- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026
- Netflix Projected To Double Ad Revenue This Year
- Study Shows Most Americans Want Social Media Giants Curbed
- Watchdog To Court: Uphold NY Algorithmic Pricing Law
- Oklahoma Moves To Limit AI Images Of Real People
- Stephen Colbert And The Federal Communications Daisy Chain
- Perplexity Backs Off Putting Ads In Chatbot Answers, Focuses On Subscriptions
- WBD Sets March 20 Shareholder Showdown With Paramount
- Paramount In Real Life Options: Cable At The Table
- Thinlyveiledpitches.com
- Apple Enables Dynamic Ad Insertion In Live Stream Video Podcasts
- Havas Exceeds 2025 Outlook, Expects Similar Growth This Year
- Media Matters Fights FTC Over 'Ad Boycott' Investigation
- Meta's 'Project Lazarus' Would Resurrect The Dead
- Using Performance Signals To Prevent AI Ad 'Slop'
- Maria On Media: A Conversation With Bayer's Maria Givens
- Snapchat To Test Creator-Led Subscriptions In The U.S.
- Marketers Starting To Identify First ChatGPT Ads
- Guess What: I Discovered Podcast Advertising Works!
- Depop Debuts 'Depoponomics,' Turning Personal Style Into Cash
- Is Roku's Growth Fostering A 'Switzerland' Of All Streaming Video?
- Harris Poll Finds 'Opting Out' Of The Economy Has Become A Movement
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026
- Attivo Taps Big Agency Media Vet Savic To Run U.S.
- Meta Integrates Manus AI In Ads Manager
- Influencer Integrity: Now There's A Shield For That
- Meta Renews Battle With FTC Over Teen Data
- Toyota's Mike Tripp Named MediaPost Automotive Marketer Of The Year
- NetChoice Backs Yelp In Fight With Texas Over 'Crisis Pregnancy Center' Warnings
- No Reason For This Rhyme: 'CIA' and 'M.I.A.' Are Purely Coincidental
- France Wins 'Country Of The Year' Honors At Cannes
- NBA Team Valuations Spike, Driven By Rising TV Advertising
- NFL, College Football Scores: Big January For Linear, Streaming
- AI Goes Awry: Ars Technica Retracts Article With 'Fabricated' Quotations
- Anderson Cooper Is Stepping Down From '60 Minutes'
- X Hit By Outage On Monday, With Users Complaining They Could Not Access It
- Virginia Limits Minors To One Hour Daily On Social Media
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, Feb. 16, 2026
- Meta Eyes Controversial Facial Recognition For Smart Glasses
- Omnicom's PHD Wins Raymour & Flanigan Media
- PMG Traverses North America: Opens Mexico City, Toronto Offices
- LinkedIn Launches AI-Powered SMB Subscription Hub
- 'Simpsons' 800th Episode Was Love Letter To Philadelphia
- 'Wuthering Heights' Soars To $40M Opening Weekend
- Dentsu Looks To New Management For Answers To Growth Quagmire
- New York AG Urges Court To Uphold Algorithmic Pricing Law
- Google DeepMind Gives Advertisers More To 'Think' About
- In Marketing We Trust: Kraft Heinz CEO Makes $600 Million Bet
- Airbnb To Build An Agentic Experience For Travelers
- Sweetgreen Selects Wpromote As Paid Media AOR
- Why Audio Media Will Be The Year's Soundtrack For Sports, Politics, Pop Culture
- I Had A Discussion About Truth With ChatGPT - It Didn't End Well
- OpenClaw Creator Joins OpenAI: Meet Future Of Ads
- The Knot Tests ChatGPT Ads, Explores Options For Agentic
- AI Attention Metrics Become Real-Time Ad-Targeting Filter Through SSPs
- Friday The 13th On Madison Avenue: Your Agency Just Ran Out Of Billable Air
- Appeals Court Endorses Oracle Privacy Settlement
- Amazon's Ring Cancels Partnership With Police Tech Company
- West Virginia Bill Would Forbid Use Of Media Bias Monitors By State
- Rhode Island PBS Acquires Statewide FM Station
- Early ChatGPT Advertisers Are 'Aspirational'
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, Feb. 13, 2026
- FTC Chair Warns Apple Over News Curation
- Sweetgreen Appoints Wpromote As Paid Media Agency
- CBS News May Be Cutting Staff By At Least 15%
- CEO Switch At Dentsu, Sano Succeeds Igarashi
- Pinterest Reduces Q1 Expectations
- Dentsu Adds AI-Driven Healthcare Audience Targeting Platform
- Mediassociates Expands Senior Management Team
- TikTok Begins Targeting Film, Book Lovers Via New 'Fandom' Ads
- How A Viral TikTok Video Launched A Women's Health Supplement Brand
- What's A Few Billion Dollars More To Deep-Pocketed Ellisons?
- Target, Williams-Sonoma Sign On As ChatGPT Advertisers
- Albertsons To Test ChatGPT Ads
- Super Bowl Ads That Actually Sold Stuff, Not Just Vibes
- Future Of TikTok U.S.: A Conversation With Keen's Bradley Keefer
- Roku Claims Strong Q4, Revenue +16%
- High-Spirited Norwegians Are Stirring Up PBS
- AMC Plan: Make 'The Walking Dead' Run Again
- FAST Channels Growing Fast: Metadata, Not So Much
- Most Competitive Non-Branded Google Searches
- California Fines Disney For Alleged Privacy Violations
- Are You Ready For Some Futbol? Kansas City Is
- National/Local TV Ad Silos Will Collapse Before Linear/Streaming Silos Do
- Is AI About To Have Its Netflix Moment?
- Whipping Up Advertising: Pubs Shift From Subs To Digital Ads
- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026
- PQ: Global Ad Spend Will Climb 8.8%, Composite Rises Three-Tenths Of A Point
- Utah Mulls Bill to Impose Sales Tax On Online Ad Sales
- Google Reinvents Ads, Drives Search Agentic
- Colorado Considers Bill To Enforce Judicial Warrants On Social And Dating Sites
- Ryan Media To Buy KBest Media's Radio Properties
- Texas Claims Snapchat Deceives Parents
- Why Bad Bunny Was Bad TV
- Ben Levisohn Appointed As EIC Of 'Barrons'
- Why Bad Bunny Review Was Bad 'TV Blog'
- TikTok Unveils First Feature From New Ownership: 'Local Feeds'
- Threads Users Can Now Personalize Their Feed With AI Prompts
- Comcast Rolls Out Deterministic Data For Travel Advertisers
- TVision Finds Premium Streamers Generate More 'Attention' Vs. YouTube
- Trump Admin Sued Over Censorship Of ICE App, Facebook Group
- What's A Few Billion Dollars More To Deep-Pocketed Ellisons?
- CTV's $7.4B Oops: When Your Data Has A Book-to-Bill Of Anyone's Guess
- Super Bowl LX: Viewing Flat, Wagering Way Up
- Starved For News: People In News Deserts Largely Rely On Non-Journalistic Sources
- The Data That Will Drive 'The Washington Post' Future
- Is Decency The Next Competitive Moat?
- IAB Sends 'Direct Buy Addendum' To Public Comment
- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026
- NBCU Delivers Second-Biggest Game: 124.9M Viewers
- Amazon Tells Publishers It Is Starting A Content Licensing Marketplace
- Twitch Introduces Pause-Screen Ads
- Fox To Debut Daily News Brief Anchored By Bill MeLugin
- Cathay Pacific Taps WPP's Spafax For Retail Media
- Journalists Bring Concern About News Deserts To Congress
- Guideline Unveils New AI 'Factory,' Will Accelerate Development
- Simo: How OpenAI Ads, Adult Mode Will Work
- Snap Brings AI Lenses To Luxury Fashion Campaigns
- TV Isn't Dead, It Just Learned Programmatic And Hired AI
- Peak TV: After Declines, Rising Again
- Super Bowl Sentiment: AI-Tainted Advertising?
- Anthropic, xAI Execs Disconnect From AI Ethical Concerns To Face Reality
- Kepler Taps Fila, OMD Vets For New Senior Roles
- Toronto-based Salt XC Acquires Media Shop Craft & Commerce
- School District Can Proceed To Trial Against Social Platforms
- Tech Group Seeks To Block Utah Restrictions On App Downloads
- 'I'd Rather Not Know': The Cost Of Being Incurious
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026
- OpenAI Begins Testing ChatGPT Ads With Omnicom, WPP, Others
- iSpot Goes 'Agentic,' AI Platform Analyzes TV Ads
- Carat Extends Arla Foods Remit For Two Years
- Dentsu Named Media, Creative AOR For i-Health
- Havas Takes Controlling Stake In Ctrl, Bolsters Nordics Media Network
- Dove Takes A Rare Risk With Reddit's Brutal Honesty
- Google Presses Judge To Lift Data-Sharing Mandate
- Microsoft Reports 15M Paid Copilot Users
- Performance TV Is Leading Channel For Ad Spending
- Affleck Super Bowl Spot With Sitcom Greats Was A Slam Dunkin'
- Discord To Roll Out Mandatory Age-Verification For All Users
- Station Stocks Rise: $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna Deal Going Ahead?
- Instagram Reportedly Designing Snapchat Copycat App
- Cadillac Faces Suit Over Super Bowl Spot
- Lawmaker Questions DOJ Over ICEBlock Censorship
- Authenticity Attracts 80M People Weekly To Reddit Search
- Alphabet Reportedly Looking At Bond Sale To Fund AI
- NFL, Other Sports Leagues: Selling Games Piecemeal?
- Will Lewis Gone: CEO Of 'The Washington Post' Steps Down
- Journalists Covering Ukraine War Were Not Biased, But Failed To Keep Pace
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, Feb. 9, 2026
- NewsGuard Sues FTC, Claims Omnicom/IPG Condition Unconstitutional
- Publicis Unveils New Sports-Focused Influencer Solution
- The Super Bowl And The Economics Of Creativity
- Focus Shifts From Super Bowl To Olympics
- Google AI Finds Winter Olympics Unanswered Questions
- 'Miniature Wife,' Strangest Show At May Upfronts, Coming In April
- TikTok Shop Launches Product Amplification Program
- Advocacy Group Blasts Google Bid To Lift Data-Sharing Order
- Amazon Stuns Observers With Commitment To Spend $200B On AI Investments
- Reddit Advertising Surges In Q4, Grows User Base
- Why Cheap Media Is Costing Us More Than We Think
- Old Rules, New Tools Create Friction In Advertising's AI Era
- AI For Legacy Media: The Good, The Bad, And The Emotional
- AI Does Not Drink Beer -- That's Why It Still Needs Human Oversight
- Wall-to-Wall Bloomberg: Publisher Launches An Integrated Video Hub
- Substack Allows Racist Newsletters To Publish, Report Charges
- Longmont News Network Pursues AI-Based News
- Publisher Will Lewis Departs 'The Washington Post'
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, Feb. 6, 2026
- Havas Media Network Retains Hyundai International Assignment
- Hearst Magazines Hit By Half-Day Walkout
- Virginia Senate Passes Bill Banning Sales Of Location Data
- New York Bills Require AI Disclosure Rules And Post-Mortem Publicity Protection
- Microsoft's BitLocker Helps Law Enforcement Unlock Encrypted Data
- CMOs Are Optimistic, Budgets Are Rising, AI Has Entered The Group Chat
- Democracy Abhors A Vacuum, Here's An Attempt To Fill It
- The Worst Obtainable Version Of The Truth
- Amazon Twists AI Phobia In Super Bowl Ad
- Gemini Stars In Google AI's Latest Super Bowl Ad
- Threads Brings Creators To NFL Media Center Ahead Of Big Game
- Prayers For Beloved Savannah Guthrie And Her Mother
- Marketing For 'Melania'? Across The Political, Messaging Divide
- Publicis Connected Media Partners With Magic Johnson Enterprises
- Shriveling 'Washington Post' Cuts Nearly A Third Of Staff
- How AI-Supported Ad Targeting Is Like Real-Time, Successful Football Plays
- NFL Teams Make 8% Sponsorship Revenue Gains To $2.7B
- Snap Boosts Advertising But Loses Millions Of DAUs In Q4
- Tech Industry Sues Over Utah Law Restricting App Downloads
- Adobe Adds Agency Tools To Workfront Platform
- Is It Smart To Turn All Sports Fans Into Sports Bettors?
- Disney's New Corporate Duo: Looking For Caped-Hero Status
- AI Does Not Drink Beer -- That's Why It Still Needs Human Oversight
- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026
- Tubi Expands Nielsen Deal, Now Accounts For 6.2% Of Ad-Supported Streaming
- How AI Can Match Performance Of Human Made Ads
- Government Investigations Into X's Grok Chatbot Multiply
- Anthropic Unveils First Super Bowl Ad, Seeks SEO Expert
- That's Entertainment? TV Blog Gears Up For Super Bowl Blog XII
- Gemini Stars In Google AI's Latest Super Bowl Ad
- Where Will We See AI At The Super Bowl?
- Stagwell Taps Berentson To Accelerate Owned Media Push
- Mozilla, Twitter Exec Jay Sullivan Named Fandom CEO
- YouTube Revenue Topped $60B In 2025, Ad Spend Rose 9%
- Fox Core Advertising Up 12% In Q4, Cable Adds Advertisers
- Sabio Selects Gladwell To Expand U.K. Reach For CTV Advertising
- Adobe Adds Agency Tools To Workfront Platform
- Is It Smart To Turn All Sports Fans Into Sports Bettors?
- Local News Service Reimagines What Journalism Can Be
- GenZ Interested In Health, Fitness Content, Less Likely To Follow Political News
- 'The Washington Post' Lays Off 30% Of Its Staff
