The Marketer's Playbook
A weekly round-up of the most important marketing news and strategies.
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Platforms are rewriting the rules for 2026
This is the week platforms, media, and AI openly fought for control.
Netflix buys big, Reddit kills r/popular, and OpenAI hits the gas.
Are ads coming to ChatGPT? Meta faces heat, and Meta–Google talks reshape the AI chip race
Spending surges, AI gets throttled, and Meta walks free
Longform creators hit podcasts, Google gets conversational, and Reddit turns ads into games
Meta’s dirty ad money meets Google’s AI fallout in one chaotic week for Big Tech
Canva goes bold, Amazon gets lean, and Pinterest’s chatbot changes how we shop.
Automation accelerates while the “smart” tech we built keeps showing its cracks
AI enters your cart, Pinterest cleans up the mess, and Google lets you wipe sponsored results off your screen
ChatGPT turns into an app hub, TikTok automates creativity, and a massive data breach hits Discord
Streaming ads, paid memories, and checkout bots prove the open web is closing fast.
