MadTech Daily: Portugal Fines Telcos Over Ad Collusion; Trade Desk CRO Out After 7 Months

About this episode

This episode discusses Portugal's fines on telecom companies for ad collusion and the resignation of The Trade Desk's CRO after seven months.

In today’s MadTech Daily, we discuss Portugal fining telecoms companies over ad collusion, The Trade Desk’s CRO stepping down after seven months, and software buyouts falling to pandemic-era lows amid an AI-driven market rout

Topics covered

• telecom fines
• advertising collusion
• executive changes
• software buyouts
• AI market impact

Keywords

• Portugal
• Telcos
• Trade Desk
• ad collusion
• software buyouts
• AI
• market rout

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Portugal, Telcos, The Trade Desk

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