- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, May 14, 2026
- Google Topples Apple As BrandZ's Most Valuable Brand
- YouTube Pitches Advertisers, Offers New AI Bundles
- Netflix's 'Formidable' Upfront Pitch
- Maryland Law That Mandates 50% Ad Spend By Agencies Criticized
- Meta 2026 Ad Forecast: Approaching A Quarter Trillion Dollars
- Boxing Platform, Media Lab Team Up To Create Cross-Channel Content
- Hertz Expands Digital Retail Presence With EBay
- Gray Media Appoints Two Senior Executives
- Affordability Is Also An Attitude
- Kimmel Avoided Trump Attacks In Upfront Monologue
- Comcast Connects 'Universal Ads' To AI Via MCP
- Court Urged To Reconsider Meta Liability Over Recommendations
- TikTok Invites Brands To Help Block Counterfeit 'Shop' Products
- Havas Media, IPG Veteran Greg Walsh Named CEO Unlock Health
- Dads Log Off, Pick Up Laundry: Post-Covid Work Shift Rewrites Playbook For Marketers
- Consumers Don't Hate AI Ads - They Hate Bad Ads
- Upfront Sports Market Advertising, Audience Scenarios
- Adobe's Semrush Partners With AI 'Vibe Code' Platform
- Voice Actors Sue Tech Companies Over AI Training
- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- Government Subpoenas 'Wall Street Journal' In Probe Of Media Leaks
- An ABC First: All Scripted Shows Renewed, More 'Monday Night Football'
- iHeartMedia Expects Strong Programmatic Gains In 2026
- OpenAP Unifies Big Nine Member 'Outcome' Measurement
- Deal Reached With Hackers In Canvas Learning Systems Attack
- WBD Upfront: New Ad Solutions, Real-Time Dashboard
- The Audacity Of 'Baywatch,' Other Upfront Notes
- Cate Blanchett Co-Founds AI Permissions Registry
- Amazon Shifts Strategy, Replaces Rufus With Alexa Shopping Agent
- Havas Wins Tourism Madrid Media, Creative Account
- Google Android AI Features Emerge Ahead Of Apple Siri's
- Threads Tests AI Integration, Angers Users
- Upfront Focus: Linear Unchanged, Shift To Social Video, CTV
- Colorado Urges Court To Reinstate Social Media Warnings
- TikTok Brings In-Feed Travel Promo To U.S.
- Meta Must Face Suit For Allegedly Tracking Android Users' Web Browsing
- Google Unveils Line Of AI-Enabled Laptops
- Ad Workflow Woes Stalling AI Adoption
- The Raging Ripple Effects Of Airbnb
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, May 12, 2026
- Fox Upfront: More Unscripted, 'Baywatch' Reboot Coming Midseason
- Byron Allen's Firm Is Buying BuzzFeed For $120M
- New NBC 'Rockford,' Fox 'Stewie' Spinoff Enliven Monday Upfronts
- Morse Steps Down At 'Atlanta Journal-Constitution'
- Texas Sues Netflix Over 'Surveillance,' 'Addictive' Design
- Heineken Retains Dentsu For $550 Million Global Media Assignment
- Havas Media Net Creates B2B Role, Taps WPP's Gower To Fill It
- Amazon Dynamically Changes TV Ads To Personalize Content
- Program 'Attention'? What About Media Buyers' 'Attention'?
- Court Reinstates Shopper Privacy Suit Over 'Session Replay'
- WPP Elevates Jenner, Heimann To Top Growth Roles
- MissionOne Media Bolsters New York Executive Team
- Chalamet, With Bad Bunny And Messi, Take Adidas FIFA Storytelling To The Street
- Pinterest Recommendation Engine Update Aims For Enhanced Ad Relevance
- TikTok Launches Ad-Free Subscription Option For U.K. Users
- CMOs Find AI Helps Adapt To Lower Budgets
- Walled Garden Targeting Solved? Truthset CEO Talks Trade Desk Collaboration
- When AI Meets ABBA, The Future Of Truth May Be Synthetic Pop
- OpenAI Launches AI Services Outsourcing Company
- Many Marketers Boost Their Upfront TV Buying As Budgets Hold Steady
- California County Sues Meta For Allegedly Profiting From Scam Ads
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, May 11, 2026
- Trump Media Posts Q1 Net Loss Of $405.9M
- NBC Upfront: New Prime-Time Shows, 'Outcome' Tools
- ABC Claims FCC Has Violated Its First Amendment Rights
- Remember The Metaverse? Now There's A Metaphorverse, Thanks To DirecTV
- If It Breeds (Chaos), It Leads
- Penske Media Seeks To Measure Dark Traffic
- Meta Reportedly Developing Agentic Assistant For Social Media Users
- Instagram Ends End-To-End DM Encryption
- Snap Loses Users, Readies AR Glasses
- Show About Illegal Squatters Takes Up Residence On A&E
- Google AI Now Powers And Automates Bids, Budgets
- 'WKRP In Cincinnati' Is Back On The Air
- Measurement Quality Through Accreditation
- Perplexity Presses Appeals Court To Scrap Amazon Ban
- Anthropic Takes On Local Search, Challenges Google
- Judge Won't Immediately Pause Google Antitrust Order
- Lerma/ Launches Sports Sponsorship ROI Evaluator
- Target's 2-Tier Creator Program: One For Superfans, One For Pros
- OpAD Media Acquires Creative Shop Broad Agency
- Amazon Dynamically Changes TV Ads To Personalize Content
- AI Should Be Solving Our Customers' Problems -- Not Ours
- News Media Are Increasingly Focusing on Celebrities
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, May 8, 2026
- Amazon, LinkedIn Team For B2B Inventory Ahead Of Upfront
- Trade Desk Underwhelms Quarterly Results, Guidance: Stock Drops 15%
- Made For Bill Duggan
- $38B In Love, Guilt, Last-Minute Clicks: Mother's Day Spend Bounces Back
- Google AI Now Powers And Automates Bids, Budgets
- AI Should Be Solving Our Customers' Problems -- Not Ours
- Will Advertisers Pay A Tax For Using AI?
- Meta Reportedly Developing Agentic Assistant For Social Media Users
- Snap Loses Users, Readies AR Glasses
- Amazon Brings Content-To-Commerce Technology Into Publisher Services
- Lerma/ Launches Sports Sponsorship ROI Evaluator
- Matthew Perry Estate Auction Reveals Star's Private Life
- Movie Theaters Try Another Way To Thrive - And Survive
- The AI Media Arena: Journalism Is The Biggest Source For Query Answers
- AMC Reports Uptick In Streaming Revenue But Slight Decline In Subscribers
- Brendan Kinney Named CEO Of Vermont Journalism Trust
- Cinema Pros Call On European Union To Maintain Support Of Film Industry
- New York Media's 50 Most Powerful People
- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, May 7, 2026
- U.S. Ad Market Growth Dips Back To Low Single Digits In March
- Meta Asks Court To Toss Social Media Addiction Verdict
- LinkedIn Certification Program Aims To Link Marketers With Experienced Agencies
- Climate Coverage Fell In 2025 As Weather Disasters Increased: Report
- ANA Town Hall: 'How About Nothing -- Is Nothing Good For You?'
- Kismet Media, Wheelhouse Reach Partnership Deal
- Google AI Search Scours Social For 'Experts'
- Gray Media Completes $80 Million Purchase Of Block Communications
- Apple Settles $250M AI Marketing Lawsuit
- Planet Propaganda Taps Monarko To Build Media Practice
- S4: Q1 Organic Revenue Took 5% Hit
- CNN Still In The Headlines - Thank Ted Turner
- AI Promises Creative Scale. Marketers Discover They Now Need 10 Times More Ads
- Threads Launches Desktop DMs Ahead Of Website Redesign
- Proximity Beyond Audiences Reimagines Performance Metric For TV
- Digital Video Spend Surges Past $80 Billion, Leaving Linear Behind
- Pinterest Q1: Adds Users, Invests In AI Ad Suite, Search
- Stop Treating AI Search Like SEO
- Media Curation Is The Open Web Fighting Back
- WBD's Q1 Ad Business Sinks 8%, Streaming Up 19%
- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- Under California Bill, State Agencies Would Spend 40% Of Ad Budgets On Ethnic Media
- OpenAI Opens Ad Platform To CPC Bidding, Self-Serve Buys
- Ted Turner, CNN Founder And Media Titan, Dead At 87
- Murdoch Scion In Talks To Buy 'New York" Magazine And Vox Podcasting Unit
- FTC Signs Deal Dropping Its Probe Into Media Matters
- Ted Turner's Greatest Contribution Was Not CNN
- Sports Teams Must Take A Holistic Approach To TV Advertising: Nielsen
- Instagram Unveils New 'AI Creator' Account Label
- Van Leeuwen, Rula Mental Health App Serve 'Therapy In A Pint'
- OOF! TikTok Ads Jump 'Out-Of-Phone'
- Will Kimmel Deliver A Trump Diatribe At Disney Upfront?
- Consumers Want Everything Everywhere All At Once, Expect Brands To Pay For It
- Indeed, Fox Seek 'Chief World Cup Watcher'
- IAB Highlights Agentic Adoption In Video Ad-Spend Report
- Co-Viewing For The Big Screen: How Big A Deal Is This Now?
- Meta Sued For Allegedly Training Llama On Pirated Books
- Linear Still Has Positive Brand ROI
- GameStop's Reason For Takeover Bid? EBay's Marketing Sucks
- Connecticut Passes Law Banning Sale Of Location Data, Regulating Ad Volume
- General Motors Marketing Leader Plans Departure
- AB InBev Named Cannes Marketer Of The Year For Record Third Time
- Local Digital Ad Growth Slows As Markets Mature
- Disney Q1 Ad Spend +5%, Streaming Ads +12%
- Forget the In-Housing Debate: Why CMOs Still Need Agencies to Deliver
- Google Tests 'Remy': How Soon Before Agents Own The Ad Chain?
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, May 5, 2026
- Just The FACs, Ma'am: ANA Unveils Its Own New Ad Tax
- Google Measurement Tools For AI Era Coming Soon
- Now 70, The Children Of 'Seven Up!' Are Saying Good-Bye
- Google Kids Privacy Settlement Advances
- Digital Video Ad Spend To Climb 11% To $82B In 2026: IAB
- Kochava Won't Sell 'Sensitive' Location Data Without Consent
- Sam Altman's Warning: AI Is Starting To Replace Reality
- America 250: Rare Brand Play Getting No Attention And That's Kind Of The Point
- Average Ad Value Of U.S. Google User Is $1,605
- Virginia AG Renews Bid To Enforce Time Limits For Social Media
- PayPal Hires New CMO Amid Restructuring
- Stagwell Expands Growth Team
- Google, Microsoft, xAI To Send Models To U.S. Government For Security Review
- Havas Creative Network Taps Former UM CEO DeMiero For New Senior Role
- Paramount Q1 Ad Sales: -3%, Linear -6%
- Anthropic, OpenAI Secure Billions From Wall Street Partnerships
- Netflix's 'Narnia' Magic: Old School Or New Tricks?
- Think Small. (Agencies, that is).
- Commerce Media Moves Toward Convergence With Social
- Wikipedia Founder Denounces Social Media Ban In Australia
- Ocean State Media Launches Statewide Signal In Rhode Island
- Abuse Of Amazon Simple Service For Phishing On The Rise
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, May 4, 2026
- Rising Omnicom Star Painter Out: Gambino, McCord Succeed Omni, Commerce Respectively
- Roku Sees Q1 Surges In Revenue, Net Income
- $12B GameStop Bids $56B For eBay, Eyes Amazon
- BBC To Cut News Jobs By Greater Number Than Expected
- Pope Honors Slain Journalists During World Press Freedom Day
- Is The World Ready For 'The Apprentice Jr.'?
- Meta Warns It May Exit New Mexico
- Gray Media Finalizes Purchase Of 10 Local TV Stations
- Media, AI, Procurement: A Conversation With Omnicom's Ralph Pardo
- Apple Turns To Ads
- 'Devil Wears Prada 2' Struts $77M Domestic Debut
- More Eye-Popping Mergers Ahead: Comcast And Charter?
- Roku Ties Streaming Inventory Directly To Retail Media Data
- Reddit Q1: Advertising, Search Surge
- Instagram Algorithm Update Discourages Reposted Content
- News Industry At Odds With Free Speech Advocates Over Amazon's Perplexity Ban
- The Emperor's New Code: AI Is Doing The Wrong Things Faster
- Dick's Partners With Adobe for AI Coaches
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, May 1, 2026
- OpenAI To 'Promote' Own Products Via Your Browser Cookies
- The 1% Solution: Media-For-Equity
- Unglued Late-Night Host Vs. Unglued President
- 'Better Be Soon'? More Kimmel Zingers For Trump
- X Overhauls Ad Platform, Again -- This Time Via AI
- NBA Playoffs Soar, Incremental NBC Broadcast Coverage Cited
- Amazon Ad Machine Outrunning Expectations
- Amazon Ads Spend Jumps 22% In Q1
- American Eagle: Less Like a Brand, More Like a Streaming Show
- 'Devil Wears Prada 2' Attracts All The Brands, Even Tweezerman
- Stagwell Reports 3.6% Q1 Growth
- Meta Shows Q1 Decline In DAUs, Boost In Ad Impressions
- Social Media Law 'Promotes Robust Young Workforce,' Business Group Argues
- Supergoop! Names January Digital Media AOR
- Tech Industry Backs Anthropic In Copyright Battle With Music Publishers
- OpenAI Rolls Out 'Advanced' Security Mode Without Passwords
- Roku Q1 Ad Spend Up 27% To $613M
- Black Media Trust Set Up In Milwaukee
- Audacy Names Media, Investment Execs To Its Board
- '60 Minutes' Veteran Sharyn Alfonsi Speaks Out Against 'Meddling' At CBS News
- More PR Pros Seek Press While Media Is In Shambles
