FirstPartyCapital’s Rich Ashton on Amazon and Google Misleading Advertisers, Amazon Joining Forces with Netflix, and the Latest Ad Tech M&A

In this MadTech Podcast episode, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín is joined by head of content John Still, and Rich Ashton, managing partner at FirstPartyCapital. 

They look at the US Federal Trade Commission launching an investigation into whether Amazon and Google misled advertisers, and a new partnership which will bring Netflix’s premium ad inventory to Amazon’s DSP, Amazon Ads. 

They also discuss the latest M&A activity in the ad tech scene, including Bending Spoons’ acquisition of Vimeo, and Vitruvian Partners buying a majority sake in healthcare DSP DeepIntent.