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• Digest: Business Insider Cuts 21% of Workforce; Discord Trials ‘Orbs’ to Incentivise Ad Engagement

  2 months ago News

  

  In today’s Digest: Business Insider cuts 21% of its workforce amid shift to AI and live events, Discord trials ‘Orbs’ to incentivise ad engagement, and Apple faces fresh DMA penalties as EU sets a compliance deadline. Business Insider cuts 21% of [...]

• The Stack: Power Plays and Platform Shifts

  3 months ago News

  

  This week’s headlines are marked by legal tensions, AI fuelled traffic spikes, and game changing publishing deals. In today’s digest, EU warns Shein to fix violations, xAI Partners with Telegram, and IAB launches Retail Media Certification Programme. Tensions escalated between two [...]

• Willow & Jo Consulting's JJ Eastwood on Amazon, Retail Media Partnerships, and ChatGPT

  3 months ago Podcast

  

  In this episode of TheMadTech Podcast, JJ Eastwood, managing partner, retail media, Willow & Jo Consulting, joins ExchangeWire's Grainne Reid (head of marketing) and John Still (head of content) to discuss the latest in media, marketing, and commerce. They discuss the [...]

• What does Google’s AI Mode Mean for the Ad Industry? 

  3 months ago News

  

  Google's rollout of AI Mode marks another momentous change in the search landscape. What does the update mean for members of the ad industry? Last week, Google announced another momentous change to its crown jewel, Google Search, with the rollout [...]

• Digest: Meta’s FTC Antitrust Trial Draws to a Close; YouTube Tops TV Viewing; Temu-owner PDD Holdings Sees Income Drop

  3 months ago News

  

  In today’s Digest, we look at Meta’s FTC antitrust trial drawing to a close, PDD Holdings’ income dropping amid price wars and tariffs, and YouTube topping TV viewing among media companies for the third month in a row. Meta Awaits Ruling [...]

• Made for Ignoring: Why Optimisation Is Killing Advertising’s Soul

  3 months ago News

  

  Shirley Marschall examines how optimisation is affecting advertising. Have we optimised into oblivion? Remember that banner ad that made you laugh? The pre-roll that really resonated with you (or at least didn’t make you skip immediately)? The Instagram ad you [...]

• Digest: RedBird to Acquire Telegraph; European Alliances and Copyright Challenges in the UK AI Sector 

  3 months ago News

  

  In today’s digest, we look at RedBird’s agreement to acquire the Telegraph newspaper group, the latest in the UK's AI sector, and Alibaba's Taobao Instant Commerce Portal surpassing 40 million daily orders. RedBird to Acquire Telegraph A consortium led by RedBird Capital [...]

• What's Happening in CTV in APAC?

  3 months ago Podcast

  

  In this MadTech Podcast Special, OMG's Nina Fedorczuk and Alissa Bantigue join ExchangeWire's John Still to discuss the developing connected TV (CTV) landscape across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. In this session, Fedorczuk and Bantigue detail: Major differences between CTV in APAC [...]

• Buying Certainty in Uncertain Times: Why Programmatic Delivers Stability for Brands

  3 months ago News

  

  Franck Vidal, director, Southeast Asia sales & partnerships of ATS Singapore 2025 event sponsor Vistar Media, looks at why programmatic is a constant in a constantly moving marketplace… Uncertainty is becoming the new normal. From shifting global supply chains to fluctuating [...]

• ATS Singapore 2025: Delving Deeper into This Year’s Topics 

  3 months ago News

  

  ExchangeWire's ATS Singapore returns in just over a month for its 14th anniversary in the APAC region. We take another dive into this year’s topics, from AI to incrementality.  With ATS Singapore 2025 just around the corner, we gathered more insights [...]