Amazon Is Going After Google and Facebook With a Local Ad Business

Amazon is building a local ads business, according to job postings and company insiders. Advertising has helped offset Amazon’s sluggish sales and inflationary costs. The new arm could take aim…

Facebook Is Developing ‘Basic Ads’ Product Amid Privacy Changes

Meta’s Facebook is early in developing a “basic ads” product as privacy changes limit its targeting abilities. The product wouldn’t rely on personal info from users, according to ad buyers…

Senators push to break up Google, Facebook ads businesses in new bill

On Thursday, a group of Senate Republicans and Democrats introduced a new bill that could force Google and Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to spin off their online ads businesses, as…