Pinterest launched user controls for generative AI content on October 16, allowing feed customization across beauty, art, fashion and home decor categories.

Podcast company achieves $20.4M revenue and $1.2M profit in Q3 2025 while ranking #1 in US video podcasts. Brand advertisers reach 10,058, up 22% year-on-year.

UK consumers show 83% preference for human customer service agents, though 30% would accept AI automation for lower prices in 8x8 survey of 2,000 adults.

Nexxen announced on October 16 it has licensed automatic content recognition audience segments to Yahoo DSP in the U.S., U.K., and Germany for cross-platform targeting.

Meta announces significant limitations to attribution windows and historical data retention for Ads Insights API starting January 12, 2026.

YouTube Culture & Trends team examines 5,000 top-purchased products from first half of 2025, revealing how creators drive transactions through communities.

Google's head of search explains how AI Overviews increase queries while maintaining ad revenue stability amid publisher concerns over traffic declines.

German industry body BVDW warns fragmented authority structures and resource constraints threaten national AI regulation effectiveness.

Meta implements PG-13 movie rating standards for Instagram Teen Accounts on October 14, 2025, filtering mature content for users under 18 across multiple platforms.

IAB Europe released an updated Pan-European Retail & Commerce Media Landscape Map on October 14, 2025, documenting ecosystem growth with new entrants.

Edison Research publishes quarterly ranking of most-consumed podcasts among 5,000 weekly listeners. Joe Rogan Experience maintains top position.

Facebook launches opt-in feature on October 17, 2025, that surfaces photos from camera rolls and suggests edits using AI for Stories and Feed sharing.

Apple announces five-year deal to stream all F1 races exclusively on Apple TV starting 2026, marking major expansion into live sports broadcasting.

Magnite introduces Project MINT playbook on October 17, 2025, providing minority-owned publishers with programmatic strategies, technical guidance, and case studies.

Looker Studio Pro subscribers can now schedule and send reports directly to Slack workspaces. Google launched the integration on October 16, 2025 in preview.

Amazon introduces fixed-price advertising feature allowing brands to secure top-of-search placements for their branded keywords through the Sponsored Brands platform.

Amazon Ads improves branded search identification in attribution reporting with enhanced matching for brand variations, misspellings, and trademarks across regions.

Amazon's Geographic Insights and Activation API enters beta, providing programmatic control over location-based bid adjustments for Amazon DSP campaigns.

Amazon integrates book review platform into demand-side platform, expanding owned and operated inventory across United States markets.

Amazon DSP forecasting API exits beta and enters general availability, providing real-time campaign forecasts for advertisers through API v1 infrastructure.

Looker Studio adds seven new Google Ads fields including conversion-by-date metrics, customer segmentation, and profit analysis capabilities to reporting platform.