Thrad, the pioneer in AI-native advertising infrastructure for conversational AI, has announced the launch of Thrad for Retailers. This first-of-its-kind solution is designed specifically to help retailers monetise their AI assistants, marking a fundamental shift from traditional keyword-based search to [...]

Spyrosoft AdTech, a software development company specialising in advertising technology (ad tech) solutions, today (13th January, 2025) announces the appointment of Piotr Banaszczyk as chief executive officer (CEO) and Tomasz Chmielewski as chief operating officer (COO), effective January 2026. The appointments [...]

Today, (8th January, 2026) VIOOH, the leading premium global digital out-of-home (DOOH) supply-side platform, announced a strategic partnership with Dolphin OOH to further expand access to premium DOOH inventory across the United States. The partnership delivers access to over 5,000 digital [...]

In today’s digest we look at Larry Ellison giving his personal backing to Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery, Instacart deciding to terminate price tests on its platform following pushback from customers, as well as Netflix's latest moves in [...]

Shirley Marschall takes in everything that occured in the world of AI and ad tech in 2026, and concludes that we might really need a break...

In today’s Digest, we cover Meta tolerating China-linked ad fraud to protect revenue, the US suspending a tech deal with the UK amid trade frustrations, and AI becoming Santa’s helper for 2025 Christmas shopping.

As 2026 approaches, we examine what could be in store for retail media. As the sector booms, we asked experts from across the ad tech ecosystem what they expect from the year ahead.  As we progress through Q4, it’s the season [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Omnicom announcing a major overhaul with new leadership and job cuts, Havas buying Unnest to boost data services, and retailers seeing an 830% jump in traffic from generative AI.

This week, AI takes center stage as retailers, platforms, and tech giants roll out new tools. In today’s MadTech Daily, we look at the European Parliament urging a social media ban for under-16s, the Observer debuting a new digital subscription [...]

With Black Friday taking place later this week, we asked experts from across the ad tech industry for their insights. What has changed this year? Black Friday has been one of the UK’s biggest yearly shopping events for well [...]