Russian state media company VGTRK, which owns and operates the country’s main national TV stations, was targeted in a massive cyberattack Monday that a Ukrainian government source said Kyiv’s hackers had caused. (Reuters) In the early morning hours, all of the company’s online broadcasting and internal services stopped working, including the streaming services of prominent…Russian […]
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is threatening Tampa NBC affiliate WFLA with legal action for airing an abortion rights campaign ad. (TVSpy)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is threatening Tampa NBC affiliate WFLA with legal action for airing an abortion rights campaign ad. (TVSpy) Read More
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Media companies Time and The Arena Group partnered with technology vendor Webflix Monday to bring short-form vertical video to their portfolio of open web properties. (ADWEEK)Media companies Time and The Arena Group partnered with technology vendor Webflix Monday to bring short-form vertical video to their portfolio of open web properties. (ADWEEK) Read More
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Five years after acquiring retail advertising platform PromoteIQ, Microsoft now seems to be quietly shutting it down and pushing clients to use Criteo. (Digiday)Five years after acquiring retail advertising platform PromoteIQ, Microsoft now seems to be quietly shutting it down and pushing clients to use Criteo. (Digiday) Read More
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It’s too soon to say how the spate of deals between artificial intelligence companies and publishers will shake out. OpenAI has already scored one clear win, though: Its web crawlers aren’t getting blocked by top news outlets at the rate they once were. (WIRED)It’s too soon to say how the spate of deals between artificial
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When podcast S-Town came out in 2017, it rode into the audio world on the crest of a wave that had been created by its sister podcast, Serial, just three years earlier. If you worked in audio, spirits were high. (Nieman Lab)When podcast S-Town came out in 2017, it rode into the audio world on
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AI agents, digital assistants pitted as the next evolution in artificial intelligence, promise to handle tasks autonomously, from booking reservations to negotiating business deals. At OpenAI’s DevDay event in San Francisco last week, the company demoed a voice bot calling local delivery service and successfully ordering 400 chocolate-covered strawberries for the attendees, specifying the delivery…AI
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Hispanic and Latino sports fans already put up big viewership and sales figures. Brands and broadcasters just need to watch the scoreboard. Back in early September, during an event held amid the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Nielsen teamed with Latinos in Sports (LiS) to release a study on Hispanic and Latino fandom…Hispanic
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Top of the Ticker: Monday marked the one year anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack against Israel. The broadcast, cable and streaming news outlets marked the occasion by reporting from the region as the tentacles of the war continue to spread throughout the Middle East. Last week, NBC News Now premiered the documentary, Freed: One…Top
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It’s the first day of Advertising Week, and Netflix wants to deliver knockout partnerships for its upcoming Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight. Top line The streaming service and Most Valuable Promotions have now partnered with Celsius, DraftKings Sportsbook, Experian, Meta Quest, and Spaten (Brazil) as presenting sponsors for the live event, which takes place…It’s
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