MediaDailyNews Editions for March 2026
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Auto Dealerships Under Fire For Advertising Practices
Meta Shifting Advertising Labeling From 'Sponsored' To 'Ad'
Griffin Elevated To Global Brand President At OMD
Microdramas Drove In-App Revenue Of $11B Worldwide Last Year
Meta Digital Ad Tax Billing Could Confuse Small Businesses
Trump And Hegseth Hail Ellison Family's Takeover Of Warner Bros. Discovery
Meta Defines 'Original' Content, Tests Protection Tools
FCC Campaigns To Hold 'The View' Accountable For 'Equal Time'
Skittles Turns To Twitch With Flute-Turned-Controller
NBCU Ends 'First-Run' Biz: Daytime Talkers Still Want To Talk?
Katie Couric Teams With PatientPoint For Colorectal Cancer Screenings
The War On Reality Has Begun
OpenAI Courts Private-Equity Firms, Ads Showing Initial Intent
Meta Reportedly Planning Major Layoffs, Could Impact 20% Of Its Workforce
Granite Accelerates NA Expansion With Creative Media Acquisition
Warner Bros. Is Biggest Oscar Winner, Nabs 11 Awards
Townsquare Media Chief Defends Firm After $9.8 Million Net Loss
MediaDailyNews - Monday, March 16, 2026
Perplexity Petitions Order Banning Shopping Agent From Amazon
Trump Backs Carr's Threat To Pull Broadcast Licenses Over Iran Coverage
Prestige Taps Horizon As Media AOR
Pope Urges Media To Show Suffering In War, Not Fall Into Propaganda
Whoa, Nellie! Will It Be Linear By A Nose?
Now Voyager, Nonprofit Title On Foreign Affairs, Debuts
Nielsen To Correct - Er, I Mean Methodologically Innovate - The Gauge
LinkedIn Uses New AI Models To Rebuild Feed Algorithm
OMD USA Taps Rogers As CEO
HBO Docuseries Bowls A Strike With Heart To Spare
Musk, Rumble And Others Battle California AG Over Deep Fake Law
'Scream 7,' Reese's Collab Brings Halloween Fun To International Audiences
Instagram Testing Direct Link-Sharing In Post Captions
AI Agents Improving Ad Performance
Microdramas: Can They Turn The Tables - And Living Room Screens?
Sports Fans Are Streaming, Scrolling And Occasionally Swearing At Their TVs
Streaming Movie Ding? Universal's Films Are 'Theatrical-First'
Will Google Fold In Apps To Explore Ad Bidding Options?
Forget AI -- It's The Rest Of Your Marketing Plan That Needs Attention
MediaDailyNews - Friday, March 13, 2026
Media Addiction Trial Is Wrapping Up In Los Angeles
IAB Sweden Expels Meta: Warns Advertisers About Fraud, Brand Safety
U.S. Ad Composite Rises On Bullish Update From Madison & Wall
Data Investments Are Not Paying Off For Media Companies: DPP Study
Search Clicks Show Major Decrease As Traffic For Top Stories Grows, Study Shows
M&W: TV Ad Spending To Slide 2.4%
'Telegraph' Newsroom 'Cautiously Pleased' After Meeting New Owner Axel Springer
Expanded Media Services Account For 55% Of The New Omnicom
The Fully (Automated) Service Agency
TikTok Radio To Premiere Live At SXSW
New York Bomb Incident Reveals Weakness Of TV News
Lowe's New Ads Channel Feel-Good Inspo, Not Sawdust
Perplexity Turns Mac Mini Into 24-Hour Agent Despite Amazon Lawsuit
Americans Turn To Comfort Content As Stress Rises, Headlines Refuse To Chill
Anti-Wokism Hasn't Killed Conscious Consumerism -- Bad Messaging Has
Court Issues Mixed Ruling On California Kids Safety Code
Facebook Marketplace Sales Now Aided By Meta AI
Journalist Sues Grammarly For Misappropriating Her Identity
Living Room Video Ad Blinking? YouTube Tops 4 Legacy Companies
World Baseball Classic Delivers Highest Rating With U.S.-Mexico Game
Streaming Movie Ding? Universal's Films Are 'Theatrical-First'
Net Conversion Wins Media Duties For Evermore Orlando Resort; Healthy Paws
Microsoft Reshuffles Ad Parent Division, Jha To Retire
Feeling Like Spring In Ukraine
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, March 12, 2026
Iran Names Amazon, Google, Microsoft 'Legitimate Targets'
Nielsen's Tone Deaf 'Upfront Planning Guide'
Nielsen Deep Sixes Sigma Radio, Ad Monitor Terminates Soon
Meta Moltbook Acquisition Teases Fully Automated Future
Why Meta's Moltbook Acquisition Changes All
FTC Revisits 'Click-To-Cancel' Rules
Paley Center Empowers 'Charlie's Angels' To New Heights
Publicis Acquires Content Optimizer AdgeAi
'Dark Political' Gets Even Darker
World Baseball Classic Delivers Highest Rating With U.S.-Mexico Game
'Value' Of Legacy Network Streamers Grows 11%
Synthetic Data Is Rewriting The Rules Of Measurement
Target Joins Time For New Design Partnership
B2B Marketing (And Media) Ain't Easy
Agentic Agency Technology Takes Stronger Position In Ad Chain
Meta Launches Scam Detection, Parent-Linked WhatsApp Accounts
Commentator, Lawmaker Press Challenge To Minnesota 'Deep Fake' Ban
Media Accused Of Portraying Childlessness As Abnormal
Judge Supports Washington Legislature In Not Granting Press Passes To Conservatives
DISH Network Customers Are Cut Off From Gray Media Stations As Firms Fail To Reach Agreement
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, March 11, 2026
YouTube Surpasses Combined Ad Buys Of Disney, Paramount, NBC, WBD
Judge Bans Perplexity Shopping Agent From Amazon
Virginia AG Petitions To Enforce Social Media Time Limits
Meta Passes EU Digital Services Tax To Advertisers
Google Releases 'Merchant Center' For All Agencies In U.S., Canada
Nicole Kidman Is An Italian-American Coroner In 'Scarpetta'
Enough About AI Slop, What About Human Slop?
March Madness Sponsors Are Already Off The Bench
theSkimm Founders Tease Next New Act: 'A Lot'
Subaru Customers Redeem Social Impact Gifts
YouTube Brings AI Likeness Detection To Journalists, Civic Leaders
Opera, Ballet Companies, Even 'SNL' Respond To Timothee Chalamet
Open CTV Buying? Context Is Key, Not Just High 'Completion' Rates
Warner Bros. Deal History: Storylines Are Not Happy Endings
West Virginia Bill Would Limit State Use Of Ad Agencies That Utilize Trust Rating Services
New York Bill Would Force Social Media Companies To Limit Online Fraud
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, March 10, 2026
YouTube Tops Disney As The Biggest Media Company In The World
Fox Touts 'Really Healthy' Pre-Upfront Ad Market
Conservative Media Reporters Ask Court To Restore Their Press Passes
PMG Repositions As 'Engineered For Impact'
Tech Lab Proposes Machine-Readable Tag Allowing LLMs To Crawl Content
Oshkosh Media, Wisconsin Shutting Down Its Local Programming Arm
Noise Media Wins U.S. Remit For Indian Motorcycle
Stagwell Shares Jump 20% On Positive Earnings Report
Gen Z May Be 'Over' TikTok, Report Finds
Social Media Researchers Sue Trump Admin Over 'Campaign Of Censorship'
McDonald's Launches Reality-TV-Inspired Campaign
Nothing Sunny About Hulu Dramedy 'Sunny Nights'
Google To Add AI Voice-Overs To Performance Max Video Ads
X Teases Automated Product Links Within Feed Posts
TV Still Rules Purchase Funnel, Even For People Who Swear They Only Watch Streaming
Bluesky's Jay Graber Steps Down As CEO
Concerns Arise Over Local Ad Inventory With NFL, Other Sports League Deals
ChatGPT More Likely To Criticize Brands Near Purchase
Credle Named This Year's Lion Of St. Mark
Walk With Me, Talk With Me
Judge Advances Google's $135M Settlement Over 'Hijacked' Cellular Data
MediaDailyNews - Monday, March 9, 2026
Horizon, Carat Test New Consumer Intelligence Capability
All Of Nielsen's Horses And All Of Nielsen's Men
A+E Bringing Home The Bacon With Upfront Program Plans
'Hoppers' Hops To $46M Opening
Is WPP's New Operating System Just A Very Expensive Goodbye?
Trump Administration Sued Over TikTok Deal
Former Google Exec Brings AI Data Concepts To Agency Boathouse
The 'Truth' Of Paramount's CNN Takeover?
Google, Microsoft To Continue Work With Blacklisted Anthropic On Non-Defense Projects
Ford Explorer Is Latest 'Popemobile'
War Isn't Real
Google Head Of Search Nurtures Human Reasoning, Thinking
Burger King Using AI To Aid Employees, Monitor Speech
Maine Senate Passes Broad Privacy Bill
Lighthizer Resigns From Trump Media & Technology's Board
Federal Judge Rules Kari Lake's Actions At Voice Of America Are Null And Void
Site Traffic Falls Drastically Due To Google's AI Overviews
MediaDailyNews - Friday, March 6, 2026
MRC Blows Whistle On Nielsen Big Data + Snafu
Axel Springer To Acquire Telegraph Media Group
OpenAI Retreating From Agentic Commerce
Entravision Appoints Senior Executives To U.S. Media Team
Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting Ads Targeting Minors Under 17
Netflix Acquires Movie Production Firm Founded By Ben Affleck
Cumulus Media Enters Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Advertising's Annette King Dies At 57
Roblox Tackles Profanity With AI, Child Safety Suits Multiply
House Committee Advances Kids Safety Package
Meta Sued For Using Smart Glasses To Collect X-Rated User Content
Trump Said Noem Lied About $220M Ad Campaign
M&C Saatchi NA Lands U.S. Soccer Federation Integrated Account
HBO Comedy 'Rooster' Is Worth Crowing About
NBCU Strikes Real-Time Data Deal With HyphaMetrics
Paramount Hints At 'Iconic' Cable Brands Moving To Streaming
From Flags To 'Cold Dead Hands': The Viral Backlash To RFK Jr.'s War on Dunkin'
Gender Equality Attitudes Stuck In Neutral As Advertisers Face Split Audience
Pinterest Gets $1B Infusion From Elliott Investment, Reshuffles Management
Research Lab Agents Automate Brief-To-Campaign For Ad Industry
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, March 5, 2026
Trade Desk Reportedly In Ad Talks With Open AI
Meta Heads Up The Second Wave Of Retail Media
Meta Tests Shopping Recommendations In Chatbot Browser
Elon Musk Denies He Tried To Drive Down Twitter Stock Price
I Contain Plentitudes
Havas Media Network Names Sankar-King Chief Data & Product Officer
Apple Goes Affordable, And The Timing Is NOT An Accident
Virginia AG Seeks To Restore Social Media Time Limits
Consumers Haven't Lost Attention - Advertisers Just Have To Earn It, Study Says
X Adapts 'Everything App' Vision: Tests 'Chat,' Money' Variants
TaylorMade Banks On Documentary To Promote New Club
McDonald's CEO Gets Roasted Over Video
AMC+ Family Drama Has Mob Mentality
Trump Admin Battles ICEBlock Creator Over App Store Ouster
Why Micro Transformation With AI Is So Important
Paramount-WBD Merger: 'Frenemy' Deals Or New Branding?
Malicious Ads Through In-App Networks On The Rise
Networks' NFL Per-Viewer Hour Costs Are 'Attractive': Analyst
Ad Tech On Target, Now U.S. Government Wants It
WPP Media Promotes Hall To U.S. CEO
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Meta Moves Beyond Clicks, Adopts New Attribution Model
Omnicom Media: 32% Of You Are Skeptical I Even Wrote This Column
WPP Media Taps Publicis' Plum For Top Global Client Role
Horizon Named Media AOR For Gallo
Google Non-Skip Ad Concerns Bleeding Into YouTube
AI Is A Brand Hack
AI Becomes 'Death Blow' To Google Search, Conde Nast CEO Says
Pinterest's AI Future Attracts $1B Investment
Basic Cable Might Not Be As Dead As It Seems
Promoting The Super Bowl: All Year Round?
Digital Video Ads Not All That 'Personalized,' Study Finds
Agentic Flocks To Healthcare Industry
Report: Spending Restraint Now A Permanent Consumer Habit
Why Finance Skepticism Haunts Marketing Projections
SCOTUS Won't Revive Copyright Battle Over AI Generated Art
School Ticketing Platform Fined $1.1 Million Over Alleged Privacy Violations
How Seniors Get Sucked Into Falling For Bad Information
Yahoo Sells Engadget To Static Media
News Corp. Signs Content Scraping Deal With Meta
Bloomberg Offers Custom Real-Time News Feeds
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