In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Zoom acquire cloud communications company Five9; a PwC reports finds that Australia' esports and gaming revenue will grow by 7.5% each year to 2025; and Indian news and social network startup Inshorts raise USD $60m [...]

Verve Group, a privacy-first omnichannel ad platform, today announced the acquisition of Smaato through a subsidiary of its parent company Media and Games Invest SE (MGI). The transaction places Smaato at an enterprise value of USD $170m (£122.6m). The acquisition [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: ByteDance begin selling the AI behind TikTok; ecommerce logistics provider Byrd raise €16m in a series B funding round; and Spanish business travel platform TravelPerk acquire UK rival Click Travel.   ByteDance sell TikTok’s AI ByteDance, the parent-company [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: drone delivery and logistics service Zipline raise USD $250m in fresh funding; Stingray Group acquire Calm Radio; and global SVOD revenues are forecast to grow to over USD $70bn this year.   Zipline raise $250m, secure $2.75bn [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce, from around the globe. In this edition: Danish media companies in collective bargaining push; Blackstone backs Simpli.fi; Amazon demanding warrants from partners; System1 to go [...]

Magnite (Nasdaq: MGNI), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform, today announced the acquisition of SpringServe, a leading ad serving platform for connected TV (CTV). SpringServe’s technology manages multiple aspects of video advertising for CTV publishers such as inventory routing, [...]

In today's daily news digest from ExchangeWire: System1 to go public via SPAC; Smart acquires DynAdmic; and Dream Games raises USD$155m (£122m). System1 to go public via SPAC Omnichannel customer acquisition platform System1 has announced that it will go public on the [...]

Smart AdServer, the leading independent ad monetisation platform, today announces its acquisition of DynAdmic, the integrated video advertising marketplace, and accelerates its growth in CTV and media services. DynAdmic's technology and operations will be integrated within Smart's offering to provide [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Chinese fast-fashion company Shein are reportedly eyeing a record-breaking USD $47bn IPO; Londoners prove generally willing to share their data in order to regain pre-pandemic freedoms; and Babylon will go public via a USD $4.2bn [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: the Irish Council for Civil Liberties sue the IAB Tech Lab over the data-sharing practices behind real-time bidding; mobile performance marketing firm Vungle acquire influencer marketing platform JetFuel; and eMarketer predict that the US' TV [...]