Month: September 2024

Alphabet’s Google took a major step this year to end a European Union antitrust investigation with an offer to sell its advertising marketplace, AdX, but European publishers rejected the proposal, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Wednesday. (Reuters)

Nicole Chambers, former office manager of Dartmouth College student newspaper The Dartmouth, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for embezzling nearly $250,000 from the publication, authorities said. (Boston Globe)

The Sobesednik publishing house in Russia suspended production at all of its outlets for up to three months, including its popular newspaper, following a decision by authorities to place the company on the list of “foreign agents,” Yelena Milchanovska, a Sobesednik correspondent, said. (RFE/RL)

There’s been a lot of campfire talk recently about the “cable-pocalypse” that’s raging through the TV landscape. Those flames have been fanned by a steady drumbeat of headlines spotlighting the billion-dollar write-downs, multiple rounds of layoffs, and declining ad revenue plaguing the cable industry. But just like John Wayne coming to the aid of an…

Erika Badan understands the skepticism. As CEO of Barstool Sports for nearly one decade, Badan oversaw an editorial empire that transformed armchair quarterbacking, raucous podcasting, and “smokeshow” franchises into a $550 million sale in 2023. So, when she was named CEO of Food52 in April, the appointment felt odd. While Barstool serves an audience of…

Isabela Albero came to Los Angeles to “live the dream” of life in a big city on the beach. The managing director of global strategy at WPP-backed agency T&Pm, where she leads marketing for Electronic Arts’ portfolio of video games like The Sims and Madden NFL, likes to stay active. Amid the usual seaside sports…

Whether it’s a bicycle to school, subway to the office, or Uber to the airport for some overseas “revenge travel,” people are on the move again. And along with them, out-of-home transit advertising is on the rise. In the United States, the category–which includes ads on taxis, inside buses, and before in-flight movies–is on track…

Protests against online gaming company Evolution have gone to extremes in Europe—and are reverberating in the US.

Roku says advertisers can buy and optimize ads not just on Roku but other streaming platforms such as Netflix, Prime Video, Max, and Peacock.

A group that includes sex workers, sex tech businesses, and sex educators has demanded a seat at the table to shape AI regulations that they say could lead to discrimination against them.