Hartford Courant·2026-05-02T14:00:01Z
Spotify adds verification badge to distinguish human artists from AILOS ANGELES — Spotify is adding a new level of verification to artists' profiles, in an effort to reassure subscribers worried about AI-generated music. Starting Friday, a "Verified by Spotify" badge will begin to appear on artist profiles across the platform. As AI avatars and music continue to break through on social media and streaming platforms, the marker is meant to be a more reliable ...
Adweek·2026-05-01
The Marketing CEO: Why Leadership Now Starts With Knowing Your Brand IdentityWhy today's chief executives must lead as marketers first.
Adweek·2026-05-01
AI Is Bringing Retail Media Closer to the SaleThis post was created in partnership with CVS Media Exchange Retail media has become a bigger part of the growth plan for many brands; it has also become harder to [ ]
Adweek·2026-05-01
What It Takes to Grow a CPG Challenger BrandThis post was created in partnership with Ibotta Entering the competitive CPG industry can be an uphill battle—even more so for a challenger brand. But with enough grit and determination, [ ]
Adweek·2026-05-01
Ticker: Testy Exchange Takes Place Between Scott Jennings and Adam Mockler on CNN NewsNightNewsmax announces a new podcast featuring Greta Van Susteren.
Digiday·2026-05-01
Marketers question expensive AI visibility tools as inconsistent results fuel skepticismThe latest industry phrase keeping marketers awake at night is AI visibility. The so-called zero-click reality has ushered in a slew of tools promising insight as to when and where a brand is referenced in AI chatbots. Google users are less likely to click through links when an AI summary appears in the results, according to Pew Research Center . Those who were met with an AI summary clicked on a
Digiday·2026-05-01
OpenAI starts laying foundations for ChatGPT ads in EUOpenAI appears to be getting ready to expand its ads business to Europe. A code update to its conversion tracking pixel , which Digiday reviewed, points to the company building the technical groundwork needed to run advertising in the European Union. The update adds a consent management system, essentially a mechanism that lets advertisers ask users for permission before tracking them, and stops t
Digiday·2026-05-01
Baller League’s creator strategy: reach is not the same as fandomBaller League has something rare in creator economy business circles: a plan that doesn’t end with it becoming a media company. Instead it wants to become a sustainable sports league. That’s not as obvious as the name suggests. Most creator-led sports properties have ended up caring more about the entertainment wrapper than the sport inside it – the spectacle, the IP and the media rights. Baller L
Digiday·2026-05-01
Future of Marketing Briefing: YouTube’s creator data play is an on-ramp, not a destinationYouTube is giving brands something they’ve been asking for. The question is whether getting it makes them want something it can’t yet provide. The platform’s Creator Partnerships API, announced at the NewFronts earlier this sping, opens up creator performance data to a select group of third-party ad tech companies for the first time – who watches what, for how long and what that means for an adver
Nieman Lab·2026-04-29
More scoops, less aggregation and analysis: How Casey Newton is revamping his newsletter to compete with AIOriginal reporting, news analysis, and a roundup of links. Those have been the three pillars of journalist Casey Newton s technology newsletter, Platformer , since it launched in 2017. But, Newton wrote Monday , two of them — link roundups and news analysis — may no longer work so well for his audience in a time of AI automation. So he s experimenting with changes to Platformer s offerings, spendi
Nieman Lab·2026-04-28
“Like nailing Jell-O to a wall”: Why unions are struggling to protect journalists’ rights in the age of AIProPublica journalists walked off the job for 24 hours, after more than two years of negotiations that failed to yield a deal for a union contract that would have included terms around AI and a ban on AI-related layoffs. Meanwhile, in Italy, the country’s main journalists’ union called for two strike days over publishers refusing to accept basic rules on the use of artificial intelligence. And at
Screen Rant·2026-04-27T19:00:20Z
Netflix’s New Feature Officially Brings Streaming Even Closer To Social MediaThe biggest streaming platform in television has just made a big statement about where its content is going, with a brand-new interface feature.
Nieman Lab·2026-04-27
Geospatial AI is reinventing the rainforest beatIn 2018, Joseph Poliszuk fled Venezuela. That year, after exposing corruption in then-President Nicolas Maduro’s administration, he had become the target of lawsuits by wealthy Maduro loyalists. He and several of his colleagues at the independent outlet Armando.info packed up their lives and fled the country under threat of imprisonment. For years, Poliszuk had published stories on Southern Venezu
The Boston Herald·2026-04-22T20:05:54Z
Ticker: Trump media company replaces CEO; SpaceX in $60B deal to to buy AI coding toolThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
PBS News·2026-04-22T20:00:09Z
Trump Media replaces Nunes as Truth Social CEO after stock plunge that wiped out billionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
Newsmax·2026-04-22T10:45:49Z
Trump Media Company Replaces Fmr Rep. Nunes as CEO After Stock Plunge That Wiped out BillionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
Barchart·2026-04-22T10:23:49Z
Trump media company replaces ex-congressman Nunes as CEO after stock plunge that wiped out billionsThe Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year
U.S. News & World Report·2026-04-22T03:58:00Z
Australian Social Media Ban Marred by Weak Platform Checks, Tech Providers SayUS News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education.
Nieman Lab·2026-04-15
Journalists champion Wayback Machine after news publishers limit article archivingIn January, Hanaa’ Tameez and I broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machine’s access to their news articles. Our reporting showed that these decisions, including a “hard block” by the Times that started late last year, were driven by publishers’ concern that the Internet Archive’s free library of webpage snapshots could be scraped
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.
