Ronan Shields

1 week ago | digiday.com | Ronan Shields

Lobby group Movement for an Open Web has issued fresh calls for the Justice Department to coordinate its proposed remedies to address Google’s monopolies in the ongoing separate search and ad tech cases. The DOJ is developing remedy proposals to counter Google’s market power in search and ad tech, both of which were ruled monopolies during the last 12 months, with MOW now calling for conjoined technical oversight of the two cases.

1 week ago | digiday.com | Ronan Shields

This Ad Tech Briefing covers the latest in ad tech and platforms for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series →The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has opened a consultation on potentially releasing Google from Privacy Sandbox commitments imposed in 2022. Some are concerned this represents ‘a W’ for corporate conjury.

2 weeks ago | digiday.com | Ronan Shields

By Ronan Shields  •  June 11, 2025  • As a Digiday+ member, you were able to access this article early through the Digiday+ Story Preview email. See other exclusives or manage your account.This article was provided as an exclusive preview for Digiday+ members, who were able to access it early.

2 weeks ago | digiday.com | Seb Joseph |Ronan Shields |Michael Bürgi

The Mark Read era at WPP is winding down with little spectacle. The company announced he’ll exit at year’s end, closing a chapter on a tenure marked by quiet pragmatism and market erosion. Read inherited a bloated, unwieldy machine after Sir Martin Sorrell’s abrupt departure and spent the last seven years trimming it into something more navigable — if also less formidable. WPP today is smaller, more orderly and worth about half what it was when he took over.

2 weeks ago | digiday.com | Ronan Shields

By Ronan Shields  •  June 10, 2025  • Related Insights Three months since the unveiling of its agentic platform and Scope3, the latest startup from noted ad tech personality Brian O’Kelley, has unveiled a host of partnerships, including tie-ups with TikTok and Omnicom Media Group, among others.