In the first half of 2026, search behavior shifted under our feet, software valuations cratered on sentiment rather than proof, and companies blamed layoffs on AI long before anyone could show the receipts. Kevin Indig posted a link on LinkedIn last week to his AI Halftime Report, H1 2026, and
On Aug. 6, measurement giant Nielsen announced it was looking to acquire ad verification company DoubleVerify in an all-cash transaction worth more than $2 billion. The deal, which is expected to close by the first quarter of 2027, takes DoubleVerify private and gives Nielsen more tools in the digital media
Tickets are now available for Nicer Tuesdays London, on 1 September at EartH Hackney, featuring another selection of brilliant creatives curated just for you! This time around, chief editor Katy Hundertmark and art director Hamid Sallali from Foam Magazine will be taking us through the origins of the magazine, its
Google’s former Chief Scientist, who helped Google become the AI and Search powerhouse that it is today, was recently interviewed by Diana Hu of Y Combinator. He explained that the model people use is increasingly not as important as how the model is used within a larger system of tools,
The Trade Desk missed its second-quarter forecast. Advertisers buying on price, not value, are a big part of the reason why. So now it’s betting on measurement so clear they can’t keep doing it. Key to those efforts will be a new measurement framework, which is in alpha. CEO Jeff
Why you can trust Creative Bloq Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. It didn’t take me long to realise that there is nothing inherently impressive in the price of an
Training for AI search and training for Google are two different races with almost the same training. The industry keeps arguing about what to call the new race. That is the wrong argument. Think about a 100m sprinter and a 60m sprinter. Different disciplines, maybe even different winners. But properly
Top of the Ticker: Paramount Skydance’s CEO David Ellison took to The New York Times to write an op-ed, where he claimed the lawsuits brought on by the state attorneys general and Writers Guild about the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger have nothing to do with it violating antitrust
Claude’s Consideration score among U.S. Gen Z adults nearly doubled in the second quarter of 2026, climbing from 14.2% to 28.1% and landing the highest score of any brand in YouGov’s newest ranking. OpenAI more than doubled its own score too, jumping from 10.1% to 22.1%. If you check referral
