- Amazon Settles 'Dark Patterns' Charges For $2.5 Billion
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 25, 2025
Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle charges that ...
- Cable Networks To Average 24M Subs By 2029: S&P
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Research shows that among 190 cable TV networks analyzed, 36 had ...
- As Streaming Evolves, Will 'Usage' Pricing Become The Preferred Option?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Seventy percent of U.S. and U.K. consumers in a new survey sa ...
- Amazon Violated Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act, Judge Rules
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 18, 2025
Amazon broke a federal law by collecting billing information from Prime subscribe ...
- Email Goody Bag: A Subscription Model For Accessing Deliverability Tools
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 18, 2025
ZeroBounce seeks to make "enterprise-grade tools" and email credits available to eve ...
- Amazon, FTC Battle Over 'Dark Patterns'
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 16, 2025
"Millions of consumers accidentally enrolled in Prime without knowledge or consent, b ...
- Amazon Enabling Programmatic Buys Of SiriusXM Audio Inventory Via Its DSP
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, September 16, 2025
The portfolio reaches 160 million monthly subscribers - including Pandora and SoundClo ...
- Britannica, Merriam-Webster Sue Perplexity For Alleged Copyright Infringement
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 11, 2025
The plaintiffs accuse Perplexity of "cannibalizing traffic" to their websites. ...
- Snap CEO Lays Out Plans To Overcome Market Challenges
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel shared an open letter addressing the company's curre ...
- Streaming Subscriptions Climb 10% In Q2, 'Unique' Customers Up 8%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Good news for streamers is a slight decline in the number ...
- Snap Leans Into Gen AI With Open-Prompt Image Lens
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, September 8, 2025
Snapchat's new "Imagine Lens" marks the company's first generative AI lens dictat ...
- Big On-Air Media Pranks? Stern Stays With SiriusXM
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Stern has been part of the rise of digital radio and Siri ...
- Perplexity Creates Counter Monopoly Play To Gain PayPal's Millions Of Users
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Perplexity has extended a partnership with PayPal and Venmo in a de ...
- Old-School TV Behavior: More Coming To Streaming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Walmart+, which allows members to purchase individual premium streaming video platforms, wi ...
- 'NYT' Mini Crossword Ducks Behind Paywall
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, September 1, 2025
Some players are outraged by the sudden change, reports state. ...
- Peacock Extends With Amazon: Spotlighting Ad-Free Option?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 29, 2025
Ad-free Peacock Premium Plus will now be available on Amazon Prime Vid ...
- Fox Picks A Carriage Fight With YouTube TV
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, August 28, 2025
A carriage battle underway this week between Fox and YouTube TV serv ...
- YouTube TV, Fox Strike Short-Term Deal, Talks Continue
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 27, 2025
The companies are working toward a new agreement, executives close to t ...
- One-Third Of Sports Fans Plan To Add New Streaming Service This Fall
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Friday, August 22, 2025
Overall, 51% of sports streamers say they subscribe only during a seas ...
- ESPN Streamer Estimate - 2M New Subs In 2025: Analysts
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 22, 2025
Analysts say ESPN's transition to streaming from linear will be slow, part ...
- What Do Streamers Want You To Watch? They Have Signs
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 22, 2025
Netflix is giving subscribers the option of using their astrology sign ...
- Amazon Shutters Its Android App Store
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 18, 2025
Amazon will shutter its Appstore for the Android operating system, as we ...
- AI Ads, Commerce Drama Trigger Promises Of Billions
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 15, 2025
Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI, among others, want to own AI searc ...
- NFL On Streamers: An Ongoing Factor In Subscriber Churn?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 15, 2025
What makes consumers stick around after big sports franchises end their respecti ...
- Match Group Settles With FTC For $14M, Promises Simple Cancellation Method
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Online dating service Match Group has agreed to pay $14 million ...
- Consumers Strained By Rising TV Subscription Costs, Study Shows
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Consumers are spending an average of $83 a month on TV service ...
- New Bill Would Codify FTC's Former Click-To-Cancel Rules
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 30, 2025
The bill, introduced Wednesday, would codify regulations that were struck down ...
- xAI Seeks Billions In Funding
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, July 23, 2025
xAI is attempting to secure $12 billion in funding from private investo ...
- 'The Verge' Updates Site, Will Launch Several Newsletters
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Publisher Helen Havlak warns that "Google Zero" is here, and that publishe ...
- Netflix Viewing Per Day Slips, Total U.S. Viewing Up 2%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Netflix average subscriber viewing declined 6% to 1.4 hours per day ...