In today's ExchangeWire news digest: DiDi Global receive an almost £1bn fine over their data practices; Meta reportedly reallocate resources from news to building a creator economy; and Google announce a two-week hiring freeze.   DiDi Global fined nearly £1bn by CAC Ride-hailing [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: Amazon closes a three-year deal to livestream the European Champions League; TikTok suspends its plans to take 'TikTok [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Amazon attempts to crack the livestream shopping market by currying favour with influencers; the EU Parliament proposes limitations on political ad targeting; and the CMA announces an investigation into Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard.   Amazon turns [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: TikTok pauses plans to extend its live ecommerce function to Europe and the US; the British Army says it will investigate after its Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked; and NBCUniversal announces record upfront ad [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Amazon bows to pressure from UAE to restrict listings for LGBTQ+ related products in the country; a new bill passed in California means social media platforms could be sued for using features that addict children; [...]

IAB GCC have released their MENA Digital Adspend report. The 2021 figures show a huge rise in adspend across MENA, highlighting the level of investment as well as the accelerated growth in the region. The report, which takes into account 17 [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: eBay purchases NFT marketplace KnownOrigin; Elon Musk is sued over claims the billionaire ran a Dogecoin pyramid scheme; Snap runs [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Snap runs internal tests for a new paid subscription service, Snapchat Plus; Bitcoin inches past the USD$20,000 (£16,335.6) threshold after sinking to USD$17,592 (£14,368.8); and Cloudflare fixes an international outage that took numerous sites offline.   Snap [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: Amazon establishes a new Local Ads team in a blow to rival Meta; tech companies campaign against a 'self-referencing [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Meta faces legal action for Instagram's damaging impact on a preteen's mental health; Stripe co-founder John Collison denies claims the firm operates unfairly; and the EU rules that all smartphones must use USB-C chargers by [...]