Microsoft Advertising publishes comprehensive retailer playbook addressing Answer Engine Optimization and Generative Engine Optimization as agentic commerce reshapes discovery patterns.

HubSpot and Reddit released a B2B marketing guide showing 70% of decisions happen before sales contact, with Reddit becoming the #1 AI-cited source for research.

AudioGo today expanded its podcast advertising network with high-profile shows from SiriusXM and multicultural publishers, giving marketers access to previously unavailable inventory.

Google Ad Manager and AdSense experienced simultaneous technical disruptions on January 13-14, triggering widespread revenue declines of 50-90% for publishers.

Liftoff files S-1 for Nasdaq IPO amid mobile advertising consolidation, revealing $491.6M revenue and widening losses while Blackstone seeks exit from 2019 investment.

Meta's automated support systems create frustrating loops, preventing advertisers from reaching human assistance when technical issues require intervention.

VIOOH partners with Atmosphere TV to enable programmatic buying across 60,000 place-based streaming venues generating 1 billion monthly impressions in restaurants and airports.

When “build a brand” becomes the answer to everything, it’s time to ask what that really means for SEO.

Why modern search now spans AI retrieval, brand protection, UX, and zero-click discovery.

A Reuters Institute survey finds publishers expect search traffic to drop over 40% in three years as AI answer engines expand.

Brussels published redacted version of €2.95 billion antitrust decision on January 14, 2026, while market testing behavioral remedies Google proposed in November.

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Meta launched User True Interest Survey model on Jan 14, integrating direct feedback to improve Facebook Reels recommendations beyond watch time and likes metrics.

Infillion and Yobi today announced partnership bringing Performance Max-style AI optimization to independent advertisers through privacy-first behavioral intelligence.

Google today expanded campaign total budgets to Search, Performance Max and Shopping campaigns globally in open beta, letting advertisers set fixed spending limits for 3 to 90 days.

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement and WFA today launched a strategic review examining competing approaches across Europe as advertisers demand unified metrics.

Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal questions why websites exist when AI chatbots handle information better, sparking debate about digital publishing's future.

Industry founder challenges Interactive Advertising Bureau to address existential revenue crisis facing digital media companies amid AI traffic collapse

Audioboom reports 54% profit growth to $5.1M with record Q4 revenue while launching Spotify partnership to close video podcast monetization gap between $71 audio RPM and sub-$35 video rates.

Account-level placement exclusions consolidate brand safety controls across Performance Max, Demand Gen, YouTube and Display in a single Google Ads setting.

Meta today banned general-purpose AI chatbots from WhatsApp's Business API while keeping its own Meta AI as the sole assistant on the 3 billion-user platform.