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Black Friday Reaches Record Spend of Nearly $10 Billion in US

Adweek

With the inflation rate dropping steadily over the past few months, consumers more freely opened their wallets (or, rather, charged their credit cards) at a record pace on Black Friday. According to Adobe Analytics, a record $9.8 billion was spent Friday, traditionally the day retailers enter the "black" and a bellwether for holiday sales. That's.

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After the meteorite

Seth Godin

When it slams into your house and destroys it, we’re likely to pursue one of two lines of thinking: –How did I cause this? What choices did I make, what mistakes did I permit, why did I deserve to have this damage, or who can I blame? –Well, that happened, now what should I do? Looking for reasons, blaming others, or worse, blaming ourselves is a waste.

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2024 Election Season Dilemma: How to Balance Political Ads and Publisher Integrity

Ad Monsters

This January 15, people across Iowa will gather to caucus, officially kicking off the 2024 election cycle. Political campaigns and PACs are expected to pour $10 billion into political ads in an attempt to sway voter behavior. Much of that will be spent online. We already see troubling issues on the horizon — generative AI, deepfakes, fraud, a highly polarized electorate, distrust of media — and that publishers will need to consider and address.