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PPINGG Surpasses 1,000 Paying Customers as Monthly Ad Spend Exceeds $1 Million
The milestone reflects growing demand for accessible connected TV advertising among small and midsize businesses in the United States. PPINGG, a connected TV (CTV) advertising platform for U.S. small and midsize businesses, announced that it has surpassed 1,000 paying customers. Advertisers using PPINGG now spend more than $1 million per month on CTV campaigns, according […]
Medeo Introduces Creative OS, Taking AI Video From Trend Discovery to Monetization in One Continuous Workflow
Medeo’s AI video agent now runs the full creative lifecycle, from spotting what’s trending to publishing and earning from the finished video Medeo, the AI video platform built by One2X, today announced its expansion into a Creative OS, an AI video generator and AI video agent that enables creators, marketers, and brands to take an […]
How To Help AI Shopping Agents Find Your Products via @sejournal, @hethr_campbell
Join seoClarity on October 28 at 2 p.m. ET to learn how product-page language, competitor recommendations, and readable product data affect AI shopping discovery. The post How To Help AI Shopping Agents Find Your Products appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
European Regulators Launch Pilot Of A Political Ad Repository
The European Commission has debuted a pilot version of its European Repository of political advertisements, Digwatch reports. The Repository is a public platform that will make information about political advertising accessible and transparent to the public. The pilot version is now available for voluntary use, and the Commission will separately announce the official deployment date to ad publishers.
Google Will Allow Gaming Ads On Its Mastheads
Google has opened YouTube to Masthead advertising from gaming operators, CDC Gaming reports. Masthead, which are video advertisement sat the top of YouTube’s homepage, has been allowed for sports betting advertising, but not most other forms of online gambling. Gaming advertisers must be certified under Google’s Gambling and Games policy.
Vice Names Shannon Washington As President Of Its Creative Agency
Vice Media has appointed Shannon Washington as president of its creative agency, Virtue Worldwide, Roast Brief reports. Washington will be tasked with determining the agency’s name and leveraging its connection to the Vice brand. She also will be charged with expanding the firm’s brand marketing via Vice Sports. Washington, a brand builder and creative leader, will report to Vice Media CEO Adam Stotsky.
Getty To Enter Chapter 11, Will Restructure By The End Of The Year
Getty Images, a major supplier of images to media, plans to file a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy and take itself private, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This follow Getty’s abandonment of a $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock, a competitor. Getty expects to emerge from restructuring by the end of the year. The firm said in an investor presentation its iStock eCommerce business has seen “declining agency demand and disruption.” And Getty has seen its annual subscriptions fall from 321,000 to 241,000, but this was a “deliberate strategy to deemphasize lower-value acquisition channels, including the discontinuation of our iStock free trial program.” It will now focus more on its archive and news photography business.
SpaceX wants 456 launches/year
SpaceX is requesting permission for up to 456 Starship launches and 912 landings per year from its existing Starbase facility at Boca Chica, Texas. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), on October 14th, invited public consultation and details of potential environmental impacts on the scheme with a ‘Notice of Intent’ and signalling that it is […]
Prebid’s Proposed Auction Overhaul Would Do What The Court Wouldn’t: Separate AdX From GAM
Last month, a federal court ordered Google to integrate with Prebid but didn’t say how. So Prebid is writing the instructions itself. The organization is moving ahead with a proposal to let ad servers bid into Prebid rather than Prebid bidding into ad servers, which is how Prebid auctions currently work. Prebid previewed this new […] The post Prebid’s Proposed Auction Overhaul Would Do What The Court Wouldn’t: Separate AdX From GAM appeared first on AdExchanger.
FTC Sues Operator of Sextortion Relief Scheme for Misleading Consumers into Believing it Would Identify Criminals and End Sextortion Attacks
Digital Forensics charges consumers thousands of dollars but fails to provide promised services and engages in deceptive review practices, FTC alleges A federal court has granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request to temporarily halt the activities of Digital Forensics Corporation LLC and its CEO for allegedly defrauding consumers out of millions of dollars using false and deceptive promises relating to “sextortion assistance services.” View Press Release
FTC, States Ask Federal Court to Hold Martin Shkreli in Contempt for Allegedly Violating Lifetime Ban from Pharmaceutical Industry
Commission cites evidence it alleges shows that Shkreli repeatedly violated a 2022 order that banned him from working in the pharmaceutical industry for life The Federal Trade Commission and seven states today asked a federal judge to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt based on their allegations that he flagrantly and repeatedly violated a 2022 court order that banned him from the pharmaceutical industry. View Press Release
Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/11/2026
T-Series has been on a hot streak in the Global Top 50, but this week, the most-watched YouTube channel of all time could only manage a third-place finish in our weekly viewership ranking. U.S.-based channels Zack D. Films and MaviGadget surged past the Indian record label, with Zack recording 1.39 billion weekly views and taking first place. It's rare to see an independent creator like Zack at the front of the Global Top 50. That being said, not all entrants in the Global Top 50 are one-man shows. Some are affiliated with brands that are using smart ad campaigns to haul in massive view counts. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
Talk to the algorithm: Facebook is the latest platform to add a recommendation-altering chatbot for users
Major social platforms just love their chatbots–because those chatbots mean users are now responsible for fixing their own recommendation algorithms, instead of big tech companies having to (gasp) pay people for code cleanup. YouTube did it, X did it, Instagram did it, and now Facebook joins the ranks. Its new “Your Algorithm” system asks users […] Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/11/2026
Lucan Pevidor's reign as the leader of the Global Sub Top 50 has come to an end. The Brazilian creator was #1 in this ranking for the entire month of September, but October is MrBeast's time to shine. Boosted by a host of new videos and partnerships, Jimmy Donaldson added two million weekly subscribers on his primary channel. Pevidor, in second place, could only make it halfway to that total. All of the channels in the Global Sub Top 50 added at least 280,000 weekly subscribers. Some of them are picking up viewership at a rate that's downright spooky. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
Epic Games Pivots To Drive 'AI Acceleration'
To "design for the present," Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said the Fortnite maker is pivoting to prioritize the use of AI.
Ikea’s CMO sees LLMs as the newest place a brand has to hold its line
LLMs have widened the brand. Ikea’s CMO thinks the basics still hold.
Future of TV Briefing: TikTok Shop success = small creators + more videos
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how “more videos from smaller creators” is the recipe for success on TikTok Shop.
Big Wins For Publicis; Small Wins For Privacy
Show ’Em Who’s Boss No CEO wants to fall behind in the AI race. Publicis is turning that fear into a selling point. The holding company saw consistent net revenue growth in Q3, up 5% from the first half of the year, and notably won PepsiCo’s business last month. Funny note about that PepsiCo deal: […] The post Big Wins For Publicis; Small Wins For Privacy appeared first on AdExchanger.
Google, UPS Hit With Privacy Suit Over Package Tracking
Two California residents have filed a privacy lawsuit against Google and United Parcel Service over a feature that enables people to track package deliveries from a box on a Google search page.
Meta Blasts New Mexico Request For $40 Billion Fine
"Such a massive penalty would cause legitimate businesses to flee New Mexico in droves and would run roughshod over a host of constitutional protections," Meta argued in papers filed late last week with Santa Fe County Judge Francis Mathew.
Bumble Acquired For $1.3 Billion, Goes Private
Bumble - the app where women send the first message to match - has been acquired by new owner Ithaca Holdings for $1.3 billion and will soon become a private company.
Facebook Launches Prompt-Based Feed, Reels Customization
Facebook is inviting users to "fine-tune" their experience by directing the app's algorithms with written prompts related to which content they most want to see on their Feed and Reels pages.
Nielsen: 75% of Americans say they’re football fans
Research from Nielsen shows a significant surge in football fandom in the US on the heels of the FIFA World Cup 2026. Nielsen’s proprietary Fan Insights data show that the number of people identifying as football fans in the US jumped from 66.8 million in July 2025 to 75.2 million in July 2026. Overall, over […]
Ampere CEO: “Ads are the future for streaming”
Guy Bisson, executive director and cofounder at Ampere Analysis, introduced his MIPCOM session The New Economics of Content, why Advertising Matters, by declaring that “advertising is the future (of growth)” in the streaming market and, by 2029, streaming services will make more money from ad tiers than from premium. A comparison between ad-free subscription and […]