ExchangeWire round up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: The Trade Desk IPO; Google launch new messaging app; Facebook integrate with third-party measurement platforms; 500m Yahoo accounts hacked; and FastPay receive [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: The Trade Desk prepares for IPO; Anti-Fraud Certificate by JICWEBS; Google goes anti-pop-up ad; The Independent's digital-only success; New market transparency tools by [...]

More than in the World Cup, during the Olympics all eyes will be focused on Brazil: more than 5.6 billion people around the world will follow the games on various mobile devices. While TV inventory is still limited, digital brings [...]

Yesterday (3 August), amid news of their acquisition, Sizmek (NASDAQ:SZMK), reported financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June 30, 2016. Due to the earlier announcement that Vector Capital plans to acquire Sizmek, the call scheduled to discuss the Q2 results was cancelled. Highlights - Q2 revenue of USD$48.9m [...]

Monday, 25 July, saw the long-awaited announcement that US mobile network giant Verizon have acquired internet old-timer Yahoo for $4.87bn (£3.7bn). The news came as no surprise to many, who have been waiting for months to find out who would [...]

Results International publish their AdTech and MarTech Barmometer every quarter. Q2 2016's report reveals unprecedented M&A deal values greater than USD$500m (£381m). Furthermore, public market performance across MarTech jumped 32%. In this piece, ExchangeWire quiz Julie Langley, partner, Results International about economic [...]

Discussion has been prominent about the impact of Brexit on the digital advertising industry, since Britain chose to leave the EU on 23 June. While many disagree on whether the impact will be positive or negative, all agree that it [...]

The UK ad tech industry is a thriving, cutting-edge, globally renowned talent hub; but success is by no means guaranteed for start-ups. While programmatic advertising spend in the UK is predicted to reach £2.5bn this year, new arrivals must navigate [...]

On Monday, 13 June, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced the acquisition of LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) for a cash deal valued at USD$26.2bn (£18.44bn). With the help of industry leaders, ExchangeWire evaluate this huge deal. Microsoft’s announcement that it is acquiring LinkedIn [...]

In our latest column from the IAB’s Display Trading Council, Danny Hopwood, VP solutions & platform operations EMEA, Publicis Media, shares with ExchangeWire a common frustration among the conference-going crowd, where an outsider’s attempts to simplify our industry solely leads [...]