The Verge·2026-08-13T09:09:36Z
‘If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in.’According to Twitch chief product officer Mike Minton, that’s the “honest answer” as to why the streaming platform has started training Amazon’s generative AI models on users’ content by default. Twitch users can choose to opt out, but Minton defends the default setting because “almost every content service in the world” is also doing it.
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Adweek·2026-08-13
OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser Steps Down, Replaced by Dali RajicDresser is leaving the company after less than a year.
Adweek·2026-08-13
Week of Aug 3 Evening News Ratings: Nightly News Takes First in DemoCBS Evening News was down in both categories.
Adweek·2026-08-13
Week of Aug 3 Morning News Ratings: Today Has Narrow WinIt was a close race between Today and GMA.
Digiday·2026-08-13
By the numbers: Wall Street’s tough assessment of ad techThe digital advertising market continues to grow, but it has not translated into an easy earnings season for publicly traded ad tech companies, with their numbers on Wall Street speaking for themselves. The chart below demonstrates the stark disconnect after the recent Q2 disclosures, even for the cohort’s traditionally talismanic names. AppLovin reported 53% year-over-year revenue growth and prom
Digiday·2026-08-13
Walmart-backed gaming publication lays off editorial teamThis story was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail In December 2024, Walmart did something perhaps out of character: It helped start a video gaming news website. Restart.run launched in December 2024 by gaming strategy and content marketing agency Moonrock. It prominently disclosed that it was created using funding from Walmart, with the initial tagline of “independent gaming news powe
Digiday·2026-08-13
Brands can’t just flip the ’employees as creators’ switchEmployee creators are a new brand strategy in marketing circles. Making them work, however, is another matter. The first major problem is infrastructure, or the actual format and layout of these employee creator programs . Some retailers like Gap Inc., are inviting employees to apply into an existing creator program spanning Old Navy, Gap, Athleta and Banana Republic, rather than building somethin
Adweek·2026-08-13
Week of Aug 3 Cable News Ratings: CNN Has Across-the-Board GainsFox News remained the most-watched cable network in both measured categories.
Digiday·2026-08-13
The consumer journey is CPG marketing’s ‘North Star’ — and why brands can’t discount promotion strategiesEconomic uncertainty and changing shopping behaviors are pushing brands to rethink how different channels work together. With the exponential growth of AI and the media landscape’s continued fragmentation, savvy CPG marketers are focused on connecting media, promotions and commerce to drive incremental sales. A new study from Circana and Ibotta Inc shows that promotions can deliver measurable incr
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution·2026-08-11T01:01:41Z
Trump media company announces a massive loss and new turnaround effortThe president’s media company posted a massive loss in the latest quarter and plans to ditch new business lines and refocus as a forum for users to post their views. The company behind the Truth Social platform said Monday that it lost $238 million in the three months through June as it branched into businesses unrelated to media, including crypto. That was more than 10 times the loss from a year earlier. The new chief executive, Kevin McGurn, said a yearlong effort to expand by branching into several new industries including online betting and crypto would now be largely abandoned as he refocuses the business on its social media mission.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review·2026-08-10T18:51:31Z
Trump media company announces a massive loss and new turnaround effortNEW YORK — The president’s media company posted a massive loss in the second quarter and announced plans to ditch new business lines and refocus as a forum for users to post their views. Trump Media & Technology, the company behind the Truth Social platform, said Monday that it lost
GlobeNewswire·2026-07-31T21:01:02Z
Pure Flix Familia To Sponsor Second Annual ChicanoThe soon-to-launch streaming platform from Great America Media will exhibit throughout the festival and sponsor first Pure Flix Familia Community Impact...
CNET·2026-07-30T19:11:29Z
Winamp Plans Comeback With New Deezer PartnershipThe new player will be a unified platform for all your local and streaming media.
The Verge·2026-07-21T15:31:50Z
Deezer says AI music now makes up half of all daily song uploads.The music streaming platform receives almost 90,000 AI-generated tracks each day, a jump from the 75,000 it last reported in April. Using its AI music detection tool, Deezer now says it will take down AI tracks “used to generate fraudulent streams,” in addition to those that haven’t been streamed in six months or more.
[Link: AI Music Tops 50% of Daily Uploads on Deezer | https://newsroom-deezer.com/2026/07/ai-music-exceeds-50-percent-daily-uploads-deezer/ | Deezer Newsroom]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution·2026-07-17T21:43:06Z
Paying for early access to Trump's Truth Social could raise big money - and major ethical issuesIn yet another unprecedented move by America's first billionaire president, Donald Trump may soon be profiting from a new line of business tied to his office: charging access for a first peek at certain posts on his Truth Social platform. His struggling media company plans to sell Wall Street traders the chance to see posts from “highest-ranking” accounts — including possibly his own — milliseconds before others. That could mean big money for them, and Trump. His posts are often important enough to rattle financial markets. Until this moment, presidential policy announcements were considered sort of public property that should be free and available to all at the same time. The White House and Trump's companies all had no comment.
The Dallas Morning News·2026-07-15T17:40:54Z
What is BZZR? Everything you need to know about new streaming platformEffective immediately, the Rangers will air games through the brand new social media platform.
