A courthouse in Virginia was meant to be the stage for a long-awaited antitrust reckoning. Instead, by most accounts, it occasionally played out like Succession: ad tech edition. Digiday wasn’t in the room but those who were described the remedies phase part legal showdown, part industry confessional. Hat…
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England vs Wales ended in another comfortable victory for the English on Thursday, October 9, as they thrashed the visitors 3-0 in an international friendly at Wembley Stadium. Thomas Tuchel has had a fine record as England manager so far, registering his sixth win in seven matches on…
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October 9 – The latest CIES Football Observatory report has revealed Chelsea as the club with the biggest net increase in squad transfer value over the past 12 months, underlining the ongoing financial power and asset-building strategy of the Premier League side with BlueCo at the helm. According…
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If you ask someone in ad tech what makes an ad “quality,” chances are they’ll fire off a familiar answer: “Viewable.” “Human.” And just like that — it’s case closed. But consider this claim: The above barely scratches the surface. Yes, for years, these two metrics — human…
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The Nottingham Forest decline has certainly cast a shadow over the beautiful defiance they showed upon their Premier League return – a run that arguably stands amongst the most compelling comebacks in recent league history. The most transformative shift came with the appointment of Nuno Espírito Santo, who…
Read More October 5 – While the failure of Iranian FA officials to be granted US visas to attend the World Cup draw made headlines last week, the State Department was announcing that it will increase staffing at a number of US embassies and consulates to cope with the extra…
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Marathon streams have become one of Twitch’s most powerful storytelling formats, but few creators have turned them into cultural events quite like Kai Cenat. What began as an experiment with Mafiathon 1 in 2023 has snowballed into a trilogy that redefines what’s possible for live streaming. We’ve previously…
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Ironically, commerce and marketing experts are less interested in what Instant Checkout means for OpenAI’s ad roadmap, and more interested in what it signals about agentic commerce, product discovery and zero-click search, six marketers told Digiday. Consider it a sign of the times: product discovery is moving from…
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The Harry Kane No. 10 role at Bayern Munich became the main talking point after their 5-1 UEFA Champions League win over Pafos on Tuesday, September 30, with the England captain deployed in a deeper role behind Nicolas Jackson. Kane still scored a brace in the match to…
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October 2 – EA Sports, the studio behind the newly-released EA Sports FC26 video game, has been sold in a $55bn deal to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Affinity Partners. The agreement, which will take EA private after more than…
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