MadTech Daily: Digital publisher revenues fall 4.55%; Shein swings to $99 million quarterly loss
In today’s Digest, we cover digital publisher revenues falling 4.55% in Q1 2026 as AI disruption bites, Shein swinging to a US$99m quarterly loss ahead of its Hong Kong IPO, and Amazon Ads and Octave ...
29 Juli 1min
MadTech Daily: China fines Trip.com for monopolistic conduct; WBD takes Amazon to court
In today’s Digest, we look at China fining Trip.com US$765m for monopolistic conduct, WBD taking Amazon to court over alleged executive poaching, and a podcast industry coalition proposing new standar...
28 Juli 1min
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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 1min
