The MadTech Podcast

MadTech Daily: OpenAI Lowers Minimum Spend for Ads Pilot; Meta Pulls Ads for Addiction Lawsuits; YouTube Tests 90-Second Unskippable Ads Amid CTV Push

ExchangeWire on OpenAI Acquiring TBPN, Agentic AI in Publishing, and Netflix Price Hikes

MadTech Daily: Tubi Pioneers ChatGPT Native App Launch; Microsoft and Publicis Deepen Agentic AI Partnership

MadTech Daily: The Trade Desk CMO and Execs Exit in Shake-Up; BBC Studios Launches Airline Streaming; Tesco Media Introduces Premium Video Ads

Happydemics' Baptiste Graffin on Brand Building, Brand Lift, and Performance

MadTech Daily: Publicis Acquires 160/90 to Expand Sports Marketing; Universal Music Gets €55bn Takeover Bid; Netflix Launches Kids Gaming App

MadTech Daily: OpenAI Buys TBPN; CNN Builds Agentic Infrastructure; SpaceX To Mandate Grok in IPO?

MadTech Daily: UK Social Media Use Falls as Video Apps Rise; Australia Ad Spend Falls 3% YTD as Nine Olympics Boosts Streaming 22.5%

MadTech Mailbag: ExchangeWire on Targeting, LLM Visibility, and Agentic Buying

MadTech Daily: OpenAI's $122bn Funding Round; Anthropic to Sign Australia AI Safety Deal; Musk to Face Class Action Over Twitter Stake Disclosure Delay

MadTech Daily: Meta, TikTok, and Google Under Investigation for Failure to Comply with Australia’s Social Media Ban; California Defies Trump on AI Demands

MadTech Daily: Claude Doubles Paid Users; Changes to Ad Production Could Cut Emissions by a Third; WBD Sets Date for Paramount–Skydance Vote

MadTech Daily: OpenAI Extends Ad Pilot Beyond April; X Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge; Disney+ Seals RTVE Fast-Stream Deal

dentsu's Zac Selby on Measurement Standards, Google's AI Landing Pages, and Apple Maps Ads

MadTech Daily: Jury Finds Meta & YouTube Liable for Harming Young Users; Judge Dismisses Publishers’ Google Monopoly Claim

MadTech Daily: TikTok Ads to Get More Disruptive; OpenAI Shuts Down Sora; Anthropic Faces the Pentagon in Court

MadTech Daily: OpenAI Hires Former Meta Ads Leader; Apple Plans Ads in Maps; X Considers $200k Incentive for Advertisers

MadTech Daily: ChatGPT’s Slow Ad Rollout Frustrates Partners; Musk Liable in Twitter Fraud Case

MadTech Daily: Meta Reduces Reliance on Third-Party Vendors for Content Moderation in Favour of AI; Walmart Secures Patents for Algorithmic Pricing

MadTech Daily: UK Gov U-Turns on AI Copyright; IAB Australia Launches Measurement Initiative

On Activating First Party Data With AUDIENCES' Rob McLaughlin & easyJet's Sandy Ghuman

MadTech Daily: Publicis Advises Clients to Avoid The Trade Desk; Meta Misses Illegal Financial Ads; Alibaba Forms New AI Business Group

MadTech Daily: Whistleblowers Say Meta & TikTok Amplify Harmful Content for Engagement; Amazon Rolls Out 1-Hour Delivery

MadTech Daily: OpenAI Tests Ads Manager and Prepares Agentic Storefronts Feature; Meta Plans Layoffs while Publishers Back its Expulsion from IAB Sweden

MadTech Daily: Ads Could be Coming to Gemini; Publicis Acquires AdgeAI; Social Media Addiction Jury Trial Concludes

ExchangeWire's Ad Tech Quiz: Telegraph Acquisition, ChatGPT Ads, and Social Media Bans

MadTech Daily: Ofcom Takes Action Against Social Platforms; Public Opposes Ads on BBC; Meta Acquires AI Agent Network

MadTech Daily: Meta Hikes Ad Prices; AI Agents Cannot Act on your Behalf Without Platform Permission, Rules US Judge; IPA Unveils Agency Pricing Playbook

MadTech Daily: Anthropic Sues US Defense Department; Meta’s Deepfake Moderation Falling Short

MESMDA's Rad Arekat on Social Media & Digital in MENA

MadTech Daily: Retail and Grocery Brands Dominate ChatGPT Ads Trial; Walmart to Phase Out Vizio Accounts

MadTech Daily: Axel Springer Acquires Telegraph for £575m; Indonesia to Implement Social Media Ban for Under-16s; UK Delays AI Copyright Rule Decisions

MadTech Daily: Amazon Expands Audience Segments to Netflix; BBC Floats iPlayer as a Home for Rival Broadcasters

ExchangeWire on Meta AI Shopping & Paramount Winning Warner Bros as Netflix Exits Race

MadTech Daily: Amazon Eyes Role in Chatbot Ad Sales; News Corp Lands $50m AI Deal with Meta; 85% of Europeans Use Ad-Supported Streaming

MadTech Daily: Meta Trials AI Shopping Tool; Google to Fill 150 Tech Roles in Singapore; eBay Cuts 800 Jobs

MadTech Daily: UK to Trial Social Media Ban on Under-16s; Google Patent Hints at AI-Generated Landing Pages

MadTech Daily: Paramount to Take Over Warner Bros as Netflix Drops Bid; Dentsu Names Takeshi Sano Global CEO

ExchangeWire on UK Streaming Regulations, Rugby Ads, Walmart & OOH Revenue

MadTech Daily: WPP Unveils £500m Cost-Cutting Plan in AI-Led Overhaul; ByteDance’s Valuation Jumps to $550bn in Secondary Deal

MadTech Daily: DoorDash to End Deliveroo Operations in Singapore; ITV Studios Launches Studio 55; Apple Rolls Out Global Age-Verification Tools

MadTech Daily: UK VOD Services to Face New Ofcom Regulation; Canva Buys Animation and Marketing Startups; OOH Hit Record Revenue in 2025

MadTech Daily: Germany Backs Social Media Curbs for Children; DOJ Probes Netflix’s Power; MPA Sends Cease-and-Desist to ByteDance

MadTech Daily: eBay Acquires Depop; Amazon Overtakes Walmart in Annual Revenue

MadTech Mailbag: ExchangeWire on Media Planning, Agencies, & Policy Moves

MadTech Daily: Omnicom Posts $941M Loss; WPP Launches Advertising Intelligence Framework; YouTube Now UK’s Leading Living-Room Screen

MadTech Daily: Perplexity Abandons Ads to Protect Trust in AI; Havas Posts Gains; Nvidia Lands Meta Deal

MadTech Daily: Digest: Starmer Targets Youth Social Media Access; Warner Bros Gives Paramount Final Bid Deadline

MadTech Daily: Disney Takes On Bytedance Over AI Video App; Alliance of Independent Agencies Launches Middle East Chapter

MadTech Daily: Google Faces Fresh EU Antitrust Scrutiny Over Search Ad Auctions