New Digital Age highlights some of the best stories you should read across the media, marketing, and advertising press.
Ad revenue
AdExchanger
Alphabet Smashes Ad Revenue Record On The Strength Of Commerce, Cloud And CTV
On Tuesday, the company reported $75.3 billion in total Q4 2021 revenues.
Social media
Performance Marketing World
Influencer crackdown: fail to declare ads and we’ll name and shame, says ASA
Advertising Standards Authority to take out ads unmasking those who fail to flag ad posts.
Economy
The Times
Shop price inflation nearly doubles in a month
The rate at which prices are rising in shops has almost doubled in a month amid concerns that inflation will further squeeze household budgets.
Financial Times
Google parent Alphabet posts surge in search advertising revenue
Shares in Alphabet soared nearly 9 per cent late on Tuesday, lifting its value back to almost $2tn as an unexpectedly strong surge in search…
Work-life
Financial Times
Monzo launches paid sabbaticals as UK groups rethink work-life balance
Monzo Bank will offer three-month paid sabbaticals to its employees in the latest move by a British company to rethink how staff should balance their…
Gaming
Tech Crunch
Netflix adds more games, including Riot Games’ otherwise paid title ‘Hextech Mayhem’
Streaming service Netflix is expanding its gaming lineup once again with the launch of two more titles, which will begin to roll out globally starting…