Adweek·2026-04-01
YouTube Reveals Upfront Event Details, Including Trevor Noah and Chappell RoanYouTube Brandcast 2026 takes place on Wednesday, May 13.
Adweek·2026-04-01
Real-Time AI Video Is Nvidia’s New Pitch to Agencies—and It’s Turning Creatives Into CuratorsS4 Capital's Monks has spent two years building AI-driven production workflows. Now Nvidia is using that as its pitch to the rest of Madison Avenue.
The Guardian·2026-04-01
UK social media users less active on tech platforms due to rise of video appsSocial media users in the UK are becoming less active on tech platforms due to the rise of video apps and fears that posts could come back to haunt them, according to the communications watchdog. Ofcom said just under half of adult social media users (49%) now post, share or comment compared with 61% in 2024. The proportion exploring new websites has also fallen, from 70% to 56%. The regulator said the fall in active use has been driven by popular platforms becoming more video-oriented and concerns about the impact of historic posts on personal accounts. Joseph Oxlade, senior research manager at Ofcom, said the rise of video apps such as TikTok and Instagram’s Reels feature meant some users were posting and commenting less on those platforms than they would on sites such as Facebook. Oxlad
The Guardian·2026-04-01
BBC confirms it knew about Scott Mills sexual abuse allegations in 2017Scott Mills was sacked after “new information” came to light relating to his conduct, the BBC said on Wednesday. The corporation confirmed in a statement that it was first made aware of a police investigation into historical allegations of sexual abuse in 2017, but terminated the radio presenter’s contract on Friday in accordance with its “culture and values”. The BBC did not provide details on what fresh information had prompted it to take action. A spokesperson acknowledged there had been “much speculation in the media and online”, but said: “We hope people understand that there is a limit to what we can say because we have to be mindful of the rights of those involved.” In his first public statement since the news broke on Monday, Mills, 53, said: “The recent announcement that I am no l
Digiday·2026-04-01
As programmatic faces signal degradation, agentic advertising offers a solutionVlad Stesin, CEO, Optable Traditional programmatic, the process of holding a 100-millisecond auction between the buyers and sellers of digital media, is wearing thin, but the infrastructure didn t break overnight. For years now, fragmentation, privacy shifts and signal noise have eroded the programmatic foundation and diminished confidence in how workflows perform. The question is, what is the rig
Digiday·2026-04-01
Digiday+ Research: How Dow Jones, Forbes, The Guardian and other publisher revenue streams are shifting in 202601 Introduction Over the past year, publishers have grappled with a volatile economic climate including persistent inflation and cautious consumer spending. Many publishers have accelerated efforts to diversify their revenue streams through ads, events and bundled subscriptions and have started to shift search strategies in the face of AI-driven, zero-click search. Bearing all of this in mind, Dig
Digiday·2026-04-01
‘Predictability has become a luxury’: As the Iran war drags on, ad markets are starting to sweatThat question stopped being hypothetical last week. The U.S. sent Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan; Tehran called it maximalist and unreasonable and denied talks were even happening. Oil climbed back above $106. The White House began quietly modelling $200. Since then, Trump has threatened to obliterate Iran s oil facilities, Iranian forces continue to attack across the Gulf, and the stopgap measure
Digiday·2026-04-01
Publishers see double-digit growth from The Trade Desk’s OpenPath, but volatility remainsFor all the buy-side noise, publishers say OpenPath revenue has largely held up – give or take a few sharp dips and recoveries in recent months. Nine publishers Digiday spoke to said their OpenPath revenue and yields have been strong over the last six months, with three saying they’d seen double-digit growth in CPMs at various points over the last six months, and that that had spurred them to tria
Adweek·2026-04-01
The Feeding Frenzy Fueling Food Media M&AEater and Tasty are the latest publishers looking to capitalize on a growing appetite for food and dining brands.
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
Adweek·2026-04-01
How Bayer Uses AI to Avoid Sending Customers to its CompetitionAs generative AI and creators take a bigger hand in producing creative work, brand managers face a crucial question: Who’s watching to ensure its all working together to build brand [ ]
Nieman Lab·2026-03-30
Nonprofit news outlets had a strong traffic month in JanuaryThe news gods provided us with a lot of reporting opportunities — good and bad — that resonated with people. That s the reason Colorado Sun editor Dana Coffield gives for her nonprofit news site s strong traffic performance in January. Traffic was up 53% from the month before, according to estimates from Similarweb, going from 1.24 million to 1.9 million visits. The site s most successful stories
Nieman Lab·2026-03-30
The Guardian experiments with republishing its food newsletter on SubstackThe Guardian has started cross-posting its weekly food newsletter, Feast, to Substack , where it hopes to reach new audiences. This is an experiment, according to Press Gazette s reporting ; if Feast succeeds on Substack, The Guardian may progress to offering unique content on the platform, and republishing other existing newsletters there. Press Gazette reported that the move is part of the publi
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.
