James Smith March 16, 2026 — A new report from Define Media Group reveals that Google AI Overviews reduce clicks by 42% but boost breaking news traffic by 103%, based on Google Search Console data from a portfolio of top national and local news publishers. The analysis shows organic search clicks to publishers dropped 42% by Q4 … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Tokyo — LINE Plus, a subsidiary of LINE Corporation, unveiled ActEngine AI, a B2B AI agent platform designed to automate customer service and sales tasks within messaging apps, particularly super-app ecosystems like LINE. The launch demonstrates LINE’s AI agents point to messaging apps becoming sales channels [1][2], blending support, marketing, and … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Seongnam, South Korea LINE Plus launched ActEngine AI, a B2B AI agent infrastructure platform for customer service and sales, enabling businesses to conduct consultations and transactions directly in messaging apps like LINE, primarily targeting Asian merchants. The platform features action-oriented AI agents that go beyond traditional chatbots by executing business processes, … Read more
March 15, 2026 — A new global survey by marketing platform Klaviyo reveals that most consumers use AI, but few fully trust it, with 60% employing AI tools at least weekly yet only 13% expressing complete trust, impacting product discovery and purchases for marketers worldwide. The survey, conducted in December 2025 with nearly 8,000 consumers … Read more
March 10, 2026 — San Francisco OpenAI launched ChatGPT advertising goes live at $60 CPM[https://almcorp.com/blog/digital-marketing-news-march-1-10-2026], marking a significant entry into programmatic advertising via integration with Criteo on March 2, granting access to approximately 17,000 US advertisers targeting free and lower-tier ChatGPT users. The rollout, detailed in ALM Corp’s digital marketing roundup for March 1–10, positions … Read more
March 9, 2026 — Brooklyn Brooklyn-based startup Mega raised $11.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Goodwater Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Atreides, SignalFire, Kearny Jackson and WNBA stars including Diana Taurasi and Breanna Stewart. The funding, announced on March 9, aims to scale Mega’s AI-powered growth engine that automates … Read more
Feb. 24, 2026 — Mktg.Tech launched an independent ranking and evaluation platform for marketing technology tools, agencies, and AI systems, providing structured, data-driven assessments based on functionality, integration, operational impact, and real-world performance. The platform, which addresses the demand for unbiased evaluations in the expanding martech landscape, uses a documented scoring methodology detailed at https://mktg.tech/ranking-methodology/. … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Paris Publicis Groupe announced the acquisition of AdgeAI, an AI-powered creative analytics platform, to bolster its predictive measurement tools amid the generative AI-driven explosion in content volume. The deal, with undisclosed financial terms, integrates AdgeAI’s technology into Publicis’ global AI production platform and Connected Identity solution for real-time insights on creative … Read more
March 2, 2026 — OpenAI launched programmatic advertising within ChatGPT through an integration with Criteo, the first major ad-tech platform to access ChatGPT inventory, charging advertisers around $60 per thousand impressions (CPM) with a minimum beta commitment of $200,000.[1] Approximately 17,000 advertisers now have access to ad placements in ChatGPT’s Free and Go subscription tiers … Read more
March 15, 2026 — Global — A Roots Analysis report forecasts the Global Digital Marketing Market Set to Reach $1.50 Trillion by 2035, expanding from $446.5 billion in 2024 to $1,501 billion by 2035 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.66%. The projection, distributed via Research and Markets as report #6217923, attributes growth … Read more