Stripe Buys Paypal for $53B, Dentsu's AI Gets Caught Plagiarizing & the "Content Taste" Skill Nobody Asked For (Ep. 70)

This week we talk about:   Stripe and Advent's reported $53B bid to buy PayPal, Dentsu's 360i agency getting caught copy-pasting an entire newsletter writer's Substack in their "State of Social" report with zero credit, and Kieran Flanagan's new "Content Taste" AI skill promises to teach LinkedIn creators taste and our special guest is not having it.   Plus: the LinkedIn "death spiral" algorithm trend, a rescinded job offer after 15 interviews, and getting laid off while on parental leave.   Timestamps: 0:00 - Trailer: PayPal $53B Bid 0:00 - The LinkedIn "Death Spiral" 0:00 - MLK Quote as Cold Outreach 0:00 - Laid Off While on Parental Leave 0:00 - Ashley Sava's Writing While Everyone AI's 0:00 - Kieran Flanagan's AI taste skill 0:00 - Big Creators ask for engagement payments 0:00 - Offer Rescinded After 15 Interviews 0:00 - 360i Plagiarized Link in Bio   Connect with the hosts: Tim Davidson – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠ Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober ⁠ Posts Links: URGENT ALL HANDS: ⁠Stripe and Advent Bid - $53.4B for Paypal ⁠ LET'S NOODLE: The LinkedIn "Death Spiral" ⁠ Melissa Rosenthal's Post⁠ Offer Rescinded After 15 Interviews ⁠Kyle Lacy's post⁠   Plagiarized Link in Bio ⁠Joe Lazer's post⁠   BIG PROMPT ENERGY:   Kieran Flanagan built an AI skill to inject "taste" into content ⁠Kieran's Post⁠   CLOSED WON:   Ashley Sava's Writing While Everyone AI's Ashley's Post ⁠ Subscribe for more no-BS breakdowns of the internet's wildest B2B moments.