ADvendio, an omnichannel advertising management platform, today (19th May, 2026) announced its strategic partnership with Kevel, the leading provider of retail media infrastructure, to help retailers scale their retail media operations with efficient, agentic operations.As retail media continues to expand [...]

All the goings on in the ad tech world this week, plus today's MadTech Daily Podcast...

This week, agency AI-driven advertising took a leap forward, while governments tightened their grip on Big Tech and platforms raced to evolve their ecosystems. In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Meta being found in breach of EU law over child [...]

Opti Digital, the leading ad tech company specialising in publisher revenue optimisation, today announced a successful collaboration with Navigate Health through its Ad Manager Hub. Navigate Health is a UK-based digital health company dedicated to making healthcare more accessible, personalised, and [...]

In her latest column, Shirley Marschall looks at a decades-old conspiracy theory, and what it has in common with ad tech's 'frictionless' promise...

In today’s Digest, we cover Meta set to overtake Google in ad revenue for the first time, Publicis marking its 20th consecutive growth quarter despite momentum slowing, and Freely launching FAST ‘Spotlight Channels’.

AppHarbr, GeoEdge’s in-app ad quality and security platform, today (5th March, 2026) announced the release of the industry’s first In-App Network Ad Quality & Safety Performance Index, a benchmarking report measuring how ad networks perform on ad safety, user experience, [...]

This week saw mounting regulatory pressure across streaming and social media, while advertising and retail delivered record-breaking performances. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover WPP unveiling a £500m cost-cutting plan in an AI-led overhaul, ByteDance being valued at $550bn in [...]

In today’s Digest we cover video-on-demand services facing new Ofcom regulation in the UK, Canva buying animation and marketing startups, and OOH hitting record revenue in 2025.

Alanna Laforet looks at the long-rumoured demise of publishers, and how they survive because of tech innovation, not despite it...