Digiday·2026-06-11
Media Briefing: Publishers put premium video behind the paywall to sell subscriptionsThis week s Media Briefing will look at why publishers including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Bloomberg are testing putting video behind the paywall to drive and retain subscriptions and adapt to shifting audience habits. Exclusive video becomes a subscription play A New York bill would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content, James Murdoch on building his own media empire, and mo
Adweek·2026-06-11
Week of June 1 Cable News Ratings: MS NOW Only Network to Grow Across All DaypartsMS NOW finished ahead of Fox News in the demo between 1 and 3 a.m. ET on Tuesday night.
Adweek·2026-06-11
Sir Martin Sorrell Sees No Easy Exit for Holding CompaniesAccenture should buy WPP and more insights from the S4 Capital executive chairman.
Adweek·2026-06-11
FIFA World Cup 26 Ad Tracker: Brands Kick Off Summer of SoccerThe latest ads, stunts, and activations around the men's tournament.
Adweek·2026-06-11
EXCLUSIVE: HP Hands Global Media to Publicis, Ending Omnicom’s 17-Year RunThe account is estimated to be worth around $250 million.
Digiday·2026-06-11
What brands are paying to advertise around the World CupThis story was first published by Digiday siblings Glossy and Modern Retail . The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off today and will continue until July 19, with matches held in 16 cities across the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The event is set to surpass previous viewership records, with an estimated 6 billion global tournament viewers and 1.5 billion predicted to watch the final, according to FIFA. Around
Digiday·2026-06-11
AI ‘girlfriend ads’ are fueling a new wave of MFA sitesMade-for-advertising websites have found a new way to lure users in: AI-generated “girlfriend ads.” According to a report from DoubleVerify, these sites are running suggestive creative featuring AI-generated women who promote personalized companionship and customizable AI personas. But when users click they’re funneled to paid search results and low-quality, AI-generated content: pages stuffed wit
Nieman Lab·2026-06-11
How an Alaska news nonprofit bought the local newspaper it was founded to compete withIt s been a big couple of years for Amy Bushatz . A former executive editor of Military.com, her husband s military career had taken their family to the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of Alaska — northern suburbs of Anchorage that make up the state s fastest growing region. (Perhaps best known in the Lower 48 as the starting point for Sarah Palin s political career .) Seeing a void in the local news lan
Nieman Lab·2026-06-11
The Big Dig podcast goes nationwide with the “Highway Teardown Tour”Back in 2023, GBH, one of the public radio stations in Boston, put out a podcast called The Big Dig . Hosted by Ian Coss , the podcast was a deep dive into the infamous, massively expensive project in Boston that tore down an elevated highway and moved it underground.The podcast was wonky, filled with archival tape and intricate finance and policy details. It was also a smash hit, spending weeks o
Digiday·2026-06-11
Agency AI pitches are starting to face harder questionsDespite the ubiquity of artificial intelligence in marketing materials over the past three years, its application within advertising is arguably much more established than many industry observers realize. Related Insights Member Exclusive Ad Tech Briefing: The crunch conversations at Cannes Lions now Publicis is buying LiveRamp Subscribe To Read Read More However, what has changed is not the exist
Nieman Lab·2026-06-10
The Centre Daily Times unionizes after backlash to McClatchy’s AI toolJosh Moyer remembers the exact moment he decided he needed to unionize. Moyer is a senior reporter for the Centre Daily Times, a newspaper in State College, PA, and for months he had been concerned about a new AI tool being rolled out in his newsroom. McClatchy, the Centre Daily Times’ parent company, had chosen the paper as an early test market for its Content Scaling Agent (CSA). The tool repack
Nieman Lab·2026-06-10
AI use, growth challenges, and funding cuts: A new report looks at the state of nonprofit newsThe Institute for Nonprofit News released its ninth annual INN Index on Tuesday, analyzing data reported from hundreds of its members to understand the state of nonprofit news in 2025. The Index remains one of the most detailed snapshots of the revenue and audience picture across nonprofit newsrooms; this year s data set primarily draws on survey responses from 412 INN members, or 93% of its membe
The Verge·2026-06-05T14:00:00Z
Peacock will stream all 104 World Cup matches in Dolby Vision, Atmos… and Spanish.Telemundo’s live feed on Peacock will apparently be the first commercial deployment of the efficient Dolby AC-4 codec by a streaming platform, promising immersive stadium sound that shouldn’t overload the network. Peacock will also be streaming the World Cup in 4K and 1080p HDR, according to Dolby spokesperson Andrea Villarreal.
Update and correction: Peacock will stream the games in 4K and 1080p HDR, but won’t offer personalized audio controls as previously stated.
[Link: Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos to Power Telemundo’s FIFA World Cup ™ 2026 Coverage on Peacock, a Streaming First | https://news.dolby.com/en-WW/266633-dolby-vision-and-dolby-atmos-to-power-telemundo-s-fifa-world-cup-2026-coverage-on-peacock-a-streaming-first/ | Dolby Newsroom]
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.
