TikTok has reversed course on a plan to phase out seller-fulfilled shipping in the U.S. for TikTok Shop, pausing previously announced deadlines, according to an email sent to merchants and reviewed by ADWEEK. In the email, sent Tuesday, the company said, “At this time, Seller Shipping remains unchanged, and previously shared deadlines are not going ..
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Taboola, the native advertising giant known for placing sponsored content modules beneath news stories on sites like USA Today and NBC News, has named Krishan Bhatia its first chief business officer. At Taboola, Bhatia will be charged with driving revenue through global sales and partnerships across Taboola’s full product portfolio. Most recently, Bhatia served as ..
The numbers $1.32 billion — Q4 revenue, up 14% year-over-year (YoY), slightly under LSEG analysts’ projections of $1.33 billion. Full-year revenue for 2025 came in at $4.22 billion, up 14% over the same period. $541.5 million — Adjusted EBITDA for the period, coming in short of Wall Street’s expected $550 million. 619 million — Global ..
In this episode of Brave Commerce, Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter sit down with Kate Hamill, VP of North America enterprise sales at Pinterest, to unpack how the platform is evolving from an inspiration engine into a more measurable driver of commerce outcomes. Kate shares how Pinterest is compressing the funnel between discovery and conversion, ..
In a year when brands are shelling out $10 million for 30-second Super Bowl ads, the real key to winning the night isn’t just about being in the Big Game. It’s about surrounding it. With over 40 billion hours of sports content consumed annually on YouTube globally, the platform, which regularly leads Nielsen’s Media Distributor ..
Scope3, the adtech emissions quantifier-turned agentic media startup helmed by programmatic pioneer Brian O’Kelley is axing more of its staff, just five months after its last round of layoffs. Scope3 declined to confirm the exact number of laid off staffers. But the company confirmed in a statement that it made “further adjustments” to its “commercial ..
Google is kicking off its biggest marketing push for Gemini, its generative AI assistant, in a feel-good Super Bowl ad meant to humanize the tech. In the 60-second spot, set to air during the third quarter of the Feb. 8 game, a mother helps prepare her young son, Ben, for a big move to a ..
TBPN, the hourslong daily tech podcast hosted by the young, brash entrepreneur-investors Jordi Hays and John Coogan, spun up significant cultural cachet—and big sponsorship dollars—in the year-and-change since its debut. Now, the show has bought a regional Super Bowl ad, set to air on broadcast across the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. The 15-second spot, produced ..
OpenAI is asking select advertisers to commit at least $200,000 as it rolls out beta ads on ChatGPT, the company confirmed to ADWEEK. The beta is small and tightly controlled. An OpenAI spokesperson said the limited scope of the test is deliberate, intended to see what types of ads provide value for users. The company ..
On a Wednesday afternoon in early January, Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, was sitting in a sprawling suite on the 57th floor of the Aria hotel in Las Vegas. Dressed in a neat navy cardigan and clean white sneakers, he lounged on a sofa set against a dramatic vista of the neon city and ..