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The cookie stays crumbled: APAC experts weigh in on Google decision
After five years of promises, billions spent, and a cookieless future touted as inevitable, Google’s recent decision to hold onto third-party cookies has left the ad industry in limbo. Experts across the region call it a strategic stall and a blow to privacy leadership.
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ROI index charts rise of Moloco and Reddit alongside big tech
Whilst smaller ad networks reshape the mobile ad landscape with high returns, X’s reliance on gambling and adult content points to a more polarising path forward.
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Google reveals third-party cookies are here to stay
Tech giant’s 360 u-turn will mean advertisers can still use third-party cookies to target consumers.
Campaign Spotlight Indonesia 2025: When technology, consumers and culture collide
The Jakarta event brought together marketing leaders to discuss the future of the industry, from AI and DTC to consumer behavior and local brand strategies.
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Ad block party: Can Google’s AI shut the gate early?
The tech major’s new AI-led regime is pushing ad vetting upstream, giving agencies cleaner inventory but demanding sharper compliance and smarter creative.
Move and win roundup: Week of April 21, 2025
Catch up on our weekly roundup of people moves and pitch wins, with the latest updates from Ellerton & Co., AML Group, R/GA, The Atticism, Anak, Meta, Omnicom, Havas, Adobe, W Communications, BurdaLuxury, UM and more.
Clicks, consent, and conscience: Marketing to the young consumers online
With livestream restrictions and content filters rising, marketers are rethinking their strategies about connecting with the youth, while keeping trust and ethics front and center.
Google uses AI to block harmful ads—but inconsistencies remain
Google’s 2024 Ads Safety Report outlines how AI is being used to identify and prevent ad policy violations at scale. While enforcement activity has increased, persistent gaps and inconsistencies exist across markets.
AI is no longer optional: Appier's CEO on creative intelligence and the company’s next chapter
Following Appier’s acquisition of AdCreative.ai, CEO Chih-Han Yu outlines the company’s full-stack marketing AI vision, what’s next for the firm, and the evolving role of CMOs in this era of AI-powered marketing.
Google faces $6 billion lawsuit in the UK for dominating search and ‘overcharging’ advertisers
Competition lawyer Dr Or Brook alleges Google has used its dominant position to charge overinflated ad prices.
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Out-of-phone: What happens when creator content leaves the feed?
TikTok’s Dan Page and L’Oréal’s Abhishek Grover share insights from a Southeast Asia-first campaign that tested the power of creator storytelling across screens and cities.
Meta faces scrutiny as FTC antitrust trial begins over Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions
The Federal Trade Commission’s long-running case against Meta has entered a new legal phase, with Instagram and WhatsApp at the centre of allegations that the tech giant built a social-media monopoly through acquisitions.
Google's AI-powered video platform Veo 2 integrated into Brandtech’s marketing platform Pencil Pro
Marketers such as Japan Airlines have already begun using Veo 2 for in-flight video content.
Samsung Ads expands partnership with Magnite to enhance streaming TV audience addressability
Magnite will facilitate access to Samsung Ads programmatic inventory across markets including Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand.
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DoubleVerify claims Adalytics ‘manipulated findings’ in recent report on general invalid traffic
DoubleVerify alleges that the findings of Adalytics’ GIVT report are misleading and that the firm has a track record of misrepresenting verification technology and data.
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Are search engines evolving into personal assistants?
Gen AI is reshaping search in three specific ways, and advertisers need to adapt to a new ‘cross pollination effect’, Forrester analysis finds.
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Will AI chatbot advertising disrupt adland?
With the rapid rise in popularity of chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity, Campaign explores the impact of an advertising model, and competition with major players like Google and Meta.
DoubleVerify invests in FirstPartyCapital
The company aims to support innovation in the global adtech ecosystem through this investment.
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All AI, no 'aha': Has SXSW lost its creative spark?
Once the industry’s most inspiring week, SXSW 2025 leaned too heavily on AI and left creativity to the sidelines. If it wants to stay relevant for brand and agency leaders, it’s time to refocus on substance over spectacle.
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Trump postpones TikTok ban for another 75 days
Plus, a handy cheat sheet overview of who is reportedly kicking the tires on TikTok.
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