Month: January 2025

Disney has a history of investing in machine learning and AI audience segmentation, and during its fifth-annual Global Tech & Data Showcase at CES on Wednesday, the company revealed the latest ways AI is enhancing its advertising capabilities. Ahead of the presentation, Disney revealed several ad updates, including a new biddable offering for live sports…

Kohl’s became one of the first to use Curate for Commerce to improve its commerce media programs that support new ad partners. Curate for Commerce is available in pilot now.

Growing up as a Sri Lankan American immigrant, I remember my first visit to a museum in the United States. It was more than a building filled with objects–it was a portal. For me, it bridged the unfamiliar with the familiar, transforming the abstract idea of a new home into something tangible. Museums became spaces…

Airbnb is working with nonprofit 211 LA to provide free temporary housing to people who have been displaced from their homes or forced to evacuate due to the wildfires currently raging through Los Angeles County. The stays are funded by the property rental platform’s nonprofit arm, Airbnb.org, with many hosts offering their homes free or…

Friday, Jan. 3 The Five is the most-watched show heading into the first weekend of 2025 with over three million total viewers. The most-watched shows on all three networks notably fell outside of primetime as The Lead with Jake Tapper led the way for CNN, while Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace was first for…

KJ Jacobs has joined Cincinnati ABC affiliate WCPO as the weekday morning traffic anchor/meteorologist. He’ll work alongside anchors Adrian Whitsett, Kristen Skovira and meteorologist Jennifer Ketchmark. He’ll also deliver forecasts weekly for WCPO 9 News. Before joining WCPO, Jacobs was the weekend evening meteorologist at WCNC, the NBC affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. Before that, he…

“I guess it will be a bit like being retired,” Elon Musk told Stagwell’s Mark Penn during a freewheeling conversation on X @Live during CES Wednesday night.

At the end of the summer, yearly season-to-date box-office revenues were pacing at around 15% below that of a year ago. The late-year recovery was the good news.

S&P estimates that U.S. broadcast station advertising revenue – TV and radio – for 2025 will see a decline of 9.3% to $32.83 billion.

Amazon built a $50 billion ad business by selling sponsored placements on its website and app. Now, the ecommerce giant wants to do the same for other retailers. Today at CES, Amazon Ads announced a new ad product called Amazon Retail Ad Service, allowing retailers to use Amazon’s tools to sell product ads appearing on…