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The last three weeks of marketing and advertising news from 14 trade publications. Headlines, dates and summaries are shown exactly as each publisher released them. Click through to read the original.

GEO: generative engine optimisation · AI: artificial intelligence

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Search Engine Journal·

YouTube To Test Ask YouTube Inside The Shorts Player via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Publisher's summary: YouTube is planning a limited, English-only test of Ask YouTube on select Shorts and says the watch-page feature will soon reach Shorts and live streams. The post YouTube To Test Ask YouTube Inside The Shorts Player appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Social & creatorsSearch & GEO

Adweek·

Move Over Social—CTV Is About to Revolutionize the Ad Experience

Publisher's summary: This post was created in partnership with Best Buy Ads Key takeaways Could CTV take a page from social and reinvent the legacy television ad-watching experience? During an ADWEEK House …

CTV: connected TV

CampaignsSocial & creatorsMedia & ad tech

Search Engine Journal·

Google Discover To Undergo Dramatic Changes via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Publisher's summary: Google is planning to reinvent Discover to become an AI Concierge with a tighter integration with YouTube. The post Google Discover To Undergo Dramatic Changes appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

AI: artificial intelligence

Social & creatorsAI & techSearch & GEO

Mumbrella·

News24 to capitalise on Youtube success with dedicated US and UK programs

Publisher's summary: News24 is launching two new digital shows in the United States and United Kingdom, hosted by former Trump staffer Elizabeth Pipko and Talk TV commentator Samara Gill, respectively. The News Corp-owned news broadcaster (formerly named Sky News) will also…

CampaignsSocial & creators

Mumbrella·

Former SBS sales leader Keiran Beasley joins SEN

Publisher's summary: Former SBS commercial leader Keiran Beasley has joined Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) as its head of sales for NSW. Beasley previously spent almost 14 years at the public broadcaster, holding multiple roles at the company, including NSW state sales…

CampaignsSocial & creatorsPeople & agencies

Social Media Today·

There is no viable case for widespread generative AI access

Publisher's summary: Despite the push to incorporate artificial intelligence into every aspect of social media and online life, the risks far outweigh AI’s narrow use case.

AI: artificial intelligence

Social & creatorsAI & tech

Social Media Today·

Meta publishes post to counter data center concerns

Publisher's summary: The company released an overview from creator Tom Shaw addressing public apprehensions about water usage, energy bills and local job impacts.

Social & creators

Social Media Today·

Meta removes access verification for developers

Publisher's summary: The company is retiring a separate access review process for third-party apps and will rely on Business Verification and App Review instead.

Social & creators

AdExchanger·

Xbox Wants What TV Has (As In, Ads); Meta’s Link Toll

Publisher's summary: Xbox gets into the TV biz; Meta is testing a new monetization model; and who wants to be a hold, anyway? The post Xbox Wants What TV Has (As In, Ads); Meta’s Link Toll appeared first on AdExchanger .

CampaignsSocial & creators

Social Media Today·

LinkedIn exec offers insight into the battle against AI slop

Publisher's summary: Vice President of Engineering Tim Junka outlined in a post how the company approaches detection and how its artificial intelligence agents are trained.

AI: artificial intelligence

Social & creatorsAI & tech