MediaDailyNews Editions for January 2026
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026
Stagwell Unifies Media, Commerce Ops Under Samardzija
Omnicom Unveils Acxiom-Infused Omni Platform At CES
WBD To Ellisons: Just Go Away Already
Comscore, Trade Desk Integrate 'Contextual,' Audio Content-Level Targeting
Coca-Cola Takes An Interactive Ride With Uber Advertising
Pinterest, Roku Bring Pinners To CTV
Microsoft Powers Agentic For Retail, From Purchase To Checkout
WBD Rejects Paramount's Deal - Again
Watchdogs Urge FTC To Revive 'Click-To-Cancel'
How Howie Mandel's Clean Eating Ties To Agentic Measurement
FTC Presses To Move Forward With Probe Of Media Matters
Gen AI Creative Is Not Replacing Designers Anytime Soon
How Car Buyers Research Brands Is Reshaping Auto Ad Strategies: Deloitte
Longtime Cable Nets: Will They Get Digital Spins?
'Pittsburgh Post-Gazette' Says No More: Closes May 3
The AI Email Tell: How To Know A Message Was Written By A Robot
xAI Raises Billions In Additional Funding
TikTok Is Phasing Out Its Custom Identity Option
PayPal Adds Cross-Merchant Purchase Data To Ad Platform
Google Allows Advertisers To Manage Data Collection And Tracking
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026
NBCU Sells Out Winter Olympic Games, 'Highest Grossing' Ever
Closure Of CPB Threatens Rural Stations And Those In Tribal Areas
Holding Company Of The Year: WPP Media
Five Advertising And Marketing Predictions For 2026
Who Would Have Predicted This: Google Opens Once-Prohibited Ad Market
Discounts Don't Always Work Post-Holiday
Havas Touts Second-Mover Agent Deal, Did It Book A Meeting Through The First?
Omnicom Shopper Marketing Agency TPN Folded Into Flywheel
Albertsons Aims To Show What In-Store Ads Actually Deliver
NBCU, RPA Strike 'First' Live Agentic-To-Agentic Deal
Threads Reportedly Testing Chat-Based Gaming
Lego Bets On Smart Play To Modernize Bricks
True-Crime Shows On The Move On Basic Cable
In AI We Trust, Or Not
Meta Halts Global Sales Of New Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Yahoo DSP Advances Agentic Media-Buying Models
Travel Media Emerges As Fast-Growing Alternative To Retail Media
High-End Video Console Games Get Strong Demand From Hollywood
Programmatic Periscope: Media Buyers, Sellers Partner To Achieve Transparency
Paramount's Possible Sports Spin For WBD Deal?
We're Constantly Rewriting Our History
Stagwell Taps WPP Veteran To Lead Allison WW, Expand Healthcare Ops
OAAA Ups Oshry To CMO
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026
Agency Tech Giants Mediaocean, Basis Announce 'Foundational' Partnership
Havas Media Network Named AOR By Early Warning Services
Independent Agency Of The Year: PMG
Google Promotes Android XR At CES 2026
Retail Media Network Planned For Airports
PMG Acquires Influencer Agency Digital Voices
Omnicom Reveals New Big 3 Influences: People, AI, Influencers - In That Order
WPP Debuts Hub Of 'Super Agents' At CES
Samsung Ads Releasing Lower-Funnel 'Walled Garden' Data
In Memoriam Addendum: The Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Kennedy Center And Trump: Maybe TV Ratings Aren't His Specialty
VAB Pushes Broader Guarantees Based On Households, Persons 2+
IAB Tech Lab Unveils Roadmap For Agentic To Scale AI
Omnicom-Interpublic Merger Accelerates Power Shift Toward Media, Data: Bank of America
Amazon Brings Voice Assistant To The Web, Expanding Ad Reach
TikTok Launches Immersive Hub For Sponsored Sports Content
Arrival Of Golden Globes Marks Start Of 3-Month Awards Season
Not Just Netflix, YouTube: Lest We Forget All Digital Video
iSpot Signs Roku As First Major Streamer For Its 'Outcomes' Tool
When Research Is Treated Like A Crime
We're Constantly Rewriting Our History
Omnicom Works With Google To Create AI Agents
MediaDailyNews - Monday, Jan. 5, 2026
Happy New Epoch
Executive Of The Year: Horizon's Bob Lord
Stagwell Unveils Agentic OS 'The Machine'
PubMatic Goes Agentic, Unveils Agent-To-Agent Media Buys
Reddit Uses AI To Personify 'Top Audiences' For Advertisers
The 2.8% Solution
Court Bars Nielsen From Anticompetitive Radio Rates, At Least Temporarily
Netflix Sees Strong Holiday Viewing For NFL, 'Stranger Things'
Mystery Maven Coben Headlines New CBS True-Crime Show
AI's Sexually Explicit Side Surfaces Via Search, Prompts
Disney Fined For Lax Standards In Misuse Of Children's Data
Alcohol Abuse Pill Company Targets Suburban NYC Commuters
Beyond 'Slop': Microsoft Chief's Vision For An Agent-First Economy
ICE Plans $100M Recruitment Campaign
U.S. Migration Grows More Fragmented, Reshaping Media Planning Strategies
Ford Affirms Promise To Keep Apple CarPlay, Android Auto
Comcast Completes Its Spinoff Of Versant Media Group
Amazon To Hype Ecommerce Abilities, Programmatic Alliances At CES
New York State Bill Requires Warning Labels On Social Media Platforms
MediaDailyNews - Friday, Jan. 2, 2026
Court Bars Nielsen From Anticompetitive Radio Rates, At Least Temporarily
Digital Advertising Hit By 'Perfect Storm' Of Disruption In Late 2025
Red Wing Shoes Pursues Global Media Campaign
ICE Plans $100M Recruitment Campaign
Nice Merger You've Got There, It Would Be A Shame If Something Happened To It
Virginia Law Limiting Social Media Time For The Young Takes Effect
Stagwell Partners With Cannes On New 'Lions Sports' Forum
Pew: TikTok Most Popular Social News Source For Gen Z
The Good News Is Humans Won 2025, Now For The Bad News
Disney's Web Page Redirect Blunder
Brands Flocked To Roblox In 2025
Boston Doc Seeks His 'Best' Life In Atrocious Small Town On Fox
Trump Smartphone Rollout Faces More Delays
Beyond Warner Bros. Discovery: What Are The Next Legacy Media Targets?
Predicting Advertising In 2026 Based On Google, Microsoft Changes
2025's Positive Under-The-Radar Linear Results
NHL Debuts New Creative, Preps For Winter Classic
Baidu's AI Chip Unit Files For Hong Kong IPO
In Memoriam: Who And What We Lost In 2025