In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Disney shutters its metaverse unit; the AOP takes a stand against "unscrupulous" tech vendors' use of publisher data; and Gopuff relies on rivals firms to help with deliveries. Disney closes metaverse unit Walt Disney Co. has shuttered [...]

We are excited to announce that Yieldbird, the company known for its success in boosting publishers' revenue through innovative programmatic advertising solutions, is now entering the UK market. With a solid reputation built from working with industry leaders such as [...]

Nexta is pleased to announce today (March 13th, 2023) the appointment of Thomas Sundgren as the company's new vice president of commercial. Sundgren brings a wealth of experience in leading sales and marketing teams and will be responsible for leading Nexta's [...]

ShowHeroes Group has announced that it is launching a new podcast under The Digital Distillery Podcast Network, entitled Women Lead. The female-led podcast focuses on topics and issues relevant to women covering such bases as leadership, career-building advice, empathy, empowerment, and [...]

Connatix, the leading video technology company for premium publishers and advertisers, announced the appointment of Mike Caprio as SVP and GM of the Americas. In this role, Caprio will be responsible for driving the adoption of Connatix’s innovative video technology [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Dentsu to buy Tag for £533m; Washington Post launches new game to boost subscriber base; and the US JIC moves towards new measurement standards for premium video. Denstu strikes deal to purchase Tag Japanese marketing behemoth Dentsu [...]

Digiseg, the global leader in privacy-first household demographic data, has appointed  Astrid Thusgaard-Madsen to lead publisher sales based in Copenhagen, Denmark.   With an extensive background in digital including significant experience on the sell-side, driving revenue growth for publishers. Astrid joins [...]

NumberEight and FourM - Japan’s leading app consultancy and integration house, and a subsidiary of end-to-end commerce enablement company AnyMind Group - have signed a deal to empower Japanese publishers by providing them access to unique new first-party data. By [...]

Following on from last week’s MadTechSketch, Ciaran O’Kane dives a little bit deeper on the “utility publishers” category that is becoming a mainstay of commerce media. Typically a utility publisher is a service not reliant on advertising as the primary revenue [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: German media giant Axel Springer shifts its focus to digital and the US; the EU Commission centres its antitrust probe into Apple on app restrictions; and YouTube has been accused of collecting data on children [...]