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Adtech Consolidation: Carbon-Measurement Firm Pyure Buys klima&so to Build an 'Eco-Media' Player
As advertisers face pressure to report campaign CO2, a bigger German player is forming — a martech/sustainability niche that's quietly becoming a buying criterion.
Sep 73 min read


KiK Ditches the Film Shoot: The Discounter's New TV Spots Are Made Entirely With Generative AI
One of the most concrete 'AI replaces the production shoot' cases from a mainstream German advertiser — a live test of cost, quality and where humans still sit.
Sep 73 min read


Lyon Comms Group Ceetadel Takes On Azulis Capital to Fund an AI and Data Expansion
More evidence of investor money flowing into French independent comms groups specifically to fund AI and data capability.
Sep 73 min read


Viginum's Chief Marc-Antoine Brillant Leaves to Launch a 'Counter-Interference' Agency With Havas
A high-profile public-to-private move puts Havas into the disinformation-defence business — a sensitive intersection of comms, security and politics.
Sep 73 min read


TF1 Pub Launches 'TF1 Business Partners' to Sell Video Advertising to SMEs
Big broadcaster sales houses are chasing the long tail of SME advertisers — a notable expansion of TV and CTV's addressable market in France.
Sep 73 min read


FranceTV Publicité Runs France's First CTV Campaign Piloted on 'Contacts' via Co-Viewing
A concrete French ad-tech first — moving CTV from impressions to people-based 'co-viewing' contacts, a template rivals will chase.
Sep 73 min read


Disney+ Signs Groupe M6's Biggest Shows — France's Streaming Counter-Move to Netflix-TF1
A structural shift in French streaming: Disney+ lands M6's biggest shows, reshaping where French audiences — and ad money — go.
Sep 73 min read


Google Overhauls How It Counts Display Ad Impressions, Moving to 'Begin-to-Render'
Impression counting is the foundational currency of digital advertising. Google's shift to begin-to-render could quietly reset baselines across the open web.
Sep 73 min read


Hoka Turns New York Into a Live Leaderboard With a Strava-Powered DOOH Campaign
A clean case study in fusing wearable/fitness data with digital out-of-home — turning static screens into live competition dashboards.
Sep 73 min read


The Trade Desk Cuts About 15% of Its Global Workforce After a Weak Quarter
The biggest independent demand-side platform is laying off ~15% of staff after a soft quarter — a warning sign for the open programmatic market.
Sep 73 min read


Vodafone Sells 'SuperMobile' Like an Action Blockbuster in VodafoneThree's First Big Push
VodafoneThree's first big post-merger campaign sells premium tier 'SuperMobile' with cinematic, Roman Kemp-fronted craft — and a pricing lesson for anyone selling a premium upgrade.
Sep 73 min read


AI Will Run 80% of US Ad Spend by 2028 — Here's How to Keep Control
Gartner says 80% of US ad spend will flow through AI-powered platforms by 2028. Here's how marketers can keep control of budgets and guard against the 'machine bias' that favours the platforms.
Sep 43 min read


bonprix Opens a Second External Sales Channel — Selling on Deichmann.de
Otto Group fashion brand bonprix expanded its partner-commerce strategy by selling apparel through shoe retailer Deichmann's online marketplace — its second external channel.
Sep 30 min read


Simon Turns Mall Foot-Traffic Into an Advertiser Pitch
Mall giant Simon Property Group is pitching advertisers on first-party location and foot-traffic data from its properties, reframing 'retail media' to include the mall itself.
Sep 30 min read


Ace Hardware Bolts Weather-Triggered Ads Onto Its Retail Media Network
Ace Hardware's RedVest Media added weather-triggered programmatic ads — auto-serving generator or fan promos when local forecasts spike — plus DoorDash, influencer and measurement tools.
Sep 30 min read


OpenAI's ChatGPT Ads Business Hits a $1 Billion Run Rate in About 200 Days
OpenAI says its ChatGPT advertising business reached a $1 billion annualized run rate about 200 days after launch, and is rolling out self-serve access in Europe.
Sep 30 min read


Google Escapes an Ad-Tech Breakup as Judge Orders Behavioral Fixes Instead
A federal judge ruled Google won't have to sell its AdX exchange, rejecting the DOJ's breakup demand and ordering behavioral remedies instead — the biggest open-web ad question, resolved for now.
Sep 30 min read


Greggs Hunts Its First Head of Data and AI to Get 'Agentic'
Greggs is recruiting a dedicated Head of Data & AI to move from experiments to production-ready 'agentic' AI, building on machine-learning work across supply chain and loyalty.
Sep 30 min read


CMA Media Launches RMC+ to Accelerate Into Social-First Streaming
CMA Media has launched RMC+, a social-first streaming platform replacing RMC BFM Play, as the French group accelerates into on-demand and short-form video.
Sep 20 min read


Locala Rebrands Around 'Adaptive Advertising' to Fuel Its Next Growth Phase
French-founded ad-tech firm Locala has rebranded around 'Adaptive Advertising', an AI-and-location positioning it frames as the foundation for its next phase of growth.
Sep 20 min read
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