NextCommerce
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Stop Pricing AI Like SaaS
AI changes the unit customers value. Founders should price recognizable work and defensible outcomes instead of seats, tokens or opaque credits.
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Retail, media, marketing and the evolution of consumer behavior.
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FTC and 22 States Sue Amazon Over Alleged Ad Pricing Scheme
A federal complaint alleges Amazon quietly used reserve prices to raise what advertisers paid, while Amazon says the case misunderstands its auctions.
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Analysis
Meta’s $18 Billion Teen Settlement Resets Platform Safety
A court-approved agreement with 52 attorneys general ties Meta to product changes, independent oversight and roughly $18 billion in payments over 10 years.
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Analysis
Flipboard’s Graze Deal Tests Open-Web Advertising
The deal joins Graze’s custom-feed engine with Flipboard’s Surf browser as both companies look for a privacy-friendlier business model.
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Analysis
YouTube Brings Amazon Shopping Inside Creator Videos
Eligible U.S. creators can tag Amazon products in Shorts, long videos and livestreams, tightening the link between influence and checkout.
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Analysis
Google’s Preferred Sources Button Puts Loyalty Into Search
An embeddable Preferred Sources control gives publishers a new way to ask audiences for durable visibility inside Google’s changing discovery products.
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Target Pulls Offensive Halloween Costume as Shares Fall
The retailer removed an offensive children’s costume and apologized as its shares fell 3.8%, reviving questions about merchandising controls during a turnaround.
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Zillow, Redfin Settle FTC Rental Listings Antitrust Case
A proposed 10-year order would require Redfin to rebuild its rental advertising business while preserving a narrower listings partnership with Zillow.
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TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Children’s Privacy Settlement
TikTok and ByteDance will pay $400 million to resolve a federal COPPA case, with $300 million due immediately and no admission of wrongdoing.
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French Publishers Want Regulators to Stop Google’s AI From Taking Their Traffic
French news groups are pressing the competition authority to examine how Google’s AI search features use journalism and affect referrals.