In this first official podcast of the 2017 year, Joe and Robert discuss the ad fraud "Methbot" issue and what it means for programmatic advertising.  The boys rip to pieces a 2017 trends post, and then outline why native advertising is not the savior some experts thought it was - for both publishers and brands.  Rants and raves include the history of video games and Generation Z.  This week's TOM example: Purina's Chase the Chuck Wagon.

This week's story links:

Methbot - an Ad Fraud Scheme Costs Advertisers $3 million per day
http://adage.com/article/digital/ad-fraud-scheme-cost-advertisers-3-million-day/307235/

Technology Trends That will Transform Content Marketing
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/12/22/technology-trends-that-will-transform-content-marketing-in-2017/

2017 Is Going to Be A Bloodbath - Says beleaguered Independent Publishers
http://digiday.com/publishers/2017s-going-bloodbath-confessions-beleaguered-independent-publisher/

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RANTS/RAVES
https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-to-create-social-campaigns-for-gen-z/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004OC072G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_video_game_crash_of_1983

THIS OLD MARKETING: Purina and Chase the Chuck Wagon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_the_Chuck_Wagon