Digital News Daily Editions for August 2023
- Digital News Daily - Friday, Aug. 18, 2023
- Adalytics Exec Advises YouTube Advertisers To Assess Potential Exposure To Kids' Privacy Issues
- Google Faces Calls For Investigation Into Children's Privacy
- TikTok Now Banned On All NYC Government Devices
- Instagram Tests Multi-Advertiser Ads Display For Reels
- U.S. CTV Ad Spend Exceeds $1B-Per-Month Milestone
- tvScientific Bows Cost-Per-Outcome CTV Ad Buying
- New Shoppable Video Ads Expand Local Retailer Buying Options
- Microsoft Adds AI Data Clause To Terms And Conditions
- Betting The NFL Season: Even Stronger Sports Gambling TV Ad Spend?
- Streamed Programming Grows 'Stickier' Among TV Viewers
- Ad Industry Urges California Lawmakers To Reject New Data Broker Bill
- Product Placement Rates Higher Than Ads For Half Of Consumers
- Agencies Seen As Lucrative M&A Targets
- Microsoft Shares Secrets Behind How Bing Improves Site Performance
- Google DeepMind Testing Personal Life AI Tools
- Actor Gets $0.81 Residual Check For Original NBCU Episode On Streaming
- Who's Still Watching TV?
- Lots Of Losers In An Opaque CTV Ad World
- Target Sued Over Pride Campaign, DEI Policy
- Experts Weigh In On How To Use Generative AI In Marketing
- Digital News Daily - Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023
- Google Must Face Claims It Overcharged Pay-Per-Click Advertisers, Judge Rules
- Study: Retail Budgets Are Flat, With Declines In Digital Spending
- OpenAI: GPT-4 Could Revolutionize Content Moderation
- Brands Shifting Media Buys Into Product Placement, Study Finds
- YouTube, Hasbro, Others Press Judge To Toss Lawsuit Over Children's Privacy
- Threat Report Finds Malvertising Accelerating Due To Weak Ad Market
- Study Debunks Social Media, Finds Face-To-Face Dominates Brand Conversations, Albeit Politically
- AP Bans Use Of AI For Creating Stories Or Art
- YouTube's Music Discovery Feature Takes On The TikTok Feed
- Amazon Expands Sponsored Products Ads To Pinterest, BuzzFeed, Others
- Clicks And Click-To-Opens Rose In The First Half, Study Finds
- Digital Travel Sales Forecast To Surpass $300B In 2024, Search A Major Ad Contributor
- Disney, WBD, Paramount Maintain Top Spots For Original TV, Movie Content Demand
- MikMak Acquires ChannelAdvisor's Shoppable Media, Brand Analytics Product Lines
- New AI Tool Can Determine If Press Releases Are Newsworthy, Firm Claims
- Turns Out X Actually Is A Much Healthier And Safer Platform -- If You're A Nazi
- Digital News Daily - Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023
- X Throttled Traffic To Sites Of Some Rivals, News Brands: Report
- Microsoft Advertiser Identity Verification Takes On New Policy
- Financial Regulator To Propose New Restrictions On Data Brokers
- Judge Inclined To Require Meta To Face Lawsuit Over Health Data
- Programmatic Information Gap Due To A Shift To A Supply Side-Dominated Ad Industry
- TikTok Celebrates Black Business Month With New Webinar Series
- Pay-TV's Sub Losses Slowed In Q2
- FreeWheel's Beeswax, Direct Digital Partner To Expand Multicultural Reach
- Google SGE While Browsing Added To Search Generative Experience
- Optimove Adds SMS To Its Marketing Toolkit
- What People Are Watching On TV These Days (Hint: It Increasingly Is Not TV)
- How Canada Is Killing Its News Industry
- The Spectre Of AI: Firms Are Wary Even As They Invest
- Netflix's Expansive Move Into Gaming: Is It The Right One? Go Click
- BrightEdge Co-Founder Becomes Executive Chairman And Appoints New CEO
- Stagwell's Assembly Launches European Retail Media Division
- OpenAI Says GPT Can Be Used For Content Moderation
- Digital News Daily - Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023
- YouTube Tests Anti-Ad-Blocker With Countdown Timer
- Florida And Texas Content-Moderation Restrictions Unconstitutional, DOJ Says
- CTV Platform Samsung Ads Launches Digital OOH
- A Non-Linear TV First: Tops 50% Share Of Viewing In July
- Netflix Now Testing Games On CTVs, Computers
- Google, YouTube Wizardry Should Make Marketers 'Look Behind The Curtain'
- Peacock Live Sports Content To Stream In Public Venues
- 'The New York Times' Prohibits Scraping Of Its Content For AI Training
- Amazon Drives Higher Prime Day Sales With Fewer Linear TV Ads
- McMahon Rises To CEO At CBS News, Stations, CBS Media Ventures
- Use Of Non-TV Features Growing On Smart TV Sets
- Turing AI Claims Increase In Metrics Since Refining Its ABM Strategy
- Experian Violated Can-Spam Law, FTC Charges
- Paris Hilton Invites Her Fans To 'Sliv Together' In New Roblox Fan World
- Telegram Turns 10, Stories Feature Goes Global
- Smack The Hack: Email Security Vendor Accused Of Exposing Addresses
- Instagram Tests Lyrics Feature For Reels In New Regions
- Coca-Cola Creates Web3 Art Gallery With 'Masterpiece' NFT Collection
- Overstock's Renaming As Bed, Bath: Best Rebrand Of All Time?
- Digital News Daily - Monday, Aug. 14, 2023
- Dentsu Reports Sequentially Lower Q2 Growth, Cites Tech And Financial Slowdowns
- News Corp: 50%+ Of Revenue Now Digital, AI To Drive Future Growth
- Google Warns Against 'Content Pruning' As CNET Deletes Pages To Improve SEO
- Half Of U.S. Linear Households Saw Just 8% Of TV Ads In 1H
- Washington State Political Ad Disclosure Law Unconstitutional, Tech Groups Say
- Women's FIFA Ads Outpull Men's Tournament's On Impact Ratings
- Streaming TV Marketing Slows Due To Strikes, Less New Programs, Cost-Saving Issues
- After 4 Weeks, 'Barbenheimer' Remain Top 2 Box-Office Films
- Amazon Advancing AWS, Ads, Search Businesses
- X Lowers Requirements Of Ad Creator Revenue-Share Program
- Montana TikTok Ban Violates App Stores' Rights, Tech Industry Argues
- Chatbots: Traffic For Newcomers Up 11.2% While Others Stall, As Companies Ban Use
- YouTube Ups Monetization Of Traffic, Links From Shorts To Long-Form Videos
- U.S. Lags China, India With Plans To Implement GAI In 2024, Study Finds
- Instagram Partners With Olivia Rodrigo For New Music Post Feature
- Brand Traits Have Greater Effect On Sales Than Ad Reach
- What QSRs Should Be Prioritizing Now
- Back To The Broadcast Future: TV Stations Want To Air Local Sports
- How GPT Will Power Email And CRM
- Digital News Daily - Friday, Aug. 11, 2023
- FTC Health Privacy Regulations Could Address Dark Patterns, Universal Opt-Out Tool
- Reruns' Share Of Ad Spend Leaps Due To Strikes
- Disney To Start Crackdown On Password-Sharing In 2024
- Linear TV Prime-Time Upfront Shrinks 5%, CTV Expands 31%
- X CEO Yaccarino Backs Rebrand, New Features, 'Client Council' Return
- Meta Seeks New Hearing In Battle Over Former Ad-Targeting Options
- Media Groups Sign Open Letter On AI Use
- Instreamatic Intros Contextual CTV Ads Platform For Audio
- Tapestry Buys Michael Kors, Versace For $8.5B
- Ad Frequency Overload Becomes Defining Challenge In CTV Ad World
- The AI Pie: Tech And Finance Teams Most Likely To See Spending Hikes
- YouTube Adds New And Returning Viewer Report
- Amazon Cuts Dozens Of Its Private Label Brands
- Digital News Daily - Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023
- Disney+, Hulu See 'Lower Advertising,' Rising Subscription Prices
- Google, Microsoft, OpenAI To Help Developers Use AI To Find, Fix Software Vulnerabilities
- YouTube Changes 'In-Stream' Ad Format Name Amid Google Placement Controversy
- Advertisers Losing $6.6B To Bid Shading
- The Trade Desk Sees Q2 Revenue Soar 23%, More CTV Growth
- Novacap Acquires Converged TV Platform Cadent
- What TikTok's Ecommerce Leap Means For Marketers
- Household Share Dominance Of Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Is Declining: Survey
- ANA Opposes FTC's Proposed Rules For Health Information
- NewsGuard Begins Rating CTV, OTT News Channels
- Patreon Podcasters Can Now Upload Exclusive Content To Spotify
- Streaming Viewers Have Other Plans If Hollywood's Strikes Crimp New Shows
- 'Hamilton' Enters The Metaverse
- New TikTok Fulfillment Program Pushes In-App Shopping In The UK
- Supreme Court Won't Force Apple To Immediately Allow In-App Payment Options
- New Tool Determines Whether Email Attacks Were Generated By AI
- Are SMBs Up To AI? Only A Quarter Are Using It, But More Want To Try
- Why Aren't Brands, Agencies Taking Full Advantage Of All OOH Has To Offer?
- Companies Want To Ban ChatGPT Over Privacy, Reputational Concerns
- Amazon Plans 2nd Set Of Prime Days For October
- Digital News Daily - Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023
- X Seizes User's @Music Handle To Prep For Music Industry Expansion
- Disney Upfront Completed, 'In Line' With Year-Ago Volume
- Online Prices Fell 1.6% Overall In July, But Apparel Rose: Adobe
- 20% Of Streaming Video Subs Globally Are Through Telco Bundles
- Criteo Reveals It 'Leverages' Twice As Much Ecommerce Data As Amazon To Target
- UM Unveils 'Shoptimizer,' Industry-First Retail Media Optimizer
- ESPN Strikes $2B Branding Deal For 'ESPN Bet' Sportsbook
- Nvidia Unveils AI Chip As It Builds On Its Partnerships With Ad Agencies
- Generative AI Bots Continue Spewing False Narratives, Audit Finds
- WPP, Optimizely Enter Global DXP Partnership
- Google Must Face Claims That It Tracked 'Incognito' Users
- Google, Universal Music Reportedly In Talks To Negotiate AI Voice Deal
- WhatsApp Launches Screen-Sharing On Video Calls
- Republicans Urge Court To Ban White House From Contacting Social Media
- Retail Media Networks Are Most Effective With Ads For Deals
- How To Reap The Rewards Of Loyalty Programs: Q&A With Thanx CEO Zach Goldstein
- Brands Grapple With Media-Mix Strategies As 2023 Ticks On
- How AI Can Help Brands Create Stronger CTAs
- Digital News Daily - Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023
- OpenAI Releases GPTBot Web Crawler That Marketers Can Block
- Paramount Narrows D2C Losses, Revenue Up 21%, Linear TV Ads Down 10%
- California Appeals Order Delaying Enforcement Of New Privacy Regulations
- KKR To Acquire Simon & Schuster For $1.62B
- Microsoft Bing To Offer AI-Powered Third-Party Browser Support
- Stagwell Slumps in Q2, Reduces 2023 Growth Outlook To No More Than 2%
- Stagwell's Penn: We're Beginning To See A Return To Normal
- Walmart Testing In-Store Ads, Demos
- Nexstar Q2 Core Advertising Down 2%, TV Group Turns $153 Million Profit, The CW Loses $87M
- Fox Corp. Says National TV Ad Market Improving In Q3
- Advocates For Journalists Urge Judge To Block Montana TikTok Ban
- TikTok Launches Live 'Gimme The Mic' Talent Competition
- Nexxen Partners With Lumen On Omnichannel Attention Measurement
- WhatsApp Tests 32-Person Voice Chat Feature
- Google Urges Gmail Users To Sign Up For Enhanced Safe Browser
- Roku's Long-Term Ad Growth Prospects - With Big Competition Coming?
- AI Goes To Market: Email Senders See Issues, But Most Are Believers
- Follow The Dollars: 3 Surprising Trends In Ecommerce This Year
- Digital News Daily - Monday, Aug. 7, 2023
- TikTok's Upcoming Ad Product Bypasses Privacy Regulations
- U.S. Credit Rating Downgrade: How It Affects Advertising
- Google Must Face Antitrust Claims Over Search Agreements
- X Delays Creator Ad Revenue Sharing Payments, Cites Unexpected Demand
- ChatGPT Site Traffic Continues To Fall Worldwide
- Planned Netflix Cancellations Up Slightly In U.S. In Q2
- Automotive TV Spending Down 3.8% In July
- 'Barbie' Rockets To A Record $1.03B In Global Box Office In 17 Days
- Canadians In The FAST Lane
- Yelp Reports Record $322M In Q2 Ad Revenue
- Web Users Battle Google Over Health Data
- The Impact Of Xandr's Political Ad Ban: Mostly Symbolic
- Pact Would Help Media Owners Manage Programmatic, Direct Sales
- PayPal Launches Stablecoin Connected To U.S. Dollar
- Humor Returns To Advertising Amid Longer-Term Decline
- Court Allows Google To Seek Dismissal Of Some Gannett Antitrust Claims
- Even Meta Studies About Divisiveness Divide
- Dentsu Expands Partnership With Google Cloud
- Brands Should Not Shy Away From 'Pride' Efforts
