Each day, New Digital Age gathers the most interesting digital marketing industry news from around the web…
ANTITURST
Digiday – Seb Joseph & Krystal Scanlon, 3rd September 2026 (also in Reuters)
Why Google’s ad business escaped a breakup
Google’s immunity to breakup is starting to feel inevitable.
Performance Marketing World – Robin Langford, 2nd September 2026
Google avoids adtech break-up in latest US antitrust ruling
The tech giant has kept AdX after a long running legal saga – meaning marketers are unlikely to see a major shake-up in programmatic buying, despite new restrictions on how its advertising business operates.
STREAMING
The Media Leader – John Moulding, 2nd September 2026
Roku brings its Video-on-Demand Evolution Study to the UK
Roku, the popular streaming TV platform, is bringing its Video-on-Demand Evolution Study to the UK for the first time – and the results will be revealed exclusively during a live webcast hosted by The Media Leader on 6 October.
Performance Marketing World – Joseph Arthur, 2nd September 2026
Netflix and Prime suffer UK audience declines as ad tier popularity continues to grow
Disney+ dominated Q2 2026 audience growth as overall UK SVOD access declined.
AGENCIES
Performance Marketing World – Robin Langford, 2nd September 2026
PMW Trader Tracker: 43% of agencies now ‘unsure’ of 2026 outlook as AI puts pressure on fees
Softer pipelines, disruptor tech, and political uncertainty point to a more cautious autumn for agencies, exclusive PMW data reveals.
LLMS
TechCrunch – Amanda Silberling, 2nd September 2026
US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
In a lawsuit that The New York Times filed against OpenAI, the Trump administration has contributed a 20-page brief in defense of the ChatGPT maker’s unlicensed use of copyrighted material to train its LLMs.
PUBLISHERS
Digiday – Sara Guaglione, 3rd September 2026
Media Briefing: What to expect at the Digiday Publishing Summit, September 2026 edition
This week’s Media Briefing covers what to expect from the upcoming Digiday Publishing Summit in Key Biscayne, Fla., which kicks off on Sept. 14. Executives from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, CNBC, USA Today Co., Politico will take the stage to unpack how the traditional publishing model is being rewritten to prepare for a world with fewer clicks and a shrinking open web.
