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The Media Copilot Podcast: What TIME learned selling ads to bots, with guest Mark Howard

What TIME learned from a month of selling ads to bots

September 10, 2026

TIME's COO on agent ads one month in: what advertisers are buying, why the AI stores what it scrapes, and what Perplexity got wrong.

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Read moreWhat TIME learned from a month of selling ads to bots
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Time starts selling ad space that only bots can see

August 11, 2026

Time is selling ads made for AI crawlers instead of people, and the model raises as many questions as it answers about disclosure and trust.

Read moreTime starts selling ad space that only bots can see

When bots become the audience 

July 23, 2026

Bots now make up about half of all web traffic. Are they a threat to block or an audience to win?

Read moreWhen bots become the audience 
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The Media Copilot is an independent media organization covering the intersection of AI and media. Founded by journalist Pete Pachal, we produce journalism, analysis, and courses meant to help newsrooms and PR professionals navigate the growing presence of AI in our media ecosystem.

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