"This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night," says George Cheeks, CBS president and co-chief executive of Paramount Global. Some analysts speculate that Colbert's recent … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

Broadcast TV fell below a 20% share of viewing for the first time ever. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

Netflix expects "roughly double" the ad revenue in 2025 vs. the previous year, according to company execs - as part of releasing its Q2 financial results. Brian Wieser, media analyst … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

IPG Mediabrands' global chief negotiations office Dani Benowitz said half or more of upfront dollars - $12 billion this year and $14 billion in 2026 - will come from streaming. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

NBCU said it has wrapped its 2025-26 upfront season, omitting a discrete figure for the traditional prime-time daypart but claiming a 15% increase for all broadcast dayparts and touting other … Read the full story by Wayne FriedmanJoe Mandese

This week's 2025 Primetime Emmy Award nominations revive memories of TV Blogs past in which various themes have recurred. Read the full story by Adam Buckman

Six commercials received Emmy nominations for "Outstanding Commercial" this week including State Farm's "Batman Vs. Bateman," Disney's "The Boy & The Octopus," Uber One's "Brian Cox Goes To College," Apple's … Read the full story by Adam Buckman

Mark Zuckerberg and other executives agreed mid-trial to settle a lawsuit by shareholders over the Cambridge Analytica privacy debacle. Read the full story by Wendy Davis

Longtime Meta executive Connor Hayes has been named leader of Threads, the tech giant's newest platform in its family of popular social media networks. Read the full story by Colin Kirkland

Like other parts of the "dark media" universe, a new report reveals a growing percentage of internet users - nearly 20% worldwide - are effectively dark to marketers serving ads … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Trump barked "stop," and Fox News Channel listened. So did most of the rest of MAGA media. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Spark Foundry is second-ranked at $8.8 billion, up 15.8%. Independent agency Horizon Media is third with $7.6 billion, down 5.9%. Read the full story by Steve McClellan

Omnicom reported that its Media & Advertising division was up 8.2% and Precision Marketing was up 5%, together representing 68% of total revenue. Read the full story by Steve McClellan

Duncan Painter, who had been CEO of Omnicom's Flywheel Commerce Group will oversee the reorganized unit that includes the company's comprehensive and unified marketing and insights platform Omni, Omni AI, … Read the full story by Steve McClellan

The strong performance led the Groupe to upgrade its growth outlook for the full year to "close to 5%" from the previous guidance of between 4% and 5% growth. Read the full story by Steve McClellan

With shoppers focused on essentials and budget buys, Amazon leans into pragmatism and dorm-room humor. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney

As part of its ongoing research into the "New America," Ipsos has just released a report on the "American Dream" -- past, present and future. Hint: Its meaning is in … Read the full story by Joe Mandese