Mathew Broughton

Research Lead
Mat Broughton joined the ExchangeWire team in March 2019 as Editor. After a brief stint as editor at ExchangeWire's sister publication, TheGamingEconomy, Mat is now Research Lead at ExchangeWire, running creation, analysis and report production of ExchangeWire's suite of research products. Before joining the company he worked as a project manager working within the telecoms and travel marketing industries. Mat graduated from the University of Liverpool with an honours degree in Biological Sciences.Articles by Mathew
Tackling the Identity Challenge: An interview with Carol Starr, Rubicon Project
Speaking exclusively to ExchangeWire, Carol Starr (pictured below), managing director - Northern Europe at Rubicon Project, details the identity challenge facing publishers and ad tech alike, along with the strategies which can be used to overcome these using presently-available solutions. How [...]
"The Future of Targeting is Contextual"
Through all the uncertainty caused by the necessary pivot towards a fully privacy-compliant ecosystem, one thing is becoming clear: contextual is set to play a more prominent role in the advertising toolkit. Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Mike Klinkhammer (pictured below), [...]
CCPA Compliance Framework Released for Public Comment; Rubicon Project Acquires RTK.io
In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: IAB & IAB Tech Lab release CCPA Compliance Framework for public comment; Rubicon Project acquires RTK.io; Broadsign and [...]
The German Programmatic & Martech Industry in 2019: Predictions and Reflections
In the latest of a series of market overviews, ExchangeWire reviews the key trends coherent to the German programmatic and martech industry ahead of ATS Berlin 2019, and receives insight on the market from a range of media professionals. Key statistics - [...]
Drive-to-Store is Here to Stay
Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Rose Shorter (pictured below), agency group head at S4M, discusses how spending in drive-to-store advertising is set to rise in the next four years, as well as the host of benefits associated with embracing the medium. Let [...]
What Does the End of Cookies Mean for Digital Advertising?
GDPR was announced in April 2016, with The Economist subsequently reporting that data is set to become more valuable than oil. Since coming into effect, it has drawn people’s attention to the value of their data, as well as their [...]
Is it Time for Publishers to Reconsider the Brand Safety Value Proposition?
In this exclusive article for ExchangeWire, Pete Wallace (pictured below), commercial director at GumGum Europe, discusses how techniques once solely applied towards the goal of brand safety can now be used for sophisticated contextual targeting, to the benefit of publishers. What [...]
Why it’s Time to Break Down the Barriers Between Brand and Performance
Marketing efforts in recent years have tended towards the quantitative measure of performance. How many people could have seen the ad, how many people have clicked it, and how many people have bought a product after clicking the ad. However, [...]
Global Martech Market Hits USD$121.5bn (£94.6bn); AI Measures Emotional Response to Advertising
In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Global martech market hits USD$121.5bn (£94.6bn); AI measures emotional response to advertising; Verizon Media accelerates premium native supply [...]
Digital Growth Amid Uncertainty: The IAB Ad Spend and IPA Bellwether Reports
This week saw the release of two key industry reports, the Q3 2019 IPA Bellwether and the IAB & PwC Adspend Update H1 2019. Here ExchangeWire details the key findings of the studies, and receives expert insight from across the [...]
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