In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Daniel Zhang is to be replaced as CEO and chairman of Alibaba; Adobe's planned acquisition of Figma faces a probe from EU regulators; and Germany's Bild tabloid replaces staff with AI. Alibaba replaces Zhang as chairman [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: the FTC asks for an injunction to block Microsoft's purchase of Activison Blizzard; Nasdaq is set to buy Adenza for USD$10.5bn (~£8.3bn); and Insight Partners slashes the target for its latest fund. FTC asks for injunction [...]

This week: Meta lobbied Irish ministers over data transfers, TikTok stores some creators' information in China... Another eventful week for social media giants began with reports that Meta has lobbied Irish authorities over the transfer of European Facebook users' data to [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: TikTok readjusts its e-commerce business in a bid to break out of Asia; the IOSCO reveals a proposed global approach to crypto regulation; and Twitter accuses Microsoft of inappropriately harvesting data from the platform. TikTok restructures [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: EU regulators fine Meta €1.2bn (~£1bn) for transferring Facebook users' data to the US; Linda Yaccarino's appointment as Twitter CEO reassures GroupM; and Shopee launches a new initiative to strengthen the protection of brands' IP. Meta [...]

This week: EU regulators approve Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard, Open AI chief calls for regulation of AI... EU regulators broke step with the UK and US this week by approving the tie-up between Microsoft and gaming developer-publisher Activision-Blizzard, with potentially major ramifications for [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: EU regulators sign off on Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard; OpenAI's Sam Altman calls for AI firms to be regulated; and Sea Group reports a second consecutive profitable quarter. Microsoft-Activision greenlit in EU Regulators in the EU [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: major US workers' union opposes the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger; ByteDance delays bringing its shopping platform to the US; and Disney+ loses 4 million subscribers as SVOD subscriptions cool. UFCW unanimously opposes Kroger-Albertsons A proposed USD$24.6bn (~£19.4bn) deal [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: UK regulators block Microsoft’s USD$68.7bn (~£55.1bn) purchase of Activision Blizzard; the latest IAB report indicates steady growth in UK digital ad spend; and Alphabet reports lower advertising revenue in Q1 2023. CMA blocks Microsoft-Activison deal Tech giant [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: BuzzFeed announces redundancies as it closes down its News division; the UK government is expected to announce legislation for a new big tech regulator; and PDD Holdings' Temu app enters several markets in Europe. BuzzFeed calls [...]