Digiday·2026-04-06
What OpenAI’s TBPN deal reveals about branded entertainment’s limitsBrands are building in-house entertainment studios on the promise that great content earns the audiences advertising can’t buy. OpenAI just revealed what that promise actually costs. Last week the AI company acquired TBPN, a daily tech talk show that streams live on YouTube, X and other platforms, in a deal the Financial Times reported in the low hundreds of millions of dollars. For a company that
Digiday·2026-04-06
Media Buying Briefing: Instrument’s CEO on how agencies need to lead clients on AILots of stories have been written about whether the term “agency” applies to agencies anymore — mostly under the divisive topic of principal media (where the agency acts as both buyer and seller). But there are a growing number of agencies that have delved so deeply into technology and design that when they sit down to pitch a prospective client, they end up shocking that marketer with the things
The Guardian·2026-04-06
Savannah Guthrie returns to Today show for first time since mother’s disappearanceToday show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie made an emotional return to the NBC morning show on Monday, 64 days after her mother, Nancy, was believed to be abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. “Welcome to Today on this Monday morning. We are so glad you started your week with us, and it’s good to be home,” Guthrie told viewers. Her co-host, Craig Melvin, responded: “Yes, it is good to have you back home … so good to have you back.” “Well, here we go, ready or not, let’s do the news,” Guthrie said. The hosts then went straight into the news of the day, reporting the latest news on a potential ceasefire in Iran. Despite the heavy circumstances, Guthrie participated in the friendly banter the show is known for, weighing in on the college basketball championship. “Shoutout to my Arizona Wildca
Adweek·2026-04-06
This Is the First Quarter 2026 Cable News Ratings ReportAll three cable networks had double-digit growth in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo.
Adweek·2026-04-06
Savannah Guthrie Returns to Today After 2 Month Absence'Here we go. Ready or not, let’s do the news.'
Adweek·2026-04-06
Dollar Shave Club Launches Its First Products for Women by Removing the “Pink Pastel Garbage”Dollar Shave Club, which has traditionally focused on men, is making its first foray into products developed specifically for women.
Nieman Lab·2026-04-06
How V Spehar built a news business from under a deskThe data is in : News creators and influencers are a major source of news for Americans, especially people under 30. This is the third edition of Creators of Record , an occasional series of interviews with popular creators about how they do their jobs. It was technology and culture reporter Taylor Lorenz who first told news creator Vitus V Spehar to think of themselves as a journalist. It was 202
Nieman Lab·2026-04-06
The AP is offering buyouts in a pivot away from newspapersFor 180 years, ever since it was founded by five New York newspapers in 1846 to help share the costs of reporting on the Mexican-American war, newspapers have been a part of the Associated Press business. Today, it announced that s changing, and has offered buyouts to an unspecified number of journalists based in the U.S. as part of a shift toward visual journalism and developing new revenue sourc
Adweek·2026-04-06
Steamy Dating Site Ashley Madison Ditches Infidelity in Pursuit of Single WomenFormerly catered to people looking to engage in affairs, the dating site changes tact a decade after its high profile data breach
Digiday·2026-04-06
Digiday+ Research: Retailers take a more complex approach to loyaltyThis is an excerpt from Digiday’s sister brand s 2026 Modern Retail Index , which takes a deep look at the top retailers — from big-box stores to pharmacies to specialty retailers — and collects data from those retailers, categorizes and scores the data into dimensions, and creates a total Index average score as a benchmarking tool. The past year has been another in which the retail landscape has
Digiday·2026-04-06
CNN builds in-house agent infrastructure as it prepares for AI-driven media tradingCNN is developing an agentic infrastructure as part of a broader roadmap that will see it begin transacting media by the first quarter of 2027. The news media company, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, expects to have finished scoping agentic protocols by the end of Q2, according to Faisal Karmali, CNN International Commercial’s vp of digital business operations. In Q3, it plans to test one or two
Nieman Lab·2026-04-02
Amid internal uncertainty, the VTDigger’s new union contract guarantees journalists’ input on AI useAfter a year of negotiating, the VTDigger Guild ratified its second-ever union contract on April 1 with VTDigger, the nonprofit news outlet covering Vermont. The new four-year agreement guarantees a 32.5% increase to the minimum salary for reporters, more paid time off, and journalists input on the use of artificial intelligence. Here s what the contract announcement says about AI: Provisions on u
Nieman Lab·2026-04-02
The Provincetown Independent’s reporters couldn’t find housing. So the Local Journalism Project bought a condo for them to rent.Paying the rent on a reporter s salary isn t easy anywhere these days . But on the Outer Cape, it s almost impossible. Massachusetts has some of the highest housing costs in the country . The problem is exacerbated on Cape Cod s Outer Cape, a region that includes Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham. In a community where the same one-bedroom apartment can be rented out for $2,500 per month
Fast Company·2026-03-21T13:01:00Z
John Stamos debated live-streaming his first tattoo at SXSW: Is the future of media 'life in real-time'?Speaking with Fast Company at SXSW, the 'Full House' actor shared why he’s excited to be the chief innovation officer of streaming platform Zeam.
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.
Mechanicsburg Patriot News·2026-03-09T19:04:48Z
Will HBO Max shut down? Merger raises questions about streaming futureA prominent media analyst believes the streaming platform will essentially be shut down after Warner Bros. Discovery merges with Paramount, though HBO content may continue.
