If there is a "bottom" to the rollback of ad spending during the COVID-19 pandemic, it probably hasn't come yet for about half of … Read the whole story

A recent Oxford study found that 60% of false info on coronavirus on Twitter were unlabeled as such. Twitter says it is "exploring" labeling … Read the whole story

In another sign of weakening ad demand -- and a troubling indicator for 2020-21 upfront network TV ad negotiations -- the delta between upfront … Read the whole story

Data from SQAD shows change in average prime-time ad-unit costs from the first quarter to April, when ad demand plummeted due to pandemic. Read the whole story

Streaming of TV content is still posting at levels nearly double vs. a year ago, Nielsen says, but declining slightly in streaming minutes in … Read the whole story

As of Q1 2020, more than three-quarters of U.S. broadband households were estimated to be subscribing to at least one over-the-top subscription video-on-demand service, … Read the whole story

Project OAR, the consortium promoting addressable advertising standards on smart TVs, has added two members -- ViacomCBS and E.W. Scripps. Read the whole story

"I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus," Quibi co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg tells The New York Times. Read the whole story

NBCU says it continues to work on new programs and new episodes of existing series and has been trimming ad loads and clutter, cutting … Read the whole story

LinkedIn on Tuesday launched a live streaming events platform that combines existing resources such as Pages, Events, and Live to help companies reconnect with … Read the whole story

Lawyers for Illinois residents are asking a federal judge to grant preliminary approval to Facebook's $550 million settlement of a biometric privacy lawsuit. Read the whole story

A privacy bill put forward by four Republican senators is drawing objections from watchdogs, who say the proposed legislation is too weak. Read the whole story

The Children's Advertising Review Unit says the FTC should question ed-tech companies about privacy, but expresses concern that issuing formal subpoenas could delay new … Read the whole story

With the platform's new "Group Session" feature, the service offers "collaboration" tools for groups of listeners. Read the whole story

eMarketer has revised its estimates for average time spent daily with social media, thanks largely to gains by Instagram and Snapchat. The revision, which … Read the whole story