The MadTech Podcast

Today, we look at Amazon suing Perplexity over its AI shopping assistant, Epic and Google settling their lawsuit, and People Inc. signing an AI deal with Microsoft. 

In today’s MadTech Daily, Dot discusses Amazon Ads expanding its sports streaming inventory, Getty and Perplexity inking a multi-year deal to power AI search visuals, as well as Sky, BBC, and ITN urging a crackdown on Big Tech.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss tech giants stepping up efforts to fix AI security flaws; Alibaba investing USD$281m to expand Taobao stores; and the global TV and video market on track to hit USD$1tn by 2030.

In today’s MadTech Daily, look at Netflix eyeing a Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, the IAB unveiling a framework to standardise conversion APIs for CTV, and ABC and ESPN being pulled from YouTube TV ahead of their deal expiry.

In this MadTech Podcast team episode, ExchangeWire head of marketing Grainne Reid is joined by head of content John Still and COO Lindsay Rowntree. They look at Apple Maps moving towards ad monetisation, Comcast making their linear TV inventory available programmatically for advertisers, and the launch of the new Ad Context Protocol (AdCP). They discuss Apple’s and Google’s relationships with long...

In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Bending Spoons acquiring AOL for $1.5bn, WPP’s new CEO issuing a profit warning, and Meta’s ad revenue jumping 26% in Q3. 

In today’s Digest, we cover the latest ad spend forecast from the AA and WARC, Publicis buying HEPMIL Media Group to boost its influencer marketing in Southeast Asia, and US senators pushing to ban teen use of AI chatbots.

In today’s MadTech Daily: ChatGPT adds a PayPal wallet, Musk launches an AI encyclopedia, plus StarHub and Mediacorp team up to enhance the viewing experience for customers in Singapore

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Apple planning ads for Maps, X losing its advertising boss, and the EU’s preliminary findings that Meta and TikTok broke transparency obligations.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we look at WPP launching a self-serve version of its ad platform, Comcast bringing biddable and programmatic to its linear TV offering, and The Observer signing a deal to appear on AI news platform Particle. 

In this episode of the MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín is joined by head of content John Still and Charlotte Stavrou, founder & CEO of SevenSix Agency. They look into global ad spend figures from WARC, Meta implementing safeguards around AI character chatbots for children, and Instagram testing skippable ads in Reels.  They also discuss social media algorithms and the d...

On today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Amazon introducing a service built for real-time bidding, Reddit targeting Perplexity with a data-related lawsuit, and Alibaba’s Quark app launching an AI chatbot. 

In this MadTech Podcast special, ExchangeWire COO Lindsay Rowntree is joined by Curt Larson, Chief Innovation Officer at Equativ, to talk about how AI is changing the way people search, click, and advertise. Following a survey by Equativ on the effects of AI from a consumer perspective, they discuss how the surge in LLMs has influenced consumer needs and behaviour, what this means for advertisers...

In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover OpenAI launching the ChatGPT Atlas browser, Omnicom’s revenue rising on ad strength, and Netflix expanding into interactive experiences as its shares fall on a Brazil tax hit.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Google abandoning Privacy Sandbox, Warner Bros. Discovery putting itself up for sale, and Apple striking a USD$700m deal for F1 rights.  

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Meta testing skippable ads on Instagram Reels, AI and social media disrupting Wikipedia traffic, and Meta tightening AI chatbot controls for kids.

In today’s Digest, we cover Meta pulling out of the MRC audit and forfeiting its brand safety seal, Havas eyeing Dentsu’s global assets, and TikTok’s algorithm licensing sparking concern in the US.

In this episode of the MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire head of marketing Grainne Reid is joined by co-founder & CEO Rachel Smith and Daniel Sichel, managing director at Webtopia. They look into Google’s strategic market status and the inclusion of AI search, TikTok’s plans to cut 439 content moderation jobs in London, and Sharb Farjami’s appointment at Reddit. They also discuss regulation in the...

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss the ad industry unveiling the new AdCP standard for agentic AI, major publishers facing a wave of patent lawsuits, and Walmart teaming up with OpenAI for AI-first retail.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover WPP striking a USD$400m AI deal with Google, Spotify partnering with Netflix on video podcasts, and Google offering search fixes as an EU fine looms.

In today’s Digest, we cover Publicis raising its forecast again as AI fuels growth, California moving to govern AI chatbots, and the EU striking a compromise on sustainability reporting.

In today’s Digest, Nine and Paramount-Ten’s ad sales merger talks, Perplexity’s decision to pause new ad sign-ups, and the European Commission’s review of child safety on major platforms as UK MPs call to probe job cuts to TikTok’s content moderation team.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover the CMA designating Google strategic market status in search, India piloting AI chatbot-led e-commerce, and Reddit making a major Madison Avenue hire.

In this MadTech Podcast AI special, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín and COO Lindsay Rowntree are joined by Joris Knetsch, EVP at Prose on Pixels, APAC. They discuss the opt-out model in OpenAI's video generation platform, Sora, US concerns about Chinese DeepSeek models, and regulations in China's AI landscape. The conversation dives into IP and content rights, notions of privacy and accurac...

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss ITV launching its GenAI Ads Manager, the UK ad regulator trialling AI monitoring, and New York City suing social media firms for allegedly addicting kids.