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All your MadTech podcasts from ExchangeWire in one feed:
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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On today’s MadTech Daily we cover Reddit launching an AI media buying tool, WPP launching Agent Hub to power agentic AI marketing, and a US judge rejecting Amazon’s bid to dismiss a price gouging lawsuit.
On today’s MadTech Daily, we cover the UK enforcing a ban on junk food TV ads before 9pm, Omnicom Media working with Google on a new insights tool, and OpenAI going all-in on audio with an audio-first device expected to launch this year.
In our first MadTech Daily of 2026, we cover Meta acquiring Manus, ITV investing in The Body Coach app, and Adform acquiring Splicky
Today’s MadTech Daily discusses Larry Ellison giving his personal backing to Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery, Instacart deciding to terminate price tests on its platform following pushback from customers, as well as Netflix's latest moves in the video podcast space.
Today’s MadTech Daily covers Google suing SerpApi over its web scraping activity, ByteDance boosting benefits for staff to attract and retain top AI talent around the globe, plus Facebook carrying out a test which limits the number of links creators and businesses can post on the platform.
In this special episode of the MadTech podcast, ExchangeWire's head of content John Still is joined by CEO Rachel Smith, COO Lindsay Rowntree, and co-founder & advisor Ciaran O’Kane to share their big industry predictions for the year ahead.
They look at the impact of AI search on brands and publishers, how the Omnicom-IPG deal will change the global agency landscape, and a reframing of ad tech amid the contraction of the open web.
0:00 Introduction
1:52 Rachel: “Publishers become brands, brands become publishers”
20:10 Lindsay: “Agencies”
29:54 Ciaran: “A reframing of ad tech”
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover DoorDash partnering with OpenAI to enable grocery ordering in ChatGPT, the WBD board rejecting Paramount’s offer, and the FTC probing Instacart’s Eversight dynamic pricing algorithm.
In today’s Digest, we cover Amazon in talks to invest over USD$10bn in OpenAI, and OpenAI hiring George Osborne to lead its global ‘Stargate’ expansion. We also discuss the Trump administration threatening Spotify over EU tech rules, and an IAB report highlighting how digital ads shape today’s media.
In today’s Digest, we cover Meta tolerating China-linked ad fraud to protect revenue, the US suspending a tech deal with the UK amid trade frustrations, and AI becoming Santa’s helper for 2025 Christmas shopping.
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover BBC Studios accelerating digital growth in EMEA, Reddit challenging Australia’s under-16 social media ban in court, and Amazon planning to invest over USD$35bn in India’s AI sector.
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover YouTube TV launching genre-based plans, expanding its sports streaming push, and increasing ads on Shorts. We also cover Pinterest buying tvScientific to expand performance ads to CTV, and Meta reportedly using Alibaba’s Qwen in its ‘Avocado’ model.
In this episode of the MadTech podcast, ExchangeWire co-founder & advisor Ciaran O’Kane and head of content John Still join head of marketing Grainne Reid to look at pivotal changes across media consolidation and transatlantic policy tensions.
They discuss Paramount’s move to gazump Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, US backlash against the EU’s fine on X, and the EU’s investigation into Google’s AI overviews.
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Disney and OpenAI striking a deal to bring characters to Sora, Google testing AI article overviews on certain Google News pages, as well as a look at Meta’s shift from open-source to revenue-driven AI.
In today’s MadTech Daily we look at newly released figures from Ofcom, Tencent dropping out of Paramount’s Warner Bros bid over US regulatory fears, and Cadent acquiring YouTube ad firm VuePlanner.
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Google denying a 2026 ads plan for Gemini, the EU probing Google’s AI search summaries, and Uber turning rider and delivery data into ad insights.
In today’s Digest, we cover Paramount’s late bid for Warner, Meta securing a series of AI content deals, and China’s open-source AI reaching 30% of global usage.
In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, X being hit with a €120m EU penalty, and the UK eyeing tougher laws for AI chatbots.
In this episode of the MadTech Podcast, Shula Sinclair, chief strategy officer at T&P, joins ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín and head of content John Still to discuss the latest surrounding Meta’s fraudulent ads, AI sending traffic and conversions soaring for retailers, and the influencer landscape.
They look at a complaint launched by Swedish publishers against Meta, how AI is reshaping consumer habits, and influencer content’s increasing popularity with older viewers.
In today’s MadTech Daily, we look at global ad spend set to top USD$1tn in 2026, WPP being demoted from the FTSE 100, and the EU probing Meta’s AI use in WhatsApp.
On today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Anthropic hiring IPO counsel in its race against OpenAI, Mistral unveiling new AI models, as well as Sam Altaman declaring ‘code red’. We also discuss Google testing AI overviews blended with AI mode, and Eventbrite being acquired by Bending Spoons.
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