Adweek·2026-05-08
How Keisha Taylor Starr Turned ION Into a Women’s Sports Powerhouse in 24 MonthsThe Scripps Networks leader on balancing creative ambition with financial rigor as a CMO.
Digiday·2026-05-08
‘There’s a big shift’: Amazon is turning the upfront into a pitch for its ad tech, not just primetimeThe upfront is no longer just a shop window for content Amazon owns, it s now one for its ad tech too. That’s a shift from how this period usually works. The tech pitch used to come after the content deal was done — a separate conversation, often with different people. Not anymore. There s this big shift from these content-first decisions into more of this integrated approach, where you have premi
Digiday·2026-05-08
WTF is a unified ad platform?Ad tech’s shift from an industry littered with point solutions to one built around integrated stacks has been underway for a while. It was only a matter of time before the acronyms followed. Unified advertising platforms (UAP) is one such term. It hasn’t fully landed in the industry’s vocabulary yet, but give it time. It may be the clearest indication yet of where ad tech is headed: fewer players,
Adweek·2026-05-08
Week of April 27 Evening News Ratings: Nightly News and CBS Evening News GrowNightly News narrowed the gap with ABC World News Tonight in the Adults 25-54 demo.
Adweek·2026-05-08
Week of April 27 Morning News Ratings: Numbers Tighten Between Today and GMAAll three networks grew in total viewers.
Adweek·2026-05-08
Ticker: Fox News Debuts New Promo Campaign Celebrating America’s 250th BirthdayFox Business Network is also celebrating the milestone.
Digiday·2026-05-08
Future of Marketing Briefing: Memes used to be a joke. Now they’re a strategyLast month, a U.S. Special Forces soldier was indicted for insider trading — not on stocks, but on a prediction market. He had detailed knowledge of a military operation. He bet on it. The platform where he placed those bets responded to the indictment with something close to a shrug. That shrug tells you everything about the world marketers are only beginning to understand. It’s one where a meme
Digiday·2026-05-07
The Trade Desk’s $689M revenue beat is blunted by the departure of CSO Jacobson to OpenAIThe Trade Desk s Q1 revenues of $689 million may suggest holding-company spats are a mere bump in the road, but confirming the exit of CSO Samantha Jacobson hours before its market disclosure shows complications can come from all directions. The demand-side platform s earnings release came as supply-side platform PubMatic reported revenue of $62.6 million for the period, while The Trade Desk also
Nieman Lab·2026-05-07
Semafor’s new AI tool helped boil down its entire flagship conference into nine takeawaysOn April 13, more than 500 CEOs and other power brokers gathered in Washington, D.C. to join Semafor World Economy . Across the five-day event, hundreds of speakers took the stage, including Goldman Sachs President John Waldron, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, and nine sitting U.S. cabinet officials. In the weeks since the event wrapped, Semafor has been experimenting with how AI m
Nieman Lab·2026-05-07
News podcasts are, increasingly, something you watch (but The Daily still works best as audio)Large publishers see video as one big future for podcasts, according to a report out Thursday from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ). They re certainly not abandoning audio, but they re aware that many young people hear podcast and think YouTube. The discovery mechanisms for video are much better. Video as a medium is extremely personable and transferrable, Nina Lassam , vic
Nieman Lab·2026-05-06
Google highlights links from subscribed publications in new AI Overviews updateWhen a Google search user encounters an AI Overview or an AI Mode response, the response will now highlight whether it includes information that comes from a publication the user subscribes to. Google claims that in early testing, people were “significantly more likely” to click through to a webpage that had this “Subscribed” label. In a blog post , the search giant said the new citation feature i
Nieman Lab·2026-05-06
Australia’s building a great system to fund local journalism — but it doesn’t want to use itIn 2022, I got cranky with the nation of Australia over its News Media Bargaining Code — its convoluted scheme to get money out of big tech companies pockets and into news companies . The idea in a nutshell was this: Two giant American tech companies, Google and Meta, had abused Australian news publishers by taking their stories and including them in their search results and social feeds. Publishe
Hartford Courant·2026-05-02T14:00:01Z
Spotify adds verification badge to distinguish human artists from AILOS ANGELES — Spotify is adding a new level of verification to artists' profiles, in an effort to reassure subscribers worried about AI-generated music. Starting Friday, a "Verified by Spotify" badge will begin to appear on artist profiles across the platform. As AI avatars and music continue to break through on social media and streaming platforms, the marker is meant to be a more reliable ...
Screen Rant·2026-04-27T19:00:20Z
Netflix’s New Feature Officially Brings Streaming Even Closer To Social MediaThe biggest streaming platform in television has just made a big statement about where its content is going, with a brand-new interface feature.
The Boston Herald·2026-04-22T20:05:54Z
Ticker: Trump media company replaces CEO; SpaceX in $60B deal to to buy AI coding toolThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
PBS News·2026-04-22T20:00:09Z
Trump Media replaces Nunes as Truth Social CEO after stock plunge that wiped out billionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
Newsmax·2026-04-22T10:45:49Z
Trump Media Company Replaces Fmr Rep. Nunes as CEO After Stock Plunge That Wiped out BillionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
Barchart·2026-04-22T10:23:49Z
Trump media company replaces ex-congressman Nunes as CEO after stock plunge that wiped out billionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year
U.S. News & World Report·2026-04-22T03:58:00Z
Australian Social Media Ban Marred by Weak Platform Checks, Tech Providers SayUS News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution·2026-04-22T00:22:34Z
Trump media company replaces CEO, ex-congressman Nunes after stock plunge that wiped out billionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year. Devin Nunes, a former California congressmen in Donald Trump’s first term, is being replaced temporarily by digital media executive Kevin McGurn as chief executive officer. The company, Trump Media & Technology, didn’t give a reason for Nunes leaving. After soaring following Trump’s re-election in November 2024, stock in the company plunged 67%, wiping out more than $6 billion in investor wealth.
Barchart·2026-04-22T00:13:18Z
Trump media company replaces CEO, ex-congressman Nunes after stock plunge that wiped out billionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year
