Simon Peel, senior director of global media at Adidas, joins Rachel Smith and Lindsay Rowntree to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this episode they cover: Amazon's plans to expand APS; retailers listing products from third-party sellers on their websites; and research into how much attention consumers give to advertisements.

Our latest MadTech Podcast Special examines the future of the free and open internet. In this episode, ExchangeWire CEO Ciaran O’Kane interviews Konrad Feldman, CEO, Quantcast; Sophie Strong, Head of Display and Social, Wavemaker; and Terry Hornby, Group Digital Director, Reach, to get their perspectives on cookie-less advertising; the issue of measurement; first-party data; and preserving an open internet model.

Simon Halstead, VP exchange and supply international at Verizon Media, joins ExchangeWire's Mat Broughton and Lindsay Rowntree to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this episode they cover: Amazon's decision to block Google's FLoC from some of their websites; Apple's newly announced "Private Relay" and its impact on targeting; and the prediction that Amazon will become the UK's largest retailer by 2025.

Joe Camp, senior media partnerships manager at Dentsu joins ExchangeWire's Rachel Smith and Anne-Marie Sheedy to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this episode they cover: first-party data for retailers and publishers; Netflix's e-commerce offering; and CTV.

Daniel Sichel, European performance lead at Mindshare, joins ExchangeWire's Mat Broughton and Rachel Smith to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this episode they cover: the importance of location data in a post-cookie, post-COVID era; the rise of social media platforms as ecommerce battlegrounds; and Australia's ad spend recovery.

Neil Jones, senior digital marketing manager at Sky Betting & Gaming, joins ExchangeWire's Grace Dillon and Ciaran O'Kane to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this episode, they cover: the UK government introduce the Online Safety bill, which will allow Ofcom to fine digital platforms for failing to crack down on harmful content; whether podcasts really are the next big thing; and reports that Netflix plan to move into gaming.

Liting Spalding, head of audience planning & programmatic at Havas Media Group, joins ExchangeWire's Rachel Smith and Anne-Marie Sheedy to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this episode, they cover: does China offer alternative business models that Western tech companies should try to imitate?; Reddit launch an in-house agency, KarmaLab; and brands could turn to loyalty programs to make up for the end of third-party cookies.

Paul Kasamias, managing partner at Starcom, joins ExchangeWire's Grace Dillon and Lindsay Rowntree to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this episode, they cover: TikTok trial a new in-app ecommerce feature in Europe; Airbnb vow to abandon performance marketing after making substantial cuts to their ad spend; and Merkle's Q1 2021 Digital Marketing Report finds that US ad spend is on the up. 

ExchangeWire’s Lindsay Rowntree and Ciaran O'Kane are joined by Alex Khan, group MD international at Unruly, to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this episode: Verizon sell their media business to private equity firm Apollo Global Management; the rapid growth of SVODs in the US; and whether a linear TV network could disappear in just 5 years.

ExchangeWire’s Mat Broughton and Rachel Smith are joined by Nick Barnett, independent consultant and Wires 2021 judge, to discuss the latest news in ad tech and martech. In this episode: TikTok launch Lead Generation to help advertisers reach audiences on the platform; the ACCC allows the CPA to bargain collectively with Facebook and Google under the News Media Bargaining Code; and BuzzFeed create Lighthouse to replace third-party cookies, but not all publishers are as prepared.