In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Amazon freezes hiring for ad business after disappointing Q3 results; Meta trials minting and selling NFTs on Instagram in the US; and the BBC overhauls local radio to become more “digital-led”.   Amazon suspends hiring for ad [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Elon Musk plans to raise the monthly price of Twitter Blue to USD$20 (~£17.22); Telegram removes paywalled posts from iOS app in line with Apple's privacy changes; and Amazon champions Vietnam for e-commerce boom.   Musk to [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Meta warns it may block the sharing of Canadian news sites on Facebook; fresh legal action against Amazon could see the giant pay £900m to UK customers; and a team at ByteDance planned to use [...]

This week: ByteDance's valuation drops by 25% in 12 months, Schneider Electric buys Aveva for £9.5bn... Transition seems to have been a key theme across ad tech this week. Video-sharing platform ByteDance saw its value slipped by a quarter to USD$300bn [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: YouTube announce plans to let creators monetise Shorts; Amazon's bid to acquire iRobot comes under scrutiny; and Twitch impose a soft ban on gambling companies.   YouTube to allow creators to monetise Shorts In its latest move to [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Meta purchases Lofelt to boost its VR capabilities; the FTC launches an investigation into Amazon's USD$3.9bn (£3.3bn) deal to buy 1Life; and Apple surpasses Android devices used in the US.   Meta acquires Berlin’s Lofelt Meta has purchased [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Alibaba loses its top spot across international markets to Taiwan's Shopee; Amazon searches for a senior executive to lead its entertainment division; and Mediaocean purchases Imposium to expand its CTV offerings.   Shopee overtakes Alibaba across international [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Japan's SoftBank reports losses of USD$23.4bn (£1.93bn) in Q2 2022; Amazon purchases robotics firm iRobot Corp; and Facebook announces it will shut down its live shopping feature this autumn.   SoftBank reports loss of USD$23.4bn SoftBank Group has [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba to shut down online platform Tmall; Tremor International purchases Amobee for USD$239m (£198.7m); and Amazon advances into the healthcare sector by purchasing One Medical.    Alibaba to close Hong Kong’s Tmall Ecommerce behemoth Alibaba [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: Amazon closes a three-year deal to livestream the European Champions League; TikTok suspends its plans to take 'TikTok [...]