If people don’t like ads, what hope is there for adtech? That’s my latest piece for the the adtech pr blog blog. Link below! 🔗

Regular people: Who is Bari Weiss? Media:

Googled me and stumbled upon this shocking development. I must now meet Chris Harrer.

Roll the dice and see where they go next!

I know in-platform Gen AI commerce sounds interesting but I really don’t think it’ll stick as a consumer behavior. There’s something weird about buying through ChatGPT. I’m also not in ChatGPT looking for shopping recommendations. When it mentions brands at all, it feels weird.

My company, Mod Op, continues to make acquisitions. Big one today.

News: @Netflix is jumping into video podcasts by partnering with Spotify Details on Axios: axios.com/2025/10/14/net…

Big move for @DoubleVerify, expanding its Microsoft integration to cover Outlook, Bing, and casual games. DV will also authenticate campaigns for MSFT's In-market Audiences, segments of ready to buy shoppers.

NEW ADWEEK: AppLovin has shuttered its Array product, which allegedly let apps auto-install to user devices w/o consent. The firm says Array wasn’t “economically viable,” but it had been touted as a revenue driver previously. AppLovin denies wrongdoing. adweek.com/media/applovin…

I thought this was a pretty cool announcement! Before you can drive a car (agentic) you need roads (standards). Kudos to everyone involved.

This will CRUSH at the box office. More of this, please.

I’m sorry but who actually cares about stuff like this? Idk man.

Salesforce so desperately wants to be seen as part of the Republican cool kids circle… but it’s Salesforce so will never be cool.