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The MadTech Podcast
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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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MadTech Daily: ChatGPT and Roblox face the EU’s toughest platform rules; Elon Musk settle X’s ad group lawsuit
5d ago00:01:49Tap to summarizeIn today’s MadTech Daily, we cover ChatGPT and Roblox facing the EU’s toughest platform rules, Elon Musk settling X’s ad group lawsuit, and Meta’s shares falling amid investor concerns over rising AI spending.
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Kepler's Josh Hill on OpenAI's Hugging Face Hack, Google's EU Fine, and Paramount-Warner Bros
5d ago00:24:00Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The MadTech Podcast, Josh Hill, senior director, head of optimisation EMEA at Kepler Group, joins ExchangeWire's John Still and Grainne Reid to discuss OpenAI hacking Hugging Face, Google's €890m EU fine, and the Paramount-Warner Bros deal.The first story this week is an autonomous OpenAI agent hacking into AI startup Hugging Face. The conversation explores the need for more AI standards and guardrails, and how AI might impact the future of media buying. The second covers the EU finally showing its regulatory teeth and imposing an €890m fine on Google over search and app store breaches.Finally, a judge has temporarily blocked Paramount Skydance's bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery. Will the deal still go through? And what might a united Paramount-Warner Bros mean for the future of TV ad buying?•••0:00 Introduction0:57 OpenAI hacks Hugging Face10:09 EU fines Google €890m over DMA breaches16:20 Judge halts Paramount-Warner Bros deal
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MadTech Daily: UK Ad Spend Jumps 9.3% in Q1 2026; Unilever Raises Full-Year Guidance
6d ago00:02:01Tap to summarizeIn 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 overtaking the BBC as UK viewers’ first choice, according to Ofcom.
Transcribe →MadTech Daily: Digital publisher revenues fall 4.55%; Shein swings to $99 million quarterly loss
1w ago00:01:49Tap to summarizeIn 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 striking a deal to bring News UK’s audio brands to Amazon DSP.
Transcribe →MadTech Daily: China fines Trip.com for monopolistic conduct; WBD takes Amazon to court
1w ago00:01:53Tap to summarizeIn 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 standards for measurement and attribution.
Transcribe →MadTech Daily: Court Pauses Paramount-Warner Bros Deal Despite DOJ Clearance; Google Burns Cash for First Time as AI Spending Surges
2w ago00:01:56Tap to summarizeIn 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 accelerates its digital shift.
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Attekmi on Publisher Ad Supply, AI Search, and OpenAI's Missed Forecast
2w ago00:29:04Tap to summarizeIn 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 ad supply and OpenAI's ad revenue forecast. The first story this week covers the decline in publisher ad request volumes, driven by zero-click AI search. How can publishers address this, and what is the future of the open web and programmatic in the agentic era? The conversation then explores how the LLM ad market might progress in the next few years, taking into account projected chatbot ad revenues, with OpenAI on pace to miss its own forecast by approximately 90%.Finally, Roman and Olena share more about Attekmi and how they are working to solve the pressing issues they're seeing in ad tech today.•••0:00 Introduction1:37 Publisher ad request volumes fall by up to 41% in Q211:08 OpenAI's ad business on pace to miss own forecast22:11 More on Attekmi and the ad tech industry
Transcribe →MadTech Daily: Omnicom Merges Hearts & Science, Mediahub; Judge Approves Anthropic’s $1.5bn Settlement
2w ago00:01:54Tap to summarizeIn 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 management buyout amid steep local losses.
Transcribe →MadTech Daily: Judge halts Paramount-Warner Bros Deal; Google Integrates Local Services Ads
2w ago00:02:05Tap to summarizeIn 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 €550m EU fine.
Transcribe →MadTech Daily: Google Traffic to UK Publishers Set to Halve; EU Fines AliExpress for DSA Violations
2w ago00:01:47Tap to summarizeIn 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 products, and Beehiiv launching Community and AI Copilot as it expands beyond newsletters.
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