John Still
@jwjstill.bsky.social
This must be the place | Head of Content at Exchangewire.com | MadTech Podcast host | #Media, #marketing, #adtech etc
Who the fuck wants this?
Meta says that since the launch of Vibes, media generation in the Meta AI app has jumped more than tenfold.
Meta brings its short-form video feed of AI slop to Europe | TechCrunch
Meta says that since the launch of Vibes, media generation in the Meta AI app has jumped more than tenfold.
techcrunch.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Who the fuck wants this?
This is a great listen for anyone who likes Maximo Park, anyone who grew up in the North East, anyone who loves music…
Just a great listen for anyone really.
Just a great listen for anyone really.
I was a day one @maximopark.bsky.social fan, so it was a joy to discuss music obsession and the myth of indie sleaze with Paul youtu.be/TFIZfO9Ckp8?...
Was Indie Sleaze Even Real? Maxïmo Park’s ‘A Certain Trigger’ at 20
YouTube video by Drowned in Sound
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is a great listen for anyone who likes Maximo Park, anyone who grew up in the North East, anyone who loves music…
Just a great listen for anyone really.
Just a great listen for anyone really.
Great fun as always chatting to my @exchangewire.bsky.social colleagues Lindsay and Grainne on a team podcast this week.
Tune in as we chat AdCP, and as it’s Halloween - is linear TV back about to be reanimated by programmatic?!
youtu.be/Z_kH7PRFq2k?...
Tune in as we chat AdCP, and as it’s Halloween - is linear TV back about to be reanimated by programmatic?!
youtu.be/Z_kH7PRFq2k?...
ExchangeWire on Ads in Apple Maps, Comcast Linear TV Going Programmatic, and the AdCP
YouTube video by ExchangeWireTV
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Great fun as always chatting to my @exchangewire.bsky.social colleagues Lindsay and Grainne on a team podcast this week.
Tune in as we chat AdCP, and as it’s Halloween - is linear TV back about to be reanimated by programmatic?!
youtu.be/Z_kH7PRFq2k?...
Tune in as we chat AdCP, and as it’s Halloween - is linear TV back about to be reanimated by programmatic?!
youtu.be/Z_kH7PRFq2k?...
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In this episode, Nigel Clarkson, Global Ad Tech Executive, joins ExchangeWire to talk about the state of the ad tech industry
and the DOOH, CTV, and retail media landscapes.
www.exchangewire.com/video-interv...
and the DOOH, CTV, and retail media landscapes.
www.exchangewire.com/video-interv...
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
In this episode, Nigel Clarkson, Global Ad Tech Executive, joins ExchangeWire to talk about the state of the ad tech industry
and the DOOH, CTV, and retail media landscapes.
www.exchangewire.com/video-interv...
and the DOOH, CTV, and retail media landscapes.
www.exchangewire.com/video-interv...
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We're up and running on TikTok - drop us a follow if you're over there too 👋
www.tiktok.com/@exchangewir...
www.tiktok.com/@exchangewir...
October 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We're up and running on TikTok - drop us a follow if you're over there too 👋
www.tiktok.com/@exchangewir...
www.tiktok.com/@exchangewir...
‘Oh, you didn’t want us to steal from you?! Well, you really should have said…’
Totally backward approach.
Totally backward approach.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
‘Oh, you didn’t want us to steal from you?! Well, you really should have said…’
Totally backward approach.
Totally backward approach.
Horrendous
Mark Zuckerberg is introducing a feed that's just 100% AI slop. No pesky creativity from real people to get in the way. Eat up little piggies
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Horrendous
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The countdown is on ...
It's just over three weeks until @exchangewire.bsky.social's ATS London 2025. As a supporting partner, we’re excited for a day of big conversations, fresh perspectives, and future-focused thinking in adtech and martech.
#ATSLondon2025 #AdTech #IndustryEvents
It's just over three weeks until @exchangewire.bsky.social's ATS London 2025. As a supporting partner, we’re excited for a day of big conversations, fresh perspectives, and future-focused thinking in adtech and martech.
#ATSLondon2025 #AdTech #IndustryEvents
August 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The countdown is on ...
It's just over three weeks until @exchangewire.bsky.social's ATS London 2025. As a supporting partner, we’re excited for a day of big conversations, fresh perspectives, and future-focused thinking in adtech and martech.
#ATSLondon2025 #AdTech #IndustryEvents
It's just over three weeks until @exchangewire.bsky.social's ATS London 2025. As a supporting partner, we’re excited for a day of big conversations, fresh perspectives, and future-focused thinking in adtech and martech.
#ATSLondon2025 #AdTech #IndustryEvents
Advertisers with an ounce of respect for their brands would have to be out of their minds to consider this.
August 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Advertisers with an ounce of respect for their brands would have to be out of their minds to consider this.
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
What fresh hell is this? Would the wearer have to ask consent from anyone they interact with before recording? Total privacy minefield.
Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say
Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say
Amazon is getting into AI wearables.
buff.ly
July 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What fresh hell is this? Would the wearer have to ask consent from anyone they interact with before recording? Total privacy minefield.
Loved filming the latest in @exchangewire.bsky.social’s A Coffee With series - Lizzy Morgan of Be A Bear joined me for a chat.
youtu.be/7YC6a3OCRb8?...
youtu.be/7YC6a3OCRb8?...
"Think Like Creators": A Coffee With Lizzy Morgan, Be A Bear
YouTube video by ExchangeWireTV
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July 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Loved filming the latest in @exchangewire.bsky.social’s A Coffee With series - Lizzy Morgan of Be A Bear joined me for a chat.
youtu.be/7YC6a3OCRb8?...
youtu.be/7YC6a3OCRb8?...
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This week on the MadTech Podcast, Chris Andrews of Miroma Founders Network chats to us about OpenAI launching a web browser, trust as a business driver, and UK ad agencies calling for a ban on fossil fuel ads.
www.exchangewire.com/ew-podcast/c...
www.exchangewire.com/ew-podcast/c...
July 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This week on the MadTech Podcast, Chris Andrews of Miroma Founders Network chats to us about OpenAI launching a web browser, trust as a business driver, and UK ad agencies calling for a ban on fossil fuel ads.
www.exchangewire.com/ew-podcast/c...
www.exchangewire.com/ew-podcast/c...
Loved chatting to the brilliant Ella Britton of MediaPlus UK on this week’s MadTech Podcast
On this week's MadTech Podcast, ExchangeWire's John Still and Mat Broughton are joined by Ella Britton, Strategy Director and Head of Creative Planning at Mediaplus UK.
www.exchangewire.com/ew-podcast/e...
www.exchangewire.com/ew-podcast/e...
July 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Loved chatting to the brilliant Ella Britton of MediaPlus UK on this week’s MadTech Podcast
Will the drivers be allowed to turn left though?
Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles ‘next week,’ says Elon Musk
Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles 'next week,' says Elon Musk | TechCrunch
Elon Musk said in a post on X early Thursday morning that Grok – the chatbot from his AI company, xAI – will be coming to Tesla vehicles “very soon.” “Next week at the latest,” he said.
techcrunch.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Will the drivers be allowed to turn left though?
That’s been the Zuck modus operandi since day one, right?
ZUCK VS OPENAI
Mark Zuckerberg is poaching talent, buying startups, and going all-in on AI. But here's the real question…
Is Meta leading the AI race—or just trying to buy the map?
https://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-wants-to-win-ai-by-copying-everyone-smarter-than-him-2000621784
Mark Zuckerberg is poaching talent, buying startups, and going all-in on AI. But here's the real question…
Is Meta leading the AI race—or just trying to buy the map?
https://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-wants-to-win-ai-by-copying-everyone-smarter-than-him-2000621784
Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Win AI by Copying Everyone Smarter Than Him
Meta’s CEO is trying to buy his way to the front of the AI race, poaching top talent and eyeing startups. But can money replace innovation?
gizmodo.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
That’s been the Zuck modus operandi since day one, right?
Dr Evil levels of villainy/stupidity...
June 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Dr Evil levels of villainy/stupidity...
This is a fantastic read. Zuck’s transformation to Maga Mark, and if it’s just who he’s always been…
After months of reporting (and even my own attempt at a jiu jitsu class), my FT Magazine cover story on Mark Zuckerberg’s metamorphosis to red-blooded “Maga Mark” is out!
Is this political expediency, a midlife crisis or who Zuck has been all along?
on.ft.com/4nsoktx
Is this political expediency, a midlife crisis or who Zuck has been all along?
on.ft.com/4nsoktx
How Mark Zuckerberg unleashed his inner brawler
[FREE TO READ] The boss’s transformation shocked liberals at Meta, but his closest allies say this is who he was all along
on.ft.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This is a fantastic read. Zuck’s transformation to Maga Mark, and if it’s just who he’s always been…
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Happy 50th birthday to JAWS the greatest "family" movie of all time; rite of passage, gateway to untrammelled horror & relatable heart palpitator.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
The Shark of the New: Jaws 50 Years On | The Quietus
The international news headlines were pretty grim in 1975. Lest we forget or never knew in the first place, events that year included the Angolan civil war, a flood in China that led to the deaths of ...
thequietus.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Happy 50th birthday to JAWS the greatest "family" movie of all time; rite of passage, gateway to untrammelled horror & relatable heart palpitator.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
June 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
☕️ Always love talking to Fern Potter of multilocal, so was delighted to have her join for our most recent A Coffee With… chat.
Curation was the topic, of course. Enjoy!
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Curation was the topic, of course. Enjoy!
www.exchangewire.com/video-interv...
"Shifting the Balance of Power Back to Media Owners": A Coffee With Fern Potter, Multilocal - ExchangeWire.com
In our latest coffee-based conversation, Multilocal's Fern Potter delves into the evolving realm of curation. Joining John Still, ExchangeWire head of content, Fern Potter, SVP strategy and growth, M...
www.exchangewire.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
☕️ Always love talking to Fern Potter of multilocal, so was delighted to have her join for our most recent A Coffee With… chat.
Curation was the topic, of course. Enjoy!
www.exchangewire.com/video-interv...
Curation was the topic, of course. Enjoy!
www.exchangewire.com/video-interv...
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"We saw everyone was posting AI slop and misinformation and wanted to make it easier for everyone to do exactly that."
about.fb.com/news/2025/06...
about.fb.com/news/2025/06...
You Can Now Edit Videos With Meta AI
We’re launching a generative AI video editing feature across the Meta AI app, the Meta.AI website and the Edits app to help you bring your creative ideas to life.
about.fb.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"We saw everyone was posting AI slop and misinformation and wanted to make it easier for everyone to do exactly that."
about.fb.com/news/2025/06...
about.fb.com/news/2025/06...