Take a look at the list of Rob Reiner's movie and TV credits on Wikipedia and prepare to be awed. ... read more

Tesla could be temporarily locked out of its biggest US market if it doesn't change deceptive marketing that exaggerates the self-driving capabilities of its cars, the California Department of Motor ... read more

How does Amazon strike a balance between AI-driven efficiency in creative production and the risk of commoditization? It’s a question Jay Richman, Amazon’s VP of product and technology, is often asked, he says on this ... read more

Coca-Cola’s Secret Recipe Clicks, carts and content are all part of the same recipe, Manolo Arroyo, Coca-Cola’s EVP and global CMO, tells The Drum. The modern media system brings together retailers, shoppers, online content creators ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks back at the top topics and trends that overtook the TV, streaming and digital video industries in 2025. Year in review Year in review 2025 is ... read more

The story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. Expect more AI-powered recommendations and personalization from Lowe’s next year as the home improvement retailer continues to hone its e-commerce strategy. Mylow, a shopping assistant ... read more

YouTube has been chasing TV ad budgets for years. What’s changed recently is the approach. Marketers who’ve sat through recent pitches say the difference is clear. The VIP packages, sold both directly to advertisers and ... read more

AI licensing has gone from niche to crowded fast: Meta, Microsoft and Amazon have entered the fray in the last six months, and publishers are now juggling a growing menu of deals — each with ... read more

In the latest “every surface becomes shoppable” news, more platforms are inking deals and rolling out shoppable ad formats across the open web. As more media environments become points of purchase, attribution and measurement remain ... read more

Elon Musk, a billionaire who decimated the United States federal workforce using the Department of Government Efficiency, is not remembered fondly by the most powerful woman in Washington: Susie Wiles, ... read more

Days after a rumor circulated that home arcade machine maker Arcade1Up would be shutting down, the company has finally shared a statement about its future. "Select assets" from Arcade1Up have ... read more

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as (L-4th L) White House “AI and Crypto Czar” David Sacks, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and first lady Melania Trump listen during a dinner at the State ... read more

Alexa Plus now has a new home on the web. The Alexa.com website appears to be live for some users. The browser-based home for Alexa Plus, the company's revamped digital ... read more

Following the release of the 115-inch Micro RGB TV back in August, Samsung has revealed today that its Micro RGB technology will extend into smaller sizes ranging from that 115-inch ... read more

According to a YouTube Gaming post, the "Playables Builder" closed Beta test allows YouTube creators to forgo traditional coding hurdles and develop games with "short text, video or image prompts" managed by Gemini 3. ... read more

X Corp. is suing Operation Bluebird, a recently-announced startup that aims to reclaim the Twitter brand for a new social network. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the Elon Musk-owned ... read more

Flag illustration representing the European Union The Office of the US Trade Representative posted on X Tuesday, claiming that US service providers have been hit by "a continuing course of ... read more

On December 9th, Rolling Stone published a story that some saw as a bombshell: a network of coordinated, "inauthentic" social media accounts had a hand in the weekslong discourse that ... read more

WhatsApp users can send those too-long-to-listen-to voice memos to a bot, and receive a voucher for a free Heineken. ... read more

A federal judge has thrown out claims that Google and TikTok failed to remove videos promoting dangerous activity. ... read more

Bologna will take over day-to-day U.S. operations and will also focus on the agency's strategy to double revenue in 5 years. ... read more

A screenshot from Divinity’s reveal trailer. The CEO of Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian has inadvertently stirred up some controversy over the use of AI in the developer's next game. ... read more

Instagram is taking Reels to even bigger screens by launching on Amazon Fire TV, following the launch of its first native iPad app. ... read more

Hollyland, a company best known for affordable wireless microphones that are popular with creators, has announced its first webcam, the small 4K Lyra. While it lacks advanced features like the ... read more

LONDON — Advertisers have faced the perennial issue of balancing identity-focused ad targeting with the need to respect these same consumers’ demand for privacy. The promises of agentic AI seem to grow on a daily ... read more

As connected television matures, contextual targeting is set to become more intelligent, more dynamic and far more creative, according to Jess Brown of WPP Media, speaking with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan. Looking ahead to CES, ... read more

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIF. – As artificial intelligence reshapes nearly every corner of modern media, Spark Foundry president Steve Birnbaum says its most transformative effect can be summed up in a single word: streamlining. From ... read more

Publishers facing traffic declines from artificial intelligence-powered search summaries might have one engaging tool to fight back. “Video can’t that easily be replaced by an AI summary. Even if you do video to text and ... read more

"Automakers leaned into the festive season in November, with 14 of the 20 most-seen ads featuring holiday themes and/or special promotions," says iSpot.tv's Stuart Schwartzapfel. ... read more

If you’re shopping for a book lover, it’s hard to beat a Kindle, especially if your giftee already owns a library of Kindle books. Amazon’s latest sale makes them even ... read more

Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle Corp., during an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. ... read more

This State of the Industry report, sponsored by IntentIQ, explores how brands, agencies, publishers and retailers are targeting audiences and building more transparent and measurable identity strategies. From publishers and media companies to brands and ... read more

Mattel's collaboration with OpenAI will not materialize this year, as regulatory challenges emerge amid greater scrutiny of how kids and teens interact with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. ... read more

OpenAI is overhauling its image generator with a new model and redesigned interface. On Tuesday, the company announced its "new flagship image generation model," GPT Image 1.5, which it said ... read more

A federal judge has blocked enforcement of an Arkansas law that would have prohibited social media platforms from using algorithms or design features that could "cause" a user to commit suicide, buy drugs, develop an ... read more

Google wants you to start your day with AI. Google's AI, to be specific, which is why the company is launching an experimental agent to comb through your emails, calendar, ... read more

Months after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency were found in the Federal Communications Commission directory, the FCC is being accused of slow-walking demands for information about what they ... read more

Sucker Punch Productions, the PlayStation studio behind games like Ghost of Yōtei and the Infamous and Sly Cooper series, will be headed up by Jason Connell and Adrian Bentley starting ... read more

The XM5 headphones come with a free pair of Sony WF-C700N earbuds, which you can gift to someone for the holidays. | Image: The Verge If you’re looking for a ... read more

Back at Meta Connect, Meta teased that its AI glasses would soon support a conversation boosting feature to help folks hear better in noisy environments. That feature is rolling out ... read more

My favorite kind of update is the one that gives my gadgets entirely new features and specs for free - and Microsoft is unleashing one of those today by bringing ... read more

Children of privilege still have to prove themselves, as he did—and if they fail, it’s all the more painful. ... read more

The first trailer for Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Disclosure Day is here, and it will leave you with more questions than answers about what exactly is going on. There is ... read more

Over four decades after its launch, the Quickshot II is back. | Image: Retro Games Retro Games, a company known for its upgraded revivals of iconic '80s and '90s era ... read more

It has been a little over four years since Nielsen rebooted the way it calculates share of viewing, but it's already proclaiming November to be a "historic" month, thanks largely to the power of sports ... read more

Here's a list of things you can bet on, right this second. This year's Super Bowl winner, sure. The winner of Survivor season 49, okay. But the number of gifts ... read more

To mark the Hall of Fame's 75th anniversary, two President's Awards will also be presented to Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning icon Barry Manilow and Four Time Emmy, Golden Globe winning actress/author and activist Marlo ... read more

The new addition joins Havas Play, the network's experiential marketing arm ... read more

Meta is starting to test a new Instagram app for TVs that lets you watch Reels on a big screen. The app will be available first as a pilot for ... read more

Netflix is plowing ahead with plans to build out a library of video podcasts as it aims to keep viewers locked into the service even when they may not be ... read more

Texas is suing five of the biggest TV makers, accusing them of "secretly recording what consumers watch in their own homes." In separate lawsuits filed on Tuesday, Texas Attorney General ... read more

Anthropic, Block, OpenAI and other AI-tech companies recently launched the Agentic AI Foundation to ensure that agentic AI tools for advertisers and marketers develop as an open, collaborative ecosystem. ... read more

I know I misspelled blurple, I was having a day. I wanted to love Amazon's $630 Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. It has everything I covet. An E Ink display with front ... read more

The VAB is accusing Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel of producing “instability, inconsistency and irrational” TV audience measurement results, particularly when compared to its legacy panel-only product. The post The VAB’s Latest Report Puts Nielsen’s ... read more

Hot: Automating digital advertising with a centralized platform. Not: Trying to bring that platform to market right as the COVID-19 pandemic struck the country. Though, according to Mike Lane, CEO and co-founder of Fluency, the ... read more

In the almost 20 years since James Cameron first introduced us to the alien world of Pandora, 20th Century Studios has repeatedly tried to parlay the Avatar films' financial success ... read more

The most impressive thing about Fallout's first season was how well it nailed the tone. The games are a mix of grim and goofy, a postapocalyptic story in a bleak ... read more

I never felt done with my Animal Crossing: New Horizons island. Despite playing every day for two years, and racking up 1,700 hours of playtime, I somehow never finished decorating. ... read more

An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center (LOWER L) with closed-loop cooling system, amid warehouses on October 20, 2025 in Vernon, California. | Image: Mario Tama/Getty Images In ... read more

Mozilla is in a tricky position. It contains both a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the internet a better place for everyone, and a for-profit arm dedicated to, you know, ... read more

CTV isn’t an emerging channel anymore; it’s a fully established, essential part of the media mix. Advertisers now understand its reach, flexibility and ability to drive measurable outcomes. What’s shifting heading into 2026 for CTV ... read more

The most touching TV moment the "TV Blog" saw anywhere on TV this year happened early Saturday evening on ABC. ... read more

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, 3-letter acronyms to 3-letter acronyms. Specifically, in this case, APIs to MCPs. Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open-source standard that connects AI systems to outside sources, like data ... read more

Ed Murray has been in the solar business long enough to remember the bloodbath of 1985. That's when President Ronald Reagan ended Jimmy Carter-era solar tax credits meant to decrease ... read more

Meta’s not beating the scam ads allegations; SEO tools are getting into AI prompts; and the telcos are at it again. The post Why Meta Doesn’t Mind A Scam; Working Backwards into AI Prompts ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Generative AI = copyright conundrum. Marketers must assess to what extent using generative AI tools can jeopardize their own copyrights and trademarks as well as whether doing so may ... read more

Pinterest intends to buy tvScientific to turn its intent-rich audience data into a performance engine that extends beyond its own app and onto the connected TV screen — effectively using CTV to close the loop ... read more

U.S. advertising spending is now forecast to grow 6.6% next year — that’s not taking into account political ad spend that occurred in 2025 — down from an estimated 11% in the past 12 months, ... read more

Despite their popularity in the U.S., the powers behind professional football and basketball haven’t always succeeded in overseas exports. The National Basketball Association (NBA) reportedly hopes to change that record. It’s seeking to capitalize on ... read more

Two independent media agencies, one larger and one still growing, positioned themselves for further growth in 2026, with both expecting a potential windfall of clients leaving the holding companies for better service and results. Crossmedia, ... read more

If approved, PayPal Bank would improve its small business lending capabilities, providing advertisers and other businesses with more accessible capital to invest in ad and marketing campaigns and other related growth initiatives. ... read more

In "Drawn Together," barista-drawn sketches of a man and a woman become animated and jump from cup to cup. ... read more

In an effort to strengthen brand-creator relationships, YouTube is updating its branded content partnership rules, offering content creators enhanced accessibility to advertisers ahead of the holiday season. ... read more

In an effort to strengthen brand-creator relationships, YouTube is updating its branded content partnership rules, offering content creators enhanced accessibility to advertisers ahead of the holiday season. ... read more

It's still hard to believe that Hollow Knight: Silksong actually came out this year, but now, we all have a new thing to wait for: the game is getting a ... read more

In what is sure to be the beginning of a slew of announcements, LG has confirmed it is releasing its first flagship RGB TV in 2026. It wasn't a huge ... read more

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL for allegedly using automatic content recognition technology to collect and sell ad-targeting data. ... read more

On Monday, nearly two dozen states, plus the District of Columbia, filed an amended complaint in the FTC's lawsuit against Uber. According to the lawsuit, Uber charged consumers for the ... read more

Roomba is way past code red. For many, iRobot's Roomba robot vacuum was their first experience with a home robot. When I got my Roomba in 2005, I felt like ... read more

Now it will be easier for Android users to watch Apple TV content on their TV with the addition of Google Cast support. However, even after this update, Google Cast ... read more

X reportedly has shown the first significant revenue growth since Elon Musk purchased the company. ... read more

X reportedly has shown the first significant revenue growth since Elon Musk purchased the company. ... read more

Andrew Reece, Chief AI Scientist, BetterUpThe introduction of AI agents into the corporate workforce is not like other technology disruptions. Unlike previous automation, agents are empowered to act autonomously on a user’s behalf, which means ... read more

Ford announced a series of changes to its gas- and electric-powered vehicle business aimed at dramatically increasing hybrid vehicle production in the face of slowing EV sales. The automaker also ... read more

Sony’s annual PlayStation sale has been going on for nearly a month now, offering discounts on everything from the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition and PlayStation Portal to Sony’s standard DualSense ... read more

LONDON – The exploding retail media advertising sector may have hit a roadblock on its path to maturity, with a persistent lack of common measurement rules hindering its potential for scaled investment. To overcome this, ... read more

The FCC violated Verizon's 7th Amendment right by "acting as the prosecutor, judge, and jury," the Chamber of Commerce says in a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court. ... read more

President Donald Trump will recruit workers from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants to form the US Tech Force, a new program that aims to "modernize the ... read more

LONDON – The programmatic supply chain has become a tangled web, and holding companies are demanding help to cut through it. That’s why Google Ad Manager is doubling down on its agency-facing partnerships, responding to ... read more

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIF. — Retail media is rapidly evolving from a performance-driven niche into a foundational layer across the entire advertising ecosystem, according to analyst and consultant Andrew Lipsman, speaking with Beet.TV contributor David ... read more

Bungie's Marathon, its upcoming extraction shooter that it delayed from a planned September release, will now launch in March 2026. The studio is "targeting" a price of $39.99, and "purchasing ... read more

Luminar, the lidar manufacturer that rode a wave of self-driving car hype to land deals with major automakers like Volvo and Mercedes-Benz, filed for bankruptcy Monday. The company has been ... read more

Michael Bloomberg can write the check without partners, and Bloomberg LP already runs the kind of newsroom CNN needs to become. ... read more

General Motors is adding native Apple Music to the infotainment systems of select 2025 model year Cadillac and Chevrolet vehicles, the company announced today. The news comes as the automaker ... read more

Cross-device attribution is the goal in Pinterest's plan to acquire tvScientific. But it may face challenges bringing on advertisers, although the integration has the capability to use data to scan across all devices connected to ... read more

Google notified users in an email today that, beginning next month, it will stop sending its dark web reports, an opt-in feature that alerted users when Google detected their personal ... read more

After years of false promises and missed deadlines, several Tesla vehicles have been spotted over the weekend driving autonomously without safety monitors on public roads in Austin. For months, ... read more

In the first of MediaPost's unofficial "Editors Picks" for agencies and agents of the year, we are recognizing GAIM -- the Global Alliance for Irresponsible Media -- as 2025's Media Disrupter of the Year. Congratulations, ... read more

The second season of Fallout is debuting one day earlier than previously announced: the new season will now launch on Tuesday, December 16th at 9PM ET / 6PM PT on ... read more

Earlier this month, the GNOME Shell Extensions store updated its review guidelines to include a new section specifically stating that "extensions must not be AI-generated," as reported by It's FOSS ... read more