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Disney's ABC Files Petition to End FCC Equal Time Probe Into “The View”, Says It Threatens to 'Chill' Free Speech
Disney’s ABC has filed a petition for a declaratory ruling to halt the FCC’s equal‑time investigation of its daytime talk show, *The View*. The network argues the probe threatens settled legal precedent that classifies the program as a bona‑fide news interview exempt from the equal‑time rule. ABC’s lawyers claim the FCC’s actions chill protected speech and create viewpoint discrimination, especially after the commission scrutinized a Democratic candidate interview but not comparable Republican appearances. The filing seeks to reaffirm *The View*’s exemption and prevent broader regulatory overreach.
Netflix Is Bringing Back One of Its Most Beloved Adaptations Next Month for Season 2
Netflix will launch Season 2 of its live‑action Avatar: The Last Airbender on June 25, 2026, following a record‑breaking debut that drew 21.2 million views in four days and 153.4 million hours in its first week. The renewal includes back‑to‑back production of Seasons 2 and 3,...
Prime Video Is Adding a TikTok-Like Feed
Amazon is introducing "Clips," a TikTok‑style vertical short‑form video feed within the Prime Video mobile app. The feature, first previewed with NBA highlights, now showcases moments from movies and series across the service. Clips appears as a recommendation carousel on...
Can I Borrow Your E-Book?: A Brief Discussion of Controlled Digital Lending
Controlled digital lending (CDL) lets libraries scan a physical book and lend the digital copy while maintaining a one‑to‑one owned‑to‑loaned ratio. In 2024 the Second Circuit rejected CDL as a fair‑use defense in Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive, siding...
BE Transmitter Brings a Seattle AM Back to Full Power
Seattle‑Tacoma’s historic KKMO 1360 AM returned to its licensed 5 kW day‑and‑night power after installing a Broadcast Electronics AM‑6A transmitter. The new transmitter, paired with a BE AM‑1A backup, went live on April 27, ending a six‑month period of reduced 2 kW operation...
'Dutton Ranch' Brings 'Yellowstone's' Fan-Favorite Power Couple to South Texas
Paramount+ launches "Dutton Ranch" on May 15, continuing the love story of Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) as they move from Montana to South Texas. The spin‑off, created by Taylor Sheridan, pivots from the original series’...
Eurovision 2026: Guide
Eurovision 2026 will be staged at Vienna's Wiener Stadthalle, with Finland topping polls as the favorite to win. SBS will air Semi‑Final 1 on 13 May and Semi‑Final 2 on 15 May, followed by the Grand Final on 17 May, all live at 5:00 am AEST. Australian...
Screen Forever 2026: Progress in Indigenous Storytelling “Something to Be Proud Of”
Producer Rachel Perkins, co‑founder of Blackfella Films and new Director of First Nations Strategy at Screen Australia, highlighted the dramatic shift in Indigenous storytelling at the Screen Forever 2026 conference. Two decades ago the Indigenous film sector had virtually no funding...
Fox Entertainment Writers Incubator Names 2026 Fellows
Fox Entertainment announced the four 2026 Fellows for its Writers Incubator, selecting Mateo Gomez, Isa Moon, Chiara Motley and Brandy E. Palmer from more than 1,200 applicants. The three‑month program, now in its fifth year, offers intensive workshops, one‑on‑one mentorship...
Army Small Business Office Pulls the Plug on LinkedIn Posts
The Army Office of Small Business Programs announced it will stop updating its LinkedIn page, directing all announcements, resources, and opportunities to its official website instead. The LinkedIn feed, which had amassed roughly 25,000 followers, was used to share CMMC...
3 Satirical Superhero Shows to Watch on Prime Video This Weekend (May 8 - May 10)
Amazon Prime Video’s weekend lineup spotlights three critically acclaimed satirical superhero series—“I’m a Virgo,” “The Tick,” and “The Boys Presents: Diabolical.” Each title holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 95% or higher, offering viewers a blend of comedy, genre deconstruction,...
Brands and Celebs Lost Millions of Followers Thanks to This Instagram Update—Including Instagram Itself
Instagram’s latest update removed millions of inactive accounts, causing a sharp drop in follower counts for major brands, celebrities and even the platform itself. Nike lost 4.27 million followers, while Cristiano Ronaldo, Kim Kardashian and Victoria’s Secret each shed between 5 and...
ABC To FCC: ‘The View’ Is A Bona Fide News Show
ABC has asked the Federal Communications Commission to formally recognize its daytime talk show, The View, as a bona‑fide news program. The network argues that the show’s journalistic format qualifies for the FCC’s news‑program exemption from the equal‑time rule, a...
The One Show Removed From BBC One Schedule in Shake-Up Tonight - Here's Why
The BBC postponed The One Show on Friday, 8 May, replacing its 7 pm slot with extensive election coverage. The network also moved Pointless to BBC Two while the evening featured a special Election 26 broadcast and a David Attenborough 100‑year celebration concert. Host...
Amazon Is Leveraging Its Sports Rights in Pursuit of Advertising Domination
Amazon reported $17.1 billion in advertising revenue for Q1, surpassing Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount combined, and disclosed $70 billion in ads revenue over the trailing twelve months. Prime Video, now profitable, shifted to an ad‑supported model last year, giving users the...
Transit Briefs: VIA Rail, MDOT MTA, NACCA/Alto, SEPTA
PressReader expanded its partnership with VIA Rail, giving business‑class travelers on The Ocean, The Canadian and Corridor routes 20‑hour pre‑departure and four‑hour post‑arrival access to over 8,400 digital newspapers and magazines. Maryland’s MDOT MTA launched the Rider Experience Lab, a...
ABC Accuses FCC of Violating Its Free Speech
ABC has filed a complaint accusing FCC Chair Brendan Carr of violating the network's First Amendment rights by questioning whether its daytime talk show “The View” qualifies as a bona‑fide news program. The filing also highlights the FCC’s parallel investigations...
Vice News Is Coming Back (Though Not Quite Like It Was)
Vice Media founder Shane Smith is reviving Vice News as a streamlined digital outlet anchored by his "Shane Smith Has Questions" podcast and a pared‑down website. The relaunch leans heavily on brand partnerships, debuting with Adobe’s PDF Spaces tool to embed...
AI Hard Drive Shortage Makes Archiving the Internet Harder
The surge in AI‑driven data‑center workloads has triggered a sharp rise in hard‑drive and SSD prices, making storage procurement a bottleneck for digital archivists. Consumer and enterprise drives have seen price jumps of 150‑250%, with a 2TB Samsung SSD climbing...
Meta Can See Your Instagram Messages Now, and It's Time to Stop Using It
Meta has removed end‑to‑end encryption from Instagram direct messages as of May 8, 2026, allowing the company to read and analyze message content. The change is justified by low adoption of encrypted chats and Meta’s desire to improve moderation of harmful activity....
Week of April 27 Morning News Ratings: Numbers Tighten Between Today and GMA
Nielsen’s live‑plus‑same‑day data for the week of April 27 shows NBC’s Today maintaining a narrow lead over ABC’s Good Morning America, with a margin of just 56,000 total viewers. Today posted 3.014 million viewers and 597,000 adults 25‑54, while GMA recorded 2.961 million...
Wavelength Technical Solutions: “A Trusted Partner”
Wavelength Technical Solutions positions itself as a full‑service broadcast engineering partner for radio stations, especially in California. The firm handles project management, FCC filings, site selection, and cost‑effective transmission system sourcing for upgrades, new builds, and facility moves. It also...
Ticker: Fox News Debuts New Promo Campaign Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday
Fox News launched a patriotic promo series to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, featuring hosts like Sean Hannity, Jesse Watters and Laura Ingraham and tying the effort to the network’s 30th‑anniversary. The campaign includes cinematic tributes on historic moments such as...
Jake Johnson and David Boreanaz to Have a Schlubby Detective-Off on NBC's Fall Schedule
NBC announced that four of its eight recently ordered pilots will move forward to series for the 2026‑27 season. The lineup includes Sunset P.I., a single‑cam comedy starring Jake Johnson as a Los Angeles private detective, a reboot of the...
Scripps Blames Nielsen Measurement Shift For ‘Inaccurate’ Network Ratings
E.W. Scripps Co. publicly blamed Nielsen for an audience‑measurement shift that it says produces inaccurate network ratings. The company argued the new methodology, rolled out ahead of its Q1 2026 earnings release, skews data in favor of cable networks and...
East African Countries Plan Regional Satellite Launch
Ministers from Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda have agreed to move forward with the Northern Corridor Regional Communication and Broadcasting Satellite Initiative (NCRCBSI), a joint effort to launch a satellite that will broaden communication and broadcasting services across East...
Behind the Blog: Storage Woes and RSS
The Behind the Blog post reveals the logistical and ethical hurdles behind a recent 404 Media investigation into a Chinese real‑time deepfake platform used for worldwide scams. Reporters spent weeks, eventually more than a month, negotiating access to the software...
CEO: AMC Global Media Shopping ‘The Walking Dead’ Franchise to Major Streamers
AMC Global Media CEO Kristin Dolan announced the company is actively shopping the "The Walking Dead" franchise to major streaming services. The studio is focusing on co‑exclusive licensing deals while keeping some content in‑house. Dolan said several large platforms are...
Your Instagram Conversations Won’t Be so Private Anymore
Effective May 8, 2026, Instagram Direct Messages lost end-to-end encryption, meaning Meta and any third party with access can read the content of private chats. The change was quietly noted in a help‑center update in March, with no public announcement...
What Is ‘Premium Content’ on Energy Monitor?
Energy Monitor has rolled out a new "Premium Content" tier that remains free but requires users to register. The offering bundles the outlet’s most data‑driven analysis, features and exclusive reports sourced from its parent company GlobalData. By gating this material,...
What Is ‘Premium Content’ on Just Food?
Just Food has launched a Premium Content tier that places its most data‑intensive articles behind a registration wall. The new offering bundles deeper analysis, industry interviews, and exclusive reports powered by GlobalData’s proprietary research. Readers must create a basic profile...
Press Group Requests Investigation Into Violent Attack Against Journalists in India
On April 28, 2026, two Jharkhand journalists were assaulted while covering Health Minister Irfan Ansari’s briefing. The reporters, Ashish Kumar and Sushant Kumar Soni, were attacked by a crowd of about 50 after questioning the minister about a fatal air‑ambulance...
The Scoop: Updated Data Gives New Peek Into What’s Fueling AI Search Today
Muck Rack’s latest analysis reveals that 99% of links cited by AI chatbots come from non‑paid media, with journalism leading at 27% of all citations and more than half of those stories published within the past year. Corporate blogs contribute...
Oklahoma Governor Vetoes OETA Continuation, Objects to Publicly Funded Broadcasting
Governor Kevin Stitt vetoed Senate Bill 1461, which would have extended the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) through July 2031, and also rejected HB 3320 that sought to make the station permanent. The veto leaves OETA facing a sunset date of July 1,...
From Ad Exposure to In-Store Sales
PadSquad and Cuebiq have launched a partnership that ties digital ad exposure directly to physical store visits and, for the first time, transaction outcomes. The solution uses Cuebiq’s mobility intelligence and a dwell‑time filter to count only meaningful foot traffic,...
See What Happens when Creative Legends Use AI to Make Ads for Small Businesses.
Google today unveiled The Small Brief, an initiative that teams three advertising legends—Jayanta Jenkins, Tiffany Rolfe and Susan Credle—with local businesses to produce studio‑quality campaigns. The creatives were given unrestricted access to Flow, Google’s AI‑driven creative studio, to craft ads...
Leo Chicago Corrals Aldi's Supermarket Savings
Leo Chicago, a Publicis Groupe agency, unveiled a new Aldi advertising series featuring a cowboy narrator in two 30‑second spots titled “Bread Sage” and “Cart Coral Cowboy.” The campaign runs on TV, connected TV, online video and social platforms, emphasizing...
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YouTube App for Google TV, More Revamps Side Menu with Easier Library Access, Recent Channels [Gallery]
YouTube’s TV app is receiving a refreshed sidebar that moves the Subscriptions and Library sections higher up, reducing the clicks needed to reach the most‑used areas. The redesign also adds two persistent channel shortcuts that stay visible even when the...
Timothée Chalamet: Watch the Beautiful Boy Take on the Beautiful Game
adidas has unveiled a new short‑film campaign, "Backyard Legends," narrated by Timothée Chalamet. The spot assembles a dream football squad—including Jude Bellingham, Lamine Yamal, Trinity Rodman—and features cameo appearances by David Beckham, Bad Bunny, Zinedine Zidane and Lionel Messi. Launched ahead of the 2024 FIFA World Cup, the...
Twisty and "Compelling" Thriller that Was Big Streaming Hit Confirms New Cast for Season 2
Prime Video’s thriller series We Were Liars, based on E. Lockhart’s novel, earned a rapid renewal after a strong debut and is returning for a pre‑quel second season. The new season will flash back to the Sinclair sisters’ 1999 summer, drawing...
Creator Agency NewGen Launches AI Platform to Help Brands Scale Creator Campaigns With Compliance Controls
London‑based creator agency NewGen has unveiled Multiple, an AI‑driven platform that consolidates every stage of influencer campaigns—from creator matching and outreach to contract generation, payment tracking and performance reporting. The system promises to cut campaign launch times by up to...
‘Stop Posting Pretty Things. Build a Business’ – Hannah Wilson on How to Scale as a Creator Enterprise
Hannah Wilson, a creator with over one million followers, leverages her experience at Insta360, livestream commerce, and CGTN to run her personal brand like a business. She stresses rapid skill acquisition, constant re‑branding, and treating brand deals as relationships rather...
OnlyFans Adds Community Pages for Sports, Comedy, and Podcast Creators
OnlyFans unveiled three new community pages—sports, comedy and podcasts—at the OMR Festival in Hamburg, expanding its discovery tools beyond adult entertainment. The platform highlighted more than 285 professional athletes, fast‑growing comedians and niche podcasters, offering dedicated placement to boost visibility....
Levanta Makes the Case That Creator Channels Belong Alongside Every Amazon Ad Budget
Levanta, the Seattle‑based affiliate and creator platform, announced the acquisition of Perch+, an early Amazon‑focused affiliate network. The deal brings hundreds of brands and publishers into Levanta’s marketplace, consolidating two of the longest‑standing players in the Amazon affiliate space. Levanta...
How Social Commerce Summit Aims to End the Silo Problem That Has Cost Brands Real Money
The Social Commerce Summit convenes May 14‑15, 2026 at Westdrift Manhattan Beach, offering an invitation‑only, complimentary forum for senior brand operators, platform leaders, and investors. Organized by Social Commerce News, the event is deliberately neutral, avoiding agency or platform sponsorship,...
One Dollar: All That’s Needed To Buy An Eastern Md. AM
A Salisbury, Maryland broadcasting firm has agreed to purchase a Class B AM station serving Easton on the Eastern Shore for a nominal $1, with the legal consideration consisting of exactly 100 pennies. The deal underscores the steep depreciation of many...
What’s New To Streaming: May 8, 2026
Streaming platforms rolled out a mix of classic adaptations and new thrillers on May 8, 2026. Netflix debuted a four‑episode limited series of William Golding’s *Lord of the Flies*, while CBS/Paramount+ launched *Boston Blue*, a spin‑off of *Blue Bloods* set in Boston. Hulu...
Amazon Brings Content-To-Commerce Technology Into Publisher Services
Amazon Publisher Services has added Shopsense, an AI‑driven content‑to‑commerce platform, to its Connections Marketplace. Shopsense analyzes images in articles, videos and photos, automatically generating product‑listing ads that link to more than 1,000 retailers. The integration requires no code and promises...
How IAB Sweden Expelled Meta—And Why It Might Not Happen in Other Chapters Anytime Soon
Meta has been expelled from IAB Sweden after a year‑long campaign by Swedish publishers over a surge of fraudulent advertisements on its platforms. The move follows a Reuters investigation that accused Meta of earning billions from scam ads and a...
Lee Habeeb to Kick Off TALKERS 2026 Discussing “The Art of Storytelling”
Lee Habeeb, CEO and host of the syndicated series *Our American Stories*, will deliver the opening keynote at TALKERS 2026 on June 5 at Hofstra University. The two‑minute breakfast address, titled “The Art of Storytelling,” kicks off the 28th annual conference, which...