The NFL has extended its ban on prediction-market advertising during games to in-stadium signage, club sponsorships and player endorsements, describing its policy for the first time on the record, Gambling Insider reports. In addition, the NFL has clarified its policy on the sportsbooks allowed to advertise. “During NFL games, sportsbook partners must advertise one of their approved products,” said Tim Schlittner, the NFL’s director of communications. “They cannot do general advertising. They cannot advertise prediction markets.”

Although Google blocked or removed more than 8 billion ads and shut down roughly 25 million advertiser accounts in 2025, the search giant attracts many scam artists and is arguably not as safe an environment to advertise in as television, according to an analysis of Google data by VAB titled, “Bad Actors: Examining How Much Objectionable Advertising Google Takes Action Against," PPC Land reports. According to the VAB’s reading, Google removed 602 million ads for violations tied to scams, and suspended more than 4 million accounts for scam-related activity. But the group argues that Google has not reported how long the …

The European Union on Thursday will propose a ban that will prevent young people under 15 not only from social media, but from video-sharing platforms, AI chatbots and online games, Reuters reports. The measure, the most sweeping yet seen, is the first that will be introduced by President Ursula von der Leyen, and Henna Virkkunen, tech chief of the EU. 

Byron Allen’s Local Now has added Gray Media’s 111 local stations to its lineup, The Wrap reports. Local Now offers localized news, sports, weather and other content customized by the user’s device geolocation, and is the largest source of free local news and television coverage in the U.S. “Between our broadcast partner network and our proprietary hyper-local technology, Local Now remains committed to delivering premium, trusted local journalism to every community in America, entirely for free,” Allen says. 

California accounts for 42% of film and TV production, despite losses in recent years, according to a study by XR Extreme Reach, Deadline reports. New York, the second state, has only 14% of the U.S. market, a decline of 10% since 2019. Texas is third with 6.5% of production and a 16% surge in volume in the past year. Florida, Illinois and Georgia are next. Celebrity payments will total $1.3 billion in 2026, XR states.

Younger listeners are on track to supplant millennials as the largest generational audience for podcasts, Audacy reports in a study titled “The New Rules of Podcast Advertising,” according to Radio Online. The study found that 64% of Gen Z listeners now consume podcasts. And that Gen Z and Gen Alpha will account for 40^ of podcast listeners by 2029. Audacy also states that mid-sized shows outperform celebrity programs in podcast ad efficiency. Mid-sized shows have a 22% lower cost per acquisition, Audacy says, citing Podscribe data. 

Omnicom plans to eliminate 15,000 jobs, leaving it with a total headcount of 105,000 through December as it aims at a $1.5 billion gross synergy target following its acquisition of IPG, Ad News reports. The firm says it is moving faster despite the loss of the Pepsi global media account. "The Pepsi situation is an unfortunate one, certainly a disappointment from our perspective," said Phil Angelastro, CFO of Omnicom. "You can't sugarcoat it. We're doing a detailed deconstruction of how it happened and what we should've been doing differently to prevent it from happening."

LG’s smart TVs continuously eavesdrop on owners, even when the devices are offline or in standby mode, according to a joint report by Gamers Nexus and Level1Techs. They allegedly scan local area networks to identify phones and smartwatches, and the location data of nearby Wi-Fi networks. However, LG has pushed back, saying: ““LG smart TVs do not continuously record or transmit users’ conversations.”

Sue Naegle and Ali Krug, riding high on the success of Peacock's The Five Star Weekend, are moving their Dinner Party Productions from NBCUniversal to 20th Television, a part  of Disney Television Studios,  Deadline reports. Naegle and Krug will develop and produce series that will target platforms and brands in the Disney Entertainment portfolio. The pair were under a deal at UCP, now Universal Global Television. 

McClatchy has made deep cuts at newspapers it owns nationwide, Associated Press reports. More than 90 union journalists at 17 publications—30% of all workers belonging ti the NewsGuildCWA—have been laid off. The affected publications include news outlets include, The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, The Kansas City Star, The Charlotte Observer and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “We are waist-deep in the quicksand and we are still sinking,” said Carol Marbin Miller, deputy investigations editor of The Miami Herald.