The Brief – Thursday 30 April: Omnicom earnings, Meta fails to prevent under-13s, US FCC goes after ABC

📈 Omnicom Group reported revenue of $6.2bn in Q1 2025. Compared to the consolidated earnings from Omnicom and IPG’s Q1 2025, the merged group reported 3.8% revenue growth. Chairman and CEO John Wren added the company is “on track” to “achieve substantial cost reduction synergies” as part of the merger. (Omnicom)

📱 Meta has been found in breach of the EU’s Digital Services Act for failing to prevent children under the age of 13 from using Facebook and Instagram. The findings are preliminary, but come after a nearly two-year investigation that concluded the tech giant was unable to enforce its own terms and conditions about its minimum age requirements. (The Guardian)

🎤 The US Federal Communications Commission has ordered a review of all station licences owned by ABC (a subsidiary of Disney) after US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania complained about a joke made by the network’s late night host Jimmy Kimmel. (New York Times)

📹 Vine reboot Divine has launched on app stores, offering users access to archived Vine videos and allowing creators to post new Vines on the short-form video platform again. The project was financed by Jack Dorsey’s non-profit, “and Other Stuff”. (TechCrunch)