Daily Minute Master Series
December 2, 2025
by Corey Padveen
Marketing News and Updates
Report Looks at Evolving Social Media and Online Shopping Trends
Digital analytics provider DoubleVerify has published its latest series of “Global Insights” reports, which incorporates responses from over 22k consumers, and almost 2k marketers, sharing their experiences with social media, AI, online shopping, and more, which could help to guide your thinking as to which platforms and approaches should be your focus.
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Snapchat Launches ‘Winter Village’ Luxury Brands Showcase
Snapchat has launched a new festive AR activation, with its in-app “Snapchat Winter Village” including branded activations from Chopard, BOSS, and Lancôme, all within an immersive Lens experience.
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Meta’s Not Going to Scan Your Private DMs for AI Training
Just a quick note of clarity to counter a message that’s spreading across social media, which relates to Meta reportedly looking to start using your private DMs for AI training.
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OpenAI just made another circular deal
OpenAI announced an ownership stake in the private equity investment firm Thrive Holdings, whose parent company, Thrive Capital, is one of the main investors in, you guessed it, OpenAI. While OpenAI did not spend money on the ownership stake, according to an anonymous source cited by The Financial Times, the company announced it would provide Thrive Holdings’ companies with employees, models, products, and services.
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Google Connects AI Overviews To AI Mode On Mobile
Google is testing a new mobile search flow that connects AI Overviews to AI Mode. Robby Stein, VP of Product for Google Search, announced the test on X. The feature lets you ask follow-up questions in AI Mode without leaving the search results page.
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Google Reports Search Console Page Indexing Report Delays
Google is alerting website owners to delays affecting the Page indexing report in Search Console. The company announced via LinkedIn that the report is experiencing longer than usual data delays.
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