In today's ExchangeWire Digest: Walmart grows ads business by 46%; TikTok draws backlash for mandatory AI tool; OpenAI questions Zuckerberg role in USD$97bn (£71.2bn) Musk takeover offer. Walmart grows ads business by 46% Walmart’s advertising revenue increased by 46% year-over-year, as revealed [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss TikTok swapping its German Trust and Safety team for AI, Paramount securing exclusive US UFC rights while Fox and ESPN launch a streaming bundle, and Musk’s xAI suing Apple over app store rankings.  TikTok to swap [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Netflix inking a linear TV deal with TF1, Trump delaying the TikTok ban for a third time, TikTok Shop launching in Japan, and the CMA tossing Google’s Privacy Sandbox a lifeline. Netflix Inks Linear TV Deal [...]

This week spotlighted the growing tension between innovation and accountability in the tech ecosystem. In today’s MadTech Daily we discuss IAB Europe’s 2024 AdEx Benchmark Report, OpenAI’s collaboration with Jony Ive to create AI devices, the UK ad industry’s return [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Google’s launch of ‘AI Mode’ in Search, EU’s investigation into TikTok’s ‘SkinnyTok’ content over potential harm to minors and TikTok Shop US staff being told to work from home amid looming layoffs, as well as [...]

DoubleVerify, a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics, announced the launch of pre-bid video exclusion lists for TikTok—expanding the company’s footprint of trusted, independent brand suitability and media performance tools on the platform. This release will [...]

Zefr, the global leader in brand suitability technology for social platforms, in partnership with TikTok announced today (April 14th, 2025) the global availability of Exclusion Lists for TikTok, powering the industry’s most advanced AI-driven suitability controls on the platform. Through [...]

Today's digest looks at Trump extending the TikTok sale deadline for the second time, Meta's fact checking finally coming to an end for all US users, and WPP's acquisition of InfoSum. Trump Extends TikTok Sale Deadline Again President Trump has [...]

Today’s digest looks at the DOJ’s revised proposed judgement to remedy Google’s search dominance, Google removing diverse language from its Responsible AI team webpage, and a potential sale on the horizon for TikTok’s US business.  Latest DOJ Proposal Still Calls for [...]

Today's digest looks at TikTok and Reddit coming under the scrutiny of the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, trouble in the creative development process, and new updates from Google. TikTok and Reddit Under Privacy Scrutiny  TikTok and Reddit are two of the [...]