In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in ad tech from around the globe. In this edition: Google threatens to withdraw Search from Australia over the News Media Bargaining Code row; the IPA forecasts eventual ad spend [...]

Smart AdServer, the independent ad tech platform, is reshaping its capital structure via a Management Buyout of current investor Cathay Capital by Capital Croissance, which becomes its new majority shareholder. Cathay Capital fuelled the foundational growth of Smart, and it [...]

Taboola is going public via a merger with ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. (NYSE: IACA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, with USD $259m (£189.6m) in trust. Taboola has also secured approximately USD $285m (£208.6m) in primary and [...]

Adform, the only independent global ad management platform covering all aspects of the digital campaign lifecycle, today announces the findings of research into achieving Effortless Modern Marketing, conducted with more than 1,000 marketing professionals across the UK, EMEA and the US, [...]

Dennis Publishing, one of the UK’s leading publishing houses, has today announced a strategic partnership with LiveRamp® (NYSE: RAMP), the leading data connectivity platform, to utilise its Authenticated Traffic Solution (ATS). ATS allows publishers to connect consented first-party user data with [...]

With tougher regulations and higher consumers consciousness, data, and what companies do with it, was a key topic throughout 2020. With players across the industry working tirelessly to develop privacy-centric solutions that can provide marketers with valuable data whilst building [...]

Adverty AB (publ) today announces a new deal with global media and technology company Verizon Media, a division of Verizon Communications Inc., which houses a trusted media ecosystem of premium brands and industry-leading technology platforms. The integration of Adverty’s platform [...]

DoubleVerify (“DV”), a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, today announced that it has received Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation for display and video rendered ad impression measurement and sophisticated invalid traffic (SIVT) filtration, including app fraud, [...]

Hivestack, the global ad tech leader in programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising, today announced the appointment of Louis-Philippe Denis as chief legal and privacy officer. Bringing 20 years of experience in corporate law and privacy to Hivestack, Denis will report [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Google indicates that it will use FLoC for targeted advertising once third-party cookies disappear; the IPA's Q4 2020 Bellwether Report asserts that ad spend will recover despite current pessimism; and America's largest cinema chain, AMC, [...]