14+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1236+ words) Google lost to the Justice Department twice in the last 12 months and was ruled a monopolist in both its search and ad tech practices; while the final shoe has yet to drop in the latter case, observers feel it got…...

14+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1055+ words) Google has been quietly scaling a pay-per-use AI licensing scheme for publishers. But critics say the program looks less like a meaningful payout and more like a legal fig leaf. The tech giant, which has steered clear of the large…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (731+ words) Join us Sept. 14-16 in Miami to connect with top publishing leaders This is part of a series that explores the once lucrative and tumultuous ad tech industry. More from the series → Last week’s remedies ruling in the U.S. Justice…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1179+ words) Join us Sept. 14-16 in Miami to connect with top publishing leaders This Ad Tech Briefing covers the latest in ad tech and platforms for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series → Early…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (627+ words) Join us Sept. 14-16 in Miami to connect with top publishing leaders For many large publishers, the court’s refusal to force a Google AdX breakup didn’t land as a shock, or even much of a defeat. After years of tough talk…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (450+ words) Join us Sept. 14-16 in Miami to connect with top publishing leaders Google’s immunity to breakup is starting to feel inevitable. Another attempt to force one has been written off. That’s despite the world’s largest advertising business being judged to have…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (626+ words) Join us Sept. 14-16 in Miami to connect with top publishing leaders Gone are the days where publishers enjoyed a surplus of search traffic referral. AI bot crawlers have usurped those eyeballs. Publishers, however, aren’t taking the changes lying down. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (591+ words) Join us Sept. 14-16 in Miami to connect with top publishing leaders Since AI Overviews were first rolled out by Google in 2024, they’ve only begun to appear against an ever-larger proportion of search results. According to Ahrefs, that’s had the effect…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (597+ words) Join us Sept. 14-16 in Miami to connect with top publishing leaders Ads are starting to get served to bots instead of people. Nobody agrees on what that’s worth, or who gets credit for it. The Interactive Advertising Bureau is trying…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (847+ words) Join us Sept. 14-16 in Miami to connect with top publishing leaders This Media Briefing covers the latest in media trends for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series → This week’s Media Briefing…...