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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 29, 2025 • 2min
MadTech Daily: dentsu for SALE?!; Omnicom Surpasses WPP in UK Ad Spend
In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Dentsu weighing sale of global unit, YouTube and Fox striking a short-term deal, and Omnicom surpassing WPP in UK ad spend.

Aug 28, 2025 • 2min
MadTech Daily: Disney Strengthens European Content Slate with ZDF Deal; Anthropic Settles Piracy Case
In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Disney strengthening its European content slate with a ZDF deal, Anthropic settling its piracy case, and Perplexity’s new revenue model rewarding publishers for AI articles used by its AI.

Aug 27, 2025 • 2min
MadTech Daily: Trump Warns Tariffs on Nations ‘Discriminating’ Against US Tech; Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple & OpenAI for Monopoly Practices
In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Trump’s warning of tariffs on nations discriminating against US tech, Elon Musk’s xAI suing Apple and OpenAI for monopoly practices, and Japanese media suing Perplexity for copyright infringement.

Aug 26, 2025 • 2min
The MadTech Daily: Walmart Ads Growth, TikTok AI Backlash
On today's MadTech Daily: Walmart grows ads business by 46%; TikTok draws backlash for mandatory AI tool; OpenAI questions Zuckerberg role in USD$97bn (£71.2bn) Musk takeover offer.

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.