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Both arrive worldwide on 4 Octoberhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/social-creators/video/youtube-news-channels-ab-tests-memberships-voice-detection/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-03T11:30:00+00:00YouTube gives news channels video A/B tests, member hubs and voice deepfake alertshttps://marketingnewsroom.com/ai/ethics/spur-ai-tracking-standard-openai-google-advisory-board/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-03T10:30:00+00:00Publishers’ SPUR coalition releases an AI tracking standard and invites OpenAI and Googlehttps://marketingnewsroom.com/ecommerce/austria-parcel-levy-amazon-temu-zalando/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-03T10:00:00+00:00Austria’s €2 parcel levy hits Amazon, Temu and Zalando. Retailers go to courthttps://marketingnewsroom.com/performance/sem/google-ads-business-name-policy-partner-domains/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-03T09:30:00+00:00Google Ads eases its business name policy for brands that sell on partner siteshttps://marketingnewsroom.com/seo-ai-search/seo/google-fake-author-profiles-helpful-content-guide/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-03T09:00:00+00:00Google calls fake author profiles deception in its helpful content guidehttps://marketingnewsroom.com/people/jon-cook-leaves-wpp-eric-campbell-vml-ceo/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-03T08:30:00+00:00Jon Cook will leave WPP in March 2027. Eric Campbell takes over VMLhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/media/tv-streaming/skydance-name-paramount-warner-bros-discovery-merger/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-03T07:57:39+00:00Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will trade as Skydance from 6 Octoberhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/ecommerce/bgh-amazon-prime-price-clause-invalid/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T16:05:00+00:00Germany’s top civil court voids Amazon’s Prime price clause. Old members pay less for nowhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/social-creators/platforms/reddit-ends-rss-feeds-open-api-march-2027/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T15:35:00+00:00Reddit will switch off RSS feeds on 13 November and close its open API in March 2027https://marketingnewsroom.com/agencies/news/ipa-effectiveness-awards-2026-currys-grand-prix/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T15:05:00+00:00Currys, AMV BBDO and Spark Foundry win IPA Effectiveness Grand Prix. Ads added £500mhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/ai/ethics/hans-anders-stops-selling-meta-camera-glasses/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T14:35:00+00:00Hans Anders stops selling Meta camera glasses in the Netherlands and Belgiumhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/people/dominic-williams-mail-metro-media-ceo/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T14:05:00+00:00Dominic Williams becomes Mail Metro Media’s first CEO. He ran its ad sales since 2021https://marketingnewsroom.com/performance/discord-ads-manager-video-quests-rewarded-video/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T13:35:00+00:00Discord opens Ads Manager and pays players in Orbs for 15-second video adshttps://marketingnewsroom.com/data-measurement/reports/adobe-holiday-forecast-2026-ai-traffic-130-percent/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T13:05:00+00:00Adobe: AI traffic to US shops will grow 130% this holiday season. Sales to hit $275bnhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/pr-comms/crisis/zara-halloween-costume-pulled-concentration-camp/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T12:35:00+00:00Zara pulls children’s Halloween costume likened to a concentration camp uniformhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/brands/creative/mercedes-amg-brad-pitt-too-hard-to-resist-campaign/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T12:05:00+00:00Brad Pitt keeps asking for retakes in Mercedes-AMG ad. This time he speakshttps://marketingnewsroom.com/media/audio/goalhanger-podcast-ad-sales-in-house-2027/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T11:35:00+00:00Goalhanger will sell its podcast ads in-house from 2027. Sales hit £37.9m last yearhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/seo-ai-search/seo/google-fact-check-ai-content-metadata-guidance/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T11:05:00+00:00Google tells sites to fact-check AI content by hand. Alt text and titles count toohttps://marketingnewsroom.com/ecommerce/chatgpt-virtual-try-on-clothes-selfie/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T10:33:53+00:00ChatGPT adds virtual try-on for clothes. It needs a selfie and a full-body photohttps://marketingnewsroom.com/social-creators/video/youtube-shorts-original-content-reach-reposted-clips/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-02T06:52:34+00:00YouTube will cut the reach of channels that repost barely changed Shortshttps://marketingnewsroom.com/data-measurement/analytics/meta-nigeria-lagos-court-behavioural-ads-ndpa/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-01T16:00:40+00:00Lagos court rules Meta’s behavioural ads broke Nigerian law. Damages are $100,000https://marketingnewsroom.com/ai/agents/doordash-text-ordering-ai-agent-dash-forward/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-01T15:30:40+00:00DoorDash lets US users order by text message. An AI agent builds the cart and checks outhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/brands/branding/bt-tv-relaunch-brand-revival-ee/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-01T15:00:40+00:00BT brings back BT TV on 15 October. New customers had been sent to EE TVhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/data-measurement/measurement/iab-europe-ctv-measurement-framework-final/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-01T14:30:40+00:00IAB Europe sets common rules for measuring connected TV ads. Sellers must say when the TV is offhttps://marketingnewsroom.com/people/cava-john-ludeke-chief-marketing-officer/Marketing Newsroomen2026-10-01T14:00:40+00:00Cava hires Dr. Squatch brand chief John Ludeke as CMO. He starts on 12 October