This week’s marketing news reveals brands chasing shiny new channels while ignoring broken fundamentals. Analysis of CTV fraud, influencer waste, and more.
Read MoreIndustry Transformation Accelerates: Netflix’s $82B Mega-Deal, Omnicom’s Post-Merger Shakeup, and AI’s Growing Pains — News Round-Up 12/1-12/7
This week marked seismic shifts: Netflix’s $82.7B Warner Bros. acquisition, Omnicom-IPG merger fallout with 4,000 job cuts, record holiday sales, and AI’s growing pains among programmatic marketers.
Read MoreMarketing Effectiveness Metrics Theater: Why Attribution Models Are Destroying Campaign Innovation – News Round Up: 11/21-11/28
This week’s marketing news reveals how obsessive attribution modeling is killing creative risk-taking while delivering false precision that undermines actual brand building.
Read MoreCTV Advertising Measurement Crisis Reveals Industry Unable Scale Beyond Walled Gardens – News Round Up: 11/18-11/25
Connected TV advertising faces a measurement crisis as fragmentation exposes the industry’s inability to scale programmatic buying beyond platform silos.
Read MoreAdvertising Industry Privacy Theater Crumbles as Cookies Persist Through 2026 – News Round Up: 11/18-11/25
Chrome’s cookie deprecation delay exposes how the ad industry spent billions preparing for a privacy change that keeps not happening. Analysis of Nov 18-25 news.
Read MoreSocial Commerce Hype Cycle Collapses as Brands Retreat to Search – News Round Up: 11/18-11/25
Social commerce promised seamless shopping but brands are quietly shifting budgets back to search. This week’s ad industry news reveals the truth behind the hype.
Read MoreMarketing Agencies Bloating Client Teams Masking Declining Productivity – News Round Up: 11/14-11/21
Why agencies are adding more heads to accounts while output quality plummets. This week’s ad industry news reveals the uncomfortable truth about team inflation.
Read MoreBrand Safety Hysteria Killing Creative Effectiveness 2024 – News Round Up: 11/07-11/14
This week’s ad industry news reveals how overreactive brand safety tools are neutering creative work while major platforms rake in profits from fear-driven compliance.
Read MoreAI Search Is Forcing Advertisers to Rethink Attribution – News Round Up: 11/1-11/7
Publishers lost 30% traffic to AI search in 2025. Retail media and CTV converge while CMO tenure drops. What’s really happening in advertising.
Read MoreWhy Ad Tech’s AI Obsession Is Masking Real Innovation Problems – News Round Up: 10/24-10/31
Ad tech’s AI hype distracts from fundamental problems. This week’s news reveals the gap between platform promises and advertiser reality.
Read More