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Stenon raises €18M Series B to accelerate nitrogen and soil intelligence

Stenon raises €18M Series B to accelerate nitrogen and soil intelligence

The Atlantic and Seabourn Announce Three-Year Cruise Partnership

The Atlantic has entered a three-year partnership with luxury cruise line Seabourn to bring the magazine’s writers, editorial programming, and subscription access aboard Seabourn voyages beginning this fall. The commercial arrangement—covering advertising, sponsorship and subscription enablement—will include onboard complimentary digital access for passengers and a three-month subscription after disembarking. Programming will be overseen by Evan Smith, who leads The Atlantic’s events operation, and will culminate in a flagship 12-day route takeover from Montreal to Boston in fall 2028. The deal aligns with The Atlantic’s broader strategy to grow subscription and events revenue; the publisher reported 1.46 million total subscribers (H2 2025), a 27% year‑over‑year gain, and said events made up 25% of commercial revenue last year.

Publishers Sue Google Over Alleged Ad‑Tech Manipulation

A group of five major U.S. publishers — Penske Media, Advance Publications, Vox Media, McClatchy and The Atlantic — have filed lawsuits accusing Google of deceptive ad‑tech practices that limited publishers' revenue, allegedly using its ad server/exchange dominance to see competitors' bids and undercut prices. The Atlantic alleges a requirement to use Google’s DFP to access AdX and says internal use of data reduced publisher revenue by over 40%. Separately, Google is appealing a U.S. antitrust ruling that found it unlawfully maintained a search monopoly. The digest also reports UK political pressure, with 60+ Labour MPs urging a ban on social media use for under‑16s, and market data from Similarweb showing Meta’s Threads surpassed X in global daily mobile users (141.5M vs 125M as of 7 Jan 2026).