TikTok scores sizable Disney deal including a content hub and publisher partnership, reports TechCrunch

Kids Suing Social Media Over Addiction Find a Win Amid Losses, reports Bloomberg

Supreme Court Extends Pause in Biden Social Media Contact Case, reports Bloomberg

Meta takes steps to remove Hamas-related disinformation, reports Reuters

Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Deal Cleared by UK, reports Bloomberg

Scope3 Raises $20 Million to Expand Business Measuring Digital Ads’ Emissions, reports WSJ

New Working Group Wants To Expedite Retail Media OpenRTB Standards, reports AdExchanger

Google Ad Changes Leave Marketers Flying Blind, Expert Says, reports Bloomberg

Judge questions Montana’s ban on TikTok, reports The Verge

Comcast and Disney hire investment banks to value Hulu as sale process makes progress, reports CNBC

TikTok Gets EU Warning Over Violent Videos and Disinformation From Hamas-Israel War Reported on App, reports Variety

After delays, X updates Community Notes fact-checks to improve speed and distribution, reports TechCrunch

EU opens probe into Elon Musk’s X over Israel-Hamas war misinformation, reports FT

Google Warns the EU That It Will Fight Attempts to Break Up Ad Business, reports Bloomberg

Google to pay German publishers 3.2 million euros per year on interim basis, reports Reuters

Canada news industry body backs Google's concerns about online news law, reports Reuters

Google to defend generative AI users from copyright claims, reports Reuters

Google’s AI-powered search experience can now generate images and write drafts, reports TechCrunch

Instacart Partners With DoubleVerify, IAS on Ad Authentication, reports Progressive Grocer

Buyers Question Inventory Quality, Transparency on Google's AI-powered Performance Max, reports AdWeek

NY officials announce legislation aimed at protecting kids on social media, reports CNN

India has embraced WhatsApp, but Meta now needs to make it pay, reports FT

Microsoft’s Tweaks to $69 Billion Activision Deal Avoid EU Probe, reports Bloomberg

Southeast Asia eyes hands-off AI rules, defying EU ambitions, reports Reuters

Germany's anti-discrimination agency quits X over anti-minority posts, reports Reuters

EU urges Big Tech to tackle terrorist content after Hamas attack, reports Reuters

Google Launches Ad Measurement Tool For Brands In The Post-cookie Era, reports AdAge

California Governor Signs Delete Act, reports MediaPost

Blackstone holds initial talks with Disney for stake in India arm, reports Reuters

Havas Agencies To Use Adobe Firefly To Boost Supply Chain, reports MediaPost

Google Ads rolls out Demand Gen to all customers globally, reports Search Engine Land

TikTok Must Face Lawsuit Over Pixel Tracking, reports MediaPost

Meta unveils brand suitability controls for Reels, reports Marketing Brew

EU’s Breton Urges Musk to Rein In Israel-Hamas Disinformation on X, reports Bloomberg

Google’s Pichai Decried Bad Optics of Search Engine Deal With Apple, reports Bloomberg

Utah sues TikTok, claiming app has harmful impact on children, reports Reuters

Hamas Seeds Violent Videos on Sites With Little Moderation, reports NYT

Adobe created a symbol to encourage tagging AI-generated content, reports The Verge

X changes its public interest policy to redefine newsworthiness of posts, reports TechCrunch

Roku Is Training TV Viewers To Go From Watching To Purchasing, reports AdAge

Paramount Picks ISpot.TV As TV Ad Currency Alternative To Nielsen, reports AdAge

Nearly Half The Data Used For Ad Targeting Is Wrong, reports AdAge

Spotify puts restrictions on its free tier in India to attract more paid users, reports TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s X adds to fog of war at outset of Israel-Hamas conflict, reports CNN

One in 10 brands say current agency model fits future needs, reports The Media Leader

Nelson Peltz Boosts Disney Stake, Seeks Board Seats, reports WSJ

X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report, reports The Verge

X to Test Three Tiers of Service in Latest Musk Overhaul, reports Bloomberg

Google Rejects Trudeau’s Olive Branch, Threatens News Link Block Over New Law, reports Bloomberg

Streaming companies chase Spanish-language sports rights to capture growing Hispanic viewership, reports CNBC

Alphabet CEO Pichai Set to Testify in Google Play Trial, reports Bloomberg

G-7 Plans to Ask AI Companies to Agree to Watermarks and Audits, reports Bloomberg

Google Changed Ad Auctions, Raising Prices 15%, Witness Says, reports Bloomberg

Disney Said to Be in Talks With Adani, Sun TV to Sell India Assets, reports Bloomberg

Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week, reports The Verge

Snap Gets Enforcement Notice From UK Watchdog on AI Chatbot, reports Bloomberg

US Warns EU’s Landmark AI Policy Will Only Benefit Big Tech, reports Bloomberg

South Korea warns Google and Apple of possible fines over apps marketing, reports Reuters

Media experts argue social media is no search rival in the DoJ’s antitrust tussle with Google, reports Digiday

Google Posed Worries for Wireless Carriers Mulling Search App, reports Bloomberg

Broken guardrails for AI systems lead to push for new safety measures, reports FT

Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes, reports AP News

UNESCO and the Netherlands launch project to prepare for AI supervision, reports Reuters

Google Ads, Search and Chrome bosses plotted to boost ad revenue in emails, reports Search Engine Land

Elon Musk’s X faces advertiser backlash after placing marketing for major brands on notorious white supremacist account, reports CNN

Magnite Unveils New Demand Manager Feature Powered by Machine Learning to Help Publishers Earn Incremental Revenue

X Ads Are Being Challenged by Reader Context, reports WSJ

Google changes user data practices to end German antitrust probe, reports Reuters

Newsrooms try AI to check for bias and error, reports Axios

US ad revenue at Musk's X declined each month since takeover, reports Reuters

Smaller Canadian Publishers Suffer From Meta’s Move to Block News, reports WSJ

Amazon planning major AI revamp that will change the search experience, reports Search Engine Land

Taboola expects its 30-year Yahoo deal, now live, to boost annual revenue by $1B, reports Axios

X stops showing headlines because Elon Musk thinks it will make posts look better, reports The Verge

AI Startup Anthropic in Early Talks With Investors to Raise $2 Billion, reports Bloomberg

US Commerce head backs legislation to address TikTok threats, reports Reuters

Apple Considered, Rejected Switch to DuckDuckGo From Google, reports Bloomberg

Google’s New Virtual Assistant to Include Bard AI Tools, reports Bloomberg

EU to study mobile ecosystems to counter any Apple and Google antitrust pushback, reports Reuters

US in antitrust trial accuses Google of illegal methods to push up ad prices, reports Reuters

Omnicom Wins BMW Media Account In US, Canada And Latin America, reports AdAge

Meta Is Rolling Out Its First Gen AI Tools For Ad Creative, reports AdExchanger

Social media traffic to top news sites craters, reports Axios

Brussels warns against paranoia when regulating generative AI, reports FT

EU lawmakers back tough media law against Big Tech's content removal decisions, reports Reuters

LinkedIn Introduces Generative AI-Powered Tool for B2B Marketers, reports AdWeek

News execs lobby lawmakers on AI protections, reports Axios

Amazon Used Secret Project Nessie Algorithm to Raise Prices, reports WSJ

Amazon To Shutter Ad Server In Q4 2024, reports MediaPost

WPP and Shopify Unveil Global Partnership, reports MediaPost

Federal appeals court extends limits on Biden administration communications with social media companies to top US cybersecurity agency, reports CNN

Paramount Weighs Dropping India Streaming Plan for Partnership, reports Bloomberg

Meta news leader Campbell Brown exits company, marking end of era, reports Axios

TikTok Halts Indonesia Online Shop to Comply With New Rule, reports Bloomberg

Meta’s Oversight Board will weigh in on altered Facebook video of Joe Biden, reports Engadget

Netflix Plans to Raise Prices After Actors Strike Ends, reports WSJ

Senators Probe TikTok’s Executive Transfers From ByteDance, reports WSJ

Netflix Ad President Departs, reports AdAge

Ex-Googler’s Struggling Search Startup Becomes Antitrust Cautionary Tale, reports Bloomberg

TikTok confirms small test of an ad-free subscription tier outside the US, reports TechCrunch