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Oct 2026

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Each week, the AdExchanger editorial team drills into the week's most urgent headlines in digital marketing. Hosted by Executive Editor Sarah Sluis, this podcast gets listeners up to speed on the most pressing news in ad tech and beyond, with key background details and analysis.

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November 6, 202642 min

Will The Blue Wave Midterms Put A Damper On Ad Tech M&A?

Why the midterms may not spell doom for ad tech consolidation. Plus, how sports leagues are putting ad revenue before player safety.

October 30, 202639 min

Smart Acquisition or Frankenstack? Stagwell-Freestar and DoorDash-Instacart

It's fall, and there is M&A in the air. Two acquisitions happened this week: Stagwell bought Freestar and DoorDash bought Instacart.

October 22, 202646 min

Identity Resolution Goes The Way Of The Cookie

Safari is tracking the trackers. Apple officially blocked identity resolution providers this week. Our guest, Zach Edwards, a cybersecurity researcher and the co-founder of DecryptAds, puts the decision into context. Plus: Edwards discusses his research into how programmatic channels are monetizing AI slop.

October 15, 202639 min

The Auction Flip: Prebid's Plan To Swap Places With Google

Google won't have to break up its SSP and ad server. So this week, Prebid unveiled its plan to help Google fulfill the court's requirements at its annual Prebid Summit. Then: how brands are using their data in an agentic world, and why there's a rise of AI "employees."

October 8, 202638 min

The Apple Bites Back

Apple has a new blocklist for data brokers and ad tech vendors that do cross-site user tracking – which could expand to include a much broader slate of ad tech and mar tech vendors across the entire ecosystem. Plus: a few thoughts on Advertising Week New York.

October 1, 202637 min

Apple Takes A Bite Out Of Programmatic

Is the open web growing, dying or transforming? Plus: Apple's iOS update is blocking The Trade Desk from serving ads on Safari browsers, and how that fits into programmatic's next chapter.

September 24, 202640 min

Buying CTV In The WarnerMount World

Let's talk acquisitions! The WarnerMount merger is close to being in the clear, after California and 11 other states dropped their antitrust lawsuit against the merger. Plus: Taboola bought Dianomi. Infillion bought Foursquare. We get into what all three of these companies will look like post-acquisition.

September 17, 202649 min

The Trade Desk's Bumpy Ride Down

The Trade Desk's recent reduction of 15% of its workforce comes after nearly two years of challenges on Wall Street, leadership turnover and bumpy product decisions. Independent analyst Richard Kramer comes on to dissect how Wall Street views TTD – and what it got wrong in the first place.

September 11, 202645 min

Auctions In The Crosshairs

Two Big Tech moments capped the summer: The FTC sued Amazon over its kinda-sorta second-price auctions, alleging it deceived SMB advertisers. And Judge Brinkema declared that Google will not have to spin off its ad server.

September 3, 202638 min

Google Had Its Day In Court. Now, It's Amazon's Turn

Google won't have to break up its ads business after being declared an online monopolist. Meanwhile, Amazon faces a lawsuit from the FTC alleging that it charged advertisers more than necessary for ecommerce ads.