WATCH40 wins Gold Award at the 2026 Cas d'Or Innovation Publicitaire. WATCH40 is proud to receive the Gold Award at the 2026 Cas d'Or Innovation Publicitaire, alongside leboncoin and WPP Media. A great recognition, but above all, a confirmation of a strong belief: digital media has become a critical growth driver, yet its operations remain too fragile. The blind spot of media: operations. Strategy, creativity, performance...These are the pillars its industry celebrates. But another reality, far less visible, underpins everything: the reliability of media operations. Tracking breaks, product feed issues, targeting errors, overspend...These anomalies are frequent, often unnoticed, yet always impactful. And in an ecosystem that is increasingly automated, interconnected, and data-driven, a single issue can impact the entire value chain. A new standard: media observability. WATCH40 was created to address this growing complexity. Its approach: detect anomalies in real time secure operations and budgets ensure the reliability of the data powering decisions and algorithms Media observability is not just another tool. It is a new media & data governance standard. A market shift underway. This award reflects a deeper industry shift: performance is no longer just about optimization, it also depends on operational excellence. Many thanks to the leboncoin and WPP Media teams for their trust, and to the Cas d'Or jury for this recognition. This transformation is only just beginning.

LeBonCoin appoints Arthuis to lead mobility development, marketing. France-based marketplace horizontal LeBonCoin (LBC) has appointed Guilhem Arthuis (above) as head of development and marketing for its mobility vertical, Le Journal de L'Automobile reports. Arthuis took up the role on Jan. 1, having left Rousseau Group in September last year. He worked at the Paris-based dealership chain for 12 years. Prior to that, he was marketing manager at Rédélé Automobilies between 2010 and 2013. Arthuis has a master's degree in marketing from INSEEC Grand Ecole. LBC is a subsidiary of multinational marketplaces operator Adevinta. The former has been without a permanent CEO since Antoine Jouteau departed in October last year.

LeBonCoin works with DataDome on scraping protection. France-based marketplace horizontal LeBonCoin (LBC) has outlined how it worked with DataDome to "deploy bot and scraping protection across its website and mobile apps," Security Boulevard reports. Security Boulevard notes that "LeBonCoin stops an ave...