Advertising
The most important business model for consumers.
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The advertising has shifted from a Google-Facebook duopoly to one where Amazon and potentially Apple are major forces.
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Facebook and Google and other advertising businesses are data factories, and regulation will be most effective if it lets users look inside
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Google is in hot water again, this time for ads placed against objectionable content. However, ad agencies and brands are just as responsible, and can no longer live in the past.
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Facebook has long had too much power, but Mark Zuckerberg’s expressed willingness to use said power for political ends means it’s time to consider countermeasures.
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Tech is entering a period of inequality where the big winners lift the sector as a whole even as smaller companies suffer. The best example is Facebook, Google, and digital advertising.
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Rapidus, The End of Economic Rationality, AI Disruption
Rapidus, Japan’s new foundry on the leading edge, doesn’t make economic sense; it is one of many examples in that regard, as the world enters a new age of uncertainty and AI.
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Google Announces Veo 2, The Empire Strikes Back, Free ChatGPT Search
Google Veo 2 is the next blow-your-mind moment in generative AI, and represents Google maximizing its strengths; OpenAI, though, is steadily working on disrupting Search.
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Spotify Earnings, Spotify’s Video Plans, Spotify’s Ad Business
Spotify’s earnings and video podcast announcements highlight the threat the company feels from YouTube. Plus, the company’s late shift to programmatic ads explains its podcast motivations.
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Netflix’s Boxing Event, Customer Acquisition vs. Churn Mitigation, Accounting for Events
The Tyson-Paul boxing match was Netflix’s biggest event yet, as the company draws increasingly clear lines between customer acquisition and churn mitigation.