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Amazon layoffs impact APAC adtech and media leaders
Apr 23, 2024
Shawn Lim

Amazon layoffs impact APAC adtech and media leaders

The job cuts are part of Amazon's plans to streamline its sales, marketing and global services division globally.

Amazon layoffs to impact agencies in APAC
Jan 17, 2024
Shawn Lim

Amazon layoffs to impact agencies in APAC

Amazon's plans to move from original productions on Prime Video to licensing is set to impact its relationship with IPG Mediabrands in APAC

Media Chinese to layoff 44% employees in Malaysia and replace them with AI
Jun 3, 2024
Staff Reporters

Media Chinese to layoff 44% employees in Malaysia and replace them with AI

The decision follows substantial financial losses in 2024.

Google layoffs escalate as automation replaces some roles
Jan 19, 2024
Jessica Heygate

Google layoffs escalate as automation replaces some roles

Tech giant has slashed hundreds of roles within its ad sales division after throwing more weight behind AI-powered ad products.

Despite layoffs, Amazon dominates Q4 with $14.7 billion in ad sales
Feb 2, 2024
Nikita Mishra

Despite layoffs, Amazon dominates Q4 with $14.7 billion in ad sales

After a year of mass layoffs, the company is more profitable than ever after.

Vice Media to lay off hundreds, cease website operations
Feb 26, 2024
Staff Reporters

Vice Media to lay off hundreds, cease website operations

With previous attempts to cut costs—including a multimillion-dollar acquisition—proving ineffective in enhancing the company's financial standing, Vice Media has announced its decision to lay off hundreds of staff and close down its website.

Spotify lays off 17% of workforce amid cost-cutting drive
Dec 5, 2023
Reem Makari

Spotify lays off 17% of workforce amid cost-cutting drive

CEO Daniel Ek says cuts will ensure company is “right-sized” for future challenges.

Riot Games lays offs 11% of total workforce worldwide
Jan 24, 2024
Shawn Lim

Riot Games lays offs 11% of total workforce worldwide

As Tencent's Riot Games announced it's laying off more than 500 employees globally, industry experts are left wondering how to create sustainability in gaming models that go beyond a dependency on ad spend.

Tesla lays off marketing team
Apr 23, 2024
Brandon Doerrer

Tesla lays off marketing team

Affected employees sat on Tesla’s growth content team and within its design studio.

Duolingo offboards translation contractors; Workers allege AI replacement
Jan 10, 2024
Brandon Doerrer

Duolingo offboards translation contractors; Workers allege AI replacement

The language learning app offboarded 10% of contractors, including some who worked on translations, but denied it was to let AI take over.

OpenAI inks multi-year content deal with News Corp
May 24, 2024
Staff Reporters

OpenAI inks multi-year content deal with News Corp

The five-year agreement comes as Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google face intense scrutiny over training AI models on copyrighted content usage without consent.

Google: ‘We’re not restructuring because AI is taking away roles’
Jan 31, 2024
Jessica Heygate

Google: ‘We’re not restructuring because AI is taking away roles’

Chief business officer Philipp Schindler tells investors that growth in the company’s AI-powered ad products, a ‘bright spot’ in its Q4 performance, has not directly contributed to recent layoffs.

Avoiding a toxic workplace culture: Experts on what businesses need to do
Aug 23, 2023
Shawn Lim

Avoiding a toxic workplace culture: Experts on what businesses need to do

After Campaign's exclusive reporting on the internal strife in Circles.Life, we speak to ex-employees and workplace culture experts on what red flags other businesses need to watch out for.

Spotify launches in-house music consultancy Aux
Feb 21, 2024
Brandon Doerrer

Spotify launches in-house music consultancy Aux

EXCLUSIVE: Aux will counsel brands on how to use music in their campaigns and pair them with artists.

Zoom updates its terms after AI training backlash, orders its staff back to office
Aug 10, 2023
Staff Reporters

Zoom updates its terms after AI training backlash, orders its staff back to office

The popular video-calling app has stated that the company does not use audio, video, or text discussions from the app to train its artificial intelligence models.

PubMatic's Activate rolls out in APAC, adtech battle heats up
Oct 3, 2023
Shawn Lim

PubMatic's Activate rolls out in APAC, adtech battle heats up

PubMatic’s new tool, Activate, allows agencies to go directly to the SSP, bypassing DSPs. How will this change the ad tech landscape in APAC?

X, formerly known as Twitter, resumes hiring for brand partnership roles
Aug 28, 2023
Sabrina Sanchez

X, formerly known as Twitter, resumes hiring for brand partnership roles

The roles will fill spots on the X Next and X Next Lab teams, which produce creative for advertisers.

Disney's woes continue with the closure of Lucasfilm in Singapore
Aug 16, 2023
Staff Reporters

Disney's woes continue with the closure of Lucasfilm in Singapore

After 20 years, Disney will shut its Lucasfilm studio in Singapore as its ongoing financial woes exacerbate.

Meta says ad spend has ‘softened’ amid Israel-Hamas war
Oct 26, 2023
Jessica Heygate

Meta says ad spend has ‘softened’ amid Israel-Hamas war

Facebook and Instagram parent widened its Q4 revenue outlook after observing a retraction in ad spend in recent weeks correlated with the outbreak of the conflict.

10 questions for the ad industry in 2024
Jan 15, 2024
Alison Weissbrot

10 questions for the ad industry in 2024

From generative AI to DE&I, here are the topics Campaign is investigating this year.