Meta unfriends the news industry in growing rift with publishers, reports FT

Apple Tests 'Apple GPT', Develops Generative AI Tools to Catch OpenAI, reports Bloomberg

Ad giant IPG's data arm Kinesso has gone through an executive exodus, and the unit faces an uncertain future, reports Insider

Microsoft, Activision urge U.S. to drop case against deal before internal FTC judge, reports Reuters

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extend deadline for merger, reports FT

Netflix Earnings For Q2 2023 Show +2.7% YoY Revenue Growth, Net Income Up By +3.3% YoY

Omnicom Media Group Earnings For Q2 2023 Show +1.2% YoY Revenue Growth, Net Income Up By +3.6% YoY

Netflix gets rid of cheapest basic ad-free option in the U.S. and U.K., reports CNBC

After Cutting Open-Market Programmatic, Bloomberg Media Sees Efficiency Gains and Revenue Losses, reports Adweek

Meta Unveils a More Powerful A.I. and Isn’t Fretting Over Who Uses It, reports NYT

Spain antitrust watchdog fines Amazon and Apple $218 million, reports Reuters

TikTok to perform 'stress test' ahead of EU Digital Services Act, reports Reuters

Disney approaches Indian court in Google in-app billing dispute, reports Reuters

Warner Music, TikTok Sign Expanded Licensing Agreement, reports Bloomberg

Agency reviews cost over $1 million on average according to new study, reports AdAge

Meta Under Fire for Rejecting Sexual Health Ads, reports Adweek

U.S. lawmakers extend social media investigation to Meta’s Threads, reports CNBC

Peacock Becomes Latest Streaming Service to Raise Prices, reports WSJ

Facebook, Instagram face Norwegian ban from tracking users for ads, reports Politico

ViewersLogic and Ebiquity ink media data deal, reports The Media Leader

Court denies FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard, reports The Verge

Meta Stock Surge Adds $60 Billion After Threads Launch, And One Analyst Predicts Potential $1 Trillion Valuation, reports Forbes

The European Parliament is auditing years of its Google ads following a report that alleged YouTube misled advertisers, reports Insider

Appeals court halts order barring Biden administration communications with social media companies, reports CBS

FTC files to appeal Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger, reports CNN

Disney could soon sell its TV assets as Iger says business 'may not be core' to the company, reports CNBC

Amazon's 'biggest ever' Prime Day boosts US online sales to $12.7 billion, reports Reuters

FTC Chair Lina Khan and Republicans to Face Off Over Twitter Probe, reports WSJ

Texas’ TikTok ban hit with First Amendment lawsuit, reports CNN

Omnicom buys global media agency Ptarmigan for 'deep' financial services expertise, with five key offices in APAC, reports Campaign

Google hit with class-action lawsuit over AI data scraping, reports Reuters

Some Amazon advertisers are building customized tools to prevent Prime Day glitches from draining their ad spend, reports Insider

Havas Takes Majority Stake in Creative Agency Uncommon, reports WSJ

Roku users can buy products from Shopify merchants with their TV remote, reports TechCrunch

Amazon launches first U.S. challenge to EU content rules and says it would be 'unfairly singled out', reports CNBC

Carlsberg Group Selects iProspect as New Global Media Agency, reports Adweek

Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools, reports CBS

TikTok crackdown bill may need changes, US senator says, reports Reuters

Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard, reports The Verge

Data Protection: European Commission adopts new adequacy decision for safe and trusted EU-US data flows

Twitch is adding Stories and a feed for discovering new streamers to watch, reports Engadget

Twitter Sues Law Firm Over $90 Million Payment in Elon Musk Deal, reports NYT

UM wins Upfield's global media account, reports Campaign

NBCU Restructures, Movie Exec Donna Langley Ascends, reports MediaPost

Netflix Likely To Take Ad-Tech In-House To Enable New Formats, reports MediaPost

Omnicom Acquires Award Winning Creative Agency Grabarz & Partner

Twitter threatens trade secrets lawsuit over Meta’s Threads app, reports CNN

ByteDance launches new music streaming service in Brazil, Indonesia, reports Reuters

Canadian government has suspended its advertising on Meta, reports CBC

Meta’s Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won’t launch in EU yet, reports TechCrunch

Havas Acquires Mumbai Based Digital Marketing Agency PivotRoots, reports Agency Reporter

Elon Musk issues temporary limit on number of Twitter posts users can view, reports CBS

MediaMath To File For Bankruptcy After Acquisition Talks Fall Apart, reports AdExchanger

Spotify Is in Talks to Test Full-Length Music Videos in App, reports Bloomberg

Canada can't cave to 'intimidation tactics' by Google and Meta over online news law, reports CBC

YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers, reports The Verge

TikTok forming a 'Youth Council' to make the platform safer for teens, reports CBS

After Montana Banned TikTok, Users Sued. TikTok Is Footing Their Bill, reports NYT

Google Violated Its Standards in Ad Deals Research Finds, reports WSJ

U.S. publishers experience testing fatigue as they evaluate alternative IDs to third-party cookie, reports Digiday

Longer Ad View Times Emit Less Emissions, Study By Magna And Oracle Finds, reports MediaPost

FTC sues Amazon, alleging it tricked consumers into signing up for Prime, reports CNN

Omnicom wraps Cannes deals with Criteo and InfoSum data partnership, reports Digiday

Adtech giant Criteo hit with revised €40M fine by French data privacy body over GDPR breaches, reports TechCrunch

Omnicom deal with Snowflake creates a multi-party clean room using Albertsons and video publishers data, reports Digiday

Twitch replaces its mature content mode with more granular 'labels', reports Engadget

Google and Omnicom join forces on efforts to bring AI-generated creative to adland, reports The Drum

Paramount Wants Its Competitors To Use Its New Clean Room, reports AdExchanger

The Trade Desk and Walmart Connect Will Test Integration of Unified ID 2.0 into the Walmart DSP

Pinterest launches the Inspired Internet Pledge, reports WARC

Disney to integrate Google's ad ID in post-cookie ad tech deal, reports AdAge

RTL and The Trade Desk ink addressable tie-up, reports Digiday

Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition, reports Reuters

Roku Rolls Out New Ad Formats To Reach Ad-Free Viewers, reports AdExchanger

Kroger Earnings For Q1 2023 Show +1.3% YoY Revenue Growth, Net Income Up By +44.4% YoY

NBCUniversal Joins Walmart Connect Partner Lab To Test Retail Impact of Ads on Streaming Sports, reports NextTV

Twitter hit with $250 million lawsuit from music publishers over alleged copyright infringement, reports CNN

TikTok Expands Brand Safety Measurement Partnership with Integral Ad Science, reports SocialMediaToday

Criteo Launches First-ever Supply-side Platform Built for Commerce

Outbrain Launches 'Onyx', a New Branding Platform Built to Maximize Attention

YouTube drastically lowers requirements for video monetization, reports 9to5google

Spotify fined in Sweden over GDPR data access complaint, reports TechCrunch

HSBC calls fresh global media review, reports Campaign

Twitch scraps ad changes after streamers leave platform, reports BBC

The Trade Desk launches slew of updates in its quest to wrest ad dollars from Walled Gardens, reports Digiday

Publicis acquires e-commerce digital agency Corra, reports Campaign

FTC Will Require Microsoft to Pay $20 million over Charges it Illegally Collected Personal Information from Children without Their Parents’ Consent

Amid a dearth of ad tech M&A, LiveRamp fielded inbound inquiries over a potential sale, reports Digiday

Shell launches global media review, prompting protests at incumbent WPP’s offices, reports Campaign

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes, reports NPR

FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy Law by Keeping Kids’ Alexa Voice Recordings Forever and Undermining Parents’ Deletion Requests

YouTube Stories, which are not Shorts, are going away, reports 9to5google

Netflix begins password sharing crackdown in the US, reports CNN

Facebook owner Meta begins final round of mass layoffs, reports The Guardian

Microsoft appeals UK veto of Activision Blizzard takeover, reports BBC

TikTok sues Montana to overturn first US state ban, reports BBC

Comcast Introduces NOW TV: A $20 Entertainment Option With 60+ Streaming and FAST Channels, Plus Peacock Premium

1.2 billion euro fine for Facebook as a result of EDPB binding decision

Integral Ad Science earns industry's first MRC accreditation for CTV viewable impressions

Netflix ad tier has nearly 5 million monthly active users, reports Reuters