Dotdash Meredith is People now; brands love influencers again; and Apple’s gonna finally help you with all those spam calls. The post Dotdash, By The People, For The People; Mopping Up Social appeared first on ... read more

This story was first published by Digiday sibling WorkLife When Joanna Jordan started Central Talent Booking two decades ago, the entertainment industry needed talent bookers who could work across multiple shows rather than just one. ... read more

This article was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail This year, one of the most important annual shopping events hangs in the balance of how shoppers respond to the threat of tariffs with their wallets, ... read more

YouTube Shorts is starting to become a bigger contender for ad dollars.  As usual, the money is following the attention. In the second quarter, Shorts averaged over 200 billion daily views.  Mark Ballard, research director ... read more

American Eagle has joined the increasingly long list of brands that somehow didn’t see it coming.  Like Bud Light, Target and Jaguar Land Rover before it, the retailer stepped into the culture wars with the ... read more

Give Nielsen some credit — although its Big Data Plus Panel measurement initiative this year has been fraught with problems for agencies using it to determine their upfront investments, they are using it, and it ... read more

The LeapMove could make gaming a more active pastime. | Image: LeapFrog LeapFrog has announced a new electronic learning system that swaps controllers for a camera. In fact, the LeapMove ... read more

Adthena has spent decades building advanced auction systems for Google Ads. Now its data scientists have built a platform to help marketers understand LLM data-driven results. ... read more

Reddit is giving advertisers what they want: more easy buttons. Thanks, in part, to its investments in campaign automation, new ad products and white glove service for top advertiser clients, Reddit netted $465 million in ... read more

New McKinsey research reveals why CMOs keep getting sidelined -- and what it'll take to make marketing matter again. ... read more

The company knew the combined name '"wasn't the most elegant or meaningful," CEO Neil Vogel says. ... read more

Roku's video advertising business has really been booming lately, as CEO Anthony Wood shared on a call with investors Thursday evening. The post For Roku, Upfronts Have Become A ‘Full Year-Long Marketplace’ appeared first on ... read more

Tim Cook sure knows how to sell an iPhone. Apple has been the target of a fair amount of criticism over the past year, from its AI missteps to a ... read more

Apple is spending a lot on President Donald Trump’s tariffs. During an earnings call on Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the duties could add $1.1 billion to its costs ... read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is “open” to mergers and acquisitions as it “significantly” increases its investment in AI, as reported by CNBC. Cook’s statements were made alongside ... read more

The discount makes the 256GB configuration cheaper than the model with 128GB of storage. | Image: The Verge During the most recent Prime Day, the Google Pixel Tablet with Wi-Fi ... read more

Reddit knows that it has valuable data from actual people — it’s already reached deals with big AI companies like OpenAI and Google to share its data with them. But ... read more

As Meta reported growth in usage and revenue in Q2 2025. CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his excitement over the ongoing development of "personal superintelligence," funded by the company's successful ad business. ... read more

As Meta reported growth in usage and revenue in Q2 2025. CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his excitement over the ongoing development of "personal superintelligence," funded by the company's successful ad business. ... read more

We knew DJI had a hard time importing its drones into the United States to the point that many shelves have gone bare, but it’s not just drones anymore. Today ... read more

Siding against Google, a federal appellate court on Thursday upheld a jury's finding that the Play Store policies violated antitrust law, and left in place an injunction requiring the company to revamp its app marketplace. ... read more

X is revamping the appearance and functionality of its in-stream ads. X recently cut hashtags and emojis from paid promotions and continues to refine its ad formats, which it says will be "sleeker," blend naturally ... read more

With the Switch 2, Nintendo seems to be closing the release date gap with some of its third-party games. It's a problem that plagued previous Nintendo consoles, which often received ... read more

With crypto platforms focusing their sights on legacy big banks, brokerages and credit card companies, it's all about reaching the mainstream. ... read more

Senator Ed Markey is floating a bill to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States, provided the company stores data on U.S. users in this country, and allows access to engagement metrics regarding ... read more

Following an appeals court victory on Thursday, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that “the Epic Games Store for Android will be coming to the Google Play Store.” This is despite ... read more

Marketers are under increasing pressure to deliver better business outcomes, even as they face budget shortfalls and shrinking teams. These circumstances make it imperative for teams to maximize their spending. One way marketers are addressing ... read more

Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing a follow-up to The Social Network, and Jeremy Strong is reportedly the lead candidate to play Mark Zuckerberg. “Sources say no formal offer has ... read more

Tesla’s newly-launched ride-hailing service in San Francisco isn’t quite ready for the “robotaxi” designation. After launching its robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, with a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat ... read more

Epic has won again. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will not overturn the unanimous jury verdict from 2023 that Google’s app store and payments system had become illegal monopolies. ... read more

This column was generated by Gemini using a prompt to write a contemporary magazine article emulating "The Atlantic's" 2008 "Is Google Making Us Stupid," but updated for Google AI Overview. ... read more

The UE Wonderboom 4 is on sale for $79.99 ($20 off). Believe it or not, summer break is winding down and it’s almost time to head back to school. It’s ... read more

Investors rewarded Meta on Wednesday for reporting stronger-than-expected Q2 earnings, driven by robust ad revenue growth and promising user engagement metrics. The company’s stock rose more than 11% in after-hours trading. The following morning, investors ... read more

Microsoft’s stock price has risen so much today that it has passed a $4 trillion market valuation for the first time in its 50-year history. The software maker is the ... read more

All of June's growth came from smaller ad categories, as top 10 category spending was completely flat with June 2024. All other categories' spending rose 7.2% in June. ... read more

Ford is preparing a major electric vehicle announcement that CEO Jim Farley calls a “Model T moment,” as reported earlier by InsideEVs. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Farley said ... read more

Samardzija has been CEO of Omnicom's Annalect, which has overseen the development of Omnicom marketing platform Omni and other assets. ... read more

Peacock posted a 20% increase in overall revenue to $1.2 billion, but did not see subscriber growth in the period, remaining at 41 million. ... read more

The Thumby Color and Thumby handhelds. It's always a risk betting on new video game hardware from a little-known company: what if game developers never show up? But the $50 ... read more

Drew Groner, svp, head of sales and marketing, DIRECTV Advertising When viewers hit pause on their streaming or traditional TV entertainment, they’re not tuning out. They’re leaning in and taking control of their viewing experience. ... read more

The Elves 2’s boomerang design may appeal to Sega Saturn fans. | Image: GuliKit GuliKit is following the release of its $49.99 Elves 2 Pro controller last May with a ... read more

The company, known for its cash-back, affiliate and ad programs in the U.S., has created a suite of AI-powered tools for advertisers and marketers. ... read more

Meranus, who departed as North American CEO of Dentsu X just two days ago, has landed in a new "customer success" role at fast-growing PMG's New York City office. ... read more

Dotdash Meredith’s (DDM) rebrand to People Inc. reorients the company around its flagship publication, and is the start of a more concerted effort to grow the publisher’s core titles. Aside from People, the publisher is ... read more

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host and deputy editor at The Verge. Today, I’m joined by Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter. ... read more

Leaked images of the base Pixel 10 lineup. We’ve already seen what every Pixel 10 model looks like, and now we might know the pricing, too. A new leak from ... read more

Nielsen is once again elevating the role of outputs in its products and services to advertisers, launching what it is dubbing an "Outcomes Marketplace" that will combine Nielsen's proprietary data with those of other marketing ... read more

About two years ago, we ran an article in which Verge staffers talked about their favorite backpacks and other bags. It’s time for a new one, and so we asked ... read more

Nvidia is releasing a new GeForce Game Ready Driver today that expands support for Windows 10 devices, alongside some games and G-Sync displays. Windows 10 Game Ready Driver support will ... read more

In the rapidly evolving landscape of sports media, The E.W. Scripps Company is betting big on women’s sports, and not just on broadcast television. Joe Naylor, senior vice president of streaming and digital at Scripps, ... read more

Personally, I like the white sunglasses look. It was a sweltering Sunday in Brooklyn. Instead of being wasteful and spending $10 on a five-minute Uber, I decided to walk the ... read more

It’s been a little over a month since the Switch 2 launched and Nintendo’s ready to share more of the games coming to the console. This Nintendo Direct will be ... read more

Company CEO Mark Penn noted that net new business revenue in Q2 was $117 million and that the firm had a "strong performance at our Digital Transformation businesses," ... read more

Regional comedian Leanne Morgan was lucky enough to connect with Chuck Lorre and the result is a country comedy with a great deal of love and heart. ... read more

Selling potentially network-owned TV stations - perhaps CBS-owned-and-operated outlets? Sounds crazy. ... read more

The Osmo 360 is DJI’s first 360-degree action camera. | Image: DJI DJI has announced the company’s first 360-degree action camera designed to compete with the Insta360 X5 and the ... read more

In examples like those garlic knots on the bottom left, Uber Eats’ AI would have to generate sections of the food itself. The menus on your next Uber Eats order ... read more

Microsoft first started using the "Xbox PC" term in a blog post announcing the Gears of Wars remaster in early May. It was a new branding effort designed to signal ... read more

Over the past decade, fizzy newcomers with social-native branding and keywords like “kombucha,” “prebiotic,” “probiotic” and “protein” became billion-dollar brands. Sugar-free rivals like Poppi and Olipop became ubiquitous in US stores. The outsider brand National ... read more

Criteo’s Q2 earnings report on Wednesday was marked by flatness. Total revenue for the quarter inched up to $483 million, a 2% bump from the same time last year. At the same time, Criteo’s net ... read more

Vanity metrics have been a sugar rush for marketers for nearly two decades, but they’re ultimately unsatisfying. Clicks, likes, page views and time-on-site may look impressive on a dashboard or great in a deck, but ... read more

The Ugly Ad Tax Pretty privilege is real, even for ads.  Per Adweek, a recent update in X’s ad quality policy now advises marketers to avoid hashtags, punctuation and grammar mistakes, excessive emojis and “gimmicky” ... read more

Podcasts are giving film and TV stars a path to something rare in Hollywood: IP ownership.  On July 21, actor Gina Torres released her first-ever podcast, a fictional audio mystery narrative titled “A Murder in Montecito,” ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing digs into why The New York Times is hiring the former head of Google’s search and AI partnerships team to manage its relationships with platforms and big tech companies – and ... read more

The article was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. Seth Dallaire admits that, before joining Walmart almost four years ago, he hadn’t considered working for the big-box retailer. A longtime digital ad executive, Dallaire ... read more

Netflix’s advertising business definitively took flight in the first half of 2025. But despite client demand, buyers say a lack of measurement options and shallow links with key industry partners stand in the way of ... read more

Mark Zuckerberg’s AI hiring spree is costing a lot of money. His investors don’t care. Meta’s stock price shot up over 10 percent on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected ... read more

Twenty years ago, Facebook came out with a new feature that let you poke your friends. (Remember pokes?) Now, Meta is investing hundreds of billions of dollars in AI to purportedly develop “personal superintelligence,” in ... read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that will suspend the de minimis exemption — which allows packages with goods valued less than $800 to enter the US ... read more

Profits for Microsoft's Q2 2025 calendar year soared as revenue from its cloud-computing division surged to a record level, driven by demand for AI services. ... read more

Profits for the second quarter calendar year in 2025 soared as revenue from its cloud computing division surged to a record level, driven by demand for artificial intelligence services. ... read more

Have you ever wondered what bops powerful figures are listening to on Spotify? You'd be amazed what you can get with a profile search - but just in case you ... read more

Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $76.4 billion in revenue and a net income of $27.2 billion during Q4. Revenue ... read more

YouTube has changed its ad revenue policies regarding the use of profanity in the beginning of a video, allowing creators more freedom to swear - and to monetize their content. ... read more

YouTube has changed its ad revenue policies regarding the use of profanity in the beginning of a video, allowing creators more freedom to swear - and to monetize their content. ... read more

You’ll have to wait a big longer for the Analogue 3D, but 8BitDo’s N64 controller remake is now avialable. | Image: 8BitDo Analogue’s 4K remake of the Nintendo 64 has ... read more

Ziff Davis, the media conglomerate that owns outlets like CNET, ZDNET, PCMag, and Mashable is laying off 15 percent of the unionized workforce, or 23 total people. The majority ... read more

Dropbox is discontinuing its password manager. The tool, Dropbox Passwords, will be discontinued on October 28th, and the company is recommending that you transfer your passwords to another app like ... read more

Leaning into brand heritage can lift ad attention by 5% and creative effectiveness by 6%, Ipsos says. ... read more

Building on its "Out of Phone" ad program, TikTok is introducing new partners to the multi-screen ad experience across billboards, in-store displays, cinema promos and more in U.S. shopping malls, taxis and water-refilling stations. ... read more

"Many small-business booksellers and publishers rely heavily (often, primarily) on social media and other online media to advertise and sell their books, including new releases," authors and publishers tell the Supreme Court. ... read more

As platforms built on AI continue to write, rewrite and build everything from complete ads to website copy, remaining "ethical" has become a major concern for brands. ... read more

Roblox and Fortnite are two of the biggest games around, and a huge part of why is because they aren't just one game: instead, they're vast platforms where you can ... read more

The concept of "superintelligence" takes privacy to complex levels, with broader implications of advanced AI and the future of data. The AI race has become a hot mess, with execs at top companies spending billions ... read more

Google will soon cast an even wider net with its AI age estimation technology. After announcing plans to find and restrict underage users on YouTube, the company now says it ... read more

The Find My Skechers line keeps Apple AirTags secure and out of sight. | Screenshot: Skechers If you’re a parent with kids in school or who are independently exploring your ... read more

An impressive combination of power and efficiency. | Image: DJI Starting today, DJI’s Amflow electric mountain bike range is available to buy in the United States. It comes over a year since ... read more

On July 25th, the UK became one of the first countries to widely implement age verification. Its Online Safety Act requires sites hosting porn and other content deemed "harmful" - ... read more

I reported last week that OpenAI is planning to launch GPT-5 in early August, as part of an effort to simplify and combine its large language models. Just a day ... read more

Artwork from Pokémon TCG Pocket’s Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion that has now been removed from the game. | Image: The Pokémon Company While you can now start collecting ... read more

A voice-activated interface for technology will be our primary method of engagement, but it will never be the only one. ... read more

Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced plans to dig tunnels under Nashville, creating a loop that will connect the city’s downtown with the Nashville International Airport. The Boring Company says ... read more

Consumers do not care as much as marketers do about brands and advertising. Asking detailed questions about things not central to people's lives runs the risk of generating mushy data. ... read more

The first season of Twisted Metal was almost like a prologue. Peacock's adaptation of the long-dormant PlayStation game series spent 10 episodes setting up its car-focused post-apocalyptic world and most ... read more

Cable TV took the brunt of the rise in streaming - with cable networks slipping 7% to $3.78 billion and broadcast down 3% to $2.2 billion. ... read more

The bill, introduced Wednesday, would codify regulations that were struck down in court after a challenge by the IAB, cable lobby, Chamber of Commerce and others. ... read more

The laptop is down to an all-time low price. If you need a laptop for school or work, our top recommendation is Apple’s 13-Inch MacBook Air with the M4 chip, ... read more

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have railed for years against foreign regulation of US tech companies, including online safety laws. As the US fights a global tariff war, it ... read more

Hours before Meta’s earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision for the future of AI: personalized super-smart AI for everyone — especially in the form of wearable glasses.  He said ... read more

Now that upfront negotiations are almost over, the industry appears to have settled back into its default position of being mad at Nielsen – which is likely good news for its currency competitors, but not ... read more