In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Meta doubles down on metaverse spend as ad business shows recovery; Netflix reworks its ad partnership with Microsoft against sluggish sales; and THG buys freesheet City A.M. Meta sees ad business rebound Social media giant Meta has [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: a US judge dismisses the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction against Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard; Singapore-based investment giant Temasek sees its value decline; and OpenAI announces a new team for the safe development [...]

Sojern, the leading travel marketing platform, today (July 11th, 2023) announced the acquisition of VenueLytics, the hospitality industry’s most integrated guest experience platform serving independent hotels, resorts, chains, and casinos. Sojern will incorporate VenueLytics’ capabilities to extend the Sojern Travel [...]

Bricks, the startup studio of the founders of the Cerise group, has officially become Sparteo to formalise its transformation. In 2017, the founders of Groupe Cerise, previously acquired by Prisma Media / Bertelsmann, embarked on a mission to develop monetisation and [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Daniel Zhang is to be replaced as CEO and chairman of Alibaba; Adobe's planned acquisition of Figma faces a probe from EU regulators; and Germany's Bild tabloid replaces staff with AI. Alibaba replaces Zhang as chairman [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Twitter reveals plans to prioritise video to investors; Intel agrees to invest billions in a new chip plant in Israel; and the UK clears Amazon's planned purchase of Roomba-maker iRobot Corp. Twitter overhaul to focus on [...]

This week: the US Federal Trade Commission asks a federal court to block Microsoft-Activision, Google may be forced to sell part of its ad business... Yet another busy week for Google, who prepared to open its Confirming Gross Revenue tool to [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: the FTC asks for an injunction to block Microsoft's purchase of Activison Blizzard; Nasdaq is set to buy Adenza for USD$10.5bn (~£8.3bn); and Insight Partners slashes the target for its latest fund. FTC asks for injunction [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Meta is reportedly developing a new AI feature for Instagram; Microsoft's president meets the UK chancellor "seeking solutions" over the blocked Activision deal; and Japan renews its strategy for domestic production of semiconductor chips. Is Meta [...]

This week: EU regulators approve Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard, Open AI chief calls for regulation of AI... EU regulators broke step with the UK and US this week by approving the tie-up between Microsoft and gaming developer-publisher Activision-Blizzard, with potentially major ramifications for [...]