Episode 19 • • 30:37 - 34:15
19: Show Me the Money!
Google AdSense, Black Box Algorithms and Market Dominance
A critique of media coverage regarding Google argues that journalists fail to investigate the company's "black box" advertising algorithms. Google's control over both the buy and sell sides of the online ad market is highlighted as a unique monopoly. An anecdote mentions a meeting with an original engineer of the system Google acquired to build AdSense.