This Ad Tech Briefing covers the latest in ad tech and platforms for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series → September 2025 may prove to be the biggest month in Google’s history in terms of legal scrutiny, even ifContinue Reading
That summarizes the response to yesterday’s remedies ruling in Google’s antitrust trial, with reactions varying from vehement criticism to resignation. In Justice Amit Mehta’s remedies judgment, which followed the 2024 ruling that Google’s search operations was a monopoly, Google avoided the worst-case scenario: a forced breakup. After all, the Justice Department’sContinue Reading
By Ronan Shields and Michael Bürgi • July 11, 2025 • Ivy Liu Slavi Samardzija is exiting Omnicom’s Media Group’s Annalect in September, with sources interpreting the CEO’s exit as indicative of pending changes within the holding company’s technology and analytics division. Separate sources familiar with the developments, all ofContinue Reading
By Ronan Shields • May 29, 2025 • The recent reframing of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s public image as an unabashed figure with more “masculine energy” has sparked controversy in recent years, primarily due to the associated political implications. However, it was in an interview earlier this month that hisContinue Reading
By Ronan Shields • May 14, 2025 • Ivy Liu Microsoft Advertising is closing its demand-side platform, with the online giant informing clients the ad tech unit no longer aligns with its AI priorities according to separate Digiday sources. Rumors of such a closure have been circulating for some time,Continue Reading
Following a rare stumble in Q4 — its first earnings miss in over eight years — the ad tech giant bounced back with a performance that reminded everyone why it’s long been the industry’s golden child. The Trade Desk on Thursday (May 8) disclosed Q1 revenues of $616 million, upContinue Reading
After more than half a decade of delayed timelines, government oversight and industry infighting, Google has fulfilled many expectations: a u-turn on third-party cookies in Chrome. For some, it spells the death of Privacy Sandbox — a project that dates back to August 2019 — with critics pointing to the proximity ofContinue Reading
By Ronan Shields and Marty Swant • April 17, 2025 • Ivy Liu This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Google has been found guilty of antitrust violations in two of the three alleged markets, following a long-awaited ruling in its ad tech antitrust battleContinue Reading
By Ronan Shields • March 10, 2025 • Ivy Liu The presence of leading executives, including Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, at President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration led many to believe that Big Tech would have a smooth course in the coming years, especially in any antitrust trial. So,Continue Reading
By Ronan Shields • February 5, 2025 • Ivy Liu Criteo’s latest earnings call represented the passing of the baton between outgoing chief executive Megan Clarken, and its incoming CEO Michael Komasinkski, with the former of the pair underlining the overhaul that marked her four-year term of office. “We noContinue Reading
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