by Wayne Friedman
Disney said Super Bowl ad sales came from one of the "broadest advertiser and category mixes in Super Bowl history," with nine brands in … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Paramount Skydance says it had the strongest upfront ad results since the CBS-Viacom merger. The company posted a 9% decline in total ad revenue … Read the whole story

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by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
Good news for the theatrical movie business? Maybe. Cinemark Holdings and Imax Corp. stock prices posted some nice gains. But not everyone. Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
"Dreamina Seedance 2.5," the latest generation of ByteDance's AI video model, is designed to provide advertisers with a bigger canvas for their native AI-generated … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
Pre-tax profits jumped more than 80% - largely the result of cost cuts - while reported revenue fell 6.2%. The firm downgraded its organic … Read the whole story
by Tanya Gazdik
Stellantis Global CMO Olivier Francois tells "Marketing Daily" that drone shows are "a bold new creative canvas." Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
This week, Kroger Precision Marketing integrated product listing ads as new placements within Kroger's new AI shopping assistant, providing a new AI experience. Read the whole story
by Richard Whitman, Columnist
The firm spends upwards of $600 million annually on media, according to agency research firm COMvergence. Read the whole story
by Teresa Buyikian
Creators who are chosen can use production spaces to record podcasts, film documentaries, produce music, and develop other original content. Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
An injunction banning Perplexity's shopping agent from Amazon "would impair consumer choice and needlessly limit development of a nascent technology," the 9th Circuit Court … Read the whole story

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by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
Open programmatic streaming ad buys are roughly 18% to 19% ($6 billion to $7.5 billion) of overall CTV ad spend - around $33.1 billion … Read the whole story

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by Adam Buckman, Featured Columnist
The documentary alleges that some of the illegal wildlife merchants' best customers have been big-city zoos, including the National Zoo in Washington. Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Four original streaming shows made the top 20. Sixteen of the top 20 streaming aired programs in the first half of the year started … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Independent ownership of Chrome "would open the distribution channel Google controls and allow Chrome to serve browser users when it makes privacy decisions," Public … Read the whole story
by Colin Kirkland
Pinterest's earnings report shows a solid second quarter as AI remains at the forefront of its ad and consumer-facing investments, with CEO Bill Ready … Read the whole story

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by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
As agentic and AI reshuffle channels, execs at Marketbridge and Meltwater explain the challenges to taking on and accounting for machines making more decisions. Read the whole story

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by Gord Hotchkiss, Featured Contributor
Our media menu has been optimized to the extreme by algorithms. Public radio has resisted this trend, adding serendipity to a mix curated by … Read the whole story
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by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
The latest update to Jellyfish's strategy builds on a belief that ads should become part of every AI campaign across channels to touch all … Read the whole story