Grace Dillon

Editor

Grace joined ExchangeWire as editor in 2020, having previously worked in copywriting, content and social media. Grace graduated from the University of York with a BA in English and Related Literature.

Articles by Grace

• Google Defer FLoC Testing in Europe Over GDPR Fears; ByteDance Acquire Moonton for $4bn

  4 years ago News

  

  In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Google announce they will postpone plans to test their FLoC solution in Europe after concerns emerge that it breaches EU data laws; TikTok parent-company ByteDance acquire Moonton Technology to bolster their Nuverse gaming unit; and [...]

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• Microsoft in Talks Over $10bn Discord Acquisition; ironSource and Thoma Bravo Merge

  4 years ago News

  

  In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Microsoft reportedly enter talks to acquire Discord for at least USD $10bn; app economy business platform ironSource merge with Thoma Bravo Advantage; and Netflix are rumoured to be contemplating licensing their original series to linear [...]

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• Coupang Go Public in the US; 60% of India's Gamers are Aged 45-54, Finds InMobi

  4 years ago News

  

  In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Coupang, “the Amazon of South Korea”, goes public in the US; research from InMobi finds that 60% of India's adult gamers are aged between 45 and 54; and HBO Max generates USD $80m from upfront [...]

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• BuzzFeed to Shutter HuffPost's National News Operations; China's CAID Offers ATT Bypass

  4 years ago News

  

  In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in ad tech from around the globe. In this edition: BuzzFeed announce they will shutter the national news operations of recently-acquired HuffPost; the China Advertising Association have developed an IDFA [...]

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• US AGs Update Google Antitrust Suit; ByteDance Expands to "Neutral" Singapore

  4 years ago News

  

  In today's ExchangeWire news digest: a group of 15 US attorneys general have updated their antitrust lawsuit against Google to extend their claims to the Privacy Sandbox; ByteDance expands to Singapore as Chinese companies move to the "neutral city" to [...]

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• Disney to Dethrone Netflix by 2024; Wikipedia to Charge Big Tech for Content

  4 years ago News

  

  In today's ExchangeWire news digest: analysts predict that Disney will become the world's biggest streaming company by 2024; the Wikimedia Foundation, have launched a new commercial product that will charge Big Tech for using Wikipedia content; and Australia records lower [...]

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• Didomi is the First European Company to Offer a TCF-Compliant Consent Management Solution for Connected TV

  4 years ago News

  

  Didomi builds technology that allows organisations to place customer consent at the core of their strategy, and the most recent step in this journey is the expansion of its compliance solution to collect consent for connected TV (smart TV) and [...]

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• China's CAID May Bypass Apple Privacy Changes; Google Lose Appeal Over Incognito Tracking

  4 years ago News

  

  In today's ExchangeWire news digest: China's big tech firms test CAID, a tool that will enable them to skirt Apple's new privacy rules; Google have lost their appeal against a lawsuit alleging that their Chrome browser tracked individuals whilst using [...]

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• HuffPost Sees National News Operations Closed; WPP Expect Growth After 2020 Loss

  4 years ago News

  

  In today's ExchangeWire news digest: BuzzFeed announce they will close HuffPost's national news operations; WPP remain confident that 2021 will be a year of growth after a bruising 2020; and AMC Networks report 157% y-o-y growth in paying subscribers, putting [...]

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• "SneakyTerra" CTV Ad Fraud Scheme Revealed; Brave to Launch Search Engine

  4 years ago News

  

  In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in ad tech from around the globe. In this edition: DoubleVerify uncover another CTV ad fraud scheme, dubbed "SneakyTerra"; privacy-centric internet browser Brave announce plans for their own search engine; [...]

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