The Apartment Rental Market Is Rigged by Algorithms, a DOJ Lawsuit Alleges

The US Department of Justice claims that a company called RealPage is responsible for price-fixing across millions of apartment rental units nationwide.

DNC Day 4: For The People

Well, now we know how Kamala Harris is going to prosecute her campaign against Trump. It will be on behalf of what she described as the only client she has ever had: the people. You know, us. And if
you ask me, it is the perfect tagline for the campaign – “Kamala Harris, for the people” – because ultimately, it fundamentally is what America is all about. I mean, read the Constitution.

Crypto’s Shiny New Political Machine

Despite its comparatively small size and the continued absence of any obvious mainstream utility, the crypto industry is hurling more money than any other at the US general election.

Major Sports Pulls Big Streaming Signups: Can Other Program Genres Do That?

NBCU”s Peacock posted strong results for the Paris Olympics, adding 2.8 million subscription signups over a 7-day period of the two-week event.

Talking Politics At Work A Non-Starter For Most Younger Voters

The Dems want you to “do something,” but a majority of millennials and Gen Z say one thing they won’t do is talk politics at work, according to a recent Harris Poll for Indeed.

The VC POV

Special guest and prolific ad tech investor Eric Franchi of Aperiam Ventures discusses his firm’s recent bet on attention metrics startup Adelaide. Plus: What’s up with Meta’s new third-party attribution partnerships?

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Will Alternative TV Currencies Ever Be More Than A Nielsen Add-On?

Ever since Nielsen was dinged for undercounting TV viewers during the pandemic, its competitors have been fighting to convince buyers and sellers alike to adopt them as alternatives. And yet, some industry insiders argue that alt currencies weren’t ever meant to supplant Nielsen.

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Has Idealism Killed Google’s Pursuit Of Privacy?

It’s been a busy few weeks for those following Google. It all started with the Privacy Sandbox team announcing a pivot away from phased third-party cookie deprecation in Chrome to one driven by user prompts … for settings they already have.  By now, many hot takes on the Sandbox announcement have already been written. But […]

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