Daily Minute Master Series
April 9, 2026

by Corey Padveen

Marketing News and Updates

YouTube tests 90-second unskippable ads on CTV

It seems that YouTube is trying to compete with traditional TV on every front, with the platform now testing longer ad blocks within content viewed on TV sets.

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Meta Superintelligence launches Muse Spark AI model

Meta’s Superintelligence team, which is exploring the advanced use of artificial intelligence, has released Muse Spark, the first in its initial series of large language models. The company said these models are “rooted in the relationships and context already at the center of your life.”

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TikTok is building a second $1.2 billion data center in Finland

TikTok announced the next stage of its expanded investment in Europe, with a 1 billion euro, or $1.2 billion, data center project in Lahti, Finland. The new data center will store TikTok’s EU user information separately away from the company’s home base in China, in compliance with EU directives.

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Google Confirms March 2026 Core Update Is Complete

Google’s March core update has finished rolling out, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard.

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Google’s CEO Predicts Search Will Become An AI Agent Manager

In a recent interview, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, explained how search is changing in response to advances in AI. The discussion centered on a simple question: If AI can act, plan, and execute, then what role will search play in the future?

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OpenAI, Meta, ByteDance Lead AI Bot Traffic In Publishing

Akamai analyzed AI bot activity by examining application-layer traffic from its bot management tools. Commerce drew the most AI bot traffic at 48%. Media, which includes publishing, video, social media, and broadcasting, came second at 13%. Publishing companies accounted for 40% of all AI bot activity in media, ahead of broadcast and OTT at 29%.

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