Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes discuss the major media and advertising stories of the week, including the verdict in Google’s US antitrust case, how social media companies have been implicated in the spread of far-right violence across the UK and the latest financial results for WPP, Amazon, Snap and Meta.
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00:20: Google is a monopoly. So what happens next?
6:38: Elon Musk spars with Sir Keir Starmer; X sues advertisers
13:59: Meta earnings and the future of smart glasses
17:35: News round-up: Warner Bros Discovery sales; Evan Gershkovich gets home; US sues TikTok; July box office
CMA urged to move against Google following US antitrust decision
Social media isn’t solely to blame for the shameful riots
Fake news has consequences for individuals, society and democracy