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In-depth coverage of big tech"s antitrust woes from Marketecture.tv. We are covering the Google search and ad tech trials and everything else happening. Subscribe to our newsletter at https://monopoly.marketecture.tv

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46:37

Episode 44: Justin Evans and the Optimist's View of Data

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2025/08/27

Alan Chapell is joined by Justin Evan's where they discuss his book: The Little Book of Data. While designed for business teams, the book (and the podcast) also lights a path that can be helpful to the legal and regulatory folks. Our conversation also makes broader points about the creative process and how to stay relevant in your career by remaining curious. Check out the Little Book of Data at https://www.harpercollinsleadership.com/9781400248353/the-little-book-of-data/ Learn more about your

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36:56

Episode 43: Behind the curtain at the FTC

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2025/08/20

In this episode, Alan is joined by Shoshana Woodinsky, veteran journalist in the ads space turned tech expert for the Federal Trade Commission. Shoshana offers an unfiltered view of how things sometimes function at the Commission - and shares some insights on how recent FTC policies impact the ads space.Takeaways The U.S. lacks a national privacy law, relying on state laws. The FTC has historically set privacy standards. Lina Khan's leadership marked a shift in consumer protection.

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47:31

Episode 42: Contextual Integrity in the ads space

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2025/08/13

In this episode, Alan discusses Contextual Integrity as applied to the ad space with Professor Helen Nissenbaum. They go deep into profiling and the use of PETs. Alan encourages listeners to check out some of Helen's writing at https://nissenbaum.tech.cornell.edu/main_cv.html#pubLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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52:06

Episode 41: DuckDuckGo on balancing privacy and...

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2025/08/06

Kamyl Bazbaz and Joseph Jerome from DuckDuckGo join Alan to discuss the role of the browser, the intersection between privacy and competition and how DuckDuckGo differentiates itself within the craziness of larger ads space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:09

Episode 40: Google's Ad Dominance with Ari Paparo

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2025/07/30

Ari Paparo and Alan Chapell discuss Ari's new book Yield: How Google Bought, Built, and Bullied its Way to Advertising Dominance. They also talk about the potential impact of the fallout of Google's antitrust trials on the marketplace. And Ari provides some insights as to why it's difficult for privacy and regulatory issues to make their way into the C-suite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:12

Epispde 39: The Google Search Antitrust Remedies

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2025/07/23

Megan Gray joins host Alan Chapell for a discussion of the various remedies being proposed in the Google Search Antitrust Trial with the DOJ as we head towards Judge Mehta's decision in that case later this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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48:49

Episode 38: Impact of FTC v Meta with Brendan Benedict

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2025/07/16

The Meta antitrust trial has been undercovered with in the ads space. Host Alan Chapell brings antitrust litigator Brendan Benedict on to get a sense of the core arguments of both the FTC and Meta and make some predictions on how this case will play out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:04

Episode 37: Rescuing Privacy and Consumer Protection...

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2025/07/09

Former Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the FTC Samuel AA Levin joins Alan Chapell to discuss a recent law review article he co-authored, how privacy and consumer protection were undercut during the 1980's, and how the Lina Kahn FTC sought to bring them back. Within the context of the digital ads space, they discussed: DNT, Industry self-regulation, notice and choice and the pro's and con's of a harms based approach. Check out the Stanford Law Review article Sam co-authored with

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44:36

Episode 36: Buy side vs Sell side vs Regulatory side

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2025/07/02

Host Alan Chapell moderates a debate between Erez Levin (buy-side) and Gareth Glaser (sell-side) on how the ad tech marketplace is shifting while interjecting a few nuggets about the role of privacy and competition as we look towards 2026 and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:18

Episode 35: Industry Trade Reporters vs Spin

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2025/06/25

Journalist Marty Swant (Digiday, Forbes, NY Times) joins Alan Chapell to talk about the ways an ad industry trade journalist combats spin in their search for truth. Marty also drops some thoughts on key trends in the ads space that are not getting nearly enough attention.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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24:26

Episode 34: Jonathan Kanter on digital media & ad tech

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2025/06/18

In part two of this two part interview, host Alan Chapell and Jonathan Kanter go deep on the Google ad tech antitrust trial remedies phase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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37:06

Episode 33: Jonathan Kanter on Antitrust & Search

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2025/06/11

Jonathan Kanter joins host Alan Chapell to discuss the changes to antitrust enforcement over the past five years and how those changes were reflected in the DOJ's enforcement against Google in the search antitrust trial.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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35:07

Episode 32: Kids privacy in the ad space with Gary Kibel

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2025/06/04

In this episode, Alan Chapell chats with Gary Kibel of the law firm Davis & Gilbert about children's privacy in the ads space. We start back in 1998 with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and share how the FTC has revamped COPPA via rulemaking over the years. We also discuss state level privacy laws' approach to children's advertising, KOSA and the likelihood of the U.S. Congress enacting COPPA 2.0. We end with a discussion of Congress potentially preempting State AI laws.Learn

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34:40

Episode 31: Dennis Buchheim Part 2 - on Privacy...

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2025/05/28

Alan Chapell and Dennis Buchheim talk about the future of addressability and how to create ad standards which are both principled and fair. We also question the value of legacy tech in the ads space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:58

Episode 30: Dennis Buchheim Part 1 - on industry trades

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2025/05/21

Alan Chapell and Dennis Buchheim go deep on some of the historical challenges faced by IAB TechLab as it created Project Re arc and started moving towards a post-cookie ad space starting in 2019.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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35:20

Episode 29: Privacy Enhancing Technologies with Brian...

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2025/05/14

Privacy technologist Brian May joins Alan Chapell to discuss the pro's and con's of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) within the ads space - and how sometimes we need to collectively take difficult steps in order for the industry to prosper.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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41:04

Episode 28: Professor Daniel Solove on Privacy

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2025/05/07

In this episode, Alan Chapell chats with GW law school professor Daniel Solove about his latest book "On Privacy and Technology" as they try to find common ground between under and over regulation of the ads space.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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40:56

Episode 27: Richard Kramer on Google Antitrust Remedies

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2025/04/30

Alan Chapell speaks with Richard Kramer from Arete Research about the pro's and con's of various remedies being discussed in connection with Google's search, ad tech and Privacy Sandbox cases.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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33:57

Episode 26: Will deprecating cookies improve the...

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2025/04/23

Alan Chapell is joined by media futurist and former Googler Erez Levin - who makes the case for improved metrics and incentives in digital media. Erez suggests that third-party cookie deprecation and potential antitrust break up of big tech could serve as a means to reboot the ads space towards better outcomes. Alan mixes his Dylan metaphors to make a point that forced blindness carries its own risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:29

Episode 25: Rob Leathern - Why We Haven't Fixed...

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2025/04/09

Rob Leathern joins host Alan Chapell to discuss and debate Rob's 10 step plan for fixing the ads space - and why those things probably won't happen.Rob's Notes 19: Why We Haven't Fixed Online Advertising Yet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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