A Federal judge found Google “willfully engaged in anticompetitive acts” to control the ad server and ad exchange markets. Anu Adegbola on April 17, 2025 Google created an illegal monopoly in the online advertising industry, a Federal judge ruled. Judge Leonie Brinkema sided with the Department of Justice in finding that the company engaged … Continue reading Google loses advertising monopoly case
Google’s Monopoly Unpacked by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 18, 2025 U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Thursday that Google illegally dominates two markets for online advertising technology, with the company willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power in markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges, technology and services that sit between … Continue reading Google’s Monopoly Unpacked
May 29, 2025 Prioritize mental health as a business imperative BY Bryony Winn and Corbin Petro If you break your arm, you get a cast. If your cholesterol is high, you get a prescription. But what happens when what ails you is mental, behavioral, or emotional in nature? Too often, the answer is: nothing. For far too … Continue reading Prioritize mental health as a business imperative
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cut 90 percent of its employees The reduced department has been ordered to focus on traditional lending fraud. anna washenko Fri, Apr 18, 2025 Reuters / Reuters The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been reduced to a skeleton crew. The department, which was created to oversee … Continue reading The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cut 90 percent of its employees
LG TVs may soon watch you watching them to monitor how you feel about what’s on the screen. Someone send them a copy of “1984” fast. Constantine von Hoffman on April 17, 2025 Who needs Big Brother when you have LG smart TVs? The devices could soon be doing more than just displaying content; … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: April 17
Marketers Find Performance Advertising A Tariff Workaround by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 17, 2025 Marketers are paying little attention to Chinese factories flooding TikTok with videos urging Americans to buy direct from them to bypass U.S. President Trump’s tariffs. In one video a man stands on a factory floor claiming to have access to manufacturers that … Continue reading Marketers Find Performance Advertising A Tarriff Workaround
B2B buyers want outcomes, not specs. Help them make smarter decisions with strategic, insight-driven messaging. Philip Black on April 17, 2025 In a market saturated with feature-focused messaging, it’s more important than ever to quantify and communicate value — especially amid economic uncertainty and waning consumer confidence. For organizations looking to grow their customer base … Continue reading Driving customer growth with value-based B2B marketing
HubSpot’s Breeze Copilot is getting a boost by adding natural language AI from Dashworks to answer users’ questions. Mike Pastore on April 16, 2025 HubSpot announced Wednesday it agreed to acquire Dashworks, an AI-powered workplace search assistant. HubSpot entered the AI game when it launched Breeze Copilot in 2024. In a statement, HubSpot said … Continue reading HubSpot expands its AI capabilities with Dashworks acquisition
Brand-Aware AI Assistant Capitalizes On Personalization, Predictive, Performance by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 16, 2025 AI Brand Agent, an intelligent assistant that can analyze brand data and guidelines to generate custom insights, predict trends, and recommend content strategies tailored to each client’s unique brand identity — launched this week from Mod Op, a full-service … Continue reading Brand-Aware AI Assistant Capitalizes On Predictive, Performance, Personalization
Not all “AI” in martech is created equal. See past the buzzwords and spot the difference between rule-based logic and adaptive learning. Michele Morelli on April 16, 2025 2025 is shaping up to be the year of AI — or is it? Every martech vendor seems to be slapping an “AI-powered” label on their … Continue reading How to tell if it’s real AI or just automation at a higher price
