In a tumultuous year for tech, audio has boomed across markets and demographics. The global music streaming market is predicted to rise to USD$27.24bn (~£22.6bn) before the year is out, while 34% of the world’s population listens to at least [...]

This week: Disney reappoints Bob Iger as its CEO, Meta faces legal action in the UK for collecting user data against their wishes... Another dramatic week in ad tech began with the reappointment of Bob Iger as Disney CEO. Iger replaces [...]

Despite being around 100 years old, audio advertising is proving itself more relevant than ever. In the US, investments in audio advertising are surging, with podcast ad spending predicted to surpass USD$2bn (~£1.68bn) in 2023. Meanwhile, the UK reports 74% [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Bob Iger replaces Bob Chapek as Disney chief exec; Meta fires over two-dozen employees for inappropriately accessing user accounts; and FTX owes its fifty largest creditors as much as USD$3.1bn (~£2.6bn). Bob Iger returns to Disney Former [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Meta reduces its workforce by about 13% as Mark Zuckerberg concedes the company’s revenue was “much lower than expected”; FTX sits on the brink of collapse after its merger with Binance falls through; and Disney+ [...]

This week: the newest report from WARC forecasts 9.2% growth for the UK's advertising market, Spotify reports burgeoning users and revenue... Results and readjustments weaved throughout adland this week. The latest WARC report predicted the UK ad market would reach £35bn [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Spotify reports better-than-expected growth in users and revenue; Apple hikes up the prices of Apple Music and Apple TV+; and Singapore-based Mighty Jaxx announces its first project in the metaverse.   Spotify hints at price rises as [...]

DoubleVerify, a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics, today (October 18th, 2022) announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Netflix to enable media verification and maximise advertiser performance across its platform. The partnership will leverage DV’s technology and [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: households in the UK cut back on streaming services to navigate the cost of living crisis; China's Alipay trials a new money transfer service to rival app WeChat; and a UK coroner calls for separate [...]

This week: Binance loses up to USD$500m (~£450.5m) in a massive network hack, the US talks with the EU to maintain access to European citizens’ data… Privacy - or lack thereof - has been a common theme across ad tech this [...]