Adweek·2026-04-02
ADWEEK Commerce Advantage: Agentic Commerce Is the Hottest Buzzword That Nobody’s Figured OutAgentic commerce is such a nascent concept that it's uncertain how consumers will use it, and it's not clear what infrastructure is needed to support it. But the talk is what eventually spurs more decisive action, and even the failures can be informative.
Adweek·2026-04-02
Brands Beloved by People Risk Being Invisible to AIThe same qualities that drive successful brand turnarounds also drive AI visibility.
Adweek·2026-04-02
Sundial Media & Technology Group Names Amanda Butler As First CMOThe holding group behind Essence, Refinery29, and Afropunk named the former Netflix and Spotify executive to the newly created role.
Adweek·2026-04-02
Complex Strikes Multiyear Sports-Betting, Prediction Market Partnership With FanaticsThe tie-up will see Fanatics underwrite the launch of Complex Bets, an editorial offering that will integrate prediction data into cultural wagers.
The Guardian·2026-04-02
Huw Edwards vows to ‘challenge misleading claims’ in Channel 5 dramaThe disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards has said he intends to “challenge the misleading or fabricated claims” made in recent coverage of events leading to his conviction for making indecent images of children. Edwards, once one of the BBC’s highest-paid newsreaders, pleaded guilty to the criminal offence in July 2024 and was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years. The former broadcaster was the subject of a recent Channel 5 drama about his downfall, starring Doc Martin actor Martin Clunes. Edwards, 64, said in a statement: “Much has been written and reported in the past week following Channel 5’s one-sided account. “Other opportunities will arise later this year for me to state my case, and to challenge the misleading or fabricated claims made in recent coverage. “A nu
The Guardian·2026-04-02
CBS News streaming employees reach deal on new contract after walkoutEmployees of the CBS News streaming channel CBS News 24/7, who held a 24-hour walkout last month amid an impasse in contract negotiations, have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. About 60 CBS News employees are part of the union. In the coming days, they will vote to ratify the new agreement. More details about the agreement will be provided after the agreement is ratified, the union said. The workers, which are represented Writers Guild of America East, had organized walkouts in front of the main CBS News building in Manhattan and at KPIX-TV CBS News Bay Area in San Francisco, California. More than 95% of employees had signed a strike pledge on 10 March, a day after the unit’s contract expired, asking for “guaranteed wage increases, meaningful overtime rules, prot
The Guardian·2026-04-02
Top Marks for cosying up to News Corp – but Hugh knows if it’ll stop constant attacks on the ABC? | Weekly BeastA year into his role as managing director of the ABC, Hugh Marks has made one thing clear. The Australian newspaper, a notable chronicler of the ABC’s perceived sins, is his “new friend”. Since December, the former Nine Entertainment chief has granted the Murdoch broadsheet three exclusive interviews. Last week, a day after the national broadcaster’s first strike in 20 years, Marks was reported by the Oz to be “unpicking the ABC’s union-driven culture”. “It was a fractious environment at the ABC, generally, over the week leading up to the strike,” Marks told the paper’s media editor, James Madden. After nine months of negotiations failed to reach an agreement on pay and conditions, 2,000 unionised staff walked off the job on Wednesday for 24 hours. “It would be unreasonable to ask the taxp
Digiday·2026-04-02
Fenty Beauty launches WhatsApp AI advisor as messaging becomes beauty’s next commerce channelThis story was first published by Digiday sibling Glossy Fenty Beauty is taking its community-first strategy into messaging. On Wednesday, the Fenty Beauty brand launched “Rose Amber,” an AI-powered beauty advisor built for WhatsApp, marking its first formal partnership with the platform in the U.S. The experience allows users to chat directly with the brand in Whatsapp to get product recommendati
Digiday·2026-04-02
How purchase data is redefining TV ad performance and driving revenueAs TV evolves into a more immersive storefront experience, there are new opportunities for advertisers to open up two-way interactions with consumers. To keep pace with this shift from viewership to commerce, advertisers need modern strategies to navigate the wealth of data available to refine their campaigns — from targeting and messaging to optimization and measurement. One strategy that markete
Digiday·2026-04-02
How a ‘TikTok doctorate’ made 26-year-old Griffin Johnson a venture capitalistIn February 2019, Griffin Johnson was a junior in college, studying nursing and working in a steel factory. Six years later, he’s co-founder of Animal Capital, a venture fund, a journey he credits almost entirely to TikTok and the connections he’s made along the way. Johnson built a TikTok audience around “complaining about student life,” he told Digiday (at the time of writing, he has 9.5 million
Digiday·2026-04-02
Spotify’s ad exchange grew its programmatic ad base, but buyers want moreSpotify s ad exchange more than tripled its programmatic advertiser base in the year since its launch, according to the streamer. The media agencies using it are less effusive. Following the launch of SAX last April, the number of monthly active advertisers investing via programmatic jumped 222%, according to a Spotify spokesperson. “We have seen basically just amazing growth in both revenue, acti
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·2026-04-02
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·2026-04-01
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
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
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.
