 billion images since its August 2025 debut.

Publishers may see more online gambling ads from August 10 as buyers skip end-advertiser certification. The change covers programmatic demand, not Google Ads.

Proprietary ad server serves dynamic boards in FC and Madden, where players log 1 billion matches monthly. Visa, Red Bull, Lowe's already run campaigns here

Just 16.8% of podcast marketers track formal ROI, while 41.8% spend more on production than promotion. Investment intent rises, yet the trust gap still remains.

Nine new markets stretching from Panama to Paraguay add 8.2 billion monthly impressions, as outdoor advertising overtakes television in parts of the region.

Northeastern data covering 4,608 US users shows five firms hold half of all desktop attention, and AI tools have now edged past news as a browsing destination.

Beat the dog days of summer with these August marketing ideas, including social media posts, events, promotions, and more!

Record 92.7M views, up from 78.3M, came as the anthem topped 8 of 14 country markets, while four Indian playback singers together drew 1.27bn weekly views.

Survey of 157 US agency and brand leaders ties measurement gaps to misallocated spend as AI automates optimization. Social media and CTV lead the blind spots.