This week: UK regulator blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Apple wins in appeals court against Epic Games... The UK's CMA took the momentous decision this week to block Microsoft’s USD$68.7bn (~£55.1bn) purchase of Activision Blizzard over cloud gaming concerns. The [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: UK regulators block Microsoft’s USD$68.7bn (~£55.1bn) purchase of Activision Blizzard; the latest IAB report indicates steady growth in UK digital ad spend; and Alphabet reports lower advertising revenue in Q1 2023. CMA blocks Microsoft-Activison deal Tech giant [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Sega Sammy Holdings is closing in on purchasing the studio behind "Angry Birds"; Elon Musk ventures into AI by developing an OpenAI rival; and e-commerce heavy hitters Alibaba and JD.com reshape their retail businesses against [...]

In this week’s Madtech Sketch, Ciarán O'Kane outlines a looming battle between SSPs and DSPs. There was a lot of drama around the first anniversary of The Trade Desk’s (TTD) supply path optimisation (SPO) product, OpenPath. OpenPath has been positioned as [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: First Citizens agree to buy SVB; Twitter's value more than halves and the firm's source code is leaked; and the CMA update their provisional findings from their probe into Microsoft's planned purchase of Activision Blizzard. SVB [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: TikTok's CEO promises to protect users' data from foreign access; Google gives select users in the US and UK access to its to Bard chatbot; and a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: a last minute government deal by the UK government will see HSBC acquire Silicon Valley Bank; Signature Bank becomes the latest crypto-friendly institution to shut down; and Meta is reportedly working on a standalone app [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Dentsu to buy Tag for £533m; Washington Post launches new game to boost subscriber base; and the US JIC moves towards new measurement standards for premium video. Denstu strikes deal to purchase Tag Japanese marketing behemoth Dentsu [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: the FTC will not challenge Amazon's purchase of One Medical; UK publisher Reach explores ChatGPT's journalistic capabilities; and the Hong Kong government commits HK$50m (~£5.28m) to expand its Web3 ecosystem. Amazon’s purchase of One Medical will [...]

This week: Google ventures into generative AI by launching its 'Bard' chatbot, the CMA steps closer to blocking Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard... Google dominated the headlines this week with its entry into the race for generative AI. A mere day [...]