This week, advertising, streaming, and regulation converged as platforms doubled down on monetisation while facing growing scrutiny. In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss OpenAI building a tool to track ChatGPT ad conversions, UK MPs voting down under-16 social media ban [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover Netflix’s plan to refocus on ads and content after its Warner bid, the IAB unveiling guidelines for AI-driven commerce media, and WPP reportedly launching talks to sell Burson, its PR arm

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...

44.4% of domains now fall below accepted quality thresholds, according to Picnic’s Inventory Quality Report 2026, highlighting a growing gap between the scale of digital supply and the value it delivers. Based on analysis of more than 120,000 domains, the report [...]

A new AI study has attempted to answer in seconds a question that art critics and experts have debated for centuries: what is the world’s most beautiful painting? To celebrate World Art Day, creative data provider DAIVID switched the focus of [...]

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’.

Taboola, a global leader in delivering performance at scale for advertisers, today (14th April, 2026) announced that HuffPost UK has selected DeeperDive, an industry-first Gen AI answer engine that lives directly on publisher websites and leverages their own content.   DeeperDive brings the power [...]

In the second piece of this series, we share more views from ad tech experts regarding what’s currently shaping the industry. From agentic AI to M&A, discover what they believe is making the biggest impact on how ad tech is [...]

This week, streaming platforms explored new frontiers, and major deals signalled shifting power dynamics across the entertainment industry. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Tubi pioneering a ChatGPT-native app launch, Microsoft and Publicis deepening their partnership on agentic marketing, and [...]

Peter Mason, illuma CEO, looks at how AI is reshaping publisher deals. He expands on how advertisers can find new audiences at scale, contextual AI, and the future of deal-making. As 2026 planning cycles accelerate, one pressure point remains front [...]