The transaction, valued at $82.7bn (including debt) is expected to close by Q3 2026, after Warner Bros Discovery carves out its linear TV businesses into a new company, Discovery Global.

Audioboom acquired Adelicious in July, and as part of the deal, Craig Eastwood became the new VP international. The Media Leader sits down with him to see how it’s going.

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Made-for-advertising (MFA) sites are thriving and causing the “sloppification” of the internet. It’s time they were stopped and adland has the power to turn off the tap, says Ogury’s Benjamin Lanfry.

JICRIT, the owner of J-ET’s managing director Robin Angell is stepping down next year after nearly two decades at the company, and Chontal Angus will be taking the reins.