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Brands and retail-media sellers need a feed, access, and measurement checklist as Amazon opens Alexa text shopping to invited U.S. customers.
Affle has agreed to buy Perion Network for about $420 million in cash at $11.70 a share, pairing mobile conversions with CTV, retail media and DOOH.
Meta ad revenue reached $63.06 billion in Q3 2026, against $63.35 billion for Google Search. Meta supplied about 57% of the ad-dollar increase at Google, Meta and Amazon.
Alphabet lost over $500 billion after Search ad growth slowed to 12%. Google is scaling AI Mode search ads to 10 new countries because conversational answers monetize less than classic results.
DoorDash agreed to buy Instacart for about $17 billion in cash and stock, keeping both brands and apps separate. Closing is aimed at the end of 2027 or the first half of 2028.
Jury selection is set to begin in Los Angeles in a bellwether case accusing Meta and Snap of designing features that drove compulsive teen use. TikTok and YouTube have already settled.
