Digiday·2026-06-12
The Rundown: AI clones split the creator economyAI clones are creating a new fault line in the creator economy. On one side are creators who are licensing digital twins to take brand deals, talk to fans and even show up to meetings on their behalf. On the other, creators are discovering AI versions of themselves out in the wild, trained on their content but built without their consent. Tana Mongeau falls into that second camp. On June 4, creato
Adweek·2026-06-12
5 Marketer Moves to Know This Week: Knix, Bayer, and MoreA weekly roundup of the biggest U.S. and global marketing leadership appointments.
Adweek·2026-06-12
Absolut Gives Madonna the Icon Treatment For Her Dance Floor ComebackAbsolut has added Madonna to its long list of celebrated artistic collaborators ahead of her Confessions II album release.
Adweek·2026-06-12
Ads of the Week: 10 Campaigns That Caught Our Eye, From Uber Eats to American EagleMartini, American Eagle, Uber Eats, M&M's, and more are behind the week’s most notable ads.
Digiday·2026-06-12
Publicis and The Trade Desk settle their dispute, but tell no one whyPublicis and The Trade Desk have made up, which is either a triumph of negotiation or a sign the whole thing was never quite as dramatic as it seemed. The resolution, announced earlier today (June 12) in a joint statement, came after months of public rebukes, audits and no shortage of background briefing from both sides. It started in March when Publicis pulled The Trade Desk from its recommended
Digiday·2026-06-12
The World Cup is a big chance for retail media to prove itself to advertisersThis story was first published by Digiday siblings Modern Retail and Glossy The entire retail media industry, from networks to agencies and tech platforms, is showing up in full force to promote brands during the World Cup and prove the effectiveness of the sector. The tournament is a big opportunity for retail media networks to prove their effectiveness after the sector has grown tremendously, ad
Digiday·2026-06-12
Future of Marketing Briefing: Accenture’s Whalar bet: own the room when creator marketing gets complicatedAccenture’s acquisition of Whalar has triggered the usual speculation about consulting firms eyeing the agency business. But it’s only part of the story. The more interesting question is why now. Consulting firms have never particularly covered what agencies built — the margins are thin, the talent is expensive and the model is under pressure from every direction. What they covet is the moment. Cr
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
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.
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
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
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.
