- 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 ...
- Threads Surpasses X In Mobile Users: Report
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Threads has surpassed X in daily active mobile users, having further increas ...
- Disney Going 'Vertical,' Unveils AI 'Ad Agent'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 8, 2026
Disney+ will start up short-form video content for a wide variety ...
- Threads Reportedly Testing Chat-Based Gaming
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, January 6, 2026
As Threads continues to grow, it is experimenting with a gaming featu ...
- Gmail Connect: Add-On Allows Brands To Send, Receive Texts Through Inbox
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, December 15, 2025
Short message service (SMS) provider Red Oxygen has debuted a tool th ...
- RCS: What's Next? Interactive Format Grows In Volume
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, December 12, 2025
RCS usage surged on Black Friday, while email saw steady advancement. ...
- Holiday Season Ads Rise As WBD Suitors See Stock Swings
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 10, 2025
WBD stock is up 29% over the past 30 days through mid-d ...
- TikTok Rolls Out A Communal Video Feed
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, December 8, 2025
Following the rollout of its recent "Nearby Feed," TikTok is continuing ...
- Inbox Squeeze: Email Volume, AI Shopping Tool Use Surge On Cyber Weekend
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, December 4, 2025
Night owls drove many of the AI conversations. Their questions were product-focuse ...
- Turning Black Friday Message Fatigue Upside Down
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 21, 2025
Consumer fatigue is driven not by ad message volume but by a ...
- X Launches Feature To Compete In Direct Messaging Economy
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, November 17, 2025
X has announced the launch of "Chat," an encrypted direct-messaging feature th ...