As part of a settlement in a US lawsuit, Meta has agreed to pay over $17bn in penalties and to make substantial changes to how its platforms operate to reduce teen harms. It is calling on TikTok and YouTube to do the same.

AI needs environments where data and insights can move quickly, securely and intelligently between different participants in the ecosystem. Does adland have the right plumbing?

Under a 2034 switch-off date, the cumulative loss of advertising revenues to public-service media would total £3.5bn from 2028 to 2036, with downstream impacts on audiences, commissioning, and the UK’s production sector.

The new platform, launched globally, includes a redesigned interface, an upgraded forecasting engine, and an integration of agentic AI features aimed at “remov[ing] friction”.

Research from WhichPodcast has found that Business is the most crowded category out of 19 podcast genres, but still remains a popular choice for advertisers.