97. The Great Sobering

When Your Trillion-Dollar Hangover Meets Reality (But You Keep Drinking Anyway)

Jul 27

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June 2026

96. In Defense of Cannes Lions 2026

The Ad Stack’s Annual Review in which we mount a full-throated defense of the industry’s most important week, and ask only that you read each sentence…

Jun 29

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95. Squeeze to Please

A field guide to the four holding companies still standing; who’s winning, who’s hiding, who’s quietly for sale, and why the biggest ad budgets now…

Jun 15

May 2026

94. The Arbitrage of Dependency

How the holding company was built on what clients didn’t know. And what happens when they figure it out.

May 4

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April 2026

93. The Lionsgate-Runway Disaster: Hollywood’s Most Expensive Lesson in Reading the Fine Print.

And a $70 Million Bet That Answers Questions Nobody Asked.

Apr 18

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March 2026

92. Hell, A Train to California, and a Tijuana iPhone

Sora is Dead, I'm Not, and an $85mm Super Bowl Bonfire.

Mar 26

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February 2026

91. The New Agency of Today!

Or at least for a short while.

Feb 2

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January 2026

90. CES 2026 Headlines: A Calm, Reasonable Trade Show For a Calm, Reasonable Meltdown

Also, What will 2026 agency life look like?

Jan 14

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December 2025

89. Apocalypse Now (for half of you)

2026 predictions: The boring will prosper. The fake will burn alive. There is no middle ground.

Dec 17, 2025

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88. Your Redundancy Notice Has Arrived (again).

Sorry for ... whatever.

Dec 3, 2025

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November 2025

87. Let's Put the Screws to Highdive (Chicago)

A Snapshot of Who Your Agency Is Not.

Nov 26, 2025

86. AI warning label: "AI Amplifies Your Sh*t Strategy"

Also "The Great Emotional Bake-off!"

Nov 19, 2025

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