Welcome to Marketing Brew Weekly! This week we’re discussing Heineken’s billboard reaction to Friend AI’s ads, the Spotify deal to bring The Ringer’s video podcasts to Netflix and what that means for YouTube and other platforms, the reasoning behind Apple TV dropping the plus sign from their name, and how man on the street videos are now turning into brands on the street videos as ads get in on the fun of producing these authentic-seeming clips. 

00:00 : Intro

00:35 : Heineken mocks Friend AI

05:46 : Select Spotify video podcasts will be available on Netflix

14:40 : Apple TV subtracts the “+”

21:52 : Brands get in on man on the street ads

This episode was sponsored by Digicom. To learn more, go to http://www.digicom.io/brew. 

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