In one of the most hard-hitting acts by competition regulators in recent years, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked Microsoft’s planned USD$69bn (£55bn) acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. Since then, the European Commission has approved the purchase.  The importance of this [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: EU regulators sign off on Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard; OpenAI's Sam Altman calls for AI firms to be regulated; and Sea Group reports a second consecutive profitable quarter. Microsoft-Activision greenlit in EU Regulators in the EU [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Getir look to acquire Flink; Vice Media reportedly prepare to file bankruptcy; and ad spend on Amazon Prime grows. Getir in talks to acquire Flink Rapid delivery service Getir is reportedly in talks to acquire Flink. The [...]

This week: UK regulator blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Apple wins in appeals court against Epic Games... The UK's CMA took the momentous decision this week to block Microsoft’s USD$68.7bn (~£55.1bn) purchase of Activision Blizzard over cloud gaming concerns. The [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: UK regulators block Microsoft’s USD$68.7bn (~£55.1bn) purchase of Activision Blizzard; the latest IAB report indicates steady growth in UK digital ad spend; and Alphabet reports lower advertising revenue in Q1 2023. CMA blocks Microsoft-Activison deal Tech giant [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Sega Sammy Holdings is closing in on purchasing the studio behind "Angry Birds"; Elon Musk ventures into AI by developing an OpenAI rival; and e-commerce heavy hitters Alibaba and JD.com reshape their retail businesses against [...]

In this week’s Madtech Sketch, Ciarán O'Kane outlines a looming battle between SSPs and DSPs. There was a lot of drama around the first anniversary of The Trade Desk’s (TTD) supply path optimisation (SPO) product, OpenPath. OpenPath has been positioned as [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: First Citizens agree to buy SVB; Twitter's value more than halves and the firm's source code is leaked; and the CMA update their provisional findings from their probe into Microsoft's planned purchase of Activision Blizzard. SVB [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: TikTok's CEO promises to protect users' data from foreign access; Google gives select users in the US and UK access to its to Bard chatbot; and a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: a last minute government deal by the UK government will see HSBC acquire Silicon Valley Bank; Signature Bank becomes the latest crypto-friendly institution to shut down; and Meta is reportedly working on a standalone app [...]