MadTech Daily: UK Ad Spend Jumps 9.3% in Q1 2026; Unilever Raises Full-Year Guidance
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover UK ad spend rising 9.3% in Q1 2026 to reach £11.7bn, Unilever raising its full-year guidance after its strongest sales volume growth in 16 years, and Netflix overtak...
30 Jul 2min
MadTech Daily: Digital publisher revenues fall 4.55%; Shein swings to $99 million quarterly loss
In today’s Digest, we cover digital publisher revenues falling 4.55% in Q1 2026 as AI disruption bites, Shein swinging to a US$99m quarterly loss ahead of its Hong Kong IPO, and Amazon Ads and Octave ...
29 Jul 1min
MadTech Daily: China fines Trip.com for monopolistic conduct; WBD takes Amazon to court
In today’s Digest, we look at China fining Trip.com US$765m for monopolistic conduct, WBD taking Amazon to court over alleged executive poaching, and a podcast industry coalition proposing new standar...
28 Jul 1min
MadTech Daily: Court Pauses Paramount-Warner Bros Deal Despite DOJ Clearance; Google Burns Cash for First Time as AI Spending Surges
In today’s MadTech Daily, we look at the court pausing the Paramount–Warner Bros. deal despite DOJ clearance, Google burning through US$6bn as AI spending soars, and Nine cutting publishing jobs as it...
24 Jul 1min
Attekmi on Publisher Ad Supply, AI Search, and OpenAI's Missed Forecast
In this episode of The MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire's head of content, John Still, is joined by Attekmi CEO Roman Vrublivskyi and chief product officer Olena Chudinovych to discuss falling publisher ...
24 Jul 29min
MadTech Daily: Omnicom Merges Hearts & Science, Mediahub; Judge Approves Anthropic’s $1.5bn Settlement
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Omnicom Media merging Hearts & Science and Mediahub into a new global network, a judge approving Anthropic’s $1.5bn settlement, and M+C Saatchi ANZ heading for a man...
23 Jul 1min
MadTech Daily: Judge halts Paramount-Warner Bros Deal; Google Integrates Local Services Ads
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover a judge halting the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal amid an antitrust challenge, Google integrating Local Services Ads into Search, and AliExpress vowing to appeal a €55...
22 Jul 2min
MadTech Daily: Google Traffic to UK Publishers Set to Halve; EU Fines AliExpress for DSA Violations
In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover a new study finding AI is accelerating the collapse of Google Search referral traffic, the EU fining AliExpress €550m over failures to police illegal and counterfeit...
21 Jul 1min
