Dear FTC, repeat after me: ad platforms don’t set prices The FTC today re-filed its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, with its previous lawsuit thrown out in June after a federal… August 19, 2021
Is app store regulation too little, too late? Last week, a bipartisan bill titled the Open App Markets Act was introduced in the Senate that would introduce new… August 16, 2021
Facebook’s privacy calculus Yesterday, Facebook published a blog post detailing the work it is doing to transition its advertising infrastructure away from "individual… August 12, 2021
The vanishing marketing data lake Two weeks ago, Facebook communicated to advertisers via email that it would end its Advanced Mobile Measurement (AMM) program, which… August 9, 2021
The end of app installs Last week, Snap, Twitter, Facebook, and Google all announced their second quarter earnings, and all four companies trounced expectations in… August 2, 2021
Marketing’s laws of physics It's common to hear early-stage consumer technology companies swear off direct-response paid advertising as a means of aggregating their user… July 27, 2021
Two valuation pitfalls for consumer tech M&A The frenetic torrent of M&A activity instigated by the confluence of COVID-19 and Apple's new and forthcoming privacy policy changes… July 26, 2021
Will Android dominate mobile gaming? Last week at its Games Developer Summit, Google announced a slate of new advertising tools designed to help mobile games… July 19, 2021
The problem with growth loops A growth loop describes a product engagement pattern that engenders the discovery of the product by new users. Ultimately, a… July 16, 2021
Content Fortresses and the new privacy landscape Last week, Instacart, the private grocery and CPG delivery company that is poised to go public imminently, appointed Fidji Simo,… July 12, 2021
