In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Google rolls out Universal Cart, its AI shopping tool, in the US ahead of the holiday season, Universal Music Group launches layoffs and an executive shake-up across the US and UK, and Apple and Meta [...]

This week, AI advertising took another step towards becoming a mainstream media channel, while mixed spending signals and agency growth. In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss United reorganising its advertising business to support its tech push, WARC tracking shifts in [...]

Opti Digital, the leading ad tech company specialising in publisher revenue optimisation, today (14th October, 2026) announced the results of its collaboration with AutoNotion, an independent automotive publication with a broad readership. Reaching millions of monthly readers, AutoNotion wanted to increase [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Apple winning fast-track access to OpenAI evidence in its trade secrets fight, Tencent raising $5.7bn through bond sales despite concerns over AI spending, and ITV’s generative AI ad tool attracting 16 first-time TV advertisers in [...]

The brand outcomes platform trusted by the world's leading publishers rolls out to advertisers and agencies, alongside a new identity and website Global ad tech firm Brand Metrics, the brand outcomes platform trusted by media owners worldwide, today, 1st October, 2026, [...]

Relevant Digital has appointed Alex Fawcett as VP, Customer Success. Alex will continue to lead the company’s Customer Success function and join Relevant Digital’s management team, bringing the customer perspective more directly into the company’s leadership as it continues to [...]

Retail media technology provider Broadsign and in-store media integrator IUF announced (6th October, 2026) a collaboration with UK retailer, Cotswold Outdoor Group, to expand its retail media network (RMN) with a scalable in-store advertising infrastructure. The upgrade provides a unified workflow that streamlines media planning, management, [...]

As connected TV has become increasingly important in advertisers’ strategies, the ability to plan CTV investment with greater precision is becoming critical. Locala today announces the launch of CTV Planner, a new solution designed to help media teams plan CTV [...]

Opti Digital, the leading ad tech company specialising in publisher revenue optimisation, today (1st October, 2026) announced the results of its collaboration with Chef Simon, one of France’s leading online culinary platforms. For more than 25 years, Chef Simon has built [...]

FreeWheel, a Comcast company and global technology platform for the streaming advertising ecosystem, has released findings from its latest Video Monetisation Report. Published twice a year, the report examines the evolution of premium video in Europe* and how content owners [...]