The Guardian·2026-06-03
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley fired by CBS News after clashScott Pelley, one of the most well-known and respected journalists in broadcast journalism, has been fired by CBS News after clashing with network brass over last week’s severe round of cuts at 60 Minutes, the show he has worked on since 2004, the Guardian confirmed. While changes were long expected at 60 Minutes, CBS News management shocked staffers last week by firing the network’s executive producer, executive editor and two correspondents, Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi, without giving a specific reason for their terminations. During an extremely heated meeting on Monday morning with the show’s newly appointed executive editor Nick Bilton, along with another CBS News executive, Pelley rebuked Bari Weiss, the longtime opinion commentator who joined the network in October as editor-in-c
Digiday·2026-06-03
More AI agents won’t fix advertisingOz Etzioni, CEO and co-founder, Clinch AI has sparked a new level of optimism in advertising, with many hoping that autonomous agents will solve long-standing issues around speed, efficiency and performance. But adding more agents is not the same as improving outcomes. In a fragmented system, more intelligence often creates more noise. Continue reading this article on digiday.com . Sign up for Dig
Digiday·2026-06-03
As programmatic DOOH scales, buyers are turning to curated marketplacesLindsay Shelton, director, North America, VIOOH Not long ago, premium advertising meant a double-page spread in a glossy magazine or a 30-second spot during the Super Bowl. It was about prestige, proximity to power and high price tags tied to exclusivity. But in the hyper-fragmented world of 2026, the definition of an exclusive environment has transformed. Today, the most coveted VIP section in th
Digiday·2026-06-03
Why brands are running to StravaThis story was first published by Digiday sibling Glossy . In the ‘90s, Starbucks was known as a place to sit and linger over a cup of coffee. Now, the coffee giant is encouraging its customers to take their coffee to go as part of their exercise routines. In May, Starbucks announced a nationwide partnership with fitness app Strava, asking participants to walk 22 minutes a day for at least 10 days
Digiday·2026-06-03
Overheard: Revisiting the K2 Report on media agency practices like rebates and principal mediaIt’s been a decade since the infamous K2 report was issued by the Association of National Advertisers, which blew open the longtime opaque practice of media agencies holding onto rebates from publishers (instead of passing them back to their clients) as well as pursuing principal media under unclear contracts with clients. And just as its longtime executives (including CEO Bob Liodice) are leaving
Adweek·2026-06-03
Apple Turns Rival Browsers’ Trackers Into Creepy Chrome StalkersApple continues its privacy push by exposing vast system of online tracking.
Adweek·2026-06-03
1440 Nabs a $101 Million Valuation As Its Newsletter Playbook Pays OffThe bootstrapped newsletter publisher generates $1 million per each of its 27 employees.
Adweek·2026-06-03
Week of May 25 Evening News Ratings: Post-Holiday Blues for the NewscastsCBS News fell by double digits in the Adults 25-54 demo.
Adweek·2026-06-03
Sitecore Snaps Up GEO Startup Scrunch for an Alleged $225MSitecore acquired the upstart, which helps brands optimize their digital content for AI engines and agent crawlers, for an alleged $225 million.
Nieman Lab·2026-06-03
The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut 15% of its staff — and may become a nonprofitJust a month after winning a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting , The Minnesota Star Tribune will offer buyouts and lay off up to 15% of its staff, the company said Tuesday . The Star Tribune has 495 employees, including a newsroom of 200 journalists. The cuts will affect every department and the newsroom will be reduced to 175 people, the Star Tribune said. CEO Steve Grove told employees
Nieman Lab·2026-06-03
These 16 new journalism jobs could help publishers “future-proof” their newsroomsTen years ago, the phrase chatbots with specific character voices would not have appeared in a journalism job posting. But here we are in 2026, and The Economist — hiring for a senior AI engineer for its AI Lab — mentions that fine-tuning [AI] models for style or persona is a great bit of experience for the role. The senior AI engineer position is one entry in a list included in a Future Newsrooms
Nieman Lab·2026-06-02
How a veteran video games journalist went solo and built a sustainable businessI always enjoy reading Creator Spotlight , a twice-weekly newsletter about the creator business. (Though man, I still wish we d settled on some other term.) Led by Francis Zierer , it features lengthy interviews with creators of all sorts, some of them journalists . Today s interview is worth a look. It s with Stephen Totilo , a long-time video games journalist who is two years into running his ow
Nieman Lab·2026-06-02
“Fueled by facts and receipts,” Sylvia Salazar explains U.S. politics for Latino audiencesThe data is in : News creators and influencers are a major source of news for Americans, especially people under 30. This is the latest edition of Creators of Record , an occasional series of interviews with popular creators about how they do their jobs. The last weekend of May, Sylvia Salazar was waiting for her flight to take off when she pulled out her phone and explained why protestors were on
Variety·2026-05-27T21:02:28Z
Byron Allen Closes BuzzFeed Acquisition, Says Company Is Now 'Officially Chasing YouTube'Byron Allen now is the majority owner of BuzzFeed -- the struggling digital media player that Allen plans to use to launch a free-streaming platform that he imagines will rival video colossus YouTube.
