Digiday·2026-04-16
U.K. brands increase media spend despite economic storm cloudsThe media budgets of U.K. advertisers are set to rise over 7% in the first quarter of 2026, despite worries over supply-chain disruption and low consumer confidence . It’s a sign advertisers aren’t acting to pull or pause media investment in the face of slow economic growth prospects, increased tariffs on goods exported to the United States, or the rise in energy prices prompted by the recent war
Digiday·2026-04-16
OpenAI builds tool to track whether ChatGPT ads convertOpenAI is building the ad measurement infrastructure that would let it compete for performance budgets, not just brand spend. The AI company is working on a conversion tracking pixel — the same type of tool that sits invisible on millions of sites and tells advertisers exactly what happened after someone saw their ad, according to code shared and reviewed by Digiday by someone who has access to it
The Guardian·2026-04-16
What are the UK government’s plans to regulate social media for under-16s?Keir Starmer has told social media firms that “things can’t go on like this” in a meeting with tech bosses in Downing Street as pressure mounts for tougher restrictions on the industry. Ministers are considering imposing an under-16 age restriction on social media as well as other options to limit app use. Here are the answers to some questions about what the government does next with social media regulation. What did Starmer say to social media bosses? Starmer held a meeting with senior figures at Meta, Google, TikTok, X and Snap on Thursday in which he told them something that tech firms have heard many times before: act with more urgency on internet safety for children. “Things can’t go on like this, they must change because right now social media is putting our children at risk,” he sa
The Guardian·2026-04-16
News of BBC jobs cuts ‘real concern‘, says UK’s culture secretaryThe BBC’s sudden announcement of 2,000 job cuts has had a “very strong effect” on staff, the UK’s culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said, as employees expressed frustration that highly paid presenters and senior staff would not be the prime targets of the cuts. Nandy, who has been having conversations with BBC staff during discussions about the broadcaster’s charter renewal, is understood to be keen for employees to be involved in making the cost-cutting plan, which will affect as many as 10% of the broadcaster’s 21,000 staff over the next three years. BBC staff were told they would not know who would be affected by the cuts until September, the Guardian understands, making for a morale-sapping summer. Nandy told MPs on Thursday: “Colleagues will know that yesterday, the BBC interim direc
The Guardian·2026-04-16
Channel 4 programming chief Ian Katz to leave after nearly nine yearsChannel 4’s content chief, Ian Katz, who holds responsibility for the broadcaster’s £650m annual programming budget and output, is to leave after almost nine years in the post. Katz, a former senior executive at the Guardian, became the channel’s director of programmes in January 2018 after moving from the BBC where he was editor of Newsnight. He was made chief content officer in January 2021 and will depart the post in October, making him Channel 4’s longest-serving head of programming. Katz is the latest high-profile executive to depart Channel 4 after the appointment of the new chief executive, Priya Dogra, from Sky. In February, Jonathan Allan, who held the role of interim chief executive after the departure of Alex Mahon, announced his resignation after 15 years at Channel 4. Katz – w
Adweek·2026-04-16
Netflix Ad Revenue Set to Reach $3 Billion in 2026, New Ad Products ComingNetflix reveals ad sales projections and new products on the way in 2026.
Adweek·2026-04-16
The Team Behind Zohran Mamdani’s Viral Campaign Wants More Political Candidates to Get Candid on Social MediaMelted Solids and the New York mayor's video director discuss how political campaigns can break through.
Adweek·2026-04-16
‘Brands Can’t Guide Culture’: Creators and Marketers on Ditching Skin-Deep AllyshipMarketing experts endorsed a strategy of conscious engagement and cultural immersion over prescriptive tactics to generate true belonging on social media.
Adweek·2026-04-16
What Dove, Netflix, and Nike Didn’t Do on Reddit Is Why They’re WinningReddit's global head of insights Rob Gage dishes on how brands are hacking the platform at Social Media Week.
Digiday·2026-04-16
Media Briefing: The ‘SaaS-pocalypse’ is spreading to publishersThis week’s Media Briefing explores how the “SaaS-pocalypse” is reaching publishers, as AI coding tools make it easier and cheaper for media companies to build their own apps and workflows — and entering into build versus buy discussions around paying for software vendors. Publishers are vibe coding their way into the SaaS-pocalypse debate The Economist is putting more reporters in front of the ca
Digiday·2026-04-16
Amazon hits pause on controversial change to its advertising payment system that had caused a seller revoltThis story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail Amazon is hitting pause on a controversial change to its advertising payment system after backlash from sellers who said the update would strain their finances. “We recently let a small number of advertisers know that we’d be updating their available payment methods to pay with their seller or vendor account balance or Pay by Invoice,
The Guardian·2026-04-16
Condé Nast will close its women’s health magazine, Self, after 47 yearsCondé Nast is planning to shutter Self, its women’s health magazine, after 47 years. In a memo published on the magazine giant’s website on Thursday, the media company’s CEO, Roger Lynch, explained the decision by saying: “As audience behaviors shift, we have not seen a path for Self to continue in its current form as a digital publication.” “Going forward, health and wellness content will be integrated into our other brands, including Allure and Glamour,” Lynch said, referring to Condé Nast’s other beauty and wellness titles. Self, which transitioned to an online-only format in 2017, still reaches more than 20 million people each month. The publication has also earned significant recognition over the years, including a National Magazine award and a Webby’s People’s Voice award. The closur
The Guardian·2026-04-16
Co-founder Reed Hastings to step down from Netflix boardReed Hastings, the Netflix chair, is leaving the streaming service he co-founded 29 years ago as the company regains its footing after it lost its $72bn deal for Warner Bros Discovery. In a letter to investors released on Thursday, Netflix said Hastings will not stand for re-election at its annual meeting in June and plans to focus on philanthropy and other pursuits. The company’s stock dropped about 8% on the news of Hastings’ departure. “Mr Hastings’ decision to not stand for re-election is not as a result of any disagreement with the company,” Netflix said in an SEC filing on Thursday. In a statement to Variety, Hastings said Netflix changed his life. The company has not named a successor. “My all‑time favorite memory was January 2016, when we enabled nearly the entire planet to enjoy o
Adweek·2026-04-15
The People Behind the News Movement Launched a Platform for NewsfluencersThe news media startup Caliber is launching SaySo, an ‘Apple News for creators,’ as part of its broader vision for the future of media.
Adweek·2026-04-15
Molly McPherson Analyzes 3 PR Fiascos and the Brand Mistakes Behind ThemThe crisis PR guru analyzed some recent blunders at ADWEEK's Social Media Week.
Adweek·2026-04-15
Emma Grede’s 4 Rules for Making Your Brand Actually Matter on SocialThe serial entrepreneur broke down her principles for success for audiences at ADWEEK's Social Media Week.
Adweek·2026-04-15
How Manscaped Used AI to Evolve Beyond Ball MemesThe brand shared how it transformed its social presence at Social Media Week 2026.
Nieman Lab·2026-04-15
Prediction markets are breaking the news and becoming their own beatDepending on whom you ask, prediction markets are either: A dangerous, unregulated form of gambling that allows for degenerate betting on real events, unfettered by the economic and legal rules that keep stock markets and sports betting in check, creating an opportunity for corruption and insider trading on a scale we have never seen before. Perfectly legal crystal balls that could replace polling
Nieman Lab·2026-04-15
Journalists champion Wayback Machine after news publishers limit article archivingIn January, Hanaa’ Tameez and I broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machine’s access to their news articles. Our reporting showed that these decisions, including a “hard block” by the Times that started late last year, were driven by publishers’ concern that the Internet Archive’s free library of webpage snapshots could be scraped
Nieman Lab·2026-04-14
The Baltimore Banner’s parent nonprofit acquires the Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWill Pittsburgh become America s most important city without a newspaper? Josh asked in January. The answer, we learned Tuesday, is no: The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism , the nonprofit parent organization of The Baltimore Banner , reached an agreement with Block Communications to acquire the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , which was slated to shut down in May. It s a dramatic, if not entire
Nieman Lab·2026-04-14
Social traffic kinda stinks for news publishers now, in 3 chartsA lot of the discussion of news publishers traffic in recent months has focused on a decline in search traffic . But social traffic is down, too. Last week, when I was analyzing how links hurt publishers on Twitter , I asked analytics platform Chartbeat for data on how Twitter referral traffic has changed. The decline is stark. Global Chartbeat clients traffic from Twitter has fallen by 70% since
Adweek·2026-04-08T17:26:58Z
Experiential Retail as a Loyalty Driver at a Heritage Brand With Tecovas CEO David LafitteBalancing brand and performance marketing.
Fast Company·2026-03-21T13:01:00Z
John Stamos debated live-streaming his first tattoo at SXSW: Is the future of media 'life in real-time'?Speaking with Fast Company at SXSW, the 'Full House' actor shared why he’s excited to be the chief innovation officer of streaming platform Zeam.
