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• Apple’s Privacy Changes to Cost Big Tech; Epic Games Secures Funding of USD$2bn

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  In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Big Tech firms are predicted to lose up to USD$16bn (£12.2bn) due to Apple's privacy changes; Epic Games secures funding of USD$2bn (£1.5bn); and Chinese regulators have approved new online games for the first time in nine months.   Apple’s [...]

• Google Removes Apps Harvesting User Data; YouTube Blocks Russia's Duma TV

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  In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Google has removed apps secretly collecting and sharing user data; YouTube has banned Russian parliament channel, Duma TV, from the platform; and Elon Musk will no longer join Twitter's board of directors.    Google removes apps secretly collecting user [...]

• US Officials Investigate Activision Blizzard; Elon Musk Becomes Twitter's Largest Stakeholder

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  In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: US Officials probe potential insider dealings at Activation Blizzard; Elon Musk becomes the largest stakeholder in Twitter and is appointed [...]

• Scibids' Harriet Cunningham on AI Regulation; Google’s Privacy Sandbox; and Attention Metrics

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  On this week’s episode of TheMadTech Podcast, Scibids’ UK Sales Director Harriet Cunningham joins ExchangeWire’s Rachel Smith and Ciaran O’Kane to discuss the impact of tighter AI restrictions. They also uncover the concerns that still remain over Google’s Privacy Sandbox, [...]

• Meta Ventures into Virtual Currency with "Zuck Bucks"; Sky Mavis Raises $150m Following DeFi Hack

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  In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Meta ventures into virtual currency with the development of "Zuck Bucks" and NFTs; Sky Mavis raises USD$150m (£114.7m) just weeks after losing USD$615m (£469m) to crypto hackers; and JD.com founder, Richard Liu, steps down as its chief executive.   Meta explores [...]

• India Bans 22 YouTube Channels Over Disinformation; Twitter Appoints Elon Musk to Board

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  In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: the Indian government bans 22 YouTube channels for posting disinformation; Twitter appoints billionaire Elon Musk to its board of directors; and one-click payment start-up Fast to shut down all operations.   India bans 22 YouTube channels over alleged [...]

• Elon Musk Becomes Twitter's Largest Stakeholder; UK Government Outlines Bid to Become 'Global Hub' for Crypto

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  In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: billionaire Elon Musk has increased his shares in Twitter to become the platform's largest stakeholder; the UK government has revealed plans to become a 'global hub' for the crypto industry; and Barcelona-based start-up Amenitiz has raised USD $30m (£22.8m) [...]

• US Officials Probe Activision Blizzard’s Brunch; Amazon Sellers Report an “Unfair” Marketplace

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  In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Officials at the US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission are probing a meeting between Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick and Alexander von Furstenberg; a report conducted by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance [...]

• Digital Markets Act Proposed to Tame Big Tech; Yandex Spark Concerns over Data sent to Russia

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  In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: European lawmakers propose the Digital Markets Act to tackle antitrust behaviour in Big Tech; Russia's search engine, Yandex, [...]

• Thomson Reuters' Osita Osadebe on The Digital Markets Act; Apple; and Buzzfeed News

  3 years ago Podcast

  

  On this week’s episode of TheMadTech Podcast, Reuters’ Programmatic Lead Osita Osadebe joins ExchangeWire’s Anne-Marie Sheedy and Mat Broughton to discuss the potential impact of the EU’s DMA legislation. They also get to the core of Apple’s latest privacy measures, [...]