In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in ad tech from around the globe. In this edition: the Chinese Communist Party launches an antitrust investigation into Alibaba; S4 Capital acquires 2 new agencies with plans to merge [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Twitter boosts its plans for its own podcasting network by acquiring podcast app Breaker; live sports streaming service fuboTV reports better-than-expected results for 2020; and the US box office sees revenues crumble by 81%.   Twitter builds [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in ad tech from around the globe. In this edition: the CPRA is voted in, meaning tighter data restrictions on how tech firms use consumers' data; the EU Commission launches [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Spotify acquires podcast platform Megaphone for USD $235m; WPP merges agencies AKQA and Grey into AKQA Group; and NBCU partners with PayPal to enhance its shoppable TV offering.   Spotify buys Megaphone for $235m Streaming platform heavyweight Spotify [...]

Placements.io, the leader in revenue and billing management for media companies, today announced that the company has launched a publisher technology integration with Megaphone, the largest podcast hosting and monetisation platform. Additionally, Megaphone has signed an agreement with Placements.io as [...]

CUMULUS MEDIA’S Westwood One, the largest audio network in America, has selected Placements.io, the leader in revenue and billing management for media companies, to create a custom operating management system that will integrate with Megaphone, the largest podcast hosting and [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Singapore's money authority's blockchain initiative, 'Project Ubin', passes initial commercial testing; podcast ad revenues see some growth in spite of the ongoing Coronavirus crisis; and US e-commerce and SaaS firm BigCommerce files to go public.   Singapore’s [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the globe. In this edition: OOH sees signs of recovery in Australia; research finds ad demand from DTCs is up in the US; DSPs have [...]

Triton Digital, a global technology and services leader to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced today that it is among the first companies to secure the IAB Tech Lab Podcast Measurement Compliance verification. Triton’s Podcast Metrics is a powerful tool [...]

Despite not being an especially novel format, the popularity of podcasting has skyrocketed over the past few years, in part due to the ease of access afforded by audio streaming platforms. Podcasts have been proven particularly popular amongst the 18-34 [...]