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The WIR: Canal+ Makes “Tepid” Stock Market Debut, UK Publishers Call on Government to Protect Copyright, and Venu Sports Set for 2025 Trial

Bountiful Cow's Joseph Cinko, MG OMD's Michael Williamson, Havas Media Network's Harry Packshaw and Total Media's Kieren Mills give their thoughts on live-streamed sports investments.

From this week's Week in Charts: Omnicom’s share price has fallen by 12 percent since the agency group announced its acquisition of rival holding company Interpublic Group. The company was riding high on the stock market at the start of December after topping COMvergence’s new business rankings. Sign up to the newsletter to receive the weekly insights: https://lnkd.in/eYxP8zy3

From this week's Week in Charts: Facebook, X and TikTok were the most likely platforms to pose online harms in Ofcom’s latest ‘Online Nation’ report. While Facebook and X were the most prevalent sources of harm for adult users in the UK, children were more likely to encounter potential harms on TikTok and YouTube. Sign up to the newsletter to receive the weekly insights: https://lnkd.in/eYxP8zy3

From this week's Week in Charts: Streaming accounted for 41.6 percent of total TV viewing in the US during November, according to Nielsen’s latest ‘The Gauge’ report. YouTube made up 10.6 percent of total viewing in November, ahead of Netflix on 7.7 percent. Meanwhile Hulu overtook its sister streaming service Disney+ to take 2.7 percent of viewing. Sign up to the newsletter to receive the weekly insights: https://lnkd.in/eYxP8zy3

From this week's Week in Charts: Omnicom Media Group topped COMvergence’s new business rankings for the first three quarters of the year. The ‘Global Media Agency New Business Barometer’ weighs up total business wins and retentions against business losses among media agencies. OMG won and retained around $7.4 billion in new business over the period, according to COMvergence, putting the media agency ahead of Publicis on $5.2 billion. Sign up to the newsletter to receive the weekly insights: https://lnkd.in/eYxP8zy3

AI, privacy and retail media are changing the game for marketing, writes Robert Webster, Co-Founder of TAU Marketing Solutions, opening new opportunities for marketers willing to embrace these seismic changes.

The tech stock movements from this week's Week in Charts: Microsoft has overtaken Nvidia’s market cap, after the chip giant’s stock price took a hit on Friday. Sign up to the newsletter to receive the weekly insights: https://lnkd.in/eYxP8zy3

The ad tech stock movements from this week's Week in Charts: Magnite’s stock price is down 4 percent this week, and has been overtaken by Criteo in terms of market cap. Sign up to the newsletter to receive the weekly insights: https://lnkd.in/eYxP8zy3

The publisher stock movements from this week's Week in Charts: Future’s stock price has corrected after soaring 20 percent last week. Sign up to the newsletter to receive the weekly insights: https://lnkd.in/eYxP8zy3