The shift moves OpenAI beyond organic growth to a commercialized ad/marketing strategy, highlighting its readiness to transition from a research-led organization to a competitive consumer brand that uses standard ad … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

eBay is preparing to fend off a takeover bid from GameStop as it continues to build out its ad and agentic businesses. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

Meta Platforms is threatening to stop offering Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in New Mexico if a judge issues an injunction that would force the company to significantly revise its apps. Read the full story by Wendy Davis

"We've already tested the pipes and have been able to have money flow through to actually buy inventory available on certain publishers," says CTO Paolo Yuvienco. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

At $17.24 billion and growing 24%, the advertising division continues to be one of the quiet stars of Amazon's earnings report. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney

Enough already! The "TV Blog" believes that both of these combatants have gone too far. Read the full story by Adam Buckman

Licensing arrangement with Tweezerman means the "Devil" logo is emblazoned on a pair of nail clippers. Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik

NBA playoff viewership is up 20% through the first week-and-a-half, while NHL playoffs viewing has leaped by 82% through the first nine days, with 1.1 million on ESPN and TNT … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

After half a century covering the media marketplace, I thought I had seen every conceivable model for funding ad-supported media buys. Until I met Piyush Puri. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

With jellyfish massages, scooting balloon dogs and men in kangaroo pouches, the brand invites people to "soft the rainbow." Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney

Adthena has launched a free migration tool that converts Google Ads campaigns into formats accepted by the ChatGPT Ads platform. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

"During work, young employees are distracted by their phones, have shorter attention spans, and struggle to navigate social interactions with customers and coworkers," says the South Carolina Small Business Chamber … Read the full story by Wendy Davis

Many of the journalists who were in the hotel ballroom when shots rang out in an area outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner have been talking about it in the … Read the full story by Adam Buckman

During an investor call Tuesday afternoon, company CFO Phil Angelastro said the company continues to expect to generate roughly 4% gross organic growth for the full year. Read the full story by Steve McClellan

The firm reiterated that it expects a first half organic revenue decline in the mid-to-high single digits for the first half of 2026 "with an improving trajectory in the second … Read the full story by Steve McClellan

The company's total revenue for the period including acquisitions was up 8% to $704 million, but missed the consensus analysts' estimate of $717.5 million. New business set a quarterly record. Read the full story by Steve McClellan

In American pop culture, "86" most commonly means to eject someone from the premises. But it has grown conflated with a similar-sounding mobster term "eight miles out, and six feet … Read the full story by Joe Mandese