The MadTech Podcast
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Immediate’s Matt Rance on US Tech Tariff Exemptions, the Fall in Funding for UK Startups, and Meta’s Antitrust Trial
53 mins; April 18, 2025
MadTech Daily: DoubleVerify’s threat to sue Check My Ads for alleged defamation; TikTok Tests ‘Footnotes’
2 mins; April 18, 2025
BREAKING! Google LOSES ad tech monopoly case
1 min; April 17, 2025
MadTech Daily: Google Faces UK Lawsuit and Cease and Desist Order in Japan; OpenAI Developing its Own Social Network
2 mins; April 17, 2025
MadTech Daily: Sharp Decline in News Ad Spend; Meta to Train AI Models on EU Public Social Content
2 mins; April 16, 2025
MadTech Daily: Meta's Antitrust Trial over Social Media Dominance Kicks Off; US Tariff Exemptions for Electronics
2 mins; April 15, 2025
MadTech Daily: The Trade Desk faces TWO Privacy Lawsuits; OpenAI Reduces Safety Testing Time
2 mins; April 14, 2025
Publicis Singapore’s Ci En Lee on TikTok’s US Fate amid Trump’s Tariffs, 'Woke' Marketing, and DeepSeek’s Position in the AI Race
36 mins; April 11, 2025
MadTech Daily: Meta’s Trial With Instagram; Price hikes by Chinese sellers on Amazon
2 mins; April 11, 2025
MadTech Daily: X to Drop Twitch from Ad Spend Lawsuit; EU Looks to Ease AI Compliance for Startups
2 mins; April 10, 2025
R/GA’s Ryan Wareham on How the Agency Landscape is Evolving
21 mins; April 09, 2025
MadTech Daily: Court Rejects UK Gov’s Request for Secret Hearing in Apple Data Case; Spotify Unveils New Ad Tools
2 mins; April 09, 2025
MadTech Daily: X Faces $1 Billion Fine Under EU’s Digital Services Act; BBC pushes for Credit in Apple and Google News
2 mins; April 08, 2025
MadTech Daily: Trump Extends TikTok Sale Deadline Again; Meta's Fact Checking Ends Today for US Users
1 min; April 07, 2025
What Happened in Ad Tech in Q1?
40 mins; April 04, 2025
MadTech Daily: AppLovin and Amazon bid for TikTok; Meta signs multi-year partnership with UFC
2 mins; April 04, 2025
MadTech Daily: Roblox Teams Up with Google on ads; US Labour Watchdog Freezes Apple Cases Following Appointment by Trump
2 mins; April 03, 2025
MadTech Daily: PayPal's Ad Business Coming to the UK in July; WARC Downgrades Ad Spend Forecast by $20bn
2 mins; April 02, 2025
MadTech Daily: Apple Fined over iOS Data Consent Practices; BBC Decides Against Podcast Ads Plan
2 mins; April 01, 2025
MadTech Daily: EU to Reduce Fines on Big Tech to Avoid US Backlash; TikTok Shop Expands in Europe
2 mins; March 31, 2025
MNC’s Luke Bristow on Apple’s Streaming Service Losses, Perplexity AI’s Fundraising and Isba’s Responsible Media Guide
46 mins; March 28, 2025
MadTech Daily: Judge Rules New York Times Can Proceed With Copyright Lawsuit; Judge Bars Apple in Google Antitrust Trial
2 mins; March 28, 2025
John Wright on the Trends Shaping In-Game Advertising
28 mins; March 27, 2025
MadTech Daily: Instagram Partnership Ads; ChatGPT’s Image Generator Gets an Upgrade and News on Ad Tech’s AI Adoption
2 mins; March 27, 2025
MadTech Daily: Outsmart Calls for Government Intervention in OOH; UK to Ease Digital Tax on US Tech Groups?
2 mins; March 26, 2025
MadTech Daily: Meta Settles Privacy Case by Agreeing to Stop Targeting UK User; Yahoo Sells TechCrunch to Regent
2 mins; March 25, 2025
MadTech Daily: Channel 4 Launches Sustainability Tool; Perplexity AI to raise USD$18bn
2 mins; March 24, 2025
MadTech Daily: Omnicom's IPG Acquisition; Google in Hot Water
1 min; March 21, 2025
U of Digital’s Shiv Gupta on Scope3’s New Platform, Sonos’ Streaming Video Player Cancellation and AI-Powered Shopping Surging
43 mins; March 21, 2025
MadTech Daily: Google's $32bn Acquisition; AI-Powered Shopping Surges
1 min; March 20, 2025
Madtech Daily: Disney+joins Barb's Campaign Hub, Alden Newspapers slam OpenAI and Google's and Roku Tests Startup Video Ads
1 min; March 19, 2025
Rising Ballers’ Eni Shabani on the Power of Social Media, Making Meaningful Connections and Keeping Audiences Engaged
26 mins; March 19, 2025
MadTech Daily: UK Cracks Down on Online Content; Reddit Allows Users to Block Specific Advertisers
2 mins; March 18, 2025
MadTech Daily: The Guardian Introduces Consent or Pay Model; Meta’s Community Notes to Begin
1 min; March 17, 2025
WeAre8’s Laura Chase on UK Agencies, Roblox Facing Backlash from Creator Studios and Google’s Premium AI-Only Search Engine
36 mins; March 14, 2025
MadTech Daily: Turkish Publications Blame Google for Risk of Closure; LinkedIn Expands Ad Targeting Tools
2 mins; March 14, 2025
MadTech Daily: French Publishers File Lawsuit Against Meta; Watchdog Concludes UK Mobile Browser Industry is Failing Consumers
2 mins; March 13, 2025
MadTech Daily: Apple and Meta Set to Face EU Fines; Barb to Unify CFlight and Advanced Campaign Hub
2 mins; March 12, 2025
MadTech Daily: Latest DOJ Proposal Still Calls for Google Breakup; TikTok US Business Close to Sale?
1 min; March 11, 2025
MadTech Daily: Google Experiments with AI-Only Search Engine; EU Pushes Back on US Antitrust Regulation Criticism
2 mins; March 10, 2025
Shirley Marschall on Social Platforms Protecting Child Users' Privacy, Amazon Defying an Economic Blackout and Walmart’s Retail Media Network
21 mins; March 07, 2025
MadTech Daily: Publicis Groupe to Acquire Lotame; ITV Profits More Than Double
2 mins; March 07, 2025
MadTech Daily: T-Mobile Buys Blis; Google Urges US Gov Not to Force Breakup
2 mins; March 06, 2025
MadTech Daily: Viant buys Lockr, R/GA Goes Indie; Publishers Losing Against AI Search Engines?
2 mins; March 05, 2025
MadTech Daily: TikTok and Reddit Under Privacy Scrutiny; Only 23% of Agencies Happy with the Creative Approval Process
1 min; March 04, 2025
MadTech Daily: Streaming Soars as Linear Dips
2 mins; March 03, 2025
ExchangeWire on AI Protests; YouTube TV Measurement; and Media Pulse Findings
26 mins; February 28, 2025
MadTech Daily: Sports Streaming For the Win
1 min; February 28, 2025
MadTech Daily: YouTube is Definitely TV
1 min; February 27, 2025
MadTech Daily: AI Battle Lines Being Drawn
1 min; February 26, 2025
MadTech Daily: Amazon Ads Improves Transparency and Reporting; YouTube to Introduce Another Paid-Tier
2 mins; February 24, 2025
Wake The Bear’s Kathryn Bean on TikTok’s E-Commerce Dominance, Channel 4’s Ad Platform Updates and Buzzfeed’s Social Island
30 mins; February 21, 2025
MadTech Daily: Google Allowing Users to Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’; Spin and MNC Make Acquisitions
2 mins; February 21, 2025
MadTech Daily: Consumers Shift Spend to Align with Values; Nine in Ten Shoppers Want Omnichannel Experiences
2 mins; February 20, 2025
MadTech Daily: Sustainability 'Critical' to 74% of Ad Businesses
1 min; February 19, 2025
MadTech Daily: Channel 4 to Simplify Ad Buying Platform; Guardian Media Group Partners with OpenAI
2 mins; February 18, 2025
MadTech Daily: OOH Revenue Grows 7.7%; Apple and Google Restore TikTok to US App Stores
2 mins; February 17, 2025
Tripadvisor’s Eoin McGregor on Targeted Travel: A World of Opportunities for Advertisers
22 mins; February 14, 2025
MadTech Daily: The Trade Desk Misses Revenue Target for First Time; Paramount Owned Channels to Go Dark on YouTube
2 mins; February 14, 2025
MadTech Daily: YouTube Drives Channel 4 Social Viewing Figures; Half of Business Leaders See Marketing as a Cost-Centre
2 mins; February 13, 2025
The Evolution of Independent Agencies
20 mins; February 12, 2025
MadTech Daily: YouTube TV Viewership Exceeds Mobile; Kevel to Acquire Nexta
2 mins; February 12, 2025
Kevel Acquires Nexta: James Avery and Martin Jensen discuss the deal
16 mins; February 11, 2025
MadTech Daily: ITV Investors Back M&A Talks; Netflix set to Enter Race for Live F1 Rights
2 mins; February 11, 2025
MadTech Daily: Amazon’s Ad Business Earns $17bn in Q4; UK Orders Access to Apple Users’ Encrypted Accounts
2 mins; February 10, 2025
The News Movement’s Dion Bailey on the Daily Mail’s Strategic Overhaul, Australian Publishers vs Google and the EU’s New AI Laws
29 mins; February 07, 2025
MadTech Daily: Google Drops DEI Targets; YouTube Tries to Lure TikTok Creators
1 min; February 07, 2025
MadTech Daily: Google Drops Vow Against Using AI for Harm and Prepares for More AI Search Updates; Snap’s Active Advertisers Double
2 mins; February 06, 2025
MadTech Daily: Outbrain Completes $900m Teads Acquisition; UK Betting Companies Under Scrutiny for Ad Targeting
2 mins; February 05, 2025
MadTech Daily: Elon Musk Adds more Advertisers to X ‘Boycott’ Lawsuit; Streaming Ad Tiers Grow in UK
2 mins; February 04, 2025
MadTech Daily: Google Faces Ad Tech Lawsuits from AUS Publishers; Daily Mail to Merge Print and Online Teams Amidst Challenges
2 mins; February 03, 2025
ExchangeWire on Sky News’ Move to Prioritise Paid Content, OpenAI’s Accusation Against DeepSeek and Nielsen Ending Panel-Only Ratings
36 mins; January 31, 2025
On today's MadTech Daily: Barb Commissions New Prototypes for Barb Plus; Super Bowl Ads Selling for Over $8m
2 mins; January 31, 2025
MadTech Daily: UK Ad Spend Rose 10% in Q3 2024; Tables Turn as OpenAI Accuses DeepSeek of Property Theft
2 mins; January 30, 2025
MadTech Daily: European Industry Committees Create Audience Measurement Coalition; Sky to Overhaul Newsroom in Favour of Paid Content
2 mins; January 29, 2025
MadTech Daily: Meta Tests Ads on Threads; Nielsen to Replace Consumer Panel-Based TV Ratings
2 mins; January 28, 2025
MadTech Daily: CMA Launches Mobile Investigation into Apple and Google; Ströer Explores Sale of Core Ad Business
1 min; January 27, 2025
The Goat Agency’s Ellie Hooper on Encouraging Diversity in the Ad Industry, Bluesky’s Push Towards Video and IAB’s Gold Standard Initiative Expansion
27 mins; January 24, 2025
MadTech Daily: WHSmith to Launch Retail Media Ad Network; Netflix Exceeds Ad Revenue Targets
2 mins; January 23, 2025
MadTech Daily: Trump Signs TikTok Ban Delay and Repeals Executive Order on AI Safety; Social Platforms Sign EU Code of Conduct
2 mins; January 22, 2025
MadTech Daily: Eight in Ten Ad Buyers Exploring Gen AI; BBC Under Fire over ‘Aggressive’ Promotion Tactics
2 mins; January 21, 2025
MadTech Daily: TikTok Stops, Then Doesn't.
2 mins; January 20, 2025
Channel 4’s Charlie Glyn on Netflix vs BBC1, Disney’s Ad Tier Popularity and Meta Terminating DEI Programmes
41 mins; January 17, 2025
MadTech Daily: TikTok Ban Poised to be Delayed; Meta to Fire Thousands of Employees
1 min; January 17, 2025
MadTech Daily: Latest Ad Tech Acquisitions; Elon Musk Adds Defendants to Lawsuit Against Advertisers
1 min; January 16, 2025
Data and Tech Maturity in APAC with Vincent Niou, Skeleton Key
44 mins; January 15, 2025
MadTech Daily: CMA Launches Google Search Investigation; TikTok Denies Sale to Elon Musk While Users Migrate to RedNote
2 mins; January 15, 2025
MadTech Daily: Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI; Venu Sports Streaming Cancelled
1 min; January 14, 2025
MadTech Daily: Disney Launches New Ad Tech Tools; TikTok Rolls Out Message Ads in APAC
2 mins; January 13, 2025
MadTech Daily: Amazon Sells Ad Tech to other Retailers; TikTok Goes to Supreme Court
2 mins; January 10, 2025
Total Media’s Kieren Mills on Reuters’ Partnership with Gannett, Growth in Streaming Advertising and Netflix’s Sports Success
24 mins; January 10, 2025
MadTech Daily: EU Pushes to Conclude Investigation into X’s Content Moderation; Reddit Introduces New Features for Advertisers
1 min; January 09, 2025
MadTech Daily: Meta to Stop Third-Party Fact-Checking; Singapore Considers Social Media Age Restrictions
1 min; January 08, 2025
MadTech Daily: South Australia Bans Junk Food Ads on Public Transport; WWE Raw Hits Netflix
1 min; January 07, 2025
MadTech Daily: Another Antitrust Order for Google...
1 min; January 06, 2025
MadTech Daily: Google’s Proposed Search Monopoly Remedies; The Latest on the US TikTok Ban
2 mins; January 03, 2025
MadTech Daily: US Senators Urge Biden to Extend TikTok Ban Date; Perplexity’s Value Triples
2 mins; December 23, 2024
The Big ExchangeWire 2024 Review and 2025 Preview
43 mins; December 20, 2024
MadTech Daily: Creatives Reject UK Gov’s Plan on AI Training Material; UK Data Regulator Criticises Google for Ad Tracking Change
2 mins; December 20, 2024
MadTech Daily: Lloyds Ad Banned for Greenwashing; Netflix Fined over Customer Data
2 mins; December 19, 2024