The MadTech Podcast

Today's MadTech Daily covers Novacap acquiring IAS for USD$1.9bn, Microsoft plotting an AI marketplace for publishers, and LinkedIn training AI on member profiles. It also discusses Canadian watchdogs concluding TikTok fails on child data protection. 

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss double-digit growth ahead for digital adspend, Alibaba unveiling a multimodal AI, and eBay moving to buy Tise. 

In today’s Madtech Daily, we discuss the Murdochs being tipped for the TikTok deal, ad giants shifting their climate stance, Google’s ad tech monopoly trial kicking off, and Amazon facing a jury over Prime sign-ups.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Google adding Gemini to Chrome and striking a multi-year AI partnership with PayPal, AI search threatening the survival of independent publishers, and UK broadcaster bosses dismissing merger speculation.

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. 

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Verve Group acquiring Captify, Meta Seeking AI content deals with media firms, and China dropping its Google antitrust case.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Trump hailing a deal with TikTok as China pushes algorithm use, Amazon expanding ad integration with SiriusXM, and the UK and US sealing a $42bn tech pact.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Magnite suing Google, Google investing £5bn in the UK’s AI sector, and the Australian government guiding platforms on the under-16 social media ban

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss the FTC targeting Google and Amazon over search ads, Penske Media hitting Google with an AI suit, and a court denying Google’s request to halt Epic Play Store changes.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Paramount-Skydance planning a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the FTC investigating AI chatbots and France eyeing a TikTok inquiry. We also cover Microsoft endorsing OpenAI’s for-profit move.