Nieman Lab·2026-03-26
News Diaries: How a Minnesota mom and minister “blew past” her screen time limits when ICE came to her cityTo say that the staff of Nieman Lab consume more news than the average American would be an understatement. And if you re a Nieman Lab reader, chances are you re a news junkie like us. Most of the people that most news organizations are trying to reach, however, are not news junkies. Nieman Lab founder Josh Benton likes to remind us that the average American received zero push notifications from a
The Guardian·2026-03-26
Murdoch mastheads at odds as sexual assault survivor speaks up about The Australian’s podcast | The Weekly BeastA rare fight between Rupert Murdoch’s Australian mastheads has been playing out in plain sight since news.com.au published an exclusive interview with a sexual assault survivor last week which was critical of The Australian’s podcast Shadow of Doubt. The TikTok video accompanying the article has been watched 9.5m times. A series of stories by Walkley award-winning investigative reporter Nina Funnell for news.com.au has been generating clicks The Australian can only dream of: 860,000 unique page views in just over a week. No doubt this only increased The Australian’s ire about the popular news site’s criticism of its podcast Shadow of Doubt and host Richard Guilliatt. We won’t go into the distressing details of the case here, but Guilliatt interviewed the convicted child sex offenders from
The Guardian·2026-03-26
Church leaders criticise Christian owner of GB News over channel’s climate attacksThe co-owner of GB News and “committed” Christian Sir Paul Marshall has been criticised by a group of church leaders over the TV channel’s attacks on climate science and action. The hedge fund manager was also challenged over his own statements, which were called “misleading”, by the 100-strong group, which includes the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and two current bishops. Marshall said recently that the UK had been infected by “climate derangement syndrome” and that efforts to cut planet-heating emissions were “impoverishing people”. The Christian leaders also raised the £1.8bn of fossil fuel investments reportedly held in 2023 by the hedge fund Marshall manages and asked him to be transparent about any personal conflicts of interest. Marshall responded that “the Gospel
The Guardian·2026-03-26
Former Google executive Matt Brittin selected to be next BBC director generalThe BBC has turned to a former tech executive to steer it through a critical period in its history, as it attempts to navigate government talks over its future and huge changes in media consumption. Matt Brittin, who stepped down as Google’s president in Europe, the Middle East and Africa last year, will replace Tim Davie as the corporation hammers out its crucial future funding model with the government. The 57-year-old’s appointment was confirmed after a BBC board discussion on Thursday. Brittin, a former Olympic rower and Doctor Who fan, was seen as a substantial figure capable of diving straight into crucial government talks over the renewal of the BBC’s royal charter. However, his lack of editorial experience has been noted by insiders, who worry about his ability to deal with the per
The Guardian·2026-03-26
ABC boss’s ‘utterly offensive’ comments condemned as broadcaster comes back online after strikeABC staff and union representatives have urged the managing director, Hugh Marks, to retract “utterly offensive” comments after he said staff had treated taking industrial action as “a bit of a game”. Marks made the comments just hours before the end of the 24-hour strike that saw more than 2,000 staff members walk off the job on Wednesday. ABC staff ended their strike at 11am on Thursday but regular programming on its radio and TV broadcast networks took some time to return. News bulletins had returned to all ABC radio stations by 11.45am on Thursday. ABC News Channel continued to broadcast BBC News and prerecorded programs into the afternoon. Speaking to Thursday’s fill-in breakfast host, ABC 702 manager Nick Lowther, on Thursday morning, Marks said while he was not aware of any future p
Adweek·2026-03-26
Uproxx Makes Play for TV Ad Spend With TikTok-Ready ShowsUproxx TV pitches advertisers on CTV reach and 'super creators.'
Adweek·2026-03-26
Advertisers Say OpenAI Is Extending Its Ad Pilot Beyond AprilThe ChatGPT maker is extending its sponsored message pilot beyond April, expanding internationally, and locking in advertiser commitments as it builds toward a full ad stack.
Nieman Lab·2026-03-26
Meta’s Oversight Board warns that “Community Notes” aren’t a proper substitute for fact-checking globallyOn Thursday, Meta’s Oversight Board , a quasi-independent body that reviews the social media giant’s moderation practices, ruled that “Community Notes” are not a proper substitute for its fact-checking program. In a new “ policy advisory opinion , the Board expressed concerns about how effective Community Notes would be in a litany of circumstances, “including in repressive human rights regimes, i
Digiday·2026-03-26
TikTok rebrands its advertiser pitch around full-funnel ambitionTikTok has spent years telling marketers it’s a full-funnel platform . Now it’s formalizing that message. A couple days after announcing new ad products at Newfronts, and two months after TikTok put its U.S. legal battle to rest , the company has unveiled its new global positioning: “Watch it. Love it. Want it.” The message aims to convey how the entire funnel can happen in one experience on TikTo
Digiday·2026-03-26
Lowe’s is fighting to prevent AI agent overloadThis story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail . Practically every retailer is racing to adopt artificial intelligence throughout their businesses. But ensuring that these AI agents produce quality, consistent results is an additional challenge. Lowe’s is one of the retailers actively implementing AI to improve the customer shopping experience and to assist employees in asking dif
Digiday·2026-03-26
Reddit’s new shopping ads are a play for beauty brands’ businessThis story was originally published on sister site, Glossy . Reddit is leaning further into shopping at a moment when beauty discovery is being reshaped by how consumers search, ask and validate information online. At Shoptalk 2026, the company introduced new tools tied to its Dynamic Product Ads business, including Collection Ads that combine lifestyle imagery with shoppable product tiles, as wel
Digiday·2026-03-26
Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit, March 2026 editionThis week’s Media Briefing recaps what publishers had to say about the impact of search referral traffic declines on their businesses, during the Digiday Publishing Summit’s closed-door town hall sessions. Summit after summit , this continues to be the most pressing issue publishing execs say they are facing. But this time, they also focused on how that was lending more urgency to their direct rea
Adweek·2026-03-26
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Adweek·2026-03-26
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Nieman Lab·2026-03-25
The BBC’s new director general is former Google executive Matt BrittinToday the BBC announced it had selected a new director general: Matt Brittin, the former president of Google s operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. One might see this news and wonder about Brittin s editorial experience. He has very little but, as both the Guardian and the Telegraph took pains to point out, he is a Doctor Who fan, which I guess means he does at least like one BBC pro
Nieman Lab·2026-03-25
“I was surprised how upset some people got”: A conversation with the creator of TomWikiAssist, the bot that edited WikipediaBehind the scenes at Wikipedia, some editors were alarmed recently when they saw a flurry of edits and new articles by a contributor known as TomWikiAssist . It turned out that Tom was a bot and was making edits and creating articles that the bot believed were interesting. The editors then blocked Tom from doing any more editing or writing. The more the editors looked into Tom, the more alarmed th
Fast Company·2026-03-21T13:01:00Z
John Stamos debated live-streaming his first tattoo at SXSW: Is the future of media 'life in real-time'?Speaking with Fast Company at SXSW, the 'Full House' actor shared why he’s excited to be the chief innovation officer of streaming platform Zeam.
Reuters·2026-03-11T07:06:55Z
Canal+ taps Google's AI for video production, content recommendationFrench media group Canal+ on Wednesday said it had struck a multi-year partnership with Alphabet's Google Cloud to deploy generative artificial intelligence across its production operations and streaming platform.
Nieman Lab·2026-03-04
AI-powered search is fueling a wave of Epstein Files transparency projectsThe Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA) requires that the millions of documents collected by the Department of Justice (DOJ) about Jeffrey Epstein be shared with the public in a searchable and downloadable format. In practice, though, the searchability of the DOJ releases has been crude at best. Keywords may turn up individual links to PDFs, but users have reported major search malfunctions and
Digiday·2026-03-04
Why one brand reimbursed $10,000 to customers who paid its ‘Trump Tariff Surcharge’ last yearThis story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. Dame is refunding customers who paid its “Trump Tariff Surcharge” last year, becoming one of the first brands to proactively return money tied to President Donald Trump’s now-invalidated tariffs. The sexual wellness company began adding a visible $5 line-item fee at checkout in 2025 as the Trump administration’s trade war pushed up
Digiday·2026-03-04
Future of TV Briefing: How Paramount’s and Warner Bros. Discovery’s ad tech stacks stack upThis week’s Future of TV Briefing breaks down Paramount’s and Warner Bros. Discovery’s ad tech stacks now that the companies seem set (finally) to combine. Streaming stacks Netflix’s exit, WBD’s town hall, CNN’s future and more Streaming stacks Paramount plans to combine its and Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming services after Paramount+’s owner completes its acquisition of HBO Max’s parent. But
Digiday·2026-03-04
‘The conversation has shifted’: The CFO moved upstream. Now agencies have to as wellCFOs are demanding more from marketing — and not in the usual way. The familiar playbook of squeezing costs and investing in performance spend is still in motion, driven by an uncertain economy and an unpredictable geopolitical backdrop. But CFOs now are asking harder questions driven by a better grasp of how marketing actually works, and a sharper instinct for where it doesn t. For example, Vayne
Adweek·2026-03-04
A+E Turns Brands Into Lifetime Movies as It Looks to Compete in Upfront PitchA+E Global Media announces new content and brand creative studio.
Adweek·2026-03-04
Ad Agencies Are Embracing ‘Vibe Coding’ to Build GEO Products for ClientsFrom two-hour builds to full SaaS platforms, agencies are using Anthropic's Claude to create custom tools that track how brands show up in AI-generated answers.
Digiday·2026-03-04
How creator talent agencies are evolving into multi-platform operatorsThe legacy agency model, long overdue for a reckoning, is finally being rebuilt from the ground up — with creators at the center. The old agency model — brokering deals, manually sourcing talent and running slow, service-heavy operations that treated creators like traditional talent — came of age in a fragmented market. But that model is giving way to something faster, more scalable, and built aro
Adweek·2026-03-04
Havas Bets on AI Veteran Sharona Sankar-King to Lead Proprietary Tech PushHavas Media Network North America has hired data and AI veteran Sharona Sankar-King as chief data and product officer to lead its Converged.AI platform.
Adweek·2026-03-04
Netflix Taps Amazon’s Shopping Data to Sharpen Ad TargetingThe move pairs Amazon’s shopping signals with Netflix’s new Conversion API as the streamer courts performance budgets.
Nieman Lab·2026-03-03
Newsonomics: Will national news shrink even faster than local news did?Anderson Cooper may be running out of lily pads. Just two weeks ago, he announced his decision to leave CBS’s 60 Minutes, after almost 20 years of multitasking. Over time, he arrived at the pinnacle of the TV news profession as a CNN anchor, growing his gravitas as a cascade of crises consumed our world while contributing to the most storied newsmagazine of the entire TV era. He’d seen enough of t
Nieman Lab·2026-03-03
X will demonetize users who post AI-generated videos of war (but not other kinds of disinformation)On Tuesday Nikita Bier , head of product at X, announced that users who post AI-generated videos of an armed conflict without disclosing they were AI-generated will suspended from the site s revenue-sharing program for 90 days, with repeated offenses leading to a permanent suspension from the program: Today we are revising our Creator Revenue Sharing policies to maintain authenticity of content on
Nieman Lab·2026-03-02
New York Times runs in-house ad asking listeners to “support any news organization dedicated to original reporting”The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger has voiced a new ad encouraging listeners to support any news organization dedicated to original reporting — even if it s not the Times. It s Sulzberger s first-ever advertisement, the Times confirmed, and it ran for the first time on Monday. A New York Times spokesperson said the publisher wanted to call attention to the shrinking of the news industry.
