Highlights – Total recorded investment across the advertising and marketing technology industries in Q1 2021 surpassed USD$23.7bn, with an average disclosed transaction value of USD$244.8m. – M&A activity amounted to 67% of total funding, with consolidation driven by mobile players, private equity, [...]

Google said its long goodbye to third-party ad tech last week. In a typically ambiguous post, the company explained to the world that it would no longer use cross-site identifiers in its browser or across its ad tech stack. All [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Twilio dives deeper into customer engagement services after acquiring Segment for $3.2bn; reports surface that TikTok rival Triller is contemplating going public; and creative agencies Osaka Labs and Running With Scissors merge.   Twilio acquires Segment for [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: LUMA’s latest Market Report reveals a fall in ad tech and MarTech deals; an investigation by Clean.io uncovers a rise in the threat of malvertising; and AdWanted secures 101-year-old advertising incumbent SRDS. LUMA reports fall in [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Changing attitudes towards walled gardens vs. open web; record TAG recertifications; Criteo announces new traffic generation solution; M&C [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: IAS Threat Lab calls for industry to update ads.txt files; 24sata and Njuskalo select Permutive; Sojern offers new [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Global martech market hits USD$121.5bn (£94.6bn); AI measures emotional response to advertising; Verizon Media accelerates premium native supply [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Near raises USD$100m (£80.1m) to fuel expansion; Marin Software releases State of Digital Advertising 2019 report; majority of [...]

On Monday 25 March, news filtered through that McDonald’s is acquiring the Israeli AI company Dynamic Yield, which has now been confirmed by the martech company themselves, with a reported price tag of USD$300m (£228m), making it the fast food [...]

M&C Saatchi Mobile recently announced a change in direction, and a rebrand to M&C Saatchi Performance, reflecting the dramatic shift towards hyperconnectivity. ExchangeWire speaks with James Shepherd, managing partner, Growth, M&C Saatchi Performance, about the launch.  ExchangeWire: Why is M&C Saatchi [...]