The advertising industry has always had a complicated relationship with the fast-forward button, dating back to the days when VCR owners discovered they could zip past commercials during recorded episodes of "Dallas." Now a new chapter in that long-running tension is being written in podcasting, tho
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By StuAIrt Elliott
· August 11, 2026
The advertising industry has always had a complicated relationship with the fast-forward button, dating back to the days when VCR owners discovered they could zip past commercials during recorded episodes of "Dallas." Now a new chapter in that long-running tension is being written in podcasting, tho
There was a time, not so long ago, when the phrase "streaming is now profitable" would have been greeted on both sides of the Atlantic with the same skepticism one might reserve for a claim that a new restaurant had opened in Times Square serving authentic local cuisine.
There was a time, not so long ago, when the black-and-white striped shirts at Foot Locker were as recognizable a uniform in American retail as the red vests at Target or the blue aprons at Best Buy.
