The MadTech Podcast

On today’s MadTech Daily we cover Meta planning to begin a new round of layoffs on 20th May, the White House and Anthropic holding “productive” AI talks, and ByteDance’s profit being hit by AI costs despite an overseas surge.

Today's MadTech Daily covers advertisers reporting prices dropping for ads on ChatGPT, Google holding discussions with the Pentagon for a Gemini deal, as well as the BBC and Bauer Media planning massive workforce cuts.

In this special episode of The MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire CEO Rachel Smith is joined by Jaren Loy, business marketing lead at Fairprice in Singapore. They discuss the value and challenges of retail media, from the availability of first party data to cross-channel measurement for proving better outcomes, and how the APAC market compares to other regions.
Based on a panel for ATS Singapore 2026: Retail Media Reality Check: Building Networks, Data Pipes & In‑Store Scale. Retail media in APAC is exploding, but standards, tech stacks, and measurement are still evolving. This discussion covers in‑store screens, loyalty engines, data monetisation, and partner evaluation. Speakers explore how they’re navigating the region’s dominant walled‑garden commerce ecosystems. A session that dives into what it takes to build a retail media business in APAC.
0:00 Introduction
1:57 Current state of APAC’s retail media landscape
6:34 Challenges for advertisers, marketers, and retail media network owners
10:23 Measurement and standards in retail media
14:33 How retail media fits into the broader commerce ecosystem in APAC
19:53 Cross-channel strategies for brands and retailers
23:35 What differentiates APAC from global markets
26:28 Where retail media is headed in the next 12 months

Today’s MadTech Daily covers OpenAI building a tool to track ChatGPT ad conversions, UK MPs voting down under-16 social media ban for a second time, and Publicis’ CEO ruling out launching a rival for The Trade Desk.

On today’s MadTech Daily we cover investor expectations for Netflix after its Warner bid, the IAB unveiling guidelines for AI-driven commerce media, and WPP reportedly launching talks to sell Burson, its PR arm