Adweek·2026-08-18
Entries Open for ADWEEK Tech Challengers to Watch 2027Entries are now open for ADWEEK Tech Challengers to Watch. This new award will feature rising tech companies breaking in through the top brands and agencies around the world. This [ ]
Adweek·2026-08-18
CNN Defends Journalist After White House AttackA White House social media account lashed out at Kristen Holmes.
Adweek·2026-08-18
Mind the Gap: The Wisdomous Company’s Seth Matlins on Marketing’s Horizontal Blind SpotPlus, how to rethink executive tenure and why a high tolerance for the unknown is the hallmark of modern leadership.
Digiday·2026-08-18
OpenAI builds offerings on consent as it expands ChatGPT ads to EuropeOpenAI is bringing ads to ChatGPT in Europe and is starting where Meta ended up. It is building its European ad business on consent from the start. OpenAI detailed how it will process user data across the region once ads go live later this month in a new European Union privacy policy, posted on Friday (August 14). OpenAI s hand is mostly forced: under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
Digiday·2026-08-18
How publishers can strengthen connections with advertisers in the AI eraConsumer behavior is undergoing a profound and rapid shift. Today, audiences are highly decentralized — searching, streaming, scrolling and shopping across an expanding spectrum of platforms, from AI chat to mobile apps and audio streams. For publishers, this means media dollars are diversifying as they follow consumer attention. According to the 2026 Marketing Decision Confidence Index by Haus, b
Digiday·2026-08-18
Ad Tech Briefing: TV measurement’s competitive reset gathers pace (with more job cuts)The TV measurement market has compressed several months’ worth of developments into little more than a week, prompting fresh debate over whether the sector is entering its next competitive chapter. Related Insights Strategizing for the Future By the numbers: Wall Street’s tough assessment of ad tech Read More The sequence began on August 6, when Nielsen agreed to acquire DoubleVerify in a $2.15 bi
Adweek·2026-08-18
ABC Sues the FCC, Claiming It’s Being Targeted Because of Its Reporting and ProgrammingThis lawsuit comes after an FCC order requiring ABC-owned and operated television stations to file early broadcast license renewals.
Digiday·2026-08-18
ANA updates efforts to standardize retail media network measurementGiven how fast the world of retail media networks has exploded in the last five years, it’s little wonder than any marketer using it gets a major headache when trying to assess which platform worked best — in part because side-to-side comparisons are near impossible to pull off. Digiday has learned that the ANA is hammering out some guidelines around standardization of retail media measurement, on
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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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]
