MadTech Daily: Court Pauses Paramount-Warner Bros Deal Despite DOJ Clearance; Google Burns Cash for First Time as AI Spending Surges
In today’s MadTech Daily, we look at the court pausing the Paramount–Warner Bros. deal despite DOJ clearance, Google burning through US$6bn as AI spending soars, and Nine cutting publishing jobs as it...
24 Jul 1min
Attekmi on Publisher Ad Supply, AI Search, and OpenAI's Missed Forecast
In this episode of The MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire's head of content, John Still, is joined by Attekmi CEO Roman Vrublivskyi and chief product officer Olena Chudinovych to discuss falling publisher ...
24 Jul 29min
MadTech Daily: Omnicom Merges Hearts & Science, Mediahub; Judge Approves Anthropic’s $1.5bn Settlement
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Omnicom Media merging Hearts & Science and Mediahub into a new global network, a judge approving Anthropic’s $1.5bn settlement, and M+C Saatchi ANZ heading for a man...
23 Jul 1min
MadTech Daily: Judge halts Paramount-Warner Bros Deal; Google Integrates Local Services Ads
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover a judge halting the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal amid an antitrust challenge, Google integrating Local Services Ads into Search, and AliExpress vowing to appeal a €55...
22 Jul 2min
MadTech Daily: Google Traffic to UK Publishers Set to Halve; EU Fines AliExpress for DSA Violations
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover a new study finding AI is accelerating the collapse of Google Search referral traffic, the EU fining AliExpress €550m over failures to police illegal and counterfeit...
21 Jul 1min
MadTech Daily: Stagwell Builds AI Media Marketplace; EU Forces Google to Open AI & Search
In today’s Digest, we discuss Stagwell bringing ad inventory curation in-house with a new AI platform, the EU forcing Google to open Android AI and Search to rivals under the Digital Markets Act, and ...
20 Jul 1min
MadTech Daily: Uber & Delivery Hero join forces; Stripe and Advent launch a $53bn bid for PayPal
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Uber and Delivery Hero joining forces, Stripe and Advent launching a $53bn bid for PayPal, and DoorDash integrating with Shopify.
17 Jul 1min
ExchangeWire on Netflix's Short-form Ambitions, Sky x ITV and ATS Singapore
On this week's MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire COO Lindsay Rowntree and CEO Rachel Smith join John Still to discuss Netflix’s short-form ambitions, Sky’s purchase of ITV and what went down at ATS Singap...
17 Jul 35min
