As Meta reported growth in usage and revenue in Q2 2025. CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his excitement over the ongoing development of "personal superintelligence," funded by the company's successful ad … Read the full story by Colin Kirkland

This column was generated by Gemini using a prompt to write a contemporary magazine article emulating "The Atlantic's" 2008 "Is Google Making Us Stupid," but updated for Google AI Overview. Read the full story by Gemini AI

Chatbot users have discovered that every question asked and every response given are potentially visible to millions. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

Amazon, Shopify and other marketplaces have been spotted by tech experts embedding code to keep out AI agents from Anthropic, Google, Perplexity and OpenAI. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

While Amazon has slowly reduced its presence in Google Shopping during the past year, the sudden stop raises questions about the company's motives. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

Streaming accounted for 40% of total upfront volume for Disney. The company says this is consistent with its year-ago business. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

During its Q2 earnings phone call with analysts, the company said sports programming pricing and volume witnessed double-digit percentage hikes. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

Musk's X "expects that further evidence obtained in discovery or through regulatory and other investigations will result in additional defendants." Read the full story by Wendy Davis

YouTube has changed its ad revenue policies regarding the use of profanity in the beginning of a video, allowing creators more freedom to swear - and to monetize their content. Read the full story by Colin Kirkland

Changes come so quickly in the TV business these days that only three years after Warner Media and Discovery Inc. merged, they are now unmerging. Read the full story by Adam Buckman

New McKinsey research reveals why CMOs keep getting sidelined -- and what it'll take to make marketing matter again. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney

Nielsen is once again elevating the role of outputs in its products and services to advertisers, launching what it is dubbing an "Outcomes Marketplace" that will combine Nielsen's proprietary data … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

The Media Rating Council has released a draft of "Phase 2" of its controversial out-of-home media audience-measurement requirements, adding requirements for measuring demographics/persons-based audience exposure and also providing "comparability to … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

The FTC's proposed merger conditions would prohibit Omnicom/IPG from directing ad dollars based on a publisher's political or ideological views. Read the full story by Wendy Davis

At least, that's what some new research from Omnicom and language consultants Maslansky + Partners suggests. And the bottom line is no longer about being "good," but being "fair." Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Samardzija has been CEO of Omnicom's Annalect, which has overseen the development of Omnicom marketing platform Omni and other assets. Read the full story by Steve McClellan

Meranus, who departed as North American CEO of Dentsu X just two days ago, has landed in a new "customer success" role at fast-growing PMG's New York City office. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

"The reference to genetics...has led to some criticism online," per Newsweek, echoing the earlier controversy over an American Eagle ad. Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik

Even Doja Cat is getting in on the conversation, with a TikTok post mocking the original ad. Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik