The MadTech Podcast

In today's MadTech Daily, we look at the latest announcements from ITV’s Palooza event, Reddit reeling in advertisers with the launch of a new ad format, plus Microsoft making its behavioural analytics tool mandatory for publishers.  

In this special episode of the MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire’s head of content John Still is joined by Nikki Bhargava, partner at Reed Smith LLP, to discuss the convergence between privacy and ad tech in the US.They look at the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the AB566 bill recently signed by governor Gavin Newsom, and what the implementation of opt-out preference signals might look like for both businesses and consumers.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we look at Trump threatening a USD$1bn lawsuit against the BBC over the editing of a Panorama broadcast, TikTok and iHeartMedia launching a podcast network to tap the creator economy, and Netflix eyeing original video podcasts. We also discuss Wikipedia urging AI developers to use its content responsibly.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Amazon expanding its global reach with a low-cost Bazaar app, OpenAI proposing teen safety standards amid rising scrutiny, and the Daily Mail seeing its traffic disrupted. 

In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Comcast looking to buy ITV’s broadcast arm for £2bn, Apple nearing a USD$1bn deal to power a Siri overhaul with Google’s Gemini AI, and the EU weakening its landmark AI Act amid Big Tech pressure.

In this MadTech Podcast team episode, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín is joined by co-founder & CEO Rachel Smith and COO Lindsay Rowntree.They look at UK broadcasters' appeal to the government to stamp out big tech’s anticompetitive practices, WPP’s partnership with analytics firm Sightly, and the DSP wars between Amazon, Google, and The Trade Desk.They also discuss AI regulation in journalism and publishing, the modularisation of ad tech, and parallels between the DSP wars and the Chinese economy.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss documents revealing Meta’s profits from scam ads, Netflix entering its third year of ads with an eye on the future, and Snap soars surging after a USD$400m Perplexity AI deal.

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.