Each day, New Digital Age gathers the most interesting marketing and ad tech news from around the world…
CURATION
Digiday, Sam Bradley, 16th July 2026
Stagwell is building its own AI media curation marketplace
Stagwell is moving to wrest control of ad-inventory curation from DSP and SSP marketplaces and bring it in-house. The holding company is set to launch Stagwell Curate, an AI platform that pulls curated CTV, online video, display and audio ad inventory from publishers and adtech partners into its own central reservoir.
BIG TECH
Financial Times, Barbara Moens, 15th July 2026
Brussels prepares fresh Google fines as Big Tech enforcement increases
The European Commission is set to unveil a series of decisions against Google over the coming week, escalating enforcement against Big Tech just as tensions with Washington over the EU’s digital rule book have begun to ease.
AI BACKLASH
WSJ, Lindsay Ellis, Zusha Elinson, and Tina Li, 15th July 2026
The AI backlash has tech executives fearing for their lives
Violent threats against AI companies are rising and spilling over into real-world security incidents.
PUBLISHERS
ExchangeWire – 16th July 2026
Digest: Publisher Ad Supply Drops 40%; Spotify Tests AI Chatbot for Premium Users
In today’s Digest, we cover publisher ad supply plunging by as much as 40% as AI search erodes web traffic, Spotify testing a conversational AI chatbot for Premium subscribers, and Shein and DeepSeek advancing their IPO plans.
Digday – Sara Guaglione, 16th July 2026
Media Briefing: AI visibility is becoming publishers’ newest currency
This week’s Media Briefing looks at the rise of AI visibility as publishers’ latest performance metric and are using their prominence in AI answer engines to attract advertisers — even as the tools measuring it remain inconsistent and difficult to compare.
CTV
Adweek – Kendra Barnett, 15th July 2026
IP-Based CTV Targeting Fails 3 In Every 4 Times, New Research Finds
Adstra is investing in a new way for advertisers to check the accuracy and quality of identity before, rather than after, they buy CTV media.
