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According to a January survey from Coveo, 37% of adults in the US and the UK, they research products on a retailer's website, then go buy them in store. But 36% do the exact opposite. They consider items in store and then go buy them online.

On today's episode, we discuss whether there's room in people's streaming lives for the new service "Max," the significance of Montana preparing to become the first state to ban TikTok, why Expedia wants ChatGPT to be your travel advisor, a March Madness finals ratings surprise, YouTube TV launching its multiview feature, where the tradition of sports jersey numbers being retired came from, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman, and director of forecasting Oscar Orozco.

This data is UK specific, but I'd imagine we're seeing something similar in the US. Consumers feel grocery stores are charging more money for less. The story uses the term, greedflation to describe grocery stores' continued profits amid a cost of living crisis in the UK. So Andrew, your review of this story in 60 seconds is? Andrew Lipsman:.

On today's episode, we discuss what AI-generated ads will look like, TikTok testing a new AI chatbot called Tako, Formula One finding a new way to advertise on its cars, ESPN offering its channel as a standalone streaming service, what using VR in a car will look like, visualizing the US workforce as 100 people, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, director of forecasting Oscar Orozco, and analyst Max Willens.

This is a UK story, but likely applies around the world. The British media regulator Ofcom published findings late last month that revealed nearly a third of parents of five to 7-year-old children allowed their kids to use social media independently. This was an 8% increase year on year. Paul, what does this all mean for regulation? Paul Briggs (06:42):.

On the flip side of this, though, England, Scotland, and Wales have their own football and rugby teams, but in the Olympics they compete as Great Britain, correct? Marcus Johnson (31:51):. Yes. Yeah, I don't know why. We share a team when we're doing the Olympics, but we can't stand each other the rest of the time, pretty much, which includes when we play soccer. [inaudible 00:32:04].

So what changed was the competition and market authority of the UK was worried that Microsoft would have outsize control and they would be anti-competitive.

You had Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, suing TikTok and other platforms for perpetrating what it called the mental health crisis. You had the four largest school boards in Canada also suing Meta and TikTok for essentially the same thing. Basically like driving children to distraction and building their systems in such a way that hooks kids on them.

And it also depends on where in the world you are, because there's this other study that just came out, The Clinician of the Future from Elsevier, and it shows that Chinese doctors are really all set to use AI, whereas doctors in the UK and the U.S. are far less ready to trust it.

If you want to look at TikTok, roughly half of TikTok users are regularly getting their news from TikTok. That's a scary fact. And then you also factor in another development that's happened in the last year, and this is according to Axios, that there's been a significant decline in traffic referrals to top news sites from social media.

We're also joined by one of our principal analysts who covers everything UK. He is the host of the Around the World Show. We have him on the Behind the Numbers network, and he also guest hosted for me recently, so thank you for that, Bill. Based on the south coast of England, ladies and gentlemen, it's Bill Fisher. Bill Fisher:. Hey, Marcus. Marcus Johnson:. Hello, there. Bill Fisher:.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss how this year will look as Google's cookies fade away, the biggest threat to Google's search dominance, how many consumers are moving to ad-supported streaming, whether Apple can move the VR needle, Peloton's content hub on TikTok, the first person to ever complete Tetris, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Ross Benes, Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf, and Max Willens.

Coresight CEO, Deborah Weinswig, said that the previous number, 32, failed to take into account the rapid expansion of livestream commerce on Poshmark and TikTok. But Evelyn forcing the live-streaming shopping issue, what's the point? Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf:. It really does seem like retailers and platforms are trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.