Digiday·2026-05-15
Future of Marketing Briefing: The brands winning at AI started with process not techThe most important AI lesson senior marketers are learning: start with the process, not the agent. Buried beneath all the noise about agents and autonomous workflows is something that actually cuts to the heart of why there are so many conflicting views about where AI adoption really is right now — and more importantly, why so much of it isn’t working. This is a member-exclusive article from Digid
Digiday·2026-05-15
CeraVe taps Carmelo Anthony as ‘head coach’ of its new dandruff campaignThis story was first exclusively published by Digiday sibling Glossy In October, CeraVe announced that it would become the official skin- and hair-care partner of the NBA. Now, the brand is launching its first hair-care campaign pegged to that announcement. In February 2025 — prior to becoming an official NBA partner — the brand debuted a campaign featuring NBA player Anthony Davis, WNBA player Pa
Adweek·2026-05-15
Week of May 4 Cable News Ratings: CNN Only Network With GrowthFox News finished ahead of ESPN in total viewers during primetime for the third straight week.
Adweek·2026-05-15
Ticker: CBS News’ Charles Forelle Asserts Network’s Editorial IndependenceAnd CNN reveals its 2026-27 CNN Originals programming slate.
Adweek·2026-05-15
One Quarter of North American Agencies Have Shifted to Fixed-Fee PricingA study from Forrester and Dentsu tracks how marketers and agencies are evolving their commercial models in the age of AI
Adweek·2026-05-15
Week of May 4 Morning News Ratings: Today Extends LeadCBS Mornings finished the week with gains in both categories.
The Guardian·2026-05-15
ABC ombudsman declares Laura Tingle’s Israel analysis ‘duly impartial’ as complaints campaigns gain traction | The Weekly BeastLaura Tingle’s analysis of the killing of journalists by Israel has been found to be “duly impartial” by the ABC ombudsman after a coordinated campaign of 56 identical complaints were emailed to the ABC board and executive. The week after it was reported that Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was killed in Israeli strikes, the ABC’s global affairs editor wrote in her analysis that there “appears to be no normal guardrails” on Israel’s actions. “The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported in February that Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in both 2025 and 2024, two consecutive record years for press deaths,” Tingle wrote last month. What followed were dozens of emails to key individuals at the ABC rather than the usual filling out of a complaints form, a prac
Digiday·2026-05-15
Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit May Recap: How marketers are navigating agentic ad buyingAgentic ad buying isn’t coming soon; it’s already here. And it was the dominant theme at the May 2026 edition of the Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit, held May 6 to 8 in Palm Springs, Calif. Executives from brands including Duluth Trading Company and agencies such as Butler/Till discussed how they’re already using AI agents to buy ads. During behind-closed-door town hall sessions, programmati
Digiday·2026-05-15
Amazon bets creator video podcasts can be the next TV network – if it can fix measurementAmazon wants to turn creator-led video podcasts into the next generation of TV networks – multiplatform franchises that can soak up TV budgets and spin out into retail, live events and social clips. That pitch was front and center at Amazon’s May 11 Upfront in New York City, where performances from Diplo and Kacey Musgraves bookended appearances from Ice Spice, Shaboozey, and Oprah Winfrey, who un
The Guardian·2026-05-15
How to reach the lost in an age of disinformation | LettersKatharine Viner’s long read is excellent in its analysis of the challenges posed by unscrupulous leaders and rampant technology, and in its account of the good work being done by the Guardian (How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – now reality itself feels fake’, 6 May). But I can’t help thinking that it is preaching to the converted: it is not Guardian readers, but those who might hold very different views, who need to be convinced of the arguments put forward. Reading the article, I was hoping to hear more about efforts being made to reach out to those unlikely to share the values espoused by the Guardian. How can these values be communicated, for example, to Maga followers or, dare I say, readers of the Daily Mail? Here, a leaf can be taken out of the G
Nieman Lab·2026-05-14
When ICE came to Minneapolis, readers turned to The Minnesota Star Tribune’s free live blogWhen Minneapolis became ground zero for the Trump administration s unprecedented federal immigration crackdown, its local news institutions were, once again, on the front lines of a global story. And just as Minnesota s nonprofits and public radio station punched above their audience weight with their reporting, so too did its local newspapers. The flagship Minnesota Star Tribune saw almost 18 mil
Nieman Lab·2026-05-14
Local stories by nonprofit college media resonated nationally at the start of 2026At Nieman Lab, we ve long covered the impact of student-run news outlets filling information gaps in their communities. Recent data from SimilarWeb shows just how far their work reaches. In February, three Southern college media outlets — The Duke Chronicle (Duke University), The Daily Tar Heel (University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill), and the Red and Black (University of Georgia) — had major
Nieman Lab·2026-05-14
Creator journalism is the most disruptive shift the news industry has seen, ex-BBC News head saysIf broadcasters want to rebuild trust and remain relevant, they must liberate their talent and let their journalists act more like independent creators, Deborah Turness said in a speech in London this week. I believe the established media hasn t confronted the hard truth that this revolution isn t just about consumers moving to different platforms, Turness, the former CEO of BBC News, said. It s t
Nieman Lab·2026-05-13
These for-profit local news sites have become the “papers” of record in their communitiesIn most American cities, the largest local newsroom still belongs to the local newspaper. But that certainly doesn t mean the largest local news audience always goes to the people with a printing press. And in some cases, the local traffic champ isn t even a TV station or public radio station — it s a for-profit, digital-native news site. When we write about local news here at Nieman Lab, we spend
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.
