Digital Marketing

Snapchat is building on its “Sponsored Snaps” offering, inviting brands to run ads within its Chat tab via interactive conversational AI agents.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects Meta from allegations that it helped fuel the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar.

OpenAI has restructured its partnership with Microsoft, allowing it to sell its AI models across multiple cloud providers. The shift enables the company to build stronger ties with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other enterprise companies.

DoubleVerify can proceed with defamation and false advertising claims against analytics company Adalytics over its March 2025 report regarding invalid traffic, a federal judge in Maryland ruled.

WPP Media, which accounts for 41% of “unholding” company revenue, reported the worst Q1 decline: -8.5%.

Australia seeks to tax Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters, Associated Press reports. The government released draft legislation that it intends to introduce to Parliament by July 2. “It shouldn’t just be able to be taken by a large multinational corporation and used to generate profits for that

Content Syndicate, a media distribution and content syndication platform, has appointed Sandra Ditore as chief executive officer,  CityBiz reports. Ditore previously served as senior vice president of client success at the firm. Content Syndicate seeks to broaden its profile across press distribution, media placement, and content syndication services.  

Journalists and press freedoms are under sustained attack across the European Union,  according to the fifth annual media freedom report from the Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties), The Guardian reports. “A healthy, pluralistic media system is a litmus test and mirror of democracy,” said Eva Simon, the group’s senior advocacy officer. “Where the rule of law weakens

The firm reiterated that it expects a first half organic revenue decline in the mid-to-high single digits for the first half of 2026 “with an improving trajectory in the second half.”

Multitasking – watching two video screens at the same time, or different types of video content – is taking on a different look, especially for young consumers. YouTube is on one of those screens.