In her latest ExchangeWire column, Shirley Marschall ponders on the complexities of the advertising funnel, and the need to simplify the ad tech stack.

A powerful short film from insurance brand AXA about a women’s walking football team of cancer survivors is the most emotionally-engaging ad of Euro 2025. That’s according to new data from DAIVID, which found the nine-minute documentary-style video "Kicking Cancer: The World’s Toughest [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover TripleLift laying off staff amid cuts, xAI seeking a $200bn valuation in its next fundraise, and Hearst taking over the Dallas Morning News after 140 years.

Nexxen International Ltd., a global, flexible advertising technology platform with deep expertise in data and advanced TV, today (15th July, 2025) announced it anticipates benefitting from the announcement that Vestel recently entered a strategic partnership with VIDAA, the world’s second [...]

Attekmi, an ad tech company offering a range of ad exchange solutions and ad tech and ad ops services, has introduced a set of platform updates that aim to increase both efficiency and user experience. Prioritising partners’ feedback, Attekmi continuously works [...]

AdPlayer.Pro, a global provider of SaaS video ad tech solutions, has released a suite of new server-to-server integration features within its core video ad serving stack, significantly expanding its infrastructure for scalable and efficient ad delivery. According to the company’s announcement, [...]

Our columnist, Shirley Marschall, is back, and this week she’s taking on the rise of ‘slop’ and looking at why AI is the Ozempic of the media…

This week, regulatory bodies across the globe signaled a sharp turn toward stricter oversight. In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss a US Judge siding with Meta in an AI copyright lawsuit, authors suing Microsoft over AI training on books, and [...]

This week marked significant changes in the evolving relationship between advertising and climate responsibility. In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Google being hit in a €4.1bn Android fine battle, Microsoft considering abandoning high-stakes negotiations with OpenAI, OpenAI ending work with [...]

We look at some of the biggest announcements from Cannes Lions this year, focusing on DSP tie-ups and partnerships in the agency world.  It’s been a scorching week, the sun shining down and the thermometers hitting 30° – and that’s just in [...]