MadTech Daily: TripleLift Lays Off Staff Amid Cuts; xAI Seeks USD$200bn Valuation in Next Fundraise

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.

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.

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...

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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. 

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.