In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Netflix progressing to exclusive talks to acquire Warner Bros Discovery’s streaming and Hollywood studio business, X being hit with a €120m EU penalty, and the UK eyeing tougher laws for AI chatbots.

Kargo, a leader in delivering breakthrough omnichannel advertising solutions for global brands, has announced the launch of its innovative Social Echo format in India. Marking a significant innovation in the mobile advertising space, Indo Nissin, the makers of the iconic [...]

Britain’s summer of sport is generating a surge of readership for UK media outlets, according to data from Taboola, with TV and digital audience figures for major events also breaking previous records. Wimbledon netted the top spot as this summer’s most [...]

GumGum, the contextual-first technology leader transforming digital advertising, has uncovered a critical gap in campaign effectiveness: 41% of contextual ad placements fail to capture attention when creative relevance is ignored. This finding emerged through GumGum’s enhanced Mindset Graph and underscores [...]

In today’s Digest, nearly half of publishers are seeing a rise in social traffic  referrals, ABC updates the standards for digital-first publishing, and the UK unveils an AI adoption framework. Nearly Half of Publishers See Rise in Social Referral Traffic Nearly half [...]

Today’s Digest looks at Google Chrome's decision to pull back from new third-party cookie prompt rollout, Apple and Meta’s fines under EU’s Digital Markets Act and Didomi's €72m acquisition of Addingwell  Google Chrome pulls back from new third-party cookie prompt rollout Google [...]

We look at the findings from the latest IPA Bellwether report, with insights from experts across the marketing industry.  Overall marketing budgets for Q1 2025 fell for the first time in four years, the latest IPA Bellwether report reveals. A net [...]

LG Ad Solutions, a global leader in connected TV (CTV) and cross-screen advertising, announced a new integration with Amazon Publisher Services (APS) that enables marketers to access expanded advertising inventory on LG Channels – LG’s free streaming service available on [...]

JCDecaux Sweden, part of the global JCDecaux network, has announced the launch of its programmatic digital out-of-home (prDOOH) offering, solidifying Stockholm’s position as a premier programmatic advertising hub in Scandinavia. The partnership with VIOOH, the leading premium global digital out-of-home [...]

IAB Europe, the European-level industry association for the digital marketing and advertising ecosystem, today (April 3rd, 2025) announced the introduction of LEAF, a suite of utilities designed to support the reduction of environmental impact in digital advertising campaigns. Developed as [...]