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ExchangeWire reports that DoorDash has made a $17 billion offer for Instacart, pairing DoorDash’s logistics with Instacart’s software and merchant ties, pending shareholder and regulator approval.
ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that Stagwell acquired publisher monetisation platform Freestar for its Owned Media division, while Anthropic’s IPO filing showed ad spend quadrupling to $147 million in 2025, and Meta seeks $95 billion to fund AI expansion.
Nov 2ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King rounds up the week’s MadTech news: Publicis Groupe settled with the FTC over its LiveRamp acquisition, retail media infrastructure provider Kevel raised $52 million, and Australia is preparing legal action against Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google.
Oct 27ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that OpenAI is recruiting an agency partner to push ChatGPT advertising into permanent media plans at major holding companies.
Oct 16ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that OpenAI has posted a job for an agency partner tasked with making ChatGPT advertising a standing line item in holding companies’ media plans, not just a one-off buy.
Oct 13ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that Cotswold Outdoor Group has deployed 149 till, shelf, totem and front-of-store screens across 23 stores with Broadsign and IUF.
Oct 6ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that Apple has blocked The Trade Desk’s advertising domain on Safari following iOS 27, stopping the DSP from serving ads to users who update their devices, amid a week of expanding ad reach and friction.
Oct 3ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that McDonald’s has unveiled McDonald’s Media Network, a new advertising venture targeting $1 billion in revenue.
Sep 29ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that Shopify and Meta will let Muse, Meta’s AI shopping agent, complete purchases across Shopify-powered stores.
Sep 25Judge Leonie Brinkema’s full remedies decision in the government’s ad tech antitrust case went public unredacted, matching the sealed version filed two weeks earlier. Neither Google nor the DOJ flagged any confidentiality concerns during their 14-day review window.
Sep 22ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that The Trade Desk is cutting roughly 575 roles, about 15% of its global workforce, in what CEO Jeff Green called a reallocation rather than a response to financial trouble.
Sep 14ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that John Lewis is launching a YouTube “vodcast” hosted by Angela Scanlon, with clips spread across social platforms, to boost its visibility in AI chatbots and AI-generated search results.
Sep 9ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that new IPA TouchPoints data shows British adults spend 44% of commercial media time alone, up 10% since 2015, with 16-34s at 46%. Smartphones now match TV for total commercial media time among UK adults.
Sep 9ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that The Trade Desk will cut roughly 575 of its 3,843 employees, about 15% of staff. CEO Jeff Green called it a deliberate reallocation, not distress, citing $1.5 billion in cash and no outstanding debt.
Sep 7ExchangeWire’s Sheila Obeng-King reports that a judge rejected the DOJ’s push to force Google to spin off its network advertising business. Google still faces changes to its ad operations, but the ruling stops short of the structural breakup regulators sought.
Sep 5This week’s roundup spans Apple’s China AI plans and German antitrust findings on ATT, France blocking a teen social media ban, and OpenAI expanding ChatGPT ads to 31 European markets.
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