- Uber Advertising Extends Ads Across Meta, Google
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 15, 2026
The connected ad formats extend Uber's first-party ad and data signals beyo ...
- World Cup Branded 'Hydration' Breaks Feature Ads: Pricing, Demand?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 15, 2026
TV networks are now allowed to run ads during World Cup "hydratio ...
- Search Scooping Up Interest In NBA, World Cup
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, June 12, 2026
People are asking longer, more detailed questions in generative AI search ...
- Political Narrative Intelligence
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Friday, June 5, 2026
I've been thinking about political narratives this week, not just because ...
- Judge Sides With Anonymous Messaging App In Cyberbullying Suit
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 20, 2026
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by families of cyberbullyi ...
- Upfront Buzzwords Spike Interest: What Are The Real Meanings?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 15, 2026
Showing brands and advertisers that legacy TV media's linear TV business h ...
- Instagram Ends End-To-End DM Encryption
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, May 8, 2026
Instagram users will no longer be able to send and receive end-to-e ...
- If It Breeds (Chaos), It Leads
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Monday, May 11, 2026
In a first, Truth Social has taken the No. 2 slot (ju ...
- NBC Upfront: New Prime-Time Shows, 'Outcome' Tools
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 11, 2026
As part of its upfront presentation Monday, NBCU announced it will sca ...
- Threads Launches Desktop DMs Ahead Of Website Redesign
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Direct-messaging capability has begun rolling out on the Threads desktop app, ...
- Google Unveils Brand 'Brief' Feature In AI Max
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 30, 2026
Among several tools introduced Thursday, the standout feature mirrors an agency servi ...
- Snapchat Brings Chatbot Ads To DMs
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Snapchat is building on its "Sponsored Snaps" offering, inviting brands to r ...
- X Launches Ad-Free 'Private' Messaging App
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, April 27, 2026
X has launched X Chat, an encrypted messaging app that has t ...
- Lionsgate Opens With $97M 'Michael' Thriller
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 27, 2026
Despite low ad spend, "Michael" earned a record total for the domest ...
- Threads' Live Group Chat Feature Aims For Real-Time Discussion
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Threads is rolling out "Live Chats," a new way for brands, creato ...
- Contextualized Brands, Content Create 'Influence,' Study Finds
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 22, 2026
A new study found 74% of respondents felt a brand's values "significant ...
- Microsoft Boosts Agentic Web Ad Visibility
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Microsoft will expand query matching and personalize ads across Copilot, Bing a ...
- Dollar General, QSIC Partner To Expand Chain's In-Store Audio Network
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Dollar General has formed a partnership with QSIC that will enable the cha ...
- Deeper Influencer Messaging For Linear's Old-School Ad Ecosystem?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 13, 2026
The premise is that consumers are tired of hearing direct, "corporate"-sounding a ...
- TikTok Gamifies DMs With Emojis, Pixelated Alligators
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, April 2, 2026
Tok has launched a simple mobile game designed to be played casual ...
- Comcast Engages In High-Stakes Streaming Pivot
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The Comcast report demonstrates TV's role as a full-funnel driver of performan ...
- 'March Madness' First Weekend: Ad Spend +5%, Viewing +7%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 26, 2026
National TV advertising on all networks grew to $499.0 million, according ...
- Meta Launches Scam Detection, Parent-Linked WhatsApp Accounts
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Meta has announced parent-linked WhatsApp accounts for pre-teens, as well as n ...
- Roblox Tackles Profanity With AI, Child Safety Suits Multiply
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, March 5, 2026
Roblox has announced its effort to safeguard its chat feature using ...
- X Adapts 'Everything App' Vision: Tests 'Chat,' Money' Variants
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, March 4, 2026
X has begun running new tests of X Chat and X Mone ...
- Digital Video Ads Not All That 'Personalized,' Study Finds
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 4, 2026
"While CTV and streaming platforms have advanced audience targeting, consumers may n ...
- Why Bad Bunny Review Was Bad 'TV Blog'
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, February 11, 2026
There's a reason why music is referred to as the "universal language ...
- Ready For Some Football? How About Roasting Some Super Bowl Ads?
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Friday, February 6, 2026
Created by Ralph and Powered by GPT Vision, "SlopBowl" watches alongside yo ...
- Marketing For 'Melania'? Across The Political, Messaging Divide
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 6, 2026
A local theater used a line from "The Art of War" ...
- YouTube Ads On Screens Rise Among Agencies, Study Finds
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 22, 2026
Sixty-nine percent of media executives in a recent report said advertising ...