The Guardian·2026-05-06
Ted Turner, CNN founder who reshaped global news, dies aged 87Ted Turner, the media mogul who founded CNN, has died aged 87, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing a news release from Turner Enterprises. In a statement, Mark Thompson, the chair and CEO of CNN Worldwide, said that “Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless, and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgment.” “He was and always will be the presiding spirit of CNN,” Thompson said. “Ted is the giant on whose shoulders we stand, and we will all take a moment today to recognize him and his impact on our lives and the world.” Turner transformed television news by launching CNN, and went on to also become a prolific philanthropist, founding the United Nations Foundation in 1998 and donating a record $1bn to the UN. According to the foundation, “Ted’s goals
The Guardian·2026-05-06
World’s most powerful are suing media outlets before stories are even published, says editorPowerful figures are increasingly threatening to sue media outlets before they have even published a story, the editor of the Wall Street Journal has said. Emma Tucker, whose title is being sued by Donald Trump over its reporting of his relationship with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said the act of reporting itself was now under threat from the use of lawfare. She said the tactic of threatening to sue newspapers before they had published a story had become an established PR strategy of the powerful amid greater distrust of the established media. “One of the biggest challenges to us now isn’t so much what happens afterwards,” Tucker told the Truth Tellers journalism summit. “It’s what happens before you even publish. That is a massive challenge for us. “Increasingly it is th
The Guardian·2026-05-06
How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – now reality itself feels fake’I have a confession to make. It has taken me years to write this article. For a long time, I have felt that something was missing in the public conversation about human connection and community and how they are being eroded. And yet I haven’t been able to articulate it. Thinking and writing have become harder. It’s as if the neurons in my brain don’t connect with each other in quite the same way. I go to check a fact and get instantly diverted by a hundred other distractions on my phone. I find myself unable to devote time to thinking and writing like I used to. It could be the relentless news agenda, but the news has been relentless throughout my 11 years as editor-in-chief of the Guardian. It could be age, but I’m not that old. It could be menopause, but I’m on all the drugs. No, I think
Digiday·2026-05-06
How Ace Hardware built its employee AI assistantThis story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. Ace Hardware is a unique retailer, being a cooperative with more than 5,200 stores that are operated independently. As a result, its executives and development team took a careful approach in designing and implementing its new AI assistant to work throughout the chain. Last week, Ace Hardware announced that it has launched an AI as
Digiday·2026-05-06
Despite enthusiasm over its ChatGPT tie-up, Criteo’s shares slide on downgraded revenue forecastThe buzz around Criteo’s groundbreaking partnership with OpenAI was palpable during the ad tech company’s first-quarter earnings call earlier today, but an earlier-tipped lag in retail media spend, plus slowed performance media spend, impacted its revenue during the quarter. Despite Criteo’s leadership assuring the markets that it would return to growth by the end of the year, the immediate result
Adweek·2026-05-06
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87Turner pioneered the 24-hour news network, fundamentally changing the news industry.
Nieman Lab·2026-05-06
Google highlights links from subscribed publications in new AI Overviews updateWhen a Google search user encounters an AI Overview or an AI Mode response, the response will now highlight whether it includes information that comes from a publication the user subscribes to. Google claims that in early testing, people were “significantly more likely” to click through to a webpage that had this “Subscribed” label. In a blog post , the search giant said the new citation feature i
Adweek·2026-05-06
New Disney CEO Reveals the AI Enhancements Coming to Disney+In his first earnings call, CEO Josh D'Amaro calls Disney+ the 'digital centerpiece' of the company.
Nieman Lab·2026-05-06
Australia’s building a great system to fund local journalism — but it doesn’t want to use itIn 2022, I got cranky with the nation of Australia over its News Media Bargaining Code — its convoluted scheme to get money out of big tech companies pockets and into news companies . The idea in a nutshell was this: Two giant American tech companies, Google and Meta, had abused Australian news publishers by taking their stories and including them in their search results and social feeds. Publishe
Adweek·2026-05-06
Vox Media Welcomes a Bidding WarJames Murdoch is the latest suitor to eye the empire. What does that mean for the rest of the portfolio?
Adweek·2026-05-06
Advertisers Spent $1 Billion on Criteo in Q1, Up 8% Year-Over-YearStill, Criteo's growth numbers remain plagued by two major client losses.
Digiday·2026-05-06
Marketers at Possible adjust to the realities of AI while trying to stay humanWith year four of the Possible conference in Miami said and done, the time has come to focus on Cannes Lions — a festival that Possible is often compared to, somewhat unfairly. But the conversations that came out of the conference, which is headed by Christian Muche but owned by The Hyve Group, still resonate across several levels of marketing and media strategy. Digiday, which is a media partner
Digiday·2026-05-06
Future of TV Briefing: The upfront glossary, 2026 editionThis week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at the terms on the tips of ad buyers’ and sellers’ tongues when talking about the upfront market. The upfront, defined Amazon’s upfront pitch, Roku’s outcomes pitch, AMC’s upfront pitch and more The upfront, defined TV and streaming advertising’s upfront cycle has its own patois. Everyday words like “flexibility” and “fluidity” take on new meaning. And each
Nieman Lab·2026-05-05
ProPublica gets a new look built to work across platformsOn Tuesday, ProPublica rolled out a redesign that revamped its homepage and aims to make its work more recognizable and distinct across platforms from Instagram to Apple News. The redesign goes beyond updated logos and typefaces; some of the changes are structural as well as aesthetic, geared toward showing audiences all the work that goes into the nonprofit newsroom s journalism, the many ways to
Nieman Lab·2026-05-05
The Intercept didn’t just publish a story about ICE — it drove it around JFKWhen the Trump administration sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to American airports in March , The Intercept published a tip sheet for travelers, How to keep ICE agents out of your phone at the airport . The piece, by security researcher Nikita Mazurov, pulled in more than 150,000 pageviews, according to Intercept CEO Annie Chabel , and over a million views on Instagram . Prom
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
