06 · Status
The Battle to Expose Elon
Why it matters
Alex Gibney says YouTube, TikTok, Meta and X blocked or refused ads for his Musk documentary, and he is concerned about its future at Musk-backed Skydance's HBO.
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07 · Business Insider
Alex Gibney on the Elon Musk documentary and making powerful enemies
Why it matters
Business Insider interviewed Alex Gibney about his nearly four-hour Musk documentary and making powerful enemies.
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08 · Status
Amanpour's CNN Adieu
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Musk: Power, Platforms and a Four-Hour Film.
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09 · Status
CBS' DraftKings Gamble
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Musk: Power, Platforms and a Four-Hour Film.
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10 · Status
POLITICO's Wiles Walkback
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Musk: Power, Platforms and a Four-Hour Film.
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11 · Status
MS NOW's Moscow Mishap
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Musk: Power, Platforms and a Four-Hour Film.
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12 · Status
The Polling Pretenders
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Musk: Power, Platforms and a Four-Hour Film.
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13 · FouAnalytics
What If We Uploaded NPI Numbers, HEMs, or 1P Data?
Why it matters
Augustine Fou shows uploaded NPI and hashed-email lists match only 4 to 13 percent of records, with look-alike padding and bots replaying high-value IDs.
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14 · FouAnalytics
If Ad Targeting Is SO Inaccurate, How Did AdFection Hit Specific Journalists via ads?
Why it matters
Fou's earlier column explained how attackers used real identifiers, not audience segments, to target specific journalists with spyware via ads.
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15 · FouAnalytics
Bots impersonating your target audience. How? Bid Licking.
Why it matters
Fou's explainer on bid licking, where fraudsters copy and replay high-value user IDs that DSPs then bid on as if they were real users.
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16 · Business Insider
Millennial women are leaning out of the corporate world
Why it matters
Business Insider reports millennial women in corporate America are leaning out, doubting they will get the flexibility senior roles demand.
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17 · Business Insider
Sheryl Sandberg on why women are leaving corporate leadership
Why it matters
Sheryl Sandberg told Business Insider women are leaning out because they lack equal opportunity and support and carry an unfair burden at home.
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18 · Business Insider
The CEO who models his workday on pro athletes
Why it matters
A 35-year-old AI CEO models his day on pro athletes, waking at 3 a.m. and scheduling recovery periods.
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19 · Business Insider
A day in the life of Lean In's 25-year-old CEO
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on The Workplace: Phishing Tests, Leaning Out and the 3 a.m. CEO.
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20 · Business Insider
A simple saliva test could help families avoid cancer. Why aren't people taking it?
Why it matters
About 95 percent of the estimated 1.2 million Americans with Lynch syndrome, an inherited cancer risk, do not know it despite a simple test.
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