John Still

"Congratulations on saying the biggest number..."

Nope nope nope nope nope

Meta admits revenue from fraud and scam ads 'might' have accounted for 3-4% of total revenue At LEAD, Meta's Rima Amin disputed a November Reuters report of an internal document that said Meta earned 10% of its 2024 revenue from scam ads. The lower figure would still account for $5bn to $7bn in revenue.

“It’s higher than we would like it to be,”...

Great wrap of this LEAD panel from @jackcarterbenjamin.bsky.social - well worth a read.

Ah joy, all the mistakes of digital display advertising about to be made all over again.

Any brands still putting ad spend on X should be ashamed.

I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.

This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.

Pretty sure I’ve seen this one before. We dominate the first half, don’t score, then lose to a scrappy Matt Clarke header….

Time person of the year cover for 2025

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

This feels like a massive capitulation, an admission that IP holders are fighting a battle with AI scrapers that simply can't be won.

On the other hand, that Star Wars sequel I wrote when I was 7 might finally see the light of day...

Swings and roundabouts.

It’s hideous. Netflix buying WBD was hardly a Cinderella story, but it being derailed like this really stinks.

The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."

Again, who actually wants this?

Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor | CNN The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf, where the scotch and whisky were stored. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: Bott...

Honestly this is the only type of news I want to engage with in December.

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ChatGPT took Press Gazette content then said that could not have happened World's leading LLM said it could not have done the thing it did.

Superb read in today's @pressgazette.co.uk - ChatGPT accessing paywalled content, then creating an elaborate excuse as to why it couldn't have done it...

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To him, the zenith of LLM technology is to help people be offensive at parties.

What a world.

Was just imagining a George from Seinfeld situation. Rolling into Rockliffe like nothing happened…

What happens if Edwards talks with Wolves go badly…? Does he just, erm, come back to work on Monday? #utb #boro

Ah this is all such a shame

Who the fuck wants this?

This is a great listen for anyone who likes Maximo Park, anyone who grew up in the North East, anyone who loves music…

Just a great listen for anyone really.

ExchangeWire on Ads in Apple Maps, Comcast Linear TV Going Programmatic, and the AdCP YouTube video by ExchangeWireTV

Great fun as always chatting to my @exchangewire.bsky.social colleagues Lindsay and Grainne on a team podcast this week.

Tune in as we chat AdCP, and as it’s Halloween - is linear TV back about to be reanimated by programmatic?!

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‘Oh, you didn’t want us to steal from you?! Well, you really should have said…’

Totally backward approach.

Horrendous

One-third of indie publishers could shut down by next year as AI search hits traffic An estimated 100 of the 300 websites that belong to the Independent Publishers Alliance are unlikely to survive the next 15 months, a board member has warned, as referral traffic from Google dries up.

Bleak.

Excellent reporting as usual by @jackcarterbenjamin.bsky.social

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That new Deftones track 👌

Advertisers with an ounce of respect for their brands would have to be out of their minds to consider this.

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations “In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

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