Hubbard Launches New Cubs Podcast
Hubbard Radio’s 312 Sports network is launching “Off the Ivy: A Chicago Cubs Podcast,” hosted by Dan Bernstein, Matt Abbatacola, and Cody Delmendo. The show joins an expanding Chicago‑focused lineup that already includes “Dan Bernstein Unfiltered,” a Bears podcast, and a Bulls series. Gamut Podcast Network head John Goforth emphasizes that the program will explore the broader cultural meaning of Cubs wins and losses, not just game recaps. The launch signals Hubbard’s commitment to deep‑dive, fan‑centric sports content.
Audacy Pittsburgh Produces Giant Eagle Feed the Need Radiothon
Audacy’s Pittsburgh stations KDKA-AM and KDKA-FM "93.7 The Fan" hosted the seventh annual Giant Eagle Feed the Need Radiothon on March 24, raising funds for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The event, sponsored by grocery chain Giant Eagle, leveraged...
Deepfakes Vulnerable to AI Fingerprint Hacks, Study Finds
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh demonstrated that AI fingerprints used to identify deepfake images can be easily removed or forged. Their evaluation of 12 generators and 14 fingerprinting methods showed removal success rates above 80% for attackers with full...
Cord-Cutters Are $5 Away From Canceling Streaming Services
A Deloitte survey finds 61% of streaming subscribers would cancel if monthly fees rise by $5, highlighting strong price sensitivity. The study shows 68% of SVOD users now carry an ad‑supported plan, up 46% since 2024, and 73% express frustration...
Comcast Advertising Launches Outcomes+, a Next Gen Targeting and Attribution Solution Across Traditional and Streaming TV
Comcast Advertising unveiled Outcomes+, an AI‑driven targeting and attribution platform that spans its linear TV, streaming and addressable inventory. The solution leverages deterministic data from over 30 million households—more than 100 million authenticated viewers—and integrates new partnerships with Mastercard, Clarivoy, DISQO, Fandango,...
Picsart and Recraft Announce Exclusive Partnership, Granting First-Access for Exploration Mode to 130 Million+ Creators
Picsart, the AI‑powered design platform with more than 130 million creators, announced an exclusive partnership with Recraft, integrating the company’s V4 Exploration Mode into its ecosystem. The new feature shifts generative image creation from prompt engineering to visual discovery, delivering eight...
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 Has Double Near-Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Scores
Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again returned for a second season on March 24, 2026 and quickly earned near‑perfect reviews, posting a 95% critic score and 96% audience approval on Rotten Tomatoes. The jump from season 1’s 87% critic rating reflects a fully...
Great Pods Relaunches With User Accounts and Editorial-Driven Discovery
Great Pods, a podcast discovery platform built on professional editorial criticism, has relaunched with user accounts and new discovery tools. The upgrade adds smart search, weekly MVP rankings based on engagement, and the ability to follow critics from major publications...
New Research Suggests Truth Has a Natural Competitive Edge over Misinformation
A new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology shows that truthful messages are more persuasive and more likely to be shared than false ones. Four experiments with 4,607 participants found both human‑written and AI‑generated truthful content outperformed...
From Followers to Shelf Space: Bonkers Toys’ Lisa Berlin Wright on What Creator Licensing Actually Requires
Bonkers Toys, led by licensing chief Lisa Berlin Wright, is turning digital creators into toy franchise powerhouses. The company’s early wins with slither.io and Ryan’s World proved that viral online audiences can be translated into retail‑ready product lines. Wright stresses...
Trainee Reporter
The Clydebank Post, part of Newsquest Media Group, is hiring a full‑time trainee reporter for its Glasgow newsroom. The role focuses on generating exclusive stories, covering council and court proceedings, and producing engaging local features. Candidates must hold an NCTJ...
ESPN Tops 2026 Sports Emmy Nominations With 63 Nods
ESPN and ABC topped the 47th Sports Emmy nominations with 63 nods, outpacing FOX Sports' 38 and Warner Bros. Discovery's 37. The nominations span 47 categories, covering live events, studio shows, technical achievements and documentaries, reflecting the breadth of sports‑television...
Oxford Road Reveals That The Best-Selling Podcasts Are Independent
Oxford Road’s ORBIT rankings, based on over $1.6 billion in campaign data, reveal that independent podcasts dominate performance metrics, accounting for 80% of the top‑ranking shows. The analysis identifies four audience lanes—Build, Align, Unwind, and Fandom—each delivering distinct advertiser value. Independent...
Movistar Plus+ Launches Free Ad-Supported Tier
Movistar Plus+ has introduced a free, ad‑supported tier that gives users access to a curated slice of its streaming catalogue without a paid subscription. The offering, delivered via the Movistar Plus+ app, includes original series such as "Berto’s Advice Column"...
New Brittin, New BBC?
Matt Brittin, a former senior European Google executive, has been appointed Director‑General of the BBC. Lacking editorial experience, he is expected to run the corporation in a CEO‑style while delegating editorial authority to a separate Editor‑in‑Chief. The appointment comes as...
Independent Agencies Gain Advanced Agentic Media Buying Through New PubMatic and Untapped Growth Collective Partnership
PubMatic and Untapped Growth have partnered to embed independent agencies’ proprietary buyer agents into PubMatic’s AgenticOS platform. The integration gives agencies instant access to billions of premium CTV, mobile and video impressions, over 250 data partners, and GPU‑accelerated infrastructure. Early...
Hong Kong’s TVB Logs US$7.5 Million Profit, Shaking Off 7 Years of Losses
Hong Kong’s leading free‑to‑air broadcaster TVB reported a US$7.5 million profit for 2025, reversing a seven‑year loss streak. Revenue slipped 2% to HK$3.19 billion (≈US$408 million) but costs fell 4.9%, while advertising income rose 15% on its terrestrial channels. Growth was driven by...
VideoAmp and O-N-X Integration to Bring Data-Driven Buying to Local Broadcast TV
VideoAmp announced an integration with O‑N‑X, embedding its nationwide audience‑measurement dataset into the automated transaction platform for local broadcast TV. The partnership enables predictive delivery intelligence and more stable guaranteed‑impression transactions across all 210 U.S. markets. O‑N‑X, already licensed in...
Trade Desk Concerns: Does CTV Brand Attraction Have A Strong Foundation?
The Trade Desk is under scrutiny after Publicis flagged hidden DSP fees, prompting a follow‑up audit by Omnicom. Despite the controversy, CTV remains the engine of growth, accounting for roughly 50% of the company’s revenue. The stock has dropped 10%...
Live and Transmitting: Formula E Brings Every Car Live From the Track with ‘All Cars Live’ Program for 2026
Formula E has launched its “All Cars Live” program for the 2025‑2026 season, enabling live transmission from every car on the grid. Eight of the 22 cars stream four UHD angles each, while the remaining 14 deliver a single HD angle,...
How World Athletics and HBS Are Telling the Story of the World Athletics Indoor Championships
World Athletics’ indoor championships leveraged advanced audio capture, using boom microphones and strategically placed sensors under sand pits and pole‑vault bars to record coach‑athlete exchanges. Host Broadcast Services (HBS) paired this sound design with a 38‑camera setup, including a new...
Augmented Upgrade: AR Graphics Enhanced with AI Bring Formula E’s 2025-2026 Season New Detail as Well as Challenges
On 21 March 2026 Formula E launched its Madrid debut at Circuito de Madrid Jarama‑RACE, showcasing AI‑enhanced augmented‑reality graphics for the first time. The series switched from its legacy Ncam‑Vizrt setup to Vizrt’s Arena engine, allowing on‑site optical tracking and remote operation from the...
A Shift Philly to NY For NBC Local ND Duties
Ana Hernandez has been appointed News Director for NBC’s WNBC‑TV and Telemundo’s WNJU‑TV in New York, effective April 20. She currently leads WWSI “Telemundo 62” in Philadelphia and coordinates weather planning for WCAU “NBC 10.” The promotion moves her from a decade‑long tenure...
Global Agency Secures Sales in Over 70 Countries for Vendetta
Global Agency announced that the Turkish drama "Vendetta (Kan Çiçekleri)" has been sold to broadcasters in more than 70 countries, expanding its international footprint. The three‑season, 645‑episode series, originally aired on Turkey’s Kanal 7, is now topping prime‑time slots in markets...
Catherine Tyldesley's Exit From Popular British Cosy Crime Series Will Play Out in New Season
British cosy‑crime drama The Good Ship Murder will see Catherine Tyldesley depart after four seasons, with her character Kate Woods exiting in the season‑four premiere. The series returns for a five‑part fourth season, bringing back lead Shayne Ward as Jack...
At Salon Du Livre Africain De Paris, Uniting Around ‘Cultural Richness’
Paris’s Salon du Livre Africain (SLAP) celebrated its fifth edition, drawing 400 authors and 150 publishers from 20 nations. The fair, which began in 2021 with 150 authors, now serves as the year’s biggest market for many independent African publishers,...
Riding the Rocketship: Creating a Retail Media Mindset
Retail media is rapidly evolving into a multi‑billion‑dollar growth engine, posting double‑digit expansion in key markets. The sector has shifted from a startup focus on formats and measurement to a scale‑up model demanding strategic alignment. Colin Lewis proposes that success...
Jacqueline Loch Joins BetaKit as General Manager
BetaKit announced Jacqueline Loch as its new General Manager, bringing extensive media leadership experience from Azure Media, Rogers, and SJC Media. Loch will oversee business operations, product development, and partnership strategy to deepen BetaKit's reach within Canada’s tech ecosystem. The...
YouTube Exec Counters Netflix Rivalry Talk, Highlighting Platform’s Global Reach and $100 Billion in Creator Economy Payout
YouTube’s managing director for France and South Europe, Justine Ryst, highlighted that the platform paid out more than $100 billion to creators between 2021 and 2025, surpassing Netflix’s $79.5 billion content spend in the same period. She emphasized YouTube’s ad‑supported model, which...
YouTube Shows Are Closing in on Traditional TV — Fast
Spotter, an Amazon‑backed startup, reports that roughly 6,600 U.S. creator‑driven “TV” channels—defined by 22‑minute‑plus episodes, regular schedules and sizable audiences—produced an estimated 26 billion viewing hours in 2025, with over half watched on connected TVs. These creator shows match traditional TV...
xpln.ai Supports WPP Media & AXA in Driving More Sustainable Advertising Attention
xpln.ai teamed with WPP Media to help AXA launch a multi‑market campaign in the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico and Thailand that puts sustainability at its core. Using proprietary eye‑tracking technology, the firm measured advertising attention for each impression and paired...
When Covering a Protest Leads to Arrest, What Protections Do Journalists Really Have?
In April 2024, Fox 7 photojournalist Carlos Sanchez was arrested while covering a pro‑Palestine protest at the University of Texas at Austin, facing assault and trespassing charges despite identifying as press. Similar arrests have occurred, including Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort and...
Aeronaut Is an Actual Mac App for Bluesky
Aeronaut is a native macOS client that brings the Bluesky social network to a dedicated desktop window, echoing the experience once offered by Twitter for Mac. The app condenses timelines, supports both Following and algorithmic Discover feeds, and allows users...
Israel’s Censor Unit Revs Up
Israel’s Military Censor, a unit of the IDF Intelligence Corps, has dramatically tightened its control over media reporting following the March 3 Israeli‑Iran strikes. The censor now blocks or modifies coverage of interceptor launch sites, Iranian missile impact locations, and a...
Grass Valley Delivers Win with French National Lottery UHD Upgrade
Grass Valley has expanded its partnership with ImSoPROD, the production arm of France’s national lottery, by supplying LDX C98 compact UHD cameras for an 80 m² studio upgrade. The new system, installed in under two months, supports up to 14 cameras,...
Why Haley Baylee’s Netflix Debut Is a Milestone for Influencers on Streaming
Influencer Haley Baylee is set to host Netflix’s new reality series Win The Mall, marking a notable shift as streaming platforms tap social‑media talent for mainstream programming. The show, scheduled for an autumn 2026 release, leverages Baylee’s high‑energy, digital‑first persona...
Mada Media Offers Investment Opportunity for 21 Digital Unipoles in Dubai
Mada Media has issued tender MM/COM/26-0010 for 21 premium digital unipole billboards along Sheikh Zayed Road in Jebel Ali, Dubai. Licensed out‑of‑home advertisers must submit technical proposals by 16 April 2026 and financial proposals by 23 April 2026. The assets target high‑traffic commuters, offering...
6 Types of AI Content Moderation and How They Work
AI-powered content moderation is reshaping how platforms manage user‑generated material, moving from manual review to a blend of automated and human processes. Six moderation models—pre‑moderation, post‑moderation, reactive, distributed, user‑only, and hybrid—define where and how AI intervenes, from blocking offensive posts...
The Trade Desk Says Omnicom Audits ‘Have Not Identified Any Issues’
The Trade Desk announced that Omnicom’s recent audit found no issues, describing it as routine oversight. The company’s statement emphasized a clean bill of health for its data handling and compliance practices. Despite the positive findings, The Trade Desk’s shares...
PR Firm News: UpSpring Launches 'Play with Matches'
UpSpring announced the launch of “Play with Matches,” a weekly podcast that spotlights architects, designers, marketers and industry visionaries, with its first seven‑episode season distributed via the SURROUND Podcast Network. Blockworks introduced Blockworks Investor Relations, a platform that leverages real‑time...
Synamedia Unveils ‘Industry First’ Edge Watermarking Solution
Synamedia announced ContentArmor Edge Watermarking, an industry‑first solution that embeds forensic watermarks directly into the compressed video stream at the CDN edge. The technology cuts insertion and extraction times in half, delivering end‑to‑end piracy disruption in under five minutes. By...
Podcasters Push Back Against Regulatory Overreach
South African podcasters warned parliament that new sector‑specific regulations could stifle the industry’s rapid growth and deter investment. They argue existing courts and platform‑level moderation already address hate speech, defamation, and explicit content, making additional rules redundant. The debate intensified...
Elon Musk Overrules Product Chief Nikita Bier, Pauses X's Controversial Region-Based Payout Strategy
Elon Musk has put a hold on X’s newly announced revenue‑sharing policy that would give creators more weight for impressions from their home region. The plan, unveiled by head of product Nikita Bier, sparked immediate backlash from creators who said most...
30% of Open-Web Video Players Shrink After Page Load, Finds Picnic
Picnic’s new PIQ analysis shows that roughly one‑third of open‑web video players shrink after the initial page load, while 15% continue playing after users scroll past and 12% of sites host multiple videos simultaneously. The study highlights a gap between...
Report: Europe’s Audiovisual Market Valued at €142bn
The European audiovisual sector generated roughly €142 billion in 2024—about $155 billion—driven largely by consumer spending, which contributed over half of the total. Record production saw 2,523 feature films across 36 markets, while streaming viewers devoted 78% of SVoD time to TV...
Study: Europeans Centre Video Habits Around Living Room TV
RTL AdAlliance’s fifth Living Room Study shows 83% of Europeans watch video content in the living room, far outpacing the bedroom (46%). This preference is 25 points higher than in the United States. Streaming on TV sets has risen, with...
Music and Memories, Outdoor Channel Launch on Freeview
Global Distribution Services has added two FAST channels to the UK Freeview platform: Music and Memories on channel 290 and Outdoor Channel (paired with World Fishing Network) on channel 291. Both services employ a waterfall monetisation model, server‑side ad insertion...
Survey: Fandom Shaping Next Phase of Streaming Growth
Deloitte’s 20th‑year Digital Media Trends survey shows US streaming spend flat at $69 per month, while fan‑identified viewers are driving higher engagement and spend. 68% of subscription video‑on‑demand (SVoD) users now carry an ad‑supported tier, and fans spend $71 monthly—27%...
The Last Quarter: Understanding America’s Podcast Holdouts
Sounds Profitable has published "The Last Quarter," the first deep‑dive into the 25% of Americans who have never listened to a podcast. The report draws on a nationally‑weighted 5,000‑person Podcast Landscape study and maps the demographic, geographic and income traits...
Italy: Digital Ad Spend Surges
Italy’s advertising market in 2025 is now led by digital, with the “extended” digital segment projected at €9.6 billion (about $10.6 billion), representing 45% of total spend. OTT platforms dominate that slice, contributing €4.3 billion (~$4.7 billion). Traditional media investment slips to €5.8 billion (~$6.4 billion),...