Fox led all broadcast networks with 9.1 million Nielsen-measured average live-plus-same day viewers for the most recent reporting week ending July 12, while Telemundo came in at 1.995 million. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

U.S. ad-spending growth continued to decelerate in May - expanding just 0.7% vs. May 2025 - the worst month since year-over-year Olympic spending comps in July and August 2025, according … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Google Search and YouTube and Meta's Instagram experienced slower ad-spend growth in Q2 2026 in the U.S. vs. a year ago, while Meta's Facebook rebounded from a relatively weak start … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

Roughly 85% of brand mentions in AI answers originate from third-party sources rather than a company's own website. Read the full story by Rob Williams

Microsoft cleaned up the Windows 11 Search experience with a redesign that removes ads from web results, giving Windows Insiders a dedicated setting to turn off Web and Microsoft Store … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

The benefit to advertisers goes far beyond the ability to pull in images from across the web and focuses more on creating a completely new image from imagination. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

The social GPS navigation app now suggests routes based on both a user's trip history and the app's understanding of a city's traffic patterns. Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik

If anything good came from last night's pants-on-fire-side-chat, it's that we are becoming increasingly skeptical about disinformation wherever it comes from - both foreign and domestic. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Taco Bell said it had "voluntarily and temporarily removed limited ingredients at select restaurants as a precautionary measure." Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik

The highlight of the collaboration, the Parke Daydream Refresher, arrives at Dunkin' locations nationwide beginning July 17. Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik

The announcement comes with the release of a study identifying social, economic, legal and advertising issues, and the role advertisers, media and measurement need to address. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

"IAB recognizes there are legitimate concerns about privacy and other risks associated with digital advertising when children and teens' personal data are involved," the organization writes in the new report, … Read the full story by Wendy Davis

Concerns about kids and social media are no longer confined to advocacy groups, worried parents and the occasional documentary narrated by someone speaking in a very serious voice. Read the full story by Rob Williams

U.K. government officials are considering a proposed midnight curfew for 16- and 17-year-old teens attempting to access social media. Read the full story by Colin Kirkland

"Advertisements and interruptions frequently appear during streamed content, interrupting videos with commercials for everything from popular automobiles to marketing for local attorneys or dietary supplements," two subscribers allege in a … Read the full story by Wendy Davis

Casting has begun for the life-size adaptation of the classic real estate game that will feature 12 players and premiere in fall 2027. Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik

"If Paramount succeeds in buying Warner Bros., the merged firm will be the largest buyer of original film and television programming in the United States, eliminating vigorous competition from a … Read the full story by Wendy Davis

The primary reason for the 12-state lawsuit is that a Paramount-WBD combination would curb entertainment content and distribution, putting the TV/movie marketplace into fewer hands. What's the fallout? Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

There's definitely adoption, but the conversation is not as hot as it once was. A backroom debate on standards has slowed things down. Read the full story by Cory Treffiletti