In today's daily news digest from ExchangeWire: Meta directed to sell Giphy; WPP acquires Cloud Commerce Group; and Yassir raises USD$30m (£22m) for North African super-app. Meta directed to sell Giphy Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has been directed by the UK [...]

In this exclusive interview following ATS London 2021, ExchangeWire speaks to Joe Meehan, EVP principles, IPONWEB, to discuss how media curation can be used by both buyers and sellers to bolster both transparency and ease of media management. What is programmatic [...]

In this exclusive interview, ExchangeWire speaks to Phil Gale, Head of Agency Development Europe for InMobi, ahead of ATS London 2021, describing how an ad tech-agency partnership can thrive in the privacy-first era, whilst considering the advantages of the mobile [...]

In this exclusive interview with ExchangeWire, Mitchell Greenway, director, partner services ANZ, OpenX, delves into the Australian programmatic industry and discusses market-level findings following the recent State of Programmatic in JAPAC - 2021 report. What do you think is behind the [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber are reportedly looking to raise fresh funding at a valuation of USD $2bn; creative agency Cashmere will merge with S4 Capital's Media.Monks; and social shopping platform Flip have raised USD $28m.   CoinSwitch [...]

Smart, la plateforme indépendante de monétisation publicitaire, annonce aujourd'hui son intégration avec Oracle Contextual Intelligence (anciennement Grapeshot). Cette solution, qui permet une analyse et une classification pré-bid du contenu des éditeurs, est désormais entièrement disponible au sein de la plateforme [...]

British food manufacturer Samworth Brothers has awarded its consolidated media account to the7stars. The appointment follows a competitive pitch process managed in-house and held entirely remotely. the7stars is tasked with helping to drive innovative, media-neutral planning across the product and brand [...]

Award-winning marketing agency, tmwi, has recently supported a rebrand for The Royal Mint, which included the alignment of advanced audience targeting strategies with high-impact, personalised creative. The Royal Mint produces coins for the United Kingdom. It is wholly owned by Her [...]

In this exclusive interview with ExchangeWire, Seun Odeneye, managing director of Matterkind UK & Ireland and judge of The Wires Global 2021, discusses industry fragmentation, and assesses the challenges and opportunities it presents to ad tech.   What’s causing the industry to become fragmented? I [...]

In today's ExchangeWire daily news digest: Skillz to acquire Aarki; Etsy purchases Depop for USD$1.625bn (£1.148bn); and Accenture Interactive expands to SEA via Entropia acquisition. Skillz to acquire Aarki Mobile gaming and esports platform Skillz has announced that it has entered into [...]