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Baidu warns of ad revenue slowdown after quarterly results beat
Baidu has beaten quarterly revenue and profit estimates on the strength of its cloud business, but warned that China’s regulatory crackdown and the pandemic would weigh on ad...
US states file updated antitrust complaint against Google
A group of US states led by Texas have filed an amended complaint against Google accusing the tech giant of using coercive tactics and breaking antitrust laws in its efforts to boo...
Snap launches studio to create augmented reality ads
Snap Inc is launching a studio to help brands create augmented reality advertising and experiences, part of a move to popularize the use of technology that can overlay computer-gen...
Twitter debuts new ad features, revamped algorithm ahead of e-commerce push
Twitter has rolled out new ad features and revamped the algorithm that decides which ads users see, as part of an effort to lay the groundwork to launch future e-commerce features,...
Twitter to sell mobile ad unit MoPub for $1 billion
Twitter Inc has said it has agreed to sell mobile ad company MoPub to AppLovin Corp for $1.05 billion in cash, as the microblogging platform looks to focus more on advertisements o...
Senator asks Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions on teen safety
Senator Ed Markey has asked for answers from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after new research suggested the social media titan failed to prevent display of harmful advertisements to...
Facebook warns it is ‘underreporting’ iOS ad results amid Apple privacy changes
Facebook Inc said it is underreporting the results of its advertising business on Apple Inc iOS devices, acknowledging that recent privacy changes from the iPhone maker have made i...
US lawmaker says Facebook move to cut off researcher access is ‘deeply concerning’
Senator Mark Warner has said that Facebook Inc’s move to disable the accounts of a group of New York University researchers who were studying political ads on its platform wa...
LinkedIn must face narrowed US lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers
A US judge said Microsoft Corp’s LinkedIn must face a lawsuit claiming it inflated the number of people who watched video ads on the networking platform, allowing it to overc...
Spotify quarterly revenue beats on paid users, ad rebound
Spotify Technology SA beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue, as the Swedish music streaming company reported a 20% jump in paid subscribers for its premium service ...
Facebook’s slowdown warning hangs over strong ad sales,
Facebook Inc has said it expects revenue growth to “decelerate significantly,” sending the social media giant’s shares down 3.5% in extended trading even as it re...
Digital ad platform Outbrain valued at more than $1 billion in Nasdaq debut
Shares of Outbrain Inc opened flat in their Nasdaq debut last week, giving the web recommendation platform a market capitalization of nearly $1.1 billion.
Comcast says ad rates for fall TV up double-digit percentage from last year
Comcast has said advertising rates and the volume of ad inventory it sold for the fall television season rose by double-digit percentages from the same period last year, as the par...
Google’s adtech business set to face formal EU probe by year-end
Google could face its biggest regulatory threat, with EU antitrust regulators set to open a formal investigation into its lucrative digital advertising business before the end of t...
YouTube bans masthead ads for politics, alcohol and bets
Alphabet Inc’s YouTube will no longer allow political or election ads in its coveted masthead spot at the top of the site’s homepage nor ads for alcohol, gambling and p...