Nieman Lab·2026-05-04
Newsletters, live coverage, a one-time magazine: The World Cup is becoming a testbed for journalism experimentsThe FIFA World Cup, which begins on June 11, is by many measures the biggest World Cup in history : 48 teams will compete in 104 matches across the United States, Canada, and Mexico; ticket and transit prices are through the roof; and taxpayers have shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars to keep up with FIFA s demands. But every World Cup, massive as it may be, is also deeply personal, a caul
Adweek·2026-05-04
How Spirit Airlines’ Low-Cost Branding Contributed to Its CrashThe budget airline's brazen embrace of base-fare pricing turned consumers off and made way for competitors to ride its tailwinds
Adweek·2026-05-04
Duncan Painter Leaves OmnicomDuncan Painter is leaving Omnicom, the holding company announced today. Christine Gambino, previously chief operating officer for Omnicom's global platforms business, Omni, will take over as CEO.
Adweek·2026-05-04
Could a Unified, Independent Measurement System for CTV Be Close?This post was created in partnership with Viant Key takeaways CTV is an incredibly powerful platform for marketers, but the ecosystem is maturing, leading to new challenges and opportunities. While [ ]
Adweek·2026-05-04
How Marketers Can Get Clean Incrementality Measurements in a Messy WorldThis post was created in partnership with Fetch Key takeaways Marketers have more data than ever, yet many still struggle to answer a basic question: Did a campaign change behavior [ ]
Digiday·2026-05-04
From ad tech tax to AI data brokers: the new middlemen keep 100%, publishers sayPublishers have weathered every digital headache going — ad tech tax, murky supply chains, algorithm whiplash — but there’s a new one that, even in passing, makes jaws tighten: third-party content scraping . For some publishers, it lands as an even bigger affront than the ad tech tax they’ve spent years navigating — not a share of the pie, but the pie itself. One publishing exec, who agreed to spe
Nieman Lab·2026-05-04
People are stressed out by most news that isn’t local news, according to a new studyThe way people of different age groups in the United States get their news is different, but no matter how old they are, everyone is pretty stressed about all news that isn t local news. That s according to a new study from the Media Insights Project, a collaboration of The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, the American Press Institute, Northwestern University Medill School
Digiday·2026-05-04
TikTok recreates its ads for billboards through Vistar partnershipTikTok is no longer asking brands to repurpose their mobile content for billboards, it s building the billboard creative from scratch. This shift is at the heart of TikTok’s preferred partnership with Vistar Media, which is responsible for translating TikTok’s creative into formats that work across out-of-home screens. “When agencies or brands are creating really compelling campaigns on platform,
Digiday·2026-05-04
The state of generative AI in the creator economyAs generative AI floods the web with synthetic content, the creator economy was expected to offer something different: human-led, authentic alternatives. While there are wholly AI-generated influencers, and a report from Wondercraft said 80 percent of creators were using it at some point in their workflow, many believed brands would prefer the raw, human realness that creators bring to social medi
Digiday·2026-05-04
Media Buying Briefing: Rival trade bodies emerge to contend programmatic’s futureThe introduction of agentic media planning and buying tools has brought programmatic advertising to a crossroads. But efforts to unite the media and ad sector and settle on a way forward are split between two groups both vying to become the industry’s pre-eminent forum — and their competing philosophies. In one corner, there’s the IAB Tech Lab’s latest group project: a Programmatic Governance Coun
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 ...
Nieman Lab·2026-04-29
More scoops, less aggregation and analysis: How Casey Newton is revamping his newsletter to compete with AIOriginal reporting, news analysis, and a roundup of links. Those have been the three pillars of journalist Casey Newton s technology newsletter, Platformer , since it launched in 2017. But, Newton wrote Monday , two of them — link roundups and news analysis — may no longer work so well for his audience in a time of AI automation. So he s experimenting with changes to Platformer s offerings, spendi
Nieman Lab·2026-04-28
“Like nailing Jell-O to a wall”: Why unions are struggling to protect journalists’ rights in the age of AIProPublica journalists walked off the job for 24 hours, after more than two years of negotiations that failed to yield a deal for a union contract that would have included terms around AI and a ban on AI-related layoffs. Meanwhile, in Italy, the country’s main journalists’ union called for two strike days over publishers refusing to accept basic rules on the use of artificial intelligence. And at
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
Adweek·2026-04-08T17:26:58Z
Experiential Retail as a Loyalty Driver at a Heritage Brand With Tecovas CEO David LafitteBalancing brand and performance marketing.
