Media companies, especially new digital media, got caught in another whirlpool of sharply falling stock market prices. Twitter, Facebook, Amazon and Netflix were big losers. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
After Carlson said immigrants made the U.S. "poorer and dirtier," more than a dozen advertisers are stopping media schedules or have no plans to air on the show. "Carlson" pulled … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
The "Laverne & Shirley" theme song replayed in many of our minds this week following the death of Penny Marshall. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
From blockchain to AI, here are some of my favorite trends or technologies whose hype exceeds their real-life impact. Read the full story by Dave Morgan
The Inspire Brands restaurant chain spent an estimated $107 million on advertising during the first six months of 2018 and $139 million in 2017. Read the full story by Larissa Faw
If you want to understand the hold Facebook has on users, hold an auction to pay active users to "walk away" from the social network. That's what academic researchers at … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
It's a study perfectly designed for the headlines: researchers at Tufts University paying people to walk away from Facebook. Read the full story by Kaila Colbin
Facebook's "lax oversight" allowed President Trump's former data consultancy Cambridge Analytica to collect information about tens of millions of the social networking service's users, the lawsuit alleges. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
In the content realm, social marketers appear misaligned with consumer preferences, based on findings from the report, from Sprout social. Read the full story by Larissa Faw
With only weeks to go before this year's CES kicks off, I spoke with StoryTech founder Lori Schwartz about what she has learned over the past few years and what … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Whether or not sexual harassment was (or is) pervasive at CBS depends on how one defines the word. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
Siding with the ad network Turn, a federal judge has dismissed a privacy complaint accusing the company of using a controversial technology to recreate cookies that users deleted. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
The rally comes amid revelations that the social network failed to stop the spread of political misinformation among the African-American community, leading up to the 2016 presidential election. Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley
AT&T plans to add seven more cities in the first half of 2019. Read the full story by Chuck Martin
The first two companies to be certified under the program are National Public Radio and Rawvoice/Blubrry. Companies can be certified if they adhere to the IAB Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines, … Read the full story by Alex Weprin
Is comedy funnier in color? Traditionalists would likely answer no to that question. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
"The strategy for right-leaning groups appears to have been to generate extreme anger and suspicion, in hopes that it would motivate people to vote," a new report states. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
On my block, there are a lot of closed storefronts. They used to be neighborhood restaurants, a hardware store, a local pharmacy. All gone. Read the full story by Steven Rosenbaum
In a statement on his LinkedIn account, the Initiative CEO suggested advertisers boycott Facebook until it cleans up its act. Read the full story by Steve McClellan
Consumers believe linear TV has much higher ad loads than connected TV, and it's a big factor in their decision to view connected TV, according to the latest research between … Read the full story by Joe Mandese