LAURIE SULLIVAN

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• Apple Collapses Data Harvesting From macOS Due To AI Agents in MediaDailyNews on 10/02/2026
  

  Apple has tightened full disk access on macOS to force agentic apps to require preauthorization before bypassing standard system controls - a move intended to ensure those who wish to grant an app access to their data on a device running macOS can do so only with very explicit user action.

• Google Urges Fact Checking For Anyone Publishing Content Using Generative AI in MediaDailyNews on 10/01/2026
  

  Generative models do not retrieve facts, but predict a likely sequence of words based on their training data, Google explained in a post. Based on this, generative AI outputs may contain inaccuracies, which are also known as hallucinations.

• Shopify Unveils Commerce Site Creation Tool, Integrates Meta in MediaDailyNews on 10/01/2026
  

  The new site-building tool, introduced Thursday, enables merchants to set up a Shopify store through a conversation with AI.

• Reddit Ending Data-Scraping, Will Keep Existing Agreements in Performance Marketing Insider on 10/01/2026
  

  Reddit plans to retire RSS feeds in November and phase out its legacy public data API, ending access in March 2027.

• Google Experiment Pays Publishers For AI Overview Content in MediaDailyNews on 09/30/2026
  

  With the introduction of AI-powered summaries, AI Overviews has drastically reduced the amount of search traffic to websites, prompting complaints from publishers about losing traffic.

• AI Opens A 'Second Front Door' For Consumers, Trust Gaps Remain in Performance Marketing Insider on 10/02/2026
  

  Consumers trust recommendations from AI to an extent - but not completely. Razorfish, in partnership with audience research company GWI, ran two independent studies of U.S. AI users to determine why.

• AI Search Pacing +392% Through 13 Months in Performance Marketing Insider on 09/30/2026
  

  Sessions have more than doubled in the past year since July 2026, tripled during the most recent quarter, and grew nearly fivefold during the past 13 months, according to recent data.

• OpenAI Expands Agentic One Dot At A Time in MediaDailyNews on 09/30/2026
  

  'Dots,' a competitor to Meta Platform's Muse, debuted this week at OpenAI's developer conference, as the company announced an expanded partnership with Adobe.

• Amazon Ads Unveils New AI Tools in Performance Marketing Insider on 09/29/2026
  

  The company is bringing AI-powered tools to partners, agencies and tech providers that want to build their own AI-powered solutions across the company's ad ecosystem.

• Amazon Adds Yelp Local Services To Shopping Cart in MediaDailyNews on 09/29/2026
  

  The new ad format connects Amazon shoppers with local service professionals on Yelp.

Comments by Laurie All comments by Laurie

• Saks Lands $500M In Financing by Sarah Mahoney (Marketing Daily on 04/03/2026)
  

  Yay!!

• Why Bad Bunny Review Was Bad 'TV Blog' by Joe Mandese (Red, White & Blog on 02/11/2026)
  

  Complete marketing play by Rimas, in my opinion, because he declined to tour the U.S. I never heard of him before the Super Bowl, and my grandchildren are half Latino. We dance through the house singing Santana's songs, not Bad Bunny's. Viva la Santana!

• Why Bad Bunny Was Bad TV by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 02/11/2026)
  

  Thank you for writing this. Santana would have been a better choice. 

• Editors Threaten To Quit If Melania Trump Is Featured On 'Vanity Fair' Cover by Ray Schultz (Publishers Daily on 08/27/2025)
  

  First Lady Trump declined the publication's offer.  It is not her style. 

• Amazon Upfront Focuses On Sports, A-Lister Content by Laurie Sullivan (MediaDailyNews on 05/13/2025)
  

  Joshua, I think she was thanking Schwarzenegger because he agreed to let her name appear alongside his and above the title of True Lies in all marketing material and opening credits. She said he didn't have to do that.

• Google Test Shows Content Has No Measurable Impact On Ad Revenue by Laurie Sullivan (MediaDailyNews on 03/21/2025)
  

  Crazy, right? After all this time Google has been saying the opposite. 

• Lower Costs For CTV, AI Are Attracting SMBs by Laurie Sullivan (Performance Marketing Insider on 03/13/2025)
  

  Thank you, Ed. 

• Amazon DSP Enables AI-Managed TV Buying by Laurie Sullivan (MediaDailyNews on 03/04/2025)
  

  Yes, Cordie, this supports local broadcast.

• Retail Media Ad Impressions Surpass 75B by Laurie Sullivan (MediaDailyNews on 02/24/2025)
  

  Thanks, Ed! 

• TikTok's Latest Offer: A Big One From Big Wyoming by Laurie Sullivan (MediaDailyNews on 02/20/2025)
  

  You are correct. It is the county seat for Lincoln County

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