Data Matters

JUNE 1, 2022

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) will impose a stringent regulatory regime on large online platforms (so-called “gatekeepers”) and give the European Commission (Commission) new enforcement powers, including an ability to impose severe fines and remedies for noncompliance. Key dates and next steps. April 2023: The DMA becomes applicable (i.e.,

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

IP holders – artists, newspapers, craftspeople – will press their lawsuits and infuse the market with uncertainty and hesitancy. But stress fractures are inevitable as market forces shift. Enterprise Data Moves Beyond Marketing. And for once, it won’t be to make a marketing campaign more efficient.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Beyond that, Apple is already close to a $10 billion annual run rate in its app store advertising business. Well, I was right for a few months, but then, somehow, the crypto markets shook off all the bad news and … went batshit, rising 85 (Ethereum) to 160 percent (bitcoin). Crypto will go sideways in ’23. Grade: Fail.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Apple, of course, owns a massive consumer data platform (iOS and the iPhone), and despite the insanely great contradiction inherent in a “privacy” company building a data-driven advertising business, Apple will likely grow past $10 billion in advertising revenues in 2023. (I’d 2022 proved the year it happened.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In enterprise markets, Microsoft , which invested a cool billion in the for-profit iteration of OpenAI – will launch a ChatGPT-inspired service aimed at its largest corporate clients. Previous predictions: Predictions 2022. 2022: How I Did. 2009 Predictions. 2009 How I Did. Google: Conversational Search.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

And hey, China’s got the Minority Report market in the bag!) And NFTs – the web3 equivalent of dot com stocks – grew into a massive market as well, clocking more than $10 billion in purchases last quarter. Unlucky #8: The markets take a breather, and SPACs get a bloody nose. Maybe I should do this again.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Between 2009/10 and 2020/21 spending on libraries fell by about 48 per cent.” Even with this legal protection some acute services will struggle: “There is also a massive workforce crisis in adult social care and their costs rising with huge provider instability in the market.

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