Edition No. 79 · Wed 9 Sept 2026 · Story 18 of 28

'Frogs in the boiling water': The Amazon-FTC case and the myth of ad auction transparency

Digiday

The FTC sued Amazon over an alleged secret reserve price in its ad auctions, and buyers aren't panicking because opaque auctions aren't unusual.

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