No. 50: Platforms now make more selling ad infrastructure than selling ads.

from The Pattern · host Mike Litman

Culture Pulse: 72. Meta overtakes Google in ad revenue through automation, not reach. Euphoria makeup launches 7 years late. Print is the new premium youth medium. Infrastructure now beats distribution. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-04-15.html

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