The Guardian·2026-04-10
Andrew Bolt swims against News Corp tide on Ben Roberts-Smith prosecution | Weekly BeastOccasionally the Murdoch commentator Andrew Bolt defies the party line. In 2021 he said News Corp Australia’s editorial campaign for net zero emissions by 2050 was “rubbish” and “global warming propaganda”. This week Bolt stuck his neck out in support of the war crimes prosecution of Ben Roberts-Smith, in a marked departure from News Corp’s approach since 2018, when the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald published a series of stories alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had committed murder and other war crimes. “I have a simple question for the people angrily defending Ben Roberts-Smith, claiming a war hero is being persecuted by woke civilians judging soldiers in battle from the comfort of their sofas,” Bolt wrote in his Herald Sun column. “Do you think Australian soldiers should be allo
Adweek·2026-04-09
Week of March 30 Evening News Ratings: NBC News and CBS News GrowCBS News had the most-watched broadcast in the demo during President Trump's primetime address.
Nieman Lab·2026-04-09
More than 1,300 newsrooms participate in the first “Local News Day”Every September since 2012, thousands of volunteers have come together around a shared goal: getting more Americans registered to vote. They ve channeled attention and energy into a single day, dubbed National Voter Registration Day . While having coffee with the founder of National Voter Registration Day, Montana native Matt Singer, Montana Free Press founder and executive director John Adams had
The Guardian·2026-04-09
Sadiq Khan demands stronger action on social media ‘outrage economy’Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to take significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread disinformation after a study showed a surge in hostile accounts posting falsehoods about London’s crime rates and integration. In an intervention on what he called “the outrage economy”, the London mayor, who has also written to social media firms demanding change, said a lack of action could prompt more domestic terrorism by people who believe conspiracy theories they find online. Speaking at a disinformation summit in Cambridge on Thursday evening, Khan said robust central government action seemed increasingly necessary if social media companies continued to neglect the issue, and the media regulator Ofcom seemed unable to enforce change. Research compiled by an analysis un
Digiday·2026-04-09
While AI is building the web faster than ever, accessibility can’t be left behindChad Sollis, Chief Marketing Officer, AudioEye AI has given marketers something they’ve wanted for years: speed. Landing pages that used to take weeks now take minutes, and product content scales without headcount. That s genuinely good news, but speed has a side effect that most marketing teams haven t fully reckoned with yet. The experiences being built at this pace aren t automatically accessib
Digiday·2026-04-09
Ford and Nissan are embedding their brands in sports as they chase fandomsRather than sponsor sports leagues and clubs, advertisers like Nissan, Google and Ford are putting themselves in the role of ringmaster and producing their own branded content built around sports fandom. Ford Bronco has been working with the Pro League Network (PLN), an extreme sports channel available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, to create sports programming featuring their vehicles in a star
The Guardian·2026-04-09
Kyle Sandilands claims he ‘suffered humiliation’ after he was sacked by Kiis FM over on-air spat with Jackie OKyle Sandilands suffered humiliation and loss of reputation when Kiis FM sacked him from his top-rating radio show for serious misconduct, according to documents filed in the federal court. Sandilands and his co-host, Jackie “O” Henderson, have commenced separate legal action against the Kiis FM licensee, Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), which terminated them both a year after they signed separate 10-year contracts for the Kyle and Jackie O breakfast show. It was supposed to run until 31 December 2035 but their services were terminated last month. In a statement of claim prepared by Sandilands’ counsel, Scott Robertson SC and Philip Boncardo, it is argued that while the shock jock’s contract did specify that the $100m deal could be terminated if he committed an act of serious m
Adweek·2026-04-09
EXCLUSIVE: Intuit Is Shutting Down Its Ad Network for Small BusinessesSMB MediaLabs launched in 2023.
The Guardian·2026-04-09
US judge rules Pentagon has violated his order in press access caseA federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Pentagon has not complied with an order last month that undid much of a restrictive new press pass policy implemented by the Department of Defense, and ordered the return of credentials to seven New York Times reporters. The newspaper, which sued the Trump administration in December, had urged the judge to compel implementation of his 20 March ruling after the Pentagon responded to the judge’s determination by creating a new press access policy, which the newspaper called an “end-run” around the judge’s ruling. The Pentagon had also announced the closure of the work space known as “correspondents’ corridor”. District court judge Paul Friedman specifically threw out a new Pentagon regulation requiring journalists to be escorted into the building, a
Adweek·2026-04-09
AppLovin’s CEO Is No Longer Board Chair and Two Top Execs Are Stepping DownPublic adtech company AppLovin is undergoing a substantive power shift with a slate of changes to its C-suite and board of directors.
Adweek·2026-04-09
Build Your First AI Agent at Social Media WeekCode and Theory experts will walk you through hands-on agent building, and you'll leave with tools you can actually use.
Nieman Lab·2026-04-09
ProPublica journalists walk off the job in first U.S. newsroom strike over AIOn Wednesday, roughly 150 members of the Propublica Guild, one of the largest nonprofit newsroom unions in the country, went on a 24-hour strike. About two dozen Guild members picketed ProPublica’s headquarters in New York City’s Hudson Square neighborhood during working hours, as simultaneous picket lines formed in front of the publication’s offices in Chicago and Washington D.C. On the uncharact
Digiday·2026-04-09
Ipsy joins the WNBA craze as the official beauty partner of the Las Vegas AcesThis story was first published by Digiday sibling Glossy Another beauty brand is stepping into the sports arena. On Wednesday, Ipsy announced a new partnership with the WNBA as the official beauty partner of the Las Vegas Aces. “With women’s sports finally having its moment, we really wanted to be a part of that cultural conversation,” said Ipsy chief marketing officer Stacey Politi. “The WNBA rea
Digiday·2026-04-09
Media Briefing: Another AI threat emerges for publishers: the third-party scraperThis week’s Media Briefing will dig into the growing alarm among publishers, as execs warn behind closed doors that third-party web scrapers are quietly fueling an AI marketplace they’re largely shut out of. The AI licensing black market TikTok’s head of publisher operations exits Tech billionaires are buying media, AP and Lee Enterprises clash over licensing contract, and more The AI licensing bl
Adweek·2026-04-08T17:26:58Z
Experiential Retail as a Loyalty Driver at a Heritage Brand With Tecovas CEO David LafitteBalancing brand and performance marketing.
Adweek·2026-04-08
AMC Networks Is No More. Bow Before AMC Global Media.AMC Networks officially changes its name to AMC Global Media ahead of upfront season.
Adweek·2026-04-08
Always Alpha Acquires Tennis Management Firm Courtside TalentThis is the first acquisition for the women's sports-focused agency.
Digiday·2026-04-08
Future of TV Briefing: A TV advertising staple is missing from YouTube show sponsorshipsThis week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at the rare practice of YouTube channels offering TV-style make-goods to sponsors as TV-style shows become more commonplace. Making good Netflix’s video AI tool, OpenAI’s TBPN acquisition and more Making good Recently I was talking with Donut Media’s head of brand partnerships Amanda Klein. The Recurrent-owned media company’s YouTube videos are receiving abo
Adweek·2026-04-08
Why Every Streaming Service Suddenly Wants a Podcast StrategyAccording to some media executives, podcasts are the new day-time television.
Adweek·2026-04-08
Here Are the Cable News Ratings for March 2026Fox News and CNN experienced across-the-board gains for the month.
Digiday·2026-04-08
Digiday+ Research: Publishers apply AI to streamline tasks and improve audience experienceThis is an excerpt from our Digiday+ Research report How publishers from Dow Jones and Business Insider to People Inc. are approaching AI in 2026 , which explores how publishers are navigating the opportunities and challenges that have come with the evolution of AI. The report is based on a survey of 40 publisher professionals, as well as individual interviews with publisher executives responsible
Digiday·2026-04-08
Who is OpenAI’s global head of ads, David Dugan?In the spring of 2006, a young strategist at Digitas named David Dugan was handed an assignment: help figure out what the agency was worth, and what to do about it. The work was delicate, and it required someone who could think in two registers at once, the analytical and the transactional. Digitas would be sold to Publicis the following year. Dugan moved on. But the people who worked alongside hi
Digiday·2026-04-08
Google says its AI-powered ads help some brands lift online sales by 80%This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail Google says its AI-powered ad tools are delivering measurable results for some brands, as the world’s largest seller of ads experiments with new ad formats, shopping integrations and AI-powered tools. The debut of ChatGPT in late 2022 sparked early speculation that AI chatbots were tantamount to “Google killers,” threatening the compa
Nieman Lab·2026-04-08
Do links hurt news publishers on Twitter? Our analysis suggests yesElon Musk has said as much : Links in tweets are bad for engagement. Over the last few days, sparked by a post from Nate Silver, people have started arguing again about the relationships between links and engagement. But our new analysis of thousands of tweets from 18 publishers makes it pretty clear: Links do seem to hurt news publishers on X/Twitter. Back in 2016, the analytics company Parse.ly
Nieman Lab·2026-04-07
Federal appeals court supports injunction against ICE in L.A. Press Club lawsuitIn September 2025, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) limit its use of force against journalists, observers, and peaceful protesters during its ICE raids in Southern California. It was a victory for the suit’s plaintiffs, including the L.A. Press Club, The NewsGuild-CWA, and ACLU SoCal, who claimed that attacks on journalists co
Nieman Lab·2026-04-07
How newsrooms are bringing their archives to lifeChris Moran , editorial lead on generative AI at The Guardian, recently spoke about how his team used AI tools to build an internal chatbot that lets journalists query the archive, as well as an initial experiment with tag pages that pulls from the paper’s archives to create AI-generated summaries of past events. Similarly, L Eco di Bergamo, a local newspaper in Italy, has used AI to repurpose mor
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
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.
