MediaDailyNews Editions for May 2026
MediaDailyNews - Friday, May 29, 2026
Appeals Court Allows Texas To Enforce Law Restricting App Downloads
Researchers Describe A Hostile Misinformation Effect In Media
Half Of Advertisers Buying Programmatic Are Underperforming...
Colorado Governor Vetoes Bills To Regulate Social Media, Establish A Gaming Fee
CBS News Shocker: Weiss Hires TV News Novice To Run '60 Minutes'
Geoff Schiller Hired As CEO Of Screenvision
Former WPP CEO Read Launches AI Start-up Conference
CBS Names Nick Bilton As Executive Producer Of '60 Minutes'
DOJ Reportedly Subpoenas Reddit, X For ICE Critics Data
YouTube Tests 'Exclusive' Visibility Feature With Music Creators
Magnifica Humanitas: I Suggest Reading It
Amazon Expands Signals To Improve Performance
Connecticut Governor Signs Law Banning Sale Of Location Data
World Cup Ads, Beer Runs, AI Shopping: Marketers Discover Americans Suddenly Care About Soccer
Anthropic Valuation Nears $1T, Eclipses OpenAI
Not Every Brand Should Jump On The ChatGPT Ads Bandwagon
Measure This: Engagement, Viewing... Or Fandom?
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, May 28, 2026
Maryland Governor Vetoes State Agency Ad-Spend Bill
Meta Must Face Claims It Overcharged Advertisers
10 Years Later, ANA Finds Transparency Concerns Remain Acute
Donald E. Newhouse, Scion Of Newhouse Media Empire, Dies At 96
Google 'Sponsored' Ads Emerge In AI Mode
Alfonsi Is Out At 60 Minutes, Had Clashed with EIC Bari Weiss
Conde Nast Settles With Staffers Fired After Confrontation
Mediaplus Taps WPP Veteran For New Global CMO Role
ESOMAR Names de Regt CEO
Walmart Grocery Receipt Goes Viral
Walmart Connect Expands Offsite Ad Targeting With Yahoo DSP
The Ridiculousness Of TV's Assassins For Hire
Agency Inspired 'Man Therapy' To Be Published Ahead Of Father's Day
Etsy Combats 'Mindless' Social By Focusing On 'Ministones'
Hidden Price Of A Free Internet: Or How Advertisers Accidentally Built A Surveillance Costco
Google AI Cites More Social, As Perplexity Pulls Back From Reddit
AAF Taps Amazon Veteran Kierig To Lead Government Affairs
Rentrak Returns: Comscore Sells Movie Data Business For $70M
The Data Market Is Now Wide Open, Thanks To LiveRamp
Musk's SpaceX Plan: Beyond Rockets To Soaring Ad Potential
Returning Streamer Shows' Season Gaps Continue To Rise
Meta Eyes New Subscription Ecosystem For Social, AI, Creators, Business
FTC Petitions Appeals Court To Revive Monopoly Charge Against Meta
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, May 27, 2026
IAB Opens AI Bot Guidance For New Web Rules
AI Is New And Not New
Comedian Plots First-Ever Late-Night Show For YouTube
Netflix Goes Familiar With Weekday Morning Live Show
Obit: Long-Time Media Research Leader Andy Brown, Dead At 63
Teens Are Miserable, Finland Is Still Smug And Social Media Somehow Remains 'Engagement Positive'
Google Petitions Appeals Court To Scrap Search Monopoly Verdict
SCOTUS Won't Intervene In Vermont Suit Against Meta
Brand-Safe - And Not-So-Safe - News
For The Record: The Case For The Wayback Machine Archive
Asking Advice For A Friend
Horizon's Blue Hour Studios Taps ATTN: To Bolster Leadership Ranks
Lone Democrat On FCC Urges Media Firms To Fight For First Amendment
Anthropic Readies Mythos For Release, Addresses Cyber Security
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Dentsu Revises Downward At Mid-Year
CBS Backs Off Effort To Suppress Viral Posts Of Stephen Colbert Parody
FCC Seeks Comment On Battle With ABC
Kentucky School District Settles Social Media Addiction Case With Meta
Black Men Are Frustrated With Trump - And Traditional Media
If Kimmel Quits, Fallon Will Be Late Night's Last Man Standing
'Mandalorian And Grogu' Leads Holiday Weekend Box Office, Rockets To $102M
Goalhanger Ventures Invests In Invisible Media
Samba TV Enters Identity Wars With Unbiased Data Engine
Anthropic Aligns With Pope Leo, Focusing On Morality In AI
From Matzo To Marriage: Manischewitz Launches Reality Dating Show
Meta Defeats Location Privacy Suit
Google, Netflix, Amazon To Dominate CTV By 2030s
EU Eyes Record Google Fine
Publicis Nominates Microsoft's Teevan For Board Position
Microsoft Consumer CMO To Leave, Hints At Changes To Windows OS
MediaDailyNews - Friday, May 22, 2026
WPP Media Led Q1 New Business
CBS Radio News Ends Its Long Run Today
Cox Falsely Claimed To Target Ads Based On Conversations, FTC Charges
Netflix To Run 'The Breakfast Club' Live, Working With iHeartMedia
Speaking Truthiness To Power
Versant Pursues Sports As Legacy Pay TV Softens
Navy Issues RFP For New Ad Contract
AI Search May Be Helping The Media
Most Americans Don't Care About World Cup
Matt Phillips Returns To Axios, Will Co-Author Markets Newsletter
FIFA Sizzle Or Fizzle? Why So Few Sponsors Can Prove ROI
Thanks, Tom Hanks, For Sensational A&E WWII Documentary
In-Housing Creativity: A Conversation With Saatva's David Link
Healthcare Wants To Be Netflix, Erewhon Wants To Be Mayo Clinic And Media Buyers Are Stuck In The Middle
Google Warns Of The Coming '10x' Moment
Google Reclaims Valuable Brand Throne As AI Turns Every CMO Into 'Strategic Intelligence' Influencer
NBC Leads Prime-Time Viewing With Sports-Heavy Content
Sports Content Rises On Streamers, HBO Max Leads
Mediaocean Names Markman President/COO
Google Rediscovers Its Groove, Data Shows
OpenAI, Chip Ganassi Racing Tease AI Data Project
White House Postpones AI Exec Order
Newsworthy: What It Takes To Be A Good News Consumer
Local TV Broadcasters Need To Take Bigger Role In National Ad Game
AI Discovery Is Forcing Ad Industry To Rethink Earned Media
Social Platforms Settle Kentucky School District's 'Addiction' Suit
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, May 21, 2026
Viant To Employ Ad Fontes Media's News Reliability And Bias Technology
New Google Protocol Brings 'Intelligent Shopping' To Advertising
Sources Wonder If Jay Penske Will Buy Some Of Vox Media's Remaining Assets
Are Synthetic Insights Better, Worse Or Just Different Than Human Ones?
Barbara Peng To Leave Her Post As CEO Of 'Business Insider'
Murdoch Acquires 'New York' Magazine Again, This Time It's James
TikTok Presses North Carolina Court To Dismiss 'Addiction' Charges
Colbert Was Adored By Fans, But He Killed CBS Late Night
Meta's Finance Ad Swamp Overflows With 'Guaranteed Wealth' Bros, AI Trading Bots, WhatsApp Hucksters
Lead-In Program Strategy Still Matters: Even To Streaming
Judge Sides With Anonymous Messaging App In Cyberbullying Suit
Apple's Eddy Cue Is Cannes Lions' Entertainment Person Of The Year
Experience Is Not Enough Anymore
Netflix To Run 'The Breakfast Club' Live, Working With iHeartMedia
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Google Rebuilds Ad Ecosystem With Agentic And Gemini
Automotive Advertising Now Less Than 10% Of Total Ad Category Spend
Google Reimagines 'Intelligent' Search, Biggest Change In 25 Years
Reuters Faces Labor Complaint After Allegedly Cutting Ties With Podcast Producer
Motion In Out-Of-Home Ads Drives Recall, Brand Awareness: Study
Midterm Political Ad Spend Projected To Hit $13.8B, Up 9%
'Fandom' Was Undisputed Word Champion At Upfronts
Liberty Media Wants To Grow Its Partnership With Apple Beyond Formula One Rights
Reddit Expands First-Party Measurement
Google I/O Reframes Gemini, Nods To New Model
Snapchat Updates Attribution, Focuses On App Advertisers
X Forming 'Ideal' Niche Creator Partnerships
Stagwell Media Platform Taps Sil To Lead Product Development
50+ Video Homes Show More 'Hybrid' Streaming, Linear
Streaming Subscription Fatigue Has Officially Turned America Into Your Grandfather
New Roku 'Creator Content' Access: Where's Your Bundle?
State AGs Cracking Down On Customized Pricing
Colorado 'Warning Label' Constitutional, States Argue
Meta Restructuring: Plans Thousands Of AI Roles, Layoffs Loom
WPP, JLR Finalize Global Marketing Partnership
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Meta Expands IAS Block Lists To Threads
Nielsen: Cable, Broadcast Decline In March - Streaming Gains
WPP's EssenceMediacom To Lead Media For Honda Motor Europe
Classless Clowns To Network That Paid Them Millions: F-You!
YouTube Rolls Out Likeness Detection To All Creators Over 18
Time Limits For Social Media Unconstitutional, NetChoice Argues
French Entertainment Industry Protests Growing Control By Bollore
Microsoft Has Sought Ad Compatibility For Many Years
Rising NFL Media Costs: Where Do Consumers Fit In?
Texas Asks Court To Allow Enforcement Of Law Restricting App Downloads
'Creator Journalism:' Better Label, Shine For News Consumers?
Similarweb Reveals LLM Data Contract, CEO Succession Plan
Google, Blackstone Create AI Cloud Company
Anthropic, OpenAI Hold Majority Of Startup AI Revenue
Investment Group Acquires 'Pulse' And 'CM Pride'
NPR Offers Buyouts To 300 Newsroom Staffers
Startup Offers To Help With Programmatic's Manual Chores
'New York Times' Sues To Challenge Pentagon Escort Policy For Journalists
MediaDailyNews - Monday, May 18, 2026
Publicis Acquires LiveRamp For $2.2B
Anthropic To Brief Regulators On System Vulnerabilities Detected By Mythos
Publicis-LiveRamp: The End Of The Neutral Middle
PadSquad Exec Decries The Clutter Of Ad Metrics Now Being Used
LinkedIn Eyes Creator-Led Events Push
FiveThirtyEight Archive No Longer Available Online
Chatbot Ad IDs Share Data To Google, Microsoft, Other Analytics Providers
Three Social Media Firms Settle Public School Addiction Lawsuit
Microsoft's Clarity Measures How Often AI Engines Cite Brands
Publicis Conseil Paris Wins 'Best Of Show' Honors At The One Show
VaynerMedia Named Social Creative, Production AOR For Allwyn
Brooke Shields Gets Cozy In Acorn Mystery Series
SEO Isn't Dead, It Just Needs A Therapist And Better Attribution Models
OpenAI Sued For Allegedly Disclosing Queries To Meta, Google
Pessagno Elevated To CEO Publicis Media Canada
Roblox Hires First Chief Growth Officer, Eyes International
NetChoice Seeks To Strike Down Nebraska Parental Consent
MediaDailyNews - Friday, May 15, 2026
IAB Issues 'Project Eidos' Standards, Strives To Reduce Campaign Data Chaos
Pattison Media Debuts Platform For Programmatically Buying Radio
Musk Taps Former U.S. Solicitor General To Represent X In 'Ad Boycott' Appeal
Broadcasters Urged To Let Reporters Act More Like Creators
Albertsons Media Unveils 'Lifetime Value' Metric
Matt Stockman To Leave Programming Post At Pillar Media
Charity Banned From Running Ads And A Jingle In California
On The Bright Side, I'll Probably Be Getting Fewer PR Pitches In The Future
AI Has A Trust Problem That Advertisers Are Somehow Still Expected To Fix
Surefire Hit 'Big Bang' Spinoff Goes To Streaming, Not Network TV
Terminix Taps Kepler For Media Assignment
Upfront Buzzwords Spike Interest: What Are The Real Meanings?
Texas Battles Yelp Over 'Crisis Pregnancy Center' Warnings
YouTube Strategy Is Roadmap For LinkedIn
Crossmedia's Asghar Goes The Distance In NYC Cancer Walk
Scam-As-A-Service: Is Your Media Spend Subsidizing Fraud?
TikTok Updates Ad Offerings, Entertainment, AI, Shopping, Avatars, Creator Collaboration
Dentsu Reports Slight YOY Growth In Q1
Automotive TV Spending Down 18% In April
Kicking Off The Upfronts Discussing Shifting Role Of TV Advertising
TikTok Correspondents Selected To Capture FIFA World Cup Content
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