Google’s Billion iPhone Advantage Will Reshape Advertising by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, January 15, 2026 Google’s multi-year contract with Apple to support its push further into artificial intelligence (AI) gives the company access to more than 1.5 billion iPhones worldwide. The number is an educated guess based on analysis and available numbers. As a Gemini-powered … Continue reading Google’s Billion iPhone Advantage Will Reshape Advertising
The roadmap shows how digital advertising can scale AI-driven execution with existing standards rather than rebuilding the ecosystem from scratch. By Constantine von Hoffman , January 6, 2026 IAB Tech Lab released an agentic roadmap outlining how the digital advertising industry can scale agentic buying and selling without tearing down what already works. … Continue reading IAB releases agentic AI roadmap for digital advertising
Predicting Advertising In 2026 Based On Google, Microsoft Changes by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, December 31, 2025 Advertisers will make some big changes in 2026, from artificial intelligence (AI) creative to agentic commerce. Many will climb to the top of the mountain and look down, willing to give up more control to technologies when … Continue reading Predicting Advertising In 2026 Based On Google, Microsoft Changes
GA4 gives a clearer view of how channels shape discovery and intent across complex user paths – revealing value that last-click reporting misses. Dan Taylor on December 11, 2025 Many teams still judge channel performance based on last-click results. That once made sense in a simpler search world where users moved quickly from query … Continue reading GA4’s Advertising Snapshot shows why last-click attribution no longer fits AI-led journeys
December 06, 2025 The ‘Mad Men’ are dead! Long live the new advertising lions! It’s been an unprecedented and brutal week for the advertising industry. The finalization of Omnicom Group’s $ 13 billion acquisition of Interpublic Group (IPG) (the biggest takeover in advertising history) is affecting tens of thousands of workers—most immediately the 4,000 expected … Continue reading The ‘Mad Men’ are dead! Long live the new advertising lions!
The Deals API aims to replace the manual mess behind programmatic deals with structure, transparency and accountability. Constantine von Hoffman on December 4, 2025 In a move that could clean up one of programmatic advertising’s messier processes, IAB Tech Lab has released version 1.0 of its proposed Deals API for public comment. The new … Continue reading IAB Tech Lab proposes Deals API for programmatic advertising
Microsoft Ads is moving beyond clicks with impressions-based remarketing. Here’s what this shift means for channels, budgets and strategy. Sean Nowlin on September 12, 2025 Microsoft search ads updates usually fly under the radar — such is life as a distant second to Google — but a late August announcement deserves attention: the launch … Continue reading Why impression-based advertising will redefine search and CTV
Musk Quest For Microsoft AI Software Biz Likely Includes Ads by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, August 25, 2025 As the generative AI arms race heats up, Elon Musk has introduced Macrohard, a crowdsourced name on X. The move challenges Microsoft and others by building a software company run purely by AI. Musk announced his … Continue reading Musk’s Quest For Microsoft’s AI Software Biz Likely To Include Advertising
Musk’s Near $100B OpenAI Bid Could Complicate Advertising by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, August 22, 2025 Billions are being discussed in the world of artificial intelligence as if they represent a penny of a dollar bill — and advertisers could be caught in the middle of the ongoing feud between OpenAI co-founders Elon Musk … Continue reading Musk’s Near $100B OpenAI Bid Could Complicate Advertising
Pope Calls AI ‘Existential Threat,’ Cannes Attendees Discuss Its Advertising Future by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 19, 2025 Pope Leo XIV laid out his priorities for the first time this week since his election as Pope. He revealed that he had chosen his papal name because of the technology revolution. He explained that his … Continue reading Pope Calls AI ‘Existential Threat,’ Cannes Attendees Discuss Its Advertising Future
