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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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Jun 5, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: WPP Media Unveils Open Intelligence; Paramount Reshapes Strategy
Today’s MadTech Daily discusses WPP Media unveiling Open Intelligence, Paramount reshaping its strategy, as well as Disney and Microsoft announcing further layoffs amid AI restructuring.

Jun 4, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: Meta to Fully Automate Ad Creation; Big Tech Under Legal Pressure
Today’s MadTech Daily covers Meta doubling down on AI automation, Big Tech facing legal pressure with Google settling and Apple pushing back, as well as digital video and audio surging in Australia as broadcast spend declines.

Jun 3, 2025 • 24min
Sentient Talent’s Sean Halpin on the Ad Tech Job Market, Industry Networking and Standing Out in the Recruitment Process
In this MadTech Podcast Special, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín is joined by Sean Halpin, founder and managing director at Sentient Talent, and co-founder of the AdTech Connect initiative.
Halpin shares a range of insights, expanding on:
The current state of the ad tech job market
Advice for people trying to find their first job in ad tech
How candidates can make themselves stand out in the recruitment process
What the AdTech Connect initiative is bringing to the industry

Jun 3, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: Judge Zooms In on Gen AI in Google’s Antitrust Case; NYT Strikes AI Content Licensing Deal with Amazon
In today’s MadTech Daily, Judge Amit Mehta zooms in on generative AI in Google’s antitrust case, the New York Times strikes an AI content licensing deal with Amazon, and the AI copyright clash in the UK intensifies.

Jun 2, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: Business Insider Cuts 21% of Workforce; Discord Trials ‘Orbs’ to Incentivise Ad Engagement
In today’s MadTech Daily, Business Insider cuts 21% of its workforce amid shift to AI and live events, Discord trials ‘Orbs’ to incentivise ad engagement, and Apple faces fresh DMA penalties as EU sets compliance deadline.

May 30, 2025 • 36min
Willow & Jo Consulting's JJ Eastwood on Amazon, Retail Media Partnerships, and ChatGPT
In this episode of TheMadTech Podcast, JJ Eastwood, managing partner, retail media, Willow & Jo Consulting, joins ExchangeWire's Grainne Reid (head of marketing) and John Still (head of content) to discuss the latest in media, marketing, and commerce.
They discuss the growth of Amazon's retail media revenue, Nectar and OMG's expanded retail media partnership, and the near-doubling of referral traffic from ChatGPT to publishers.

May 30, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: EU warns Shein to fix violations; xAI Partners with Telegram
In today’s MadTech Daily, EU warns Shein to fix violations, xAI Partners with Telegram, and IAB launches Retail Media Certification Programme.

May 29, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: Meta’s FTC Antitrust Trial Draws to a Close; YouTube Tops TV Viewing
In today’s MadTech Daily, we look at Meta’s FTC antitrust trial drawing to a close, PDD Holdings’ income dropping amid price wars and tariffs, and YouTube topping TV viewing among media companies for the third month in a row.

May 28, 2025 • 3min
MadTech Daily: RedBird to Acquire Telegraph; European Alliances and Copyright Challenges in the UK AI Sector
In today’s MadTech Daily, we look at RedBird’s agreement to acquire the Telegraph newspaper group, the latest in the UK's AI sector, and Alibaba's Taobao Instant Commerce Portal surpassing 40 million daily orders.

May 28, 2025 • 30min
What's Happening in CTV in APAC?
In this MadTech Podcast Special, ExchangeWire's John Still is joined by OMG's Nina Fedorczuk and Alissa Bantigue to discuss the connected TV (CTV) landscape within the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.