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Ep. 449

September 8, 2026

Judge’s Orders: Google’s Ad Tech Business Is Staying Together ⛓️

This week on Marketing O’Clock: A federal judge ruled against Google’s ad tech business having to break up, though they ordered that the platform end its practices which depress ad rates for web publishers. Plus, there’s a new automated campaign creation feature on Google Ads.

Main Digital Marketing News

Judge Rules Google Ad Tech Business Won't Be Broken Up

ChatGPT Ads Manager Is Now Natively Integrated as Plugin 

Google Ads Is Pushing Conversational Campaign Creation 

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