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Culture|November 25

How the Las Vegas Grand Prix transformed the Strip into Formula 1’s biggest marketing vehicle

Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix has been a major success, with the sport and the city reinventing themselves to write the new playbook for live sports and entertainment.

Chris Brooklier

How the Las Vegas Grand Prix transformed the Strip into Formula 1's biggest marketing vehicle.

Across the internet

Mega acquisition

EU approves Omnicom-IPG merger without conditions.

Hush hush

U.S. court filings claim Meta hid evidence proving social media causes harm.

Twitching away

Australia adds Amazon's Twitch to banned social media platforms for teens, with the likes of Instagram and YouTube.

You shall not pass

Meta will block under-16s from Instagram and Facebook in Australia to comply with the country's social media ban.

European football

Paramount pushes hard into Europe with unexpected bid for UEFA Champions League matches across multiple markets.

It's official

Paramount, Comcast, and Netflix have made bids to acquire all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Meta wins antitrust suit

Judge rules tech giant will not have to spin out Instagram and WhatsApp.

Amazon's ad ambitions

As Amazon DSP pushes beyond its walls, media buyers wonder whether those ad dollars are going to the best outcomes or towards Amazon's own ecosystem.

U.K. optimism

An ISBA survey found that 65% of British marketers plan to increase media budgets next year.

More agency movement

Dentsu X has promoted Bruce Williams to CEO for North America.

Opinion

Graph showing Gen Z weekly digital time spent with media.

The Readout

India’s Gen Z spends over half of their digital time outside social platforms

New research shows India’s Gen Z is spending over half their digital time on OTT, streaming and podcasts and raising the bar for authentic, values-driven advertising.