Digiday·2026-04-03
Future of Marketing Briefing: Horizon Media is building a platform to orchestrate ad tech from a single command centerAgency trading desks spent a decade trying to live down what they were. Horizon Media thinks it s finally figured out what they should become. It’s building what it describes internally as an “orchestration and intelligence” layer that sits above ad tech rather than alongside it. The idea: plug every relevant media marketplace partner – demand-side platforms, supply-side platforms, ad verification
Digiday·2026-04-03
Amazon to issue 3.5% surcharge on fulfillment services as fuel, logistics costs riseThis story was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail Amazon will impose a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on merchants’ fulfillment fees beginning April 17, as rising fuel costs tied to conflict in the Middle East pressure supply chains. “Elevated costs in fulfillment and logistics have increased the cost of operating across the industry. We have absorbed these increased costs so far,”
Adweek·2026-04-03
Here Are the 2026 Q1 Morning Show RatingsToday was also the top show for the week of March 23.
Adweek·2026-04-03
CorePower Yoga Is Turning an Ancient Ritual Into a Modern MovementMarketing lead Sarah Choi on the evolution of yoga and building a fitness community.
Adweek·2026-04-03
Ads of the Week: 12 Campaigns That Caught Our Eye, From KFC to PringlesKFC, Pringles, McDonald's, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Verizon, and more make up this week's most notable ads.
Digiday·2026-04-03
High stakes, big budgets: How brands are navigating a massive sports yearBetween the Super Bowl, 2026 Winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup, there is no shortage of sports marketing opportunities this year. But global ad spend has increased, and brands like Grey Goose, John Deere and Lavazza coffee brand are investing in pre-existing, long-standing partnerships instead of chasing this year’s live sports calendar. Blame it on the price tag. Keeping the coin purse very clos
Digiday·2026-04-03
Transparency brought down The Trade Desk’s Publicis deal but it may not be enough to win its other clientsEvery time a transparency crisis rattles programmatic, the same reflex kicks in: rivals circle, sales decks get dusted off and emails go out, it is one of ad tech’s more reliable habits, and one of its more reliably ineffective ones. The Trade Deal’s falling out with Publicis is the latest to trigger it. Competitors have been working phones and LinkedIn ad budgets, pitching transparency and the im
Adweek·2026-04-03
Ticker: ABC News Anchor Reportedly ExitingCNN and ABC News lead the news outlets in Webby nominations.
Nieman Lab·2026-04-02
Amid internal uncertainty, the VTDigger’s new union contract guarantees journalists’ input on AI useAfter a year of negotiating, the VTDigger Guild ratified its second-ever union contract on April 1 with VTDigger, the nonprofit news outlet covering Vermont. The new four-year agreement guarantees a 32.5% increase to the minimum salary for reporters, more paid time off, and journalists input on the use of artificial intelligence. Here s what the contract announcement says about AI: Provisions on u
Nieman Lab·2026-04-02
The Provincetown Independent’s reporters couldn’t find housing. So the Local Journalism Project bought a condo for them to rent.Paying the rent on a reporter s salary isn t easy anywhere these days . But on the Outer Cape, it s almost impossible. Massachusetts has some of the highest housing costs in the country . The problem is exacerbated on Cape Cod s Outer Cape, a region that includes Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham. In a community where the same one-bedroom apartment can be rented out for $2,500 per month
Nieman Lab·2026-04-01
The nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune is ready to tear down its paywallAfter two years of planning, there s finally a date. Well, okay, a month : May. That s when the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah s largest newspaper, will drop its paywall . Starting in May, all newly published stories on sltrib.com and in the app will be free to read — no subscription required, wrote CEO and executive editor Lauren Gustus in a note to subscribers . We ve been telling you about this shift
Nieman Lab·2026-04-01
Three newsletters for the price of 1.5: Independent journalists experiment with a bundleOne of the problems with the recent boom in personal newsletters is that subscription prices add up. Many of them go for somewhere between $5 and $10 per month, with a discount for yearly subscriptions, and supporting your favorite writers gets expensive quickly: One person told The New York Times last year that she paid about $600 annually for 11 newsletter subscriptions; another had annual subsc
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.
Mechanicsburg Patriot News·2026-03-09T19:04:48Z
Will HBO Max shut down? Merger raises questions about streaming futureA prominent media analyst believes the streaming platform will essentially be shut down after Warner Bros. Discovery merges with Paramount, though HBO content may continue.
