U of Digital Newsletter: March 26, 2025 (free)
Oracle’s Role in TikTok’s Future Gets Capitol Hill Scrutiny - TikTok has until April 5th (10 more days) to find a buyer in the US or face a ban.
Oracle’s Role in TikTok’s Future Gets Capitol Hill Scrutiny - TikTok has until April 5th (10 more days) to find a buyer in the US or face a ban.
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It's Google’s third delay in its effort to sunset cookies. Bowing to pressure from all sides, Google said yesterday that it won't be able to fully deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome until early 2025 at the earliest, rather than the second...
Mark Zuckerberg testified Monday and Tuesday in what could be the most consequential threat to Meta's business empire in its 21-year history.
Google blew through its witnesses relatively quickly, rested its case, and then the DOJ rebutted with a final publisher witness. The entire case lasted only three weeks, much shorter than the four to six weeks initially expected.
In a bid to drum up more business from small publishers, supply-side platform (SSP) Sovrn is offering flat CPM pricing based on how many impressions a publisher auctions programmatically through Sovrn’s header bidding tool called “Ad Management”.
The streaming audio giant is going after more ad spend by making it easier for advertisers of all sizes to buy its inventory programmatically, beginning with video ads before expanding to audio ads soon.
The traffic apocalypse is no longer theoretical. Google's AI Overviews (AKA Google Zero) have exploded to over 2 billion monthly users🔒, up from 1.5B last quarter, and they're devastating publisher traffic.
Google's highly anticipated ad tech antitrust trial kicked off Monday with a who's who of industry veterans testifying about how the company's publisher ad tools and policies impacted their businesses.
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Google is giving all US Chrome users access to its Gemini AI assistant—no subscription required.
The ad tech industry talks a good game about wanting to get rid of garbage made-for-advertising (MFA) sites, but perverse incentives and a set-it-and-forget-it mentality ensure that MFAs remain a staple in the media supply chain.
Amazon is positioned to gain significantly as it can offer advertisers targeted and measurable advertising without third-party cookies.
WPP has tapped Microsoft executive Cindy Rose as its new CEO, replacing Mark Read, who will step down in September 2025.
As an authorized advertising reseller for Apple, Taboola will power native ads in the Apple News and Apple Stocks apps in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Supply-side platform (SSP) Index Exchange is the latest ad tech company to share test results showing that Google's Privacy Sandbox isn't quite ready for prime time.
Meta is pushing toward complete AI automation of advertising on its platforms by the end of 2026.
Nielsen to End Panel-Only Ratings That Have Measured TV for Decades🔒 - Nielsen's standalone panel-based TV ratings will be discontinued in the fourth quarter.
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