The MadTech Podcast

The MadTech Podcast

All your MadTech podcasts from ExchangeWire in one feed: The MadTech Podcast: our weekly news wrap-up with a special guest The MadTech Daily: your media and marketing news in minutes each morning Podcast Specials: interviews with industry leaders on their specialist subjects

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July 18, 2025 36 mins
In this MadTech Podcast episode, ExchangeWire editor Aimee Newell Tarín is joined by research lead Mat Broughton and Chris Andrews, head of marketing technology at Miroma Founders Network, to discuss the latest in ad tech, media, and marketing. 

They look at OpenAI’s decision to launch a web browser, a study which highlights the importance of trust as a business driver, and UK ad agencies coming together to call for a...
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In today’s Madtech Daily, we discuss AliExpress, TikTok, and WeChat facing privacy complaints, Publicis’ quarter 2 growth being boosted by creative and media, and WPP’s campaign encouraging UK investment.


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In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover AI summaries on Google Discover raising publisher concerns, Omnicom topping estimates on APAC strength but seeing its profitability decline, and generative AI adoption in video ads soaring. 
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In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover TripleLift laying off staff amid cuts, xAI seeking a $200bn valuation in its next fundraise, and Hearst taking over the Dallas Morning News after 140 years.
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In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover TripleLift laying off staff amid cuts, xAI seeking a $200bn valuation in its next fundraise, and Hearst taking over the Dallas Morning News after 140 years.
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In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover ITV and Disney’s new content-sharing deal, Meta’s GDPR violation ruling in Germany, and the EU’s progress on its AI code of practice.
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On this week's MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire's John Still and Mat Broughton are joined by Ella Britton, Strategy Director and Head of Creative Planning at Mediaplus UK.

Tune in as they discuss Channel 4's AI ad innovation, BBC's potential move to charge US audiences for news and TV content, and how the new NHS Less Healthy Foods rules could impact the ad industry...
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In today’s Madtech Daily, we discuss WPP appointing Cindy Rose as CEO, OpenAI entering browser market to challenge Chrome, and Linda Yaccarino stepping down as X CEO
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In today’s Digest, we discuss WPP cutting outlook after client losses, Seedtag appointing Brian Gleason as CEO, and trust being ranked key business driver.
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In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Apple appealing €500m EU app store fine, Threads nearing X in daily app users, and Google AI overviews facing legal challenges in UK and EU

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In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss how YouTube may be billing advertisers against violent and pirated content , Google’s hidden search terms costing advertisers millions, and Law360 staff pushing back on mandatory AI bias tools.
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In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss the UK ad industry calling for a fossil fuel marketing ban and Google found to be underestimating its carbon emissions. We also cover AI factchecking on X sparking conspiracy concerns, and UK marketers citing creator relationship management as a key scaling hurdle.
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In today’s MadTech Daily we discuss ChatGPT referrals failing to match drops from Search, Google’s new Search proposal to avoid an EU antitrust fine, and the IPA urging the reform of legacy agency pricing structures. 
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In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover legal developments including Google being fined $314.6m and Paramount settling the ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit with Trump. We also look at X’s UK audience drop among the top 25 publishers, and the US Senate’s rejection of a ban on state-level AI regulation.


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In Today’s Digest, we discuss a class action against Microsoft Ireland Operations, Netflix–NASA’s deal to boost live streaming lineup, Apple’s consideration of Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri, and John Lewis rolling out an offsite ad offering.

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In this episode of the MadTech Podcast Special, Mike Kadin, founder and CEO, RedCircle, joins ExchangeWire's Mat Broughton to discuss programmatic audio.

During the discussion, Kadin reveals:

- How programmatic ad tech is evolving within audio according to listener habits
- How brands can ensure brand safety and measurable impact across audio
- The current and future relationship between creators, adv...
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In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Google’s soaring carbon emissions, Canada dropping a tech tax amid Trump trade talks, and Facebook requesting Meta AI access to unshared camera roll photos.
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In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover Google launching Offerwall to boost publisher revenue, IAB launching a framework to standardise gaming ad metrics, Apple changing EU App Store terms with a new fee structure, and Apple and Google being told to drop the DeepSeek app by a German watchdog. We also discuss Meta facing potential daily fines over pay-or-consent model. 
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In this MadTech Podcast episode, ExchangeWire head of marketing Grainne Reid is joined by head of content John Still and Uma Ranganathan, head of solutions development at dentsu APAC. 

They discuss the tech trial carried out in Australia as the country moves towards fully implementing a ban on social media platforms for under 16s, the UK's advertising watchdog criticising ageism in ads, and the trading truce between C...
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In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss a US Judge siding with Meta in an AI copyright lawsuit, authors suing Microsoft over AI training on books, and subscriptions surpassing display ads for UK digital publishers. 
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