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Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 7h

Nearly one-third of young Americans create content online, survey finds #ContentCreation #GenZ #Millennials #DigitalContent #SocialMedia

Nearly one-third of young Americans create content online, survey finds

Edison Research survey reveals 18% of Americans 13+ create digital content, with 30% of Gen Z and millennials producing online material as of May 2025.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 8h

Bing adds data-nosnippet attribute for search and AI control #Bing #SearchEngine #AI #DigitalMarketing #ContentMarketing

Bing adds data-nosnippet attribute for search and AI control

Publishers gain precision over content display in Bing Search and Copilot through new HTML attribute. Implementation takes seconds to one week.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 8h

Looker Studio expands Google Ads reporting with new conversion fields #GoogleAds #LookerStudio #DigitalMarketing #PPC #MarketingAnalytics

Looker Studio expands Google Ads reporting with new conversion fields

Looker Studio adds seven new Google Ads fields including conversion-by-date metrics, customer segmentation, and profit analysis capabilities to reporting platform.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 8h

Amazon DSP forecasting API reaches general availability #AmazonDSP #DigitalMarketing #ForecastingAPI #AdTech #CampaignManagement

Amazon DSP forecasting API reaches general availability

Amazon DSP forecasting API exits beta and enters general availability, providing real-time campaign forecasts for advertisers through API v1 infrastructure.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 8h

Goodreads joins Amazon DSP as new supply source for advertisers #Goodreads #AmazonDSP #DigitalMarketing #Advertising #BookReviews

Goodreads joins Amazon DSP as new supply source for advertisers

Amazon integrates book review platform into demand-side platform, expanding owned and operated inventory across United States markets.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 9h

Amazon releases geographic optimization API for DSP advertisers #Amazon #DSP #ProgrammaticAdvertising #DigitalMarketing #AdvertisingTech

Amazon releases geographic optimization API for DSP advertisers

Amazon's Geographic Insights and Activation API enters beta, providing programmatic control over location-based bid adjustments for Amazon DSP campaigns.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 9h

Amazon enhances branded search tracking across attribution platform #AmazonAds #BrandedSearch #AttributionTracking #DigitalMarketing #PPCAdvertising

Amazon enhances branded search tracking across attribution platform

Amazon Ads improves branded search identification in attribution reporting with enhanced matching for brand variations, misspellings, and trademarks across regions.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 9h

Amazon launches reserve share of voice for branded search #Amazon #SponsoredBrands #DigitalMarketing #Branding #PPC

Amazon launches reserve share of voice for branded search

Amazon introduces fixed-price advertising feature allowing brands to secure top-of-search placements for their branded keywords through the Sponsored Brands platform.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 9h

Looker Studio adds Slack delivery for Pro users #LookerStudio #GoogleCloud #SlackIntegration #DataReporting #DigitalMarketing

Looker Studio adds Slack delivery for Pro users

Looker Studio Pro subscribers can now schedule and send reports directly to Slack workspaces. Google launched the integration on October 16, 2025 in preview.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 9h

Magnite releases publisher playbook for diverse media growth #DiversityInMedia #MinorityOwned #ProgrammaticAdvertising #MediaGrowth #PublisherPlaybook

Magnite releases publisher playbook for diverse media growth

Magnite introduces Project MINT playbook on October 17, 2025, providing minority-owned publishers with programmatic strategies, technical guidance, and case studies.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 10h

Apple secures exclusive Formula 1 broadcast rights in United States #Formula1 #F1 #AppleTV #LiveSports #SportsBroadcasting

Apple secures exclusive Formula 1 broadcast rights in United States

Apple announces five-year deal to stream all F1 races exclusively on Apple TV starting 2026, marking major expansion into live sports broadcasting.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 10h

Facebook introduces AI-powered photo suggestions and automatic collages #Facebook #AI #PhotoSuggestions #AutomaticCollages #SocialMedia

Facebook introduces AI-powered photo suggestions and automatic collages

Facebook launches opt-in feature on October 17, 2025, that surfaces photos from camera rolls and suggests edits using AI for Stories and Feed sharing.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 10h

Top 50 US podcasts for Q3 2025 released by Edison Research #Podcasts #EdisonResearch #JoeRoganExperience #Top50Podcasts #PodcastRecommendations

Top 50 US podcasts for Q3 2025 released by Edison Research

Edison Research publishes quarterly ranking of most-consumed podcasts among 5,000 weekly listeners. Joe Rogan Experience maintains top position.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 11h

IAB Europe updates retail and commerce media landscape map #IABEurope #RetailMedia #CommerceMedia #MediaLandscape #EcosystemGrowth

IAB Europe updates retail and commerce media landscape map

IAB Europe released an updated Pan-European Retail & Commerce Media Landscape Map on October 14, 2025, documenting ecosystem growth with new entrants.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 11h

Instagram adopts PG-13 ratings for teen content moderation #Instagram #TeenSafety #ContentModeration #PG13 #Meta

Instagram adopts PG-13 ratings for teen content moderation

Meta implements PG-13 movie rating standards for Instagram Teen Accounts on October 14, 2025, filtering mature content for users under 18 across multiple platforms.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 11h

German digital association expresses concerns over AI Act implementation #KünstlicheIntelligenz #AIGesetz #DigitaleTransformation #Technologie #Innovation

German digital association expresses concerns over AI Act implementation

German industry body BVDW warns fragmented authority structures and resource constraints threaten national AI regulation effectiveness.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 14h

Google search chief addresses AI transformation challenges #AI #GoogleSearch #DigitalMarketing #AdRevenue #SearchEngineOptimization

Google search chief addresses AI transformation challenges

Google's head of search explains how AI Overviews increase queries while maintaining ad revenue stability amid publisher concerns over traffic declines.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 17h

YouTube unveils shopping ecosystem data with 5,000 products analyzed #YouTube #ShoppingEcosystem #InfluencerMarketing #Ecommerce #Trends2025

YouTube unveils shopping ecosystem data with 5,000 products analyzed

YouTube Culture & Trends team examines 5,000 top-purchased products from first half of 2025, revealing how creators drive transactions through communities.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 17h

Meta restricts attribution windows and data retention in Ads Insights API #Meta #AdsInsights #DigitalMarketing #Attribution #DataRetention

Meta restricts attribution windows and data retention in Ads Insights API

Meta announces significant limitations to attribution windows and historical data retention for Ads Insights API starting January 12, 2026.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 18h

Nexxen licenses ACR audience segments to Yahoo DSP in three markets #DigitalMarketing #AudienceSegmentation #YahooDSP #Nexxen #ACR

Nexxen licenses ACR audience segments to Yahoo DSP in three markets

Nexxen announced on October 16 it has licensed automatic content recognition audience segments to Yahoo DSP in the U.S., U.K., and Germany for cross-platform targeting.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 18h

UK customers prefer human support over AI despite automation push #CustomerService #HumanTouch #AI #Automation #UKBusiness

UK customers prefer human support over AI despite automation push

UK consumers show 83% preference for human customer service agents, though 30% would accept AI automation for lower prices in 8x8 survey of 2,000 adults.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 20h

Audioboom reports record Q3 revenue with 18% growth from video expansion #Audioboom #Podcasting #Q3Revenue #VideoExpansion #DigitalMarketing

Audioboom reports record Q3 revenue with 18% growth from video expansion

Podcast company achieves $20.4M revenue and $1.2M profit in Q3 2025 while ranking #1 in US video podcasts. Brand advertisers reach 10,058, up 22% year-on-year.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 20h

Pinterest introduces new controls for AI-generated content in feeds #Pinterest #AIGeneratedContent #SocialMedia #FeedCustomization #DigitalMarketing

Pinterest introduces new controls for AI-generated content in feeds

Pinterest launched user controls for generative AI content on October 16, allowing feed customization across beauty, art, fashion and home decor categories.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 20h

Google Ads API v22 adds targetless bidding for App campaigns #GoogleAds #APIV22 #AppCampaigns #BiddingStrategy #DigitalMarketing

Google Ads API v22 adds targetless bidding for App campaigns

Google releases API v22 on October 15 with new bidding goals for app campaigns, generative AI asset creation, and expanded automation for Demand Gen campaigns.

Marketing News @marketingnews.bsky.social · 21h

Chrome kills most Privacy Sandbox technologies after adoption fails #PrivacySandbox #GoogleChrome #Privacy #DataProtection #WebDevelopment

Chrome kills most Privacy Sandbox technologies after adoption fails

Google retires nine Privacy Sandbox APIs following years of development, low uptake, and widespread industry criticism of the cookie replacement initiative.