In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Netflix turns to ads as subscriptions dwindle; Meta's plans to launch WhatsApp payments in Brazil face resistance in the country; and Just Eat Takeaway announces plans to explore the sale of Grubhub.   Netflix explores an ad-supported alternative [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Meta ventures into virtual currency with the development of "Zuck Bucks" and NFTs; Sky Mavis raises USD$150m (£114.7m) just weeks after losing USD$615m (£469m) to crypto hackers; and JD.com founder, Richard Liu, steps down as its chief executive.   Meta explores [...]

Retail media is a ten-year-in-the-making ad market. It has taken the rise of e-commerce, shifting trade budgets, and the explosive growth of Amazon's ad business (estimated in 2022 to be around USD$30bn) for online retailers, marketplaces, tech vendors and buyers [...]

Yahoo has unveiled its latest ad solution, Video Lite, in Asia-Pacific (APAC) to help brands enhance their video assets for a stronger storytelling experience. Video Lite is Yahoo’s newest feature, available for private marketplace (PMP) campaigns via Yahoo Exchange, and [...]

Bensons for Beds, the nationwide bed and mattress retailer, has appointed the7stars as its new media agency to handle UK media planning and buying. This month, the7stars will work with Bensons on integrated media strategy, planning, and activation. The brief is [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: Google agree to have their Privacy Sandbox proposal monitored by the CMA; the UK government introduce the PSTI [...]

On 4 November ExchangeWire announced the winners of its fifth annual awards programme, The Wires. Since launching, ExchangeWire has been honoured to reward outstanding output and innovation coming out of the ad tech industry, and this year the awards programme [...]

In this article written exclusively for ExchangeWire, Babs Kehinde, senior director, publisher development at PubMatic, discusses how advertisers, retailers, and consumers, can benefit from future developments within the commerce media space, amid its rampant growth in the ad tech industry. The [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: the Irish Data Protection Commission face criticism for failing to resolve GDPR complaints; Australia's High Court upholds a ruling making media organisations legally responsible for readers' social media comments; and TikTok trial expanding their ecommerce [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Australia consider tighter regulations for digital payment systems; Politico are purchased by Axel Springer; and Dukaan raised USD $11m.   Australia mull new digital payments law The government of Australia are contemplating new laws to increase the regulation [...]