The Summer Things Turned Messy

Update: 2025-09-02

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This week’s episode recaps what ended up being a messy summer, from corporate changeovers and AI existentialism to fresh competition for Google and a return to the TV bundle for streaming. Oh, and tariffs; we can’t forget tariffs. As stated, the season was kind of a mess, and Digiday managing editor Sara Jerde joined the show to help make sense of the events that transpired and what they portend for the rest of 2025.

The coalition of the willing (and unable): publishers rally to wall off AI’s free ride

Google readies its last stand in latest antitrust trial

The next browser wars are here — and AI wants the ad dollars too

How tariffs have upended the back-to-school season

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The Summer Things Turned Messy

2025-09-0235:55

Why AI is agencies’ frenemy

2025-08-2652:00

Retail Media Godmother Kristi Argyilan: "It's going to be a reset"

2025-08-1948:43

Streaming reshuffling, Omnicom-IPGs's second green light + inside Reddit's bet on becoming a search engine

2025-08-1249:11

Meta’s superintelligence, Amazon’s NYT deal, upfronts + publishers’ & IAB Tech Lab’s AI summit

2025-08-0549:52

Who’s winning the creator economy—and what the paramount merger & AI action plan signal next

2025-07-2946:19

Late night TV's shakeup, OpenAI's agentic AI tool, plus Walton Isaacson’s Albert Thompson on CTV’s ad product predicament

2025-07-2249:44

Creator longevity with Brandon Edelman, Plus Linda Yaccarino's exit, WPP's Leadership shake up and the AI browser wars

2025-07-1544:28

Inside Michelle Khare's creator playbook, plus Paramount lawsuit, Google faces EU heat and TikTok plots a backup plan

2025-07-0842:20

Meta, Netflix & FTC’s Omnicom-IPG approval + “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives”’ Danielle Pistotnik

2025-06-2447:28

Digiday at Cannes: AI hype, data overload and other takeaways from Cannes Lions 2025

2025-06-2025:23

Digiday at Cannes: Former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay makes the case for creators

2025-06-1923:41

Digiday at Cannes: From center stage to closed doors, inside X’s quiet Cannes strategy

2025-06-1822:17

Digiday at Cannes: Ad networks take center stage — are buyers buying in?

2025-06-1721:08

Kimberly-Clark’s Patricia Corsi on the AI hype, Cannes jargon

2025-06-1630:17

Cannes survival tips, WBD split, ad spend outlook and WPP’s big AI bet

2025-06-1041:07

AI’s big moves at NYT, Business Insider and Meta + A Day in the Life of Marie Claire’s EIC Nikki Ogunnaike

2025-06-0336:17

Google’s AI Mode, OpenAI’s io buy, Publicis’s Capitv8 capture + Google’s AI ads era with Dan Taylor

2025-05-2738:42

Upfront Week recap, Charter-Cox merger, Microsoft’s DSP shutdown + Horizon Media’s David Campanelli on the upfront market ahead

2025-05-2001:00:10

How Digitas is navigating search’s shift to the AI era, OpenAI's latest talent poach and Netflix's push for personalization

2025-05-1341:35

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The Summer Things Turned Messy

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The Summer Things Turned Messy

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The Summer Things Turned Messy