Digital Marketing

Legacy news media are making celebrity proximity the centerpiece of their content strategy, according to an analysis by Jacobin. The result is that journalism looks more like an exercise in cozying up to the rich and famous than an effort to hold them to account.

The week-long campaign will surgically target “upfront week” attendees across NYC via digital OOH, LED trucks and even on airplane seat-back screens.

Instagram users will no longer be able to send and receive end-to-end encrypted messages in the platform’s chat feature, as Meta announces a notable change in its approach to user privacy.

Claude uses Google Maps and Places API to answer local queries, and in a post this week spotted by Near Media co-founder Greg Sterling, advertisers learn how Anthropic’s chatbot has a formula to rank hotel results with a star rating, reviews and relevance.

A federal judge rejected Google’s request to immediately stay an order requiring it to share data about users’ searches with “qualified” competitors and to provide syndicated search results and ads to those competitors.

Amazon can’t prove Perplexity violates a 40-year-old anti-hacking law by allegedly accessing users’ accounts with their consent, the artificial intelligence company argues.

More than anyone I’ve known, Bill Duggan was made-for-advertising. I mean that in the good way. The question is whether advertising can make another Bill Duggan.

As AI begins to disrupt the economy, some believe states or the federal government can generate additional funds through a tax on AI computing.

Shopsense through Amazon Publisher Services can simplify where publishers review, test and activate ad-tech services, making commerce-enabled media more accessible through a new distribution channel.

AMC Global Media, formerly AMC Networks, posted Q1 streaming sales of $174 million, an 11% increase YoY, Variety reports. However, paid subscriptions fell by 1% YoY  to 10.1 million. U.S. ad sales declined by 5% to $113 million, and content licensing sales by 2% to $53 million. The company has also reported a $4 million restructuring charge.