- Streaming Q1: Third-Party Streaming Distributors Gaining StrengthGross subscriber additions rose to 52 million in Q1 2025 - up from 50 million the previous year, according to Antenna. Those gross additions come from 34 streaming platforms. ... read more
- IAB Adds Compliance Questionnaire, Evolving Regulations CitedUpdates made to the IAB Diligence Platform on Wednesday aim to help the digital ad industry comply with evolving privacy regulations. ... read more
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- HBO Max is officially HBO Max againAfter announcing in May that it was giving up and returning to HBO Max branding for its streaming service, today Warner Bros. has officially made the change. The new / ... read more
- The Nintendo Switch OLED is $100 off during Prime DayAmazon Prime Day is the best time to save money on a Nintendo Switch OLED during a time when there aren’t any deals on the last-gen console (however, there are ... read more
- Activision pulls Call of Duty game after PC players are hackedCall of Duty: WWII is currently unavailable through the Microsoft Store. | Image: Activision Activision has taken one of its Call of Duty games down from the Microsoft Store and ... read more
- Thread count: Ikea is stitching together a smarter homeIkea is powering up its Dirigera smart home hub, adding Matter controller functionality and activating its Thread radio to support its new line of smart home products. Ikea is relaunching ... read more
- Ikea’s latest speaker lamp ditches Sonos for Spotify and inexpensive Bluetooth Ikea’s Blomprakt Bluetooth speaker with an integrated LED light bulb has a dedicated Spotify Tap button. | Image: Ikea Bluetooth and quick-to-music features like Spotify Tap are the future of ... read more
- The ‘Taboo’ Of Women’s Health Care Advertising Complicates Access To TreatmentCharli xcx got it right: It’s so confusing sometimes to be a girl. Or, more accurately, a woman trying to access medical treatment. And it’s just as challenging for women’s health care companies trying to ... read more
- CTV Is Not A One-to-One Channel, So Stop Buying It Like OneThe advertising industry continues to buy connected TV the wrong way. We have carried over one-to-one programmatic logic from display and online video into a channel that behaves nothing like them. CTV is not a ... read more
- Don’t Trust The AI Salesman; The Upfront SlowdownFresh Legs HouseFresh, a website dedicated to reviewing air purifiers and household air quality products, was one of the first (of a great many) long-tail consumer review sites to lash out at Google after its ... read more
- Creator marketing has the reach — CMOs want the rigorWhenever ad dollars swell around new channels — search, social, email — the industry reaches for the same playbook: cut out the middle, get closer to the source, and stop paying for junk reach. The ... read more
- Digiday+ Research: Publishers pull back their dependence on digital revenueInterested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. Publishers have always had a love/hate relationship with digital transformation. It’s given them more ways than ever to reach ... read more
- Pitch deck: Why Google believes its latest AI Max product is a game changer for search campaignsGoogle’s AI ambitions are moving fast, and the old architecture of search advertising is starting to show its age. As user behavior shifts toward more conversational, visual queries, the need for automation is growing. But ... read more
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- Grok stops posting text after flood of antisemitism and Hitler praiseOn Tuesday, X users observed Grok celebrating Adolf Hitler and making antisemitic posts, and X owner xAI now says it’s “actively working to remove” what it calls “inappropriate posts” made ... read more
- Some of our favorite headphones are steeply discounted for Prime DayThe Sonos Ace are available for $299 — their best price to date — for a limited time. Amazon’s latest Prime Day sale has officially begun, and we’ve already highlighted ... read more
- DoubleVerify Collaboration Drives Media Quality, Ad EffectivenessFraud-free ad inventory supported by safety and metrics that can analyze content to help advertisers and publishers meet media-quality requirements seems an ideal match - even for smaller companies. ... read more
- ShowHeroes, DoubleVerify Collaboration Drives Media Quality, Ad EffectivenessFraud-free ad inventory supported by safety and metrics that can analyze content to help advertisers and publishers reach global media-quality requirements is the goal of the partnership. ... read more
- Microsoft Advertising Discerns Word Choice, SyntaxSince Navah Hopkins joined Microsoft Advertising as Ads Liaison, she has been detailing how to successfully create ads and run them on the company's ad platform. ... read more
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- Confirmed: Nintendo’s Switch 2 can work with existing docks and webcams after replacing their firmware
- The Prime Day sale on TCL’s 85-inch TV is one of the best deals out therePrime Day 2025 is the best time this year to get a big-screen TV. Sure, there are deals in the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, but those are ... read more
- Apple’s design team will report to Tim CookApple CEO Tim Cook is about to take over one of the most significant parts of Apple’s business: its design team. The team currently reports to COO Jeff Williams, but ... read more
- Supreme Court gives Trump the green light to cut down the federal workforceIn a significant albeit preliminary win for the president, the Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go ahead with its plans to drastically reshape federal agencies by laying ... read more
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- Mattel Debuts Barbie With Type 1 DiabetesThe brand partnered with Breakthrough T1D, formerly JDRF, a diabetes research organization, to create the doll. ... read more
- One of Tim Cook’s possible successors is leaving AppleJeff Williams will retire later this year. | Image: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Apple has announced that Sabih Khan, the company’s vice president of operations, will take over ... read more
- Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 are $100 off for Prime Day
- Magnite’s Dale: It’s Time to Figure Out the ‘How’ Behind CTV’s Programmatic EvolutionEveryone knows the TV, tech and ad industries are replete with high-level buzzwords. What will it take to move to practical, operational concerns? For one ad-tech leader, the industry has reached a “tipping point” – ... read more
- 'The Wallflower,' A Gay Lifestyle Magazine, Is Set For LaunchThe new title will offer a monthly digital edition and four print issues per year. ... read more
- United’s Kinective Media Sees Loyalty as a ‘Lifestyle,’ Not Just MilesCANNES — The days of loyalty programs being limited to airline miles or hotel points are over, says Khatidja Ajania, director of strategic partnerships at Kinective Media by United Airlines, the carrier’s advertising network. Speaking ... read more
- Streaming Surpasses Linear, but Ad Challenges Persist: Simulmedia’s Dave MorganCANNES — Television may be evolving, but one thing remains constant: advertisers still face the challenge of finding and measuring their audiences across an increasingly fragmented landscape. So says Dave Morgan, founder and chief executive ... read more
- I love Microsoft’s new 12-inch Surface Pro and it’s $685 for Prime DayMicrosoft’s new 12-inch Surface Pro is awesome, and at $115 off at Best Buy, it’s a fantastic deal to jump on during Amazon Prime Day. Both Amazon and Microsoft are ... read more
- FTC's Click-To-Cancel Rules Struck DownThe IAB, NCTA, Chamber of Commerce and others had challenged the click-to-cancel rules, which were slated to take effect this week. ... read more
- Gmail’s new tab is made for unsubscribing from emailsGmail’s Manage subscriptions makes it easier to deal with unwanted emails. | Image: Google Google is introducing a new Gmail feature for those feeling overwhelmed by an onslaught of subscription ... read more
- Samsung’s S90D OLED TV is at its lowest price ever for Prime Day and it’s great for gamingIt’s a great time to buy a new TV during Amazon Prime Day (or, days, rather), but that doesn’t mean you should only consider 2025 models. You can get huge ... read more
- James Gunn’s Superman is exactly what DC’s movies have been missingFor years, Warner Bros. Discovery has been playing a desperate game of catchup in hopes of recreating the success that Marvel achieved with its live action comics adaptations. DC movies ... read more
- Zoom’s new Meta Quest app encourages taking video calls in VRZoom has rolled out a standalone app for Meta Quest headsets. With the app, you can join or host meetings in virtual reality while appearing as your Meta Avatar. Zoom ... read more
- Why it’s so hard to warn people about flash floodsA photo shows flooding caused by a flash flood at the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on July 5th, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images By definition, flash floods are notoriously ... read more
- Meta Updates Branded DMs On Messenger AppIn an attempt to help brands engage and retain customers continuously through in-app messaging, Meta is launching an updated version of marketing messages on Messenger. ... read more
- FTC Urges Amazon And Walmart To Police 'Made In USA' ClaimsAmazon and Walmart should "monitor, identify, and take corrective action against third-party sellers who make false or misleading 'Made in USA' claims," the FTC says in warning letters. ... read more
- Amazon gets the green light to sell the Nintendo Switch 2Amazon finally has listings for the Nintendo Switch 2 in the US – though right now, you can only register your interest for an invitation to purchase a console. If ... read more
- Here are 55 Prime Day deals you can nab for $50 or lessThe latest Echo Spot is a surprisingly great alarm clock, and it’s even better at 45 percent off. Amazon Prime Day is an excellent time to save on a wide ... read more
- TSA to finally end its dumb shoe removal policy for airport securityTravelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint inside the Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport (DEN) in Denver, Colorado, US, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. ... read more
- Standing Up Straight? Digital OOH Scans Enable Posture Screening106,642 free posture screenings resulted in a 46% increase in preventative spine check-ups for the advertiser, Croatia Polyclinics. ... read more
- Jack Dorsey made an encrypted Bluetooth messaging appTwitter co-founder and Block Head Jack Dorsey launched a new peer-to-peer messaging app over the weekend called Bitchat that runs entirely over Bluetooth. Bitchat relies on Bluetooth Low Energy mesh ... read more
- How to watch Samsung’s foldable-filled Unpacked eventSamsung is preparing to parade the latest Galaxy-branded foldables, wearables, and perhaps some other surprises at its summer Unpacked event tomorrow, July 9th. The show is expected to cap off ... read more
- Laura Loomer To SCOTUS: Revive Claims Against Meta, X, P&GFar-right activist Laura Loomer is asking the Supreme Court to revive her lawsuit against Meta Platforms, X, Procter & Gamble and others over the alleged "censorship" of her online speech. ... read more
- Laura Loomer Wants SCOTUS To Revive Claims Against Meta, X And P&GFar-right activist Laura Loomer is asking the Supreme Court to revive her lawsuit against Meta Platforms, X, Procter & Gamble and others over the alleged "censorship" of her online speech. ... read more
- How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the rightLately, it has been difficult to ignore a tendency at The New York Times to make astonishingly bad news judgments. The paper's obsession with a view from nowhere is long-standing, ... read more
- National CineMedia Ad Issues Reflect 'Downbeat' Upfront: AnalystNational CineMedia is projected to be hit with lower ad revenue due to "softer ad trends" as a result of tariff issues in the near term, according to B. Riley Securities. ... read more
- Waymo introduces teen accounts for the first time in PhoenixWaymo is opening up its robotaxi service to younger riders with the launch of teen accounts in Phoenix. Teenagers aged 14–17 can now sign up for an account on Waymo ... read more
- Google Maps is now available on Garmin’s smartwatchesGarmin has announced that a free Google Maps app is now available for most of the company’s smartwatches that lets you know where and how far your next turn is ... read more
- Google, Microsoft Push Changes To Support PublishersGoogle and Microsoft have made significant changes in the ways they court publishers - partly driven by rising demand for sustainable ad inventory in programmatic buying and production, as well as automation, AI, competition and ... read more
- The Last of Us Part II’s new mode puts the story in chronological orderWith season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us in the books, and with no The Last of Us Part III coming in the immediate future, Naughty Dog has come ... read more
- The Meta Quest 3S is down to its lowest price ever for Prime Day
- Mastodon is improving profiles and getting ready for quote postsMastodon 4.4 is out now, and it brings a bunch of changes for things like profiles and lists and also lays the groundwork for quote posts. With profiles, you can ... read more
- Microsoft Teams now has threaded conversationsMicrosoft has added threaded conversations to its Teams communications app this week. After promising to launch the highly-requested feature in mid-2025, Microsoft is now releasing a public preview of threaded ... read more
- Paging Dr. RobotIf AI can do certain jobs four times better than a human, it's time to accept that and build it into our healthcare systems. ... read more
- The best laptop deals we’ve found for Prime Day (so far)
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- The Oura Ring 4 just got its first discount for Prime DayThe Oura Ring 4 starts at $296.95, marking a new low price. Smartwatches aren’t for everyone. Maybe you don’t want to wear a screen-equipped gadget to bed, or you’re just ... read more
- Why Alaska Airlines Sees Promise in Google MeridianAlaska Airlines has a straightforward approach to measurement and attribution. The company uses Google Analytics for multi-touch and data-driven attribution, paired with media mix modeling (MMM) analysis, alongside incrementality and lift studies. Wait, did I ... read more
- Maxon puts the Forger sculpting app for iPad on life supportMaxon is sunsetting the Forger sculpting app for iPad to focus on the more comprehensive ZBrush iPadOS app it introduced last year. Forger will be removed from the App Store ... read more
- You can get four AirTags for the price of three for Prime DayAirTags are the best location traclers for iPhone owners. It’s never a bad moment to buy a reliable item location tracker, like an Apple AirTag. People who use an iPhone ... read more
- WTF is non-endemic commerce media? | How retailers, merchants and publishers are monetizing digital moments beyond the cartThis WTF guide, sponsored by Fluent, explores what exactly non-endemic commerce media is and what these ad placements look like; why non-endemic commerce media is beneficial for advertisers as well as retailers, merchants and publishers; ... read more
- Samsung’s event spoiled by massive last-minute leakThe Galaxy Fold 7 could weigh “less than a large bar of chocolate.” | Image: Roland Quandt via Bluesky Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event is just one day away, but a ... read more
- The best Prime Day deals on charging accessoriesAnker’s 8-in-1 charging station features a wireless pad on the front and seven ports on the back. Between our rotation of everyday devices, keeping them all charged can feel like ... read more
- Rockerbox’s Attribution JourneyRon Jacobson took the classic programmatic startup route. Which is to say, he pivoted randomly into ad tech from a software job at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after applying to 95 out ... read more
- The M3 11-inch iPad Air is cheaper than ever on Prime DayOne of the best Prime Day deals brings the price of an 11-Inch M3 iPad Air (128GB Wi-Fi) with two years of AppleCare Plus down to an all-time low price ... read more
- Unilever’s Aaron Sobel: You Need ‘Exponentially More’ Creative Assets to Succeed TodayCANNES – The days of running a successful media campaign with just a few creative assets are over, according to Aaron Sobel, Unilever’s head of North American Media Investment and Data Governance. “It might’ve been ... read more
- The Trade Desk’s Jill Smith: Retail Media’s Next Wave Requires Breaking Down Internal SilosCANNES – The Trade Desk is betting that retail media’s future depends on traditionally separate divisions within retailers learning to work together toward common goals. “We are so excited about the ‘One Retail’ vision that ... read more
- 3.know: Grok Explains Humanity's Last Exam, Its Relevance To Ad ProsA grade of 45 might not seem gold star-worthy by old school human standards, but that's how Grok chose to illustrate this column when I interviewed it about rumors that soon-to-be released Grok 4 scored ... read more
- Trump Media Expands To Streaming Video: Bellwether For Tariffs? Media?The new video streaming platform called Truth+ will be available on all major third-party distributors including Apple iTunes, Google Play, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku TV and Roku web platforms. ... read more
- Trump Media Expands Into Streaming Video – Bellwether For Tariffs? Media?The new video streaming platform called Truth+ will be available on all major third-party distributors Apple iTunes, Google Play, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV Roku TV and Roku web platforms. ... read more
- LinkedIn makes it easier for creators to track performance across platformsLinkedIn is stepping up its pitch to creators and advertisers with a new update launching today. For the first time, creators can plug LinkedIn performance metrics directly into the third-party tools they already use to ... read more
- A quest for the best headphone micsWe've all had it happen. You slip on a trusty pair of headphones, hop on a call, and your friends, family, and coworkers say, "What?!" Cue your own personal reenactment ... read more
- The best Prime Day deals on our favorite robot vacuumsRoborock’s S8 Max Ultra, a Verge-favorite robovac, is nearly half off. Amazon Prime Day has arrived, bringing fantastic robot vacuum deals that make it easier than ever to clean without ... read more
- Beyerdynamic updated its ’70s-inspired headphones with a big battery boostBeyerdynamic is launching its new Aventho 100 wireless headphones in Canada first. | Image: Beyerdynamic Beyerdynamic has announced the second generation of its Aventho wireless headphones, which originally debuted in ... read more
- Consent Management Consolidates With Didomi’s Acquisition Of SourcepointTwo key players in the consent management space are merging. On Tuesday, French consent management platform (CMP) Didomi announced its acquisition of Sourcepoint, a CMP that started in 2015 as an anti-ad-blocking solution for publishers. ... read more
- New 'Bosch' Spinoff 'Ballard' Surfs Onto Amazon Prime This WeekThe "Bosch" universe expands this week with the arrival of "Ballard," a spinoff built around LAPD Detective Renee Ballard. ... read more
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- OnePlus launches five new products, including Buds 4 and smaller Watch 3 for the USOnePlus has launched five new products today, including the midrange Nord 5 phone and a smaller version of its Watch 3 wearable. The 43mm version of the Watch 3 and ... read more
- Microsoft’s Copilot Plus features might arrive on desktop PCs later this yearMicrosoft’s latest Windows AI features arrived first on new Copilot Plus PCs last year, but they were limited to a special range of laptops. That looks set to change thanks ... read more
- Can Cloudflare Really Block Google’s AI Crawlers?; Knock It Off, KnockoffsGoogle challenges Cloudflare’s anti-scraping tech; are dupes plagiarism?; and web traffic is careening off a cliff. The post Can Cloudflare Really Block Google’s AI Crawlers?; Knock It Off, Knockoffs appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more
- Ad Tech Briefing: The ‘plumbers’ posing as the unlikely saviors of the internetRelated Insights Member Exclusive Media Briefing: ‘Cloudflare is locking the door’: Publishers celebrate victory against AI bot crawlers Subscribe To Read Read More Stop me if you’ve heard ... read more
- Retail media’s mid-2025 reality: Why advertisers are going all in on full-funnelNow that we’ve reached halfway through 2025, retail media remains one of the industry’s biggest growth stories, pulling in more ad dollars and attention. But what started as a rush toward retail media’s on-site ... read more
- Generative AI, not ad tech, is the new antitrust battleground for GoogleIndependent publishers say Google’s AI Overviews have left them in a no-win bind — and they’re taking the fight to EU regulators. The Independent Publishers Alliance, which has 45 members, non-profit big-tech watchdog Foxglove Group, ... read more
- TikTok might be working on a standalone U.S. app, but marketers aren’t sold on the idea – yetTikTok is reportedly developing a separate version of its app for the U.S. — a contingency plan as pressure builds for ByteDance to divest. But for marketers, it raises more questions than answers. “I’d be ... read more
- Michelle Khare on building Emmy-worthy content — one challenge at a timeSubscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Michelle Khare has done everything from Houdini’s deadliest trick to the Secret Service’s training academy all in the name of content on her “Challenge Accepted” YouTube channel. Perhaps though, ... read more
- Apple just added more frost to its Liquid Glass designApple’s original Liquid Glass design was very transparent. Apple’s new Liquid Glass design language just got a little more… frosted. In the third iOS 26 developer beta, Apple dialed back ... read more
- xAI updated Grok to be more ‘politically incorrect’Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, was updated over the weekend with instructions to “assume subjective viewpoints sourced from the media are biased” and “not shy away from ... read more
- Musk Touts 'America' Party, Tesla Stock SuffersWhen Musk asked his followers on X last week whether it was time to create a new political party, 80% answered "yes." ... read more
- 'Empire' Publishes First Light-Up Mag Cover To Celebrate New Tron FilmThe limited-edition, light-up cover is activated by a push button and is powered by a hidden battery pack. ... read more
- Why Advertisers Can’t Figure Out If They’re Monetizing Illicit Content On YouTubeAdalytics is out with another summer blockbuster, of sorts. For at least a year, Adalytics has observed creator accounts on YouTube eluding the platform’s IP and rights monitoring tech to distribute movies, shows and live ... read more