“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” — Henry Ford
SEE: quovadisnews.com/p/161-why-p…
Quo Vadis newsletter by Tom Triscari @triscari
#75rpmWasOnceLegecyMedia
"The modern programmatic players promised to build on and extend that legacy and make advertising better, but they have not (....) Let’s not let it happen again"
- @davemorgannyc
mediapost.com/publications/a…
Via @davemorgannyc at @MediaPost
"As anyone who has ever watched ad-supported streaming services knows, frequency capping on most CTV programming is a farce -- a pure farce."
What should be done about this over-frequency problem?
mediapost.com/publications/a…
"In the future, every app will have 15 minutes of fame."
#QUOTE: The #platforms at the center are valued for coherence, and the tools rising fastest are the ones that plug into that coherence rather than standing apart from it. - @chiefmartec
SEE: newsletter.chiefmartec.com/p…
1) #Best post of 2026 award to @fredwilson @avc * avc.xyz/notebook-lawyer
2) Not on @X - find him on @farcaster_xyz
3) Photo / this quote: “Business art is the step that comes after art (...) and good business is the best art.”
The moment you know
You know, you know
He knows
From @chiefmartec: "Website traffic from humans is going away. But that’s not a bad thing. That traffic is being replaced by AI agents working on behalf of humans."
Machine-to-machine marketing raises questions
A #Zoom with @ScrunchAI Wed. Nov. 12
luma.com/vkuele5j?tk=GSnZx0
Israel @Lazarus_Musical back in 2019
From @endawalsh and @DavidBowieReal
It's no Game youtu.be/trxQql-ZxJw
'The Open Web is still enormous'
#HavesVsHaveNots
'Need shift from high-arbitrage/ variable-pricing like Uber to high-scale/ low-fee like Visa'
#MustHaveVsNiceToHave
Conversation w/ @triscari & @acasale
On @Spotify
bit.ly/4pxu1Ho
or @Apple
bit.ly/46IweXX
#QUOTE "Strictly speaking, the internet disrupted media distribution . When barriers collapse in a market, supply explodes, consumer price sensitivity increases, prices migrate toward marginal cost, and all the value shifts to the scarce complements."
dougshapiro.substack.com/p/w…
#TorontoHumberYachtClub
Support the Renewal of THYC’s #Lease on the Humber River. Please sign the petition: chng.it/XKNf9rdrJT
Via @CdnChange
#Quote: We could look backward, replace the term “agentic AI” with “CRM” or “big data,” and see a history of failures for “bright, shiny object” tech opportunities of old...
#Yet I am super-bullish on what AI will do...
- - @davemorgannyc
mediapost.com/publications/a…
Wow!
If she can't do it, no one person can
(Via @sarafischer )
axios.com/2025/07/09/x-ceo-l…
#Quote: "What they cared (a lot) about was making and taking margins on #each and #every transaction."
@davemorgannyc has me thinking about David Ogilvy and who is in the cool club -- and who's not.
Via @MediaPost
mediapost.com/publications/a…
SEE @andrewcasale w/@pesach_lattin
youtu.be/a5Frn1p9cDg
Typically, where a business in this space takes more risk they're also taking a higher fee, which I think is warranted
I also think, though, biz models set 10/15 yrs ago are no longer appropriate for the value being added













