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"Lightning and a massive heatwave have contributed to raging wildfires in Northern California. By last count, some 11,000 lighting strikes caused hundreds of blazes in a 72-hour period — 26 of which have been classified as major fires, according to o

"It’s a whole new playing field these days for music labels and publishers, and today one of the biggies made an acquisition to help it sharpen up its strategy to better understand what people want to see and hear online today.

Warner Music — with a

"TikTok has partnered with UnitedMasters, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed music distribution start-up that aims to put musicians in control of their content.

Although TikTok’s future in the US remains unclear, the company is continuing to make deals wi

"Lab-created meat alternatives by the likes of Beyond Meat, P.L.T. and Impossible Foods are gaining popularity and market share, even taking their place on fast food menus at Burger King and McDonald's. Tree Elven, author and founder of ADDS at Addve

"Since January, the advertising industry has been consumed with what a future without third-party cookies entails. But here’s the thing: Cookies are already half broken — and have been for a while.

Apple began restricting third-party cookies on Safar

"Apple says Epic is violating its App Store guidelines by using its own payment system.

Apple has removed Epic Games’ battle royale game Fortnite from the App Store after the developer on Thursday implemented its own in-app payment system that bypass

"Mike Zaneis to Serve as CEO, Jules Kendrick as Managing Director UK & Europe, for Consolidated Organisation under TAG Brand

London and New York – July 29, 2020 – The digital advertising industry’s two leading anti-fraud and brand safety organisation

"NewsMobile and Logically have announced an exciting partnership, rolling out a range of election and information integrity products across South East Asia – Including India, Singapore and the US.

The partnership combines the best of editorial and fa

"Epic Games, the maker of popular video game Fortnite, has raised $1.78 billion in new funding, the company announced Thursday.

The figure includes the $250 million the company raised from Sony last month, and brings Epic’s valuation to $17.3 billion

"On July 23, 2020, U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky introduced H.R.7756 to require online marketplaces to verify and disclose to consumers certain information regarding high-volume third-party sellers of consumer products. The goal of the bill is to

NEW PRIVACY SERVICES & SOLUTIONS FOR NATIONAL IABS

6th August 2020, Brussels, Belgium: IAB Europe, the leading European-level industry association for the digital advertising and marketing ecosystem, in partnership with IAB Tech Lab, the digital medi

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Twitter said on Monday that it was under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission for potentially misusing people’s personal information to serve ads, adding that it faced fines of $150 million to $250 million.

In a corporate filing, Twitter dis

Axios reports that TikTok announced new rules for its users on Wednesday to curb misinformation and manipulation ahead of the 2020 election.

"Why it matters: The Chinese-owned karaoke app aims to show that its platform won't be vulnerable to election

"Goal is to ensure a sustainable future of digital media for businesses and consumers

Governing group of industry leaders includes WFA alongside the 4A’s, ANA, IAB, IAB Tech Lab, NAI, P&G, Unilever, Ford, GM, IBM, NBCUniversal, IPG, Publicis, Adobe,

"With the sun rapidly setting on third-party cookies, a persistent global pandemic, and social and political unrest around the world, there has never been more pressure on brands to ensure that their advertising is not just accurate, but relevant and

"Australian media will be able to bargain with Google and Facebook to quickly secure fair payment for news content if a draft mandatory code released by the ACCC today is adopted.

The draft code is aimed at addressing acute bargaining power imbalance

"Worldwide jurisdictions and particularly the EU and the US should formulate “common visions” on how best to regulate competition in the platform economy, the European Commission’s digital chief Margrethe Vestager has said.

A statement from Vestager