Secretary Wright Joins Fox News' Laura Ingraham - March 11, 2026
Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News the U.S. is actively degrading Iran’s ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian officials threatened vessels and several ships were struck by projectiles. He defended recent U.S. military and diplomatic moves, saying forces are working “24 hours a day” to restore safe passage and that Iran will be “near completely defanged.” To cushion supply disruptions, the administration and allies will release roughly 400 million barrels from strategic reserves over about four months, while insurers and the DFC move to shore up coverage and financing. Wright rejected media suggestions of a prior miscalculation about Iran’s response and predicted Gulf traffic will likely resume within weeks rather than months.
Kyle and Jackie O: Inside Media's Biggest Split
The Australian radio duo Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have abruptly ended their two‑decade run after a public on‑air clash, prompting ARN Media to announce the termination of their $200 million, ten‑year contract. The pair commanded roughly 700,000 daily Sydney listeners, underpinning...
The Hidden Battlefield: Censorship in the Israel–Iran War | The Take
The Take released a podcast episode examining how censorship shapes coverage of the Israel‑Iran war. It highlights the tight control governments and platforms exert over what journalists and the public can see, creating a fragmented picture of the conflict. Human‑rights...
Who We Are: City Journal
The City Journal podcast episode chronicles the origins and evolution of the Manhattan Institute’s flagship magazine, launched in 1990 amid New York City’s crime‑ridden, suburban‑driven crisis. Host Raphael Mangal and editor Brian Anderson explain how the publication was conceived as...
Pressure on Trump to Prevent Economic Catastrophe over Iran War | The Wrap with Anna Botting
Sky News is debuting a new late‑night program called The Wrap, hosted by Anna Botting and Gillian Joseph. The show will air from 10 p.m. to midnight, featuring live debates with experts, journalists and special guests. It aims to move beyond...
WPP Media’s Adam Shlachter: Gaming ‘Might Be Ultimate Environment’ For Retail Media
WPP Media’s Adam Shlachter argues that gaming environments represent the ideal setting for retail media, offering real‑time moments to align brand messages with shopper intent. He emphasizes that authentic integration—understanding gamer psychology and specific platform nuances—is essential for effective campaigns....
Ad Industry Needs Standards Before AI Agents Start Buying Media: IAB Tech Labs' Anthony Katsur
Anthony Katsur, CEO of IAB Tech Lab, warned that the ad industry must establish clear standards before AI agents begin buying media. He unveiled the Agentic Advertising Management Protocols (AMP) to ensure data transparency, audience‑signal quality, and recency for autonomous...
Is China Using Streamers for Propaganda?
Recent speculation suggests China may be leveraging online streamers to disseminate propaganda to global audiences. During Semafor’s Mixed Signals podcast, streamer Hasan Piker described feeling a pervasive surveillance environment while in Beijing, yet he asserted that no coordinated effort by...
This Is How Women Are Reshaping Sports Media
The video examines how women are fundamentally reshaping sports media in the United States and Germany, turning frustration over marginalization into independent platforms that spotlight female athletes. Key data points include the 2026 Winter Olympics women's hockey final drawing more than...
AI Is Moving Fast but Work Still Gets Done in the Present: Hearst’s Lee Garfield
Lee Garfield, Hearst Magazines' VP of programmatic sales, says AI’s real value lies in today’s workflows, not distant forecasts. AI tools are already speeding up branded‑content production while safeguarding brand messaging. The company’s first‑party data platform, Aura, has been refined...
How to Access Decades of U.S. Public Opinion Polls Through Roper iPoll (Session 2 of 2, 3/4/26)
The second session of the Roper iPoll webinar introduced a free, one‑year membership aimed at small news outlets and independent journalists, allowing them to tap into the Roper Center’s vast public‑opinion archive. The archive holds roughly 915,000 U.S. poll questions from...
‘Neuro Contextual’ Ads Offer Relief From The ‘Intrusive’ Retargeting Trap
Seedtag is promoting "neuro contextual" advertising that aligns ads with a viewer’s real‑time emotional state rather than past browsing behavior. Research with Columbia University showed a 3.5× lift in neural engagement versus traditional retargeting. The approach also delivered a 600%...
Journalism as Resistance
In a televised lecture hosted by the Reuters Institute, award‑winning Salvadoran journalist Carlos Dada warned that journalism has become a form of resistance against a wave of authoritarian populism sweeping the globe. Drawing on his experience leading El Faro, the region’s...
WHO JOINS WATCHADVISOR?A NEW VOICE. IN 4K.
Watch Advisor’s YouTube channel announced a significant personnel addition: veteran watch‑collector Roger Reega joins host Alexander as a co‑presenter. The reveal was filmed on a 2,000‑meter Alpine plateau in the Austrian Alps, underscoring the channel’s high‑production values. Reega’s arrival is positioned...
For TransUnion’s Spiegel, Human Oversight Will Be The Governor on AI’s Engine
Matt Spiegel, EVP of TruAudience growth strategy at TransUnion, argues that while AI will automate many marketing tasks, human oversight remains essential. He debunks the myth that AI will render granular consumer identity irrelevant, insisting deeper data insights are needed...
AI Agents Are ‘Nascent’ but Data Clean Rooms Are Ready for the Collaboration Era
AI agents are still in their infancy, but their hunger for data is prompting enterprises to revisit data clean rooms as essential guardrails. Snowflake, after acquiring Samooha, has rolled out Snowflake Data Clean Rooms to let organizations share and analyze...
Jeremi Gorman of Fanatics Advertising Says the Business Is Bigger Than Your Closet
Jeremi Gorman, chief revenue officer of Fanatics Advertising, highlighted the company’s $8 billion annual commerce engine that spans licensed merchandise, trading cards, collectibles and betting. Fanatics now owns Topps, Lids and the NBA Store, and has built the FanGraph data platform...
What's Behind Double-Digit Digital Ad Market Growth? With IAB UK's Elizabeth Lane
The Media Leader podcast featured IAB UK’s head of insight, Elizabeth Lane, unpacking the latest IAB UK digital ad spend report. The study shows UK digital advertising revenue reaching a record £40 billion in 2025 – a 10% year‑on‑year increase despite...
Passage: In Memoriam
CBS News Sunday Morning aired an "In memoriam" segment honoring several notable figures who passed away this week, including veteran producer George Osterkamp. The tribute highlighted the program's tradition of celebrating cultural and historical contributions. The broadcast also promoted its...
School Is Broken: How To Escape The System
The video argues that the conventional school system stifles creative talent, forcing students like Arya to juggle uninspiring analytical tests with their artistic impulses. Rather than accepting the status quo, Arya launched a podcast to learn directly from industry professionals,...
LIVE YOUTUBE CHANNEL REVIEWS - Real Advice for Growing a Channel In 2026
Roberto Blake opened the live stream by announcing YouTube’s upcoming feature rollout, notably the return of direct messaging for creators, a change he says will reshape community interaction in 2026. He then shifted focus to a prototype he’s been building—a...
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Paramount, Warner Bros., And What He Really Thinks of Bari Weiss
FCC Chair Brendan Carr lauded CBS under CEO David Ellison and journalist Bari Weiss, noting the network’s willingness to experiment with new formats. Ellison, who assumed leadership of Paramount after its merger with Skydance, has pursued conservative‑friendly moves, including acquiring...
On the Ground in Beirut
Beirut is experiencing renewed displacement and fear after a sudden escalation between Hezbollah and Israel following the outbreak of war in Iran. Air strikes and rocket barrages have struck residential areas, particularly in the southern outskirts, forcing roughly 400 people...
Does WB Go To Netflix Or Stay Independent If Paramount Deal Fails
The video debates Warner Bros.’ strategic path if the pending Paramount acquisition collapses, focusing on whether the studio would return to Netflix or operate as an independent entity. Panelists note Paramount’s heavy debt load and recent junk‑rating as primary failure triggers,...
In-Store Is Retail Media’s Blind Spot: Michele Roney of Mars United Commerce
Michele Roney of Mars United Commerce says retail media has largely ignored the in-store experience, where advertising remains mass-market and untailored compared with pixel-level precision online. She argues retailers and brands must integrate data and collaborate with transparency and scale...
Horizon Media’s Alex Stone: AI Dynamics Making Deal Negotiations ‘Take More Time’
Alex Stone, head of Enterprise Partnerships at Horizon Media, says the agency is reshaping deals to prioritize technical alliances, data collaboration and client-focused solutions alongside traditional commercial terms. Horizon pairs high-level joint business partnerships (JBPs) with joint technical plans (JTPs)...
Gen AI Ads: Consumers More Bearish Than Ad Execs, and the Gap Is Widening
New research from Sonata Insights and IAB finds a widening "AI Ad Gap": young consumers are increasingly negative about AI-generated advertising, and ad executives continue to underestimate that sentiment. Despite greater exposure to AI ads in year two of the...
Behind the Cameras at the FNTV Studio
The FNTV studio at Mobile World Congress Barcelona turned its cameras on the production floor, revealing a nonstop stream of interviews, panels, and analysis featuring top telecom executives. Behind the scenes, crews coordinated rapid‑turnaround content while a mascot dog, Bowie,...
How Trump Decided to Go to War
The video examines how President Donald Trump moved from diplomatic posturing to ordering a war‑like strike against Iran, emphasizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s influence. It traces a timeline from Netanyahu’s December meeting in Mar‑a‑Lago, through Trump’s public readiness after the...
TV Buyers Need Better Signals Not Just More Floss Data: Alliant's Suvadip Choudhury
In a recent interview, Alliant’s Suvadip Choudhury argued that TV buyers need better quality signals—not just more raw data—to sharpen audience targeting. He traced the industry’s evolution from simple demographic slices to behavior‑driven segments that can identify, for example, “moms...
HBO Max & Paramount+ to Combine Into One Streaming Service | THR News
HBO Max and Paramount+ will merge into a single streaming platform once Paramount Skydance finalizes its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The combined service would immediately command over 200 million direct‑to‑consumer subscribers. Executives say the consolidation is designed to create a...
How the Texas Senate Primary Is a Test for Each Party
The Texas U.S. Senate primary has become the opening act of the 2026 midterm cycle, offering a vivid laboratory for how each party will frame its national narrative. Incumbent John Cornyn embodies the fading breed of Texas Republicans who combined...
Contextual Targeting Gains Ground in CTV: Magnite’s Ryan Kenney
Contextual targeting is emerging as the primary method for buying Connected TV inventory, offering relevance at scale without relying on user identifiers. Ryan Kenney of Magnite highlighted that viewers choose content they love, making context a natural fit for CTV....
IAB’s Zoe Soon: Media Agencies Increasingly Consider Creator Economy ‘A Must Buy ’
IAB executive Zoe Soon says the creator economy has become one of the fastest-growing areas of brand investment, with roughly 50% of U.S. buyers now treating it as a “must buy” alongside search and social. Brands are shifting to creator-first...
Trustworthy Data Beats Shiny AI at CES 2026: Horizon Media's Dominic Venuto
Horizon Media is prioritizing trustworthy, transparent data over flashy AI features as it rolls out its Blue AI-native platform, enriching client data and enabling natural-language interrogation down to atomic-level records so customers can validate and act on insights. The agency...
A Brand Said No to My $12,500 Pitch (Here's Why)
The video dramatizes a real‑time sponsorship pitch where a creator offers a $12,500 partnership, only to be turned down. The host uses the call to illustrate how brands like Kit value human connection and community impact far more than raw...
Unpacking Agency Employment Decline and Progress on Gender and Diversity Efforts — with Lianre Ro...
The Institute for Practitioners and Advertising (IPA) released its latest agency census, revealing a stark contraction in creative‑agency employment. Overall agency headcount fell 6.8%, with creative firms bearing the brunt at a 14.3% decline, while new hiring dropped more than...
Where the Strikes Leave Iranians
A series of US- and Israeli-led strikes struck multiple sites across Iran, from the north to the south, hitting cities including Isfahan and the heavily impacted Tyrron and damaging a girls’ elementary school near the Minub naval base with dozens...
The A.I. Videos on Kids’ YouTube Feeds
The New York Times investigated how artificial‑intelligence‑generated videos have infiltrated children’s YouTube feeds, including the main YouTube app and the more regulated YouTube Kids platform. Researchers sampled popular kids’ channels such as Bluey, Miss Rachel, and Cocomelon, then scrolled through...
Media Briefing: Social Media & Mental Health
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosted a media briefing on the evolving relationship between digital media, especially social media, and mental health. Moderated by Ellen Wilson, professors Tamar Mendelson and Johannes Thrul presented the latest research on...
Restoring Trust in Media | Semafor Events
The event, hosted by Semaphore at Gallup’s Global HQ, centered on the company’s mission to restore public trust in news media. Co‑founder Justin B. Smith highlighted three persistent consumer concerns—bias, information overload, and Western‑centric narratives—and outlined how Semaphore’s experimental formats...
Seedance 2.0: The Future of AI Video Creation Is Here 🚀
ByDance unveiled Seance 2.0, an AI‑driven video generation engine that lets users create short films using only prompts, images, audio, or existing clips. The platform combines text, image, audio, and video inputs into a single unified multimodal architecture, allowing up to...
AI Is Everywhere, but Human Marketers Still Get the Credit: Horizon’s Jeremy Flynn
In a recent interview, Horizon’s Jeremy Flynn explained how the agency is embedding artificial intelligence into every stage of its media services, reflecting a broader shift in chief marketing officer (CMO) expectations from simple media execution to measurable growth experiences. Flynn...
Walmart Connect’s Khurrum Malik: CTV Plus Linear TV Delivers 55% Reach Increase
Walmart Connect senior executive Khurrum Malik used the forum to highlight the rapid evolution of retail media, from a lower‑funnel, on‑site placement to a multi‑surface storytelling engine that now includes CTV, linear TV and over‑the‑top platforms. He announced the company’s recent...
IRIS.TV’s Field Garthwaite: Contextual Targeting Enables Privacy-First CTV Performance
IRIS.TV is turning Connected TV into a performance‑driven channel by using contextual signals and emotional data to serve ads at moments that resonate with viewers. The platform’s privacy‑first approach identifies what content is being watched without tracking personal identities, enabling...
Beyond the Niche: Unity Exec Urges Marketers to Rethink Gaming
Unity senior vice president Chris Feo urges marketers to treat gaming like any other high‑engagement media channel, arguing that outdated stereotypes limit ad spend despite comparable scale. He highlights Unity’s expansive platform—used by automakers, slot‑machine makers and more—supporting 160 million U.S....
How Pathos Communications Is Rethinking PR
Pathos Communications plc (AIM: NEWS) completed its initial public offering on the AIM market, using the proceeds to accelerate its tech‑enabled public‑relations platform. CEO Omar Hamdi highlighted the company’s AI‑driven approach that automates media targeting and reporting for small‑ and...
Artist Managers on Music Videos, Artist Development, Long-Term Strategy and True Fandom
In a candid conversation on the "New Music Business" podcast, host Arian sits down with Slush Management co‑founders Neil O’Conor and Aaron Green to unpack how modern artist managers navigate a fragmented industry. The discussion centers on the firm’s philosophy—following...
Fake Images Stoked Fears Amid Chaos in Mexico
The video captures a chaotic scene in a Mexican city where AI‑generated images and viral posts falsely claimed an airport plane was burning and a downtown church was on fire, fueling widespread panic among residents. Viewers recount seeing videos of a...
AI Shock And Tariff Fears Split Markets Winners And Losers | Insight with Haslinda Amin 02/24/2026
The episode focused on the twin shocks of artificial‑intelligence market anxiety and a wave of U.S. tariff actions following a Supreme Court ruling that struck down earlier levies. President Trump’s team announced a 10% tariff on batteries, electronics and other...