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The MadTech Podcast: our weekly news wrap-up with a special guest
The MadTech Daily: your media and marketing news in minutes each morning
Podcast Specials: interviews with industry leaders on their specialist subjects
The MadTech Podcast: our weekly news wrap-up with a special guest
The MadTech Daily: your media and marketing news in minutes each morning
Podcast Specials: interviews with industry leaders on their specialist subjects
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Aug 22, 2025 • 33min
The MadTech Podcast: Mediahub's Ross Jenkins on Meta AI; Zero-Click Search; and Agencies
In this episode of The MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire's Aimee Newell-Tarin and Mat Broughton are joined by Ross Jenkins, EMEA and APAC CEO, Mediahub, to discuss Meta's AI restructuring, zero-click search tools, and agency roles in media buying.

Aug 22, 2025 • 2min
MadTech Daily: TikTok AI Mandate, Snapchat's New Location Ads
On today's MadTech Daily: TikTok AI Mandate, Snapchat's New Location Ads and Nielsen Strikes 'Marketing Cloud' Deal With WPP Media's InfoSum
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Aug 21, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: New Claims Meta Inflated Ad Performance; Google Alters Play Store Rules Amid EU Scrutiny
In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss claims that Meta inflated ad performance; Australia’s OOH industry seeing growth across all categories, as well as Google altering play store rules amid EU scrutiny...

Aug 20, 2025 • 22min
“We’re drowning in ads, but at the same time, we’re barely noticing them”: eight&four’s Chloe Singleton on Attention through the Lens of Paid Social
In this MadTech Podcast special, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín is joined by Chloe Singleton, performance director at social and content agency eight&four for a conversation about attention through the lens of paid social.
Chloe expands on:
How attention is reshaping the advertising ecosystem
The main benefits for advertisers using attention as a metric for paid social
Some of the challenges advertisers are facing when it comes to attention in paid social
How attention within the paid social landscape might develop in the coming years

Aug 20, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: Google Strikes AI News Deal while UK Publishers Seek CMA Oversight; UK Drops Bid for Apple User Data
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Google striking an AI news deal with AAP and the PPA calling for CMA oversight of Google AI search. We also discuss the UK dropping its bid for Apple user data as well as ChatGPT’s Go Plan debuting in India.

Aug 19, 2025 • 2min
MadTech Daily: Google Fined Over Aussie Telco Deals; Meta Plans Fourth AI Shake-Up in Six Months
In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Google being fined $36M over Aussie telco deals, Meta planning a fourth AI shake-up in six months, and EU digital rules stalling a US trade statement.

Aug 18, 2025 • 2min
MadTech Daily: Google AI Overviews Harming Referral Traffic by up to 25%; Netflix more than Doubles US Upfront Commitments
On today's MadTech Daily: Google AI Overviews harming search referral traffic by up to 25%; Netflix more than doubles US Upfront commitments; and MSQ Partners rules out potential S4 Capital merger.

Aug 15, 2025 • 29min
The Kite Factory’s Simi Gill on Grok Introducing Ads, Google vs Publishers, and Instagram’s New Map Feature
In this episode of the MadTech Podcast, head of marketing Grainne Reid is joined by head of content John Still and Simi Gill, head of digital at The Kite Factory, to discuss the latest in media and marketing.
They examine Elon Musk’s plans to bring ads to Grok, Google denying that AI Overviews is killing website traffic, and lawmakers urging Meta to shut down its new Instagram Map.

Aug 15, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: Dentsu’s Revenue Dips; Paramount Pushes to Develop Legacy Cable Networks
In today's MadTech Daily, Dot discusses Dentsu's revenue dipping, Paramount's latest strategy plans, and a new AI feature from Google.

Aug 14, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: Perplexity Bids Billions for Chrome; Big Tech Steps Up Ad Fraud Crackdown
In today’s MadTech Daily, Dot discusses Perplexity bidding billions for Chrome, tech firms stepping up their ad fraud crackdown, and streamers slashing scripted TV commissions by a quarter.