Digital News Daily Editions for July 2023
Digital News Daily - Friday, July 14, 2023
FTC Investigates OpenAI Over Chatbot 'Hallucinations'
Disney's Iger Mulls Linear TV Networks Sale
Watchdogs: Threads Already Compromised, Needs Content Guardrails ASAP
Meta Is Bringing Roblox To Its Quest VR Headsets
Count 'Em Up: Amazon's Prime Day Draws $12.7B In Spending
Seven Commercials Nominated For 2023 Emmy Awards
Google Bard Vocalizes Responses, Supports 40+ Languages
Twitter Urges Judge To Terminate Privacy Settlement With FTC
NRF Predicts Record Back-To-School Spending
Salesforce Increases its Prices By An Average Of 9%
Ad Tech Firm Deploys AI Solution Tying Ads To Sales Without Collecting New Consumer Data
CW Doubles Down On Live Sports, Adds College Basketball And Football
AI Paranoia: What Consumers Fear About The New Technology
Our Marketing Model Is Breaking -- Here's One Way To Fix It
'Cookie-Bombing' In Today's Digital Video & CTV Advertising
Consumers Are Getting A New Flood Of Marketing Texts
Digital News Daily - Thursday, July 13, 2023
Massachusetts Bill Would Ban Sale Of Location Data
Update: Actors Declare Strike
Bob Iger To Stay On As Disney CEO Through 2026
HBO-Max Dominates Emmy Nominations, With 127
Tax Sites Shared Sensitive Data With Tech Companies, Lawmakers Say
19% Of U.S. Disney+ And 11% Of Netflix Users On Ad-Supported Plans, 85% New
The Roku Channel Expands FAST Content To Google TV, Android TV
Microsoft Bing Gets Nod After Canadian Official Accuses Google Of 'Blackmailing' Canada
Adobe Proposes Anti-Impersonation Law Based On AI, Expands Access To Firefly
Google Bard Vocalizes Responses, Supports 40+ Languages
Firm Offers AI-Based Image Recognition and 3D Capability
Microsoft Added Generative AI After Nadella's 'Mind-Blowing' Experience
TV Piles Up Documentaries From The Decades Of Our Lives
The Risks And Pitfalls Of AI: An Overview
Digital News Daily - Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Threads Soon To Get Instagram's Branded Content Tools
Marketers Lean In As First-Ever Sponsored Ad Appears On Threads
Twitter Blocks Links To Meta's Threads
Google Engaged In 'Mass Theft' To Train AI, Lawsuit Alleges
Disney Eyes Joint Venture Or Sale For Hotstar
TikTok Content, Ads To Be Featured On Redbox Kiosks
Roku Expands FreeWheel Deal, Enables Access To More Ad Inventory
TransUnion, Magnite Marketplace Now Omnichannel
22% Of Adults Have Dropped A Streamer Recently, But Don't Blame The Ads
Fox's Strike-Resilient Lineup: Non-Scripted, Animated Shows Will Start New Season
EU Regulators Approve Cross-Border Data Transfer Framework
Microsoft Wins Nod From U.S. Court To Acquire Activision
Google Campaign Merges Its Browser With The Fastest Sport
Link-In Bio Feature Expands To All Snapchatters, Via Linktree
Canadians Push Back On Google, Facebook Domestic News Blockades
Deloitte Predicts 10% Drop In Back-To-School Spending
Shutterstock, OpenAI Pen A New 6-Year Deal
COMvergence: OMD Remains Top Global Media Agency By Billings
Study: Who's Splurging On What Items?
Digital News Daily - Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Automotive National TV Spending Dips 18% In June
Analysts Forecast 10% Drop In Hulu Ad Spending, Content Cutbacks Cited
Roku Integrates Shopify To Enable On-Screen Purchases From Ads
IAB Issues 'Retail Media Buyer's Guide'
Retail Media Networks Make Changes
Dentsu Invests In AI Monitoring Platform Fiddler Labs
Twitch Homes In On Short-Form Video, Rolls Out Stories, Discovery Feed
Charter Debuts 'Flexible' Sports Services, Regional Networks
Microsoft Adding 'Nosearch' Feature To Bing Chat
GoodRx, Tech Companies Seek Dismissal Of Privacy Class-Action
YouTube Testing Search Hyperlinks In Comments
Twitter Blue Subscribers Gain Access To 'Media Studio' Feature
Biden Admin Asks Appellate Court To Lift Social-Media Restrictions
Twitter Users Are Likely To Say They're Interested In Rival App Threads
What Ad-Supported Premium Streaming Services Offer Brands
Instagram Launches NIL Incubator Program For Female College Athletes
AI Immersion: Brands Are Getting Ready To Invest Despite Fears About Cost
Study: Marketers Lack Confidence In Reliability Of Their Data
FASTs Pull Better Value Ratings Than Paid Services
Digital News Daily - Monday, July 10, 2023
Threads Hits 100M Signups In Five Days
Microblog Pointing At Microblog
Tucker Carlson's Twitter Audience Down Dramatically
2024 Presidential Ad Cycle Spending-To-Date: Double 2020's
Summer Broadcast Viewing Down 13%, 'America's Got Talent' Leads
Biden Admin Seeks Stay Of Order Restricting Contact With Tech Companies
Twitter Lands Payment Licensing In Three States
YouTube Launches Gen Z Music Lineup Tool With Surprising Twist
Bluesky Reaches 1M Installs Amidst Threads Boom
Montana TikTok Ban Violates First Amendment, Company Tells Judge
Google Calls For Industry Talks On AI Content Ethics
Alibaba Targets Creativity With Generative AI Image Model Tongyi Wanxiang
Formidable Launches, Focuses On Social-First Brand Campaigns
Comic Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Infringement
Marketers Fear Missing Their Goals This Year
What You Should Track: 7 Key Email Metrics
Delivering On Deliverability: Email Ratings By Country And Industry
TV Consumers Don't Know Their Streaming Spend, A Platform's Brand - Should We Care?
Microsoft Adding 'Nosearch' Feature To Bing Chat
Digital News Daily - Friday, July 7, 2023
Threads Pulls 30M (50M?) Signups In First Day
Twitter Threatens To Sue Meta Over 'Copycat' App
NBCU Restructures, Movie Exec Donna Langley Ascends
Ad Industry Ethics Cross The Pond, IAE Unveils U.K. Edition
CTV Drove 50% Of Global Ad Impressions For Retailers In 2022
Tweets Returning To Google Search Results As Meta Releases Threads
IAB Tech Lab Releases Data Clean Room Implementation Guidance
Epic And Apple Continue Battle Over In-App Payments
Ads Using AI Technology On The Rise
Basis, Audigent Focus On Building Partnerships In Wake Of MediaMath Bankruptcy
Lots Of Losers In An Opaque CTV Ad World
TikTok's New Music Streaming Platform Launches In Brazil, Indonesia
Organic Search Drove 36% Of Overall Website Traffic For 6 Key Industries
The Coming Of COEs: Replace Manual Processes With Centers Of Excellence
IPG, McCann Join AI Watchdog Organization
Activities That Shock The Conscience
The Case For Fee Transparency In Influencer Marketing
Amazon Emerges From Its Shell
The Ad Industry Needs To Stop Being Guilty Of FOFO
Adobe Workers Told Not To Use Personal Emails When Signing Up For ChatGPT
Subway Apologizes Over Offensive Billboard
South Dakota Governor Takes Ben & Jerry's To Task
Digital News Daily - Thursday, July 6, 2023
Meta's Threads Draws 10M Signups In First 7 Hours
Netflix Likely To Take Ad-Tech In-House To Enable New Formats: Report
Canadian Government Suspends All Advertising On Facebook, Instagram
ChatGPT Worldwide Traffic Drops Nearly 10% In June
Domestic Box Office, Studios' TV Advertising See Gains, With Higher Engagement
Facebook User Wants SCOTUS To Hear Appeal Over Unwanted Texts
Roomster Nears Settlement With FTC Over Fake Reviews
Marketers Offered Identity-Free Personas
L'Occitane Invites Shoppers To Provence With New Virtual Store
Consumers Want More Video - But Feel They Aren't Getting It, Study Finds
Warner Bros. Discovery's 'Barbie' Movie Gets Boost From HGTV 'Barbie Dreamhouse'
ROI vs. ROAI (Return On AI Investment)
New TV Roadmap: When You're Lost, Some Default To... A Broadcast Network!?
Welcome To The Fediverse
Digital News Daily - Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Judge Delays Enforcement Of California Privacy Rules
Canadian News Starts To Vanish From Instagram, With Google Disappearing Next
Brands Await July 6 Launch Of Meta Twitter Rival 'Threads'
Twitter Places New Version Of TweetDeck Behind Paywall
First Flying Car Approved By U.S. Government
OpenAI Disables Browse with Bing Beta Over Paywall Issue
Judge Prohibits Biden Admin From Asking Tech Companies To Remove Posts
Yahoo Prepares To Go Public, Again
Global FAST Ad Revenue To Triple, To $18B, By 2028
Apple Wants SCOTUS To Intervene In Battle Over In-App Payments
ChatGPT Forecasts Use To Grow Nearly 900% In 2023
Klarna And Stellar To Develop eCommerce Tool That Bridges Physical, Digital Shopping
Fubo Adds Canela.TV Channels
Walgreens Disappoints, Shutters Hundreds Of Stores
Biden Taps Two Republicans For FTC
Fahey To Oversee Agency Partnerships For Innovid
ROI vs. ROAI (Return On AI Investment)
Report: Too Many Tech Providers Spoil The Shopper Experience
Digital News Daily - Monday, July 3, 2023
FTC Proposes Outlawing Fake Reviews
Tweets No Longer Visible To Unregistered Users: Strategy Or Glitch?
AI Data Scraping Prompts Musk To Put Limits On Twitter Reads
65% Of CTV Advertisers Upping Spend In 2023, By Average 23%
MediaMath Files For Bankruptcy, Owes Hundreds Of Millions
Disney+ Hotstar Shifts Focus To Up ARPU, Faces Stiffer Competition
Tech Industry Sues To Block Arkansas Social Media Restrictions
200 Nexstar TV Stations Off DirecTV Due To Carriage Fee Dispute
Amazon Still Overpowers Google, TikTok Declines, Study Finds
Keep On Truckin': AllOver Media Acquires Boxi To Enlarge OOH Reach
Google, Facebook, Microsoft Partially To Blame For Water Deficits
Do Short-Term KPIs Create Short-Term Brands?
Data Behind Content Creation Now Backed By LLM, AI, ML
RSNs: Going Local -- Under A National TV/Video Roof?
We're Going About Innovation All Wrong
Follow The Dollars: 3 Surprising Trends In Ecommerce This Year
Google Fact Checking Tool Now Works With Images
Science Friction
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