Sen. Cantwell Says Privacy Bill Could Protect Against AI Harms

Senator Maria Cantwell said Monday that a federal privacy bill she introduced could help protect people from discrimination fueled by AI.

It’s Time to Dispel the Multicultural Media Scale Myth

Over the past few years, there has been an industrywide rallying cry about the yawning investment gap between the general market and minority-owned media. Nearly every marketer and media buyer agency has pledged a more diversified spending approach. At the same time, major investors including Tyler Perry, Robert Smith and Byron Allen, as well as…

ABC Makes Last-Minute Changes to Fall Lineup Amid Ongoing Strikes

ABC is making last-minute changes to its Golden hour. Today, Adweek learned that ABC is shaking up its fall lineup ahead of its September premieres, with the highly-anticipated The Golden Bachelor moving from Mondays to Thursdays. The network had previously planned on a reality-heavy fall schedule, seemingly trying to get ahead of any delays caused…

Ad Trade Bodies Campaign Against California Delete Act

Multiple industry trade bodies voiced their opposition to the proposed Delete Act (SB 362) in a letter to California lawmakers late last week. The bill–introduced earlier this year–enables California residents to make a single request to delete their data from every data broker registered with the state. Introduced by Sen. Josh Becker, the bill will…

TikTok Ban Justified By Concerns Over Data, Montana Argues

Montana’s TikTok ban aims to protect consumers from the app’s “data-harvesting practices and ownership by a hostile foreign government,” the state attorney general argues in a new court filing.

Horizon’s Night Market Names CD&TO, Expands Data/Tech Team

Three years after launching pure-play ecommerce unit Night Market, Horizon Media is expanding its team, adding a Chief Data & Technology Officer and making several other senior appointments.

Samsung Announces First Video Game To Support HDR10+ Standard

“The First Descendant,” a free-to-play game developed by Nexon, will be the first-ever official release to support Samsung’s HDR10+ gaming standard, a higher-quality experience the company initially
announced in 2021.