Jack Benjamin and Omar Oakes discuss the major stories of recent weeks following a brief summer hiatus. Key stories include Google's second antitrust case in the US this year, Sir Paul Marshall's purchase of The Spectator and the dissolution of EssenceMediacomX.

Highlights:

1:32: What to know about Google's adtech antitrust trial

11:56: The Spectator sale – what's Sir Paul Marshall's aim?

15:46: X's lack of appeal to mainstream advertisers

17:49: EssenceMediacomX dissolves

19:13: TV no longer the top place for news

21:56: News Corp's activist investor

23:30: August box office boom

25:28: The importance of the TfL account to Global and JCDecaux

Related links:

CMA suggests Google has abused dominant positions in adtech

EssenceMediacomX is no more

Marketers’ trust in ads on X drops to historic low

TfL reappoints Global and JCDecaux

August box office tops £120m as summer ends on high note

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