GroupM’s This Year Next Year forecast predicts strong continued ad growth, led by retail media and streaming TV. But much of the growth is being funnelled to just five Big Tech companies.

UK traditional ad revenue will grow more modestly, but overall market growth of 11.2% will put it behind just the US and France.

As part of the deal, the Scott Trust will become one of Tortoise’s largest shareholders.

Outgoing CEO Jon Steinberg highlighted the return to growth as an encouraging sign that Future’s growth acceleration strategy is beginning to pay off.

Opt Out’s operations chief Linda Worp discusses how more online users are hitting “reject all” on data trackers, why this is a blind spot for publishers and what Opt Out is doing to support them.

EssenceMediacom, Wavemaker UK, Mindshare UK, UM London and OMD UK were among the agencies honoured at Newsworks’ annual awards celebrating brilliant multiplatform advertising in news brands.

The news brand has launched plans to make its entire organisation certified in carbon literacy.

Special project comprises long-form content including a video interview with Sadiq Khan and photo gallery documenting the crisis.

The lords report on news was a balanced read that contained well-meaning recommendations but, until there’s robust legislation in place, can we truly protect the future of news in the UK? 

Three months since Google began rolling out AI Overviews in the UK, publishers are attempting to understand the precise impact on traffic, with some outlets reporting a substantial drop in engagement from search.