This week’s developments point to a media and advertising industry under strain, as major deals wobble, alliances shift, and publishers confront a rapidly changing discovery landscape. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Wikimedia expanding AI partnerships across tech giants, Alibaba’s [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover Dentsu’s bid to sell a global unit nearing collapse, the UK seeking a copyright reset between AI firms and creators, and Netflix eyeing a cash deal for Warner Bros. and HBO Max.

digitalAudience today (13th January, 2026) announced the acquisition of Rayn.io, an AI-native audience intelligence platform recognised on the AI LUMAscape by LUMA Partners. The acquisition strengthens digitalAudience’s data and identity infrastructure and supports its long-term strategy to deliver privacy-safe audience [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss the IAB revealing its Agentic  Roadmap, China examining Meta’s USD$2bn Manus deal, and Amazon facing claims over unauthorised indie listings.

The Digest is back! In our first edition of 2026 we cover Meta acquiring Manus, ITV investing in The Body Coach app, and Adform acquiring Splicky…

Adform, Europe’s leading independent media buying platform, today (18th December, 2025) announced the acquisition of Splicky, the advertising technology division of Goldbach Group, one of Switzerland’s largest advertising marketers. Founded in Berlin, Splicky has built a strong footprint across the [...]

From rising online consumption to blockbuster deals, data-driven upgrades and a rapid AI surge, the ad tech and media industry shifted gears once again this week. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover DoorDash partnering with OpenAI to enable grocery ordering [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover YouTube TV launching genre-based plans, expanding its sports streaming push, and increasing ads on Shorts. We also cover Pinterest buying tvScientific to expand performance ads to CTV, and Meta reportedly using Alibaba’s Qwen in its [...]

In today’s Digest, we look at newly released figures from Ofcom, Tencent dropping out of Paramount’s Warner Bros bid over US regulatory fears, and Cadent acquiring YouTube ad firm VuePlanner.

This week’s headlines paint a clear picture: AI is becoming the backbone of business strategy. In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss global ad spend set to top $1tn in 2026, WPP poised for FTSE 100 demotion, and the EU probing [...]