LinkedIn Defeats Claim It Wrongly Collects Data About Drivers

Siding with LinkedIn, a federal judge has dismissed a claim that the company’s analytics tool wrongly collected information from the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ website.

Amazon Tool Lets Advertisers Verbally Create Targeted Audiences In Minutes

The SQL generator helps advertisers create ad-targeting audiences through requests using natural language. It reduces development times from hours to minutes. It can identify customers who viewed
product pages and streaming TV ads but have not made purchases in the last 30 days.

Meta Tests eBay Listings On Facebook Marketplace

Meta has begun testing the introduction of eBay product listings, allowing users in the U.S., Germany and France to buy from the ecommerce titan directly within the social platform.

Comcast Technology, Mediaocean Extend Partnership In Creative, Media Management

The expanded integration is the first to offer these services from one platform – a connected workflow for creative traffic and distribution – and is intended to increase visibility, unlike
fragmented tools that require data reconciliation across multiple systems.

Stagwell’s Sport Beach Returns To Cannes, Expands To Other Venues

Sport Beach “Clubhouses” are scheduled for Davos, The Super Bowl, South By Southwest and yet-to-be-announced events throughout the year.

Albertsons, TransUnion, DoorDash, Ibotta Expand Data Partnerships At CES

A string of ad platforms expanded their retail media ad partnerships this week at CES 2025. The partnerships all focus on data.

A Sell-Side Solution For Reach & Frequency Across CTV, Linear And Digital

Innovid says the product – in a partnership with Roku – will help drive incremental reach, reduce waste, and improve campaign performance.

Piers Morgan Goes Solo, Exiting Rupert Murdoch’s News UK

2024 saw a pronounced uptick in legacy media journalists striking out on their own, starting with MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan and culminating with CNN’s Chris Wallace. Now, Piers Morgan kicks off what will likely be a wave of similar announcements in 2025. On Wednesday, the host of Piers Morgan Uncensored revealed to Sky News that he…