In today's ExchangeWire news digest: BuzzFeed agrees to buy HuffPost as part of its deal with Verizon Media; Marketers for an Open Web calls on the CMA to delay Google's implementation of its Privacy Sandbox; and Publicis Groupe's Marcel Sydney [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Spotify acquires podcast platform Megaphone for USD $235m; WPP merges agencies AKQA and Grey into AKQA Group; and NBCU partners with PayPal to enhance its shoppable TV offering.   Spotify buys Megaphone for $235m Streaming platform heavyweight Spotify [...]

Auch in Deutschland und Europa gewinnt das Thema Brand Safety für die Werbebranche immer weiter an Bedeutung. Insbesondere bei Online-Kampagnen bleibt für Werbetreibende oft intransparent, in welchen Umfeldern ihre Anzeigen geschaltet werden und ob diese für ihre Marke überhaupt geeignet [...]

Brand safety has become a top priority for advertisers globally. Especially in the age of digital and programmatic advertising, brands often lack the ability to control where on the internet their ads appear ⁠— and the necessary background information to [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: the EU Commission prepares to present new legislation that will impose tighter regulation on Big Tech; WPP merges India-based agency The Glitch with VMLY&R; and SocialCode rebrands as Code3.   EU prepares new regulations for Big Tech   The [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: research by dentsu international has found that the misuse of personal data is the number-one source of consumer distrust in APAC; Mediabrands agency Reprise launches global ecommerce unit, Reprise Commerce; and Trimantium GrowthOps appeals to [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Amazon reveals that it will focus on video advertising after impressive Q3 ad revenue results; Westpac Banking Group appoints Publicis Media Australia as its media agency of record; and a study by TAG indicates that [...]

In September, an independent ad tech company, Admixer, surveyed 43 brands and 50 advertising agencies from Central and Eastern Europe to understand how they will shape their growth strategies and spend on marketing in 2021. The CEE Marketing Spend Forecast [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Twilio dives deeper into customer engagement services after acquiring Segment for $3.2bn; reports surface that TikTok rival Triller is contemplating going public; and creative agencies Osaka Labs and Running With Scissors merge.   Twilio acquires Segment for [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: S4 Capital's MediaMonks is set to seal the deal for a merger with Paris-based creative agency Dare.Win; Essence APAC appoints former chairman T. Gangadhar as its new CEO; and TAG reports the successful conclusion of [...]