π― Court Slams Influencer Fraud
Plus: CTV Attribution Puzzle, Apps Need Identity Systems
π― Creators Contents Enter CTV
Plus: Word-of-Mouth Still Wins, AI Agents in Upfronts
π― Amazon Ads Hits $72B
Plus: Walmartβs Chicken Nuggets, eBay Spends 21.6% On Marketing
π― Meta Opens Its Black Box
Plus: $77K MRR On AI Slop Ads, Vibe Marketing Converts
π― DTC Clone Wars Move To Court
Plus: LLMs Cite Reddit Not Your Brand, Attention Is the New Alpha
π― Dropbox Era Ends
Plus: GPT Ads To Local SMBs, Meta Trains 100K Indian SMBs
π― Consumers Reject Pure AI Ads
Plus: Metadata Is The Hidden Moat, Synthetic Faces Power Stores
π― YouTubers Conquer Hollywood
Plus: California Lawmakers Target AI Ads, Affiliate Marketing Resurges
π― Older Influencers Beat Gen Z
Plus: Style ChatGPT Ads, Gemini Omni Erases UGC Costs
π― AI Political Ad Warfare
Plus: Google Rebuilds Ad Stack, The 2026 CTV Shelf Reshuffle