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Microsoft Advertising on Friday released an agentic commerce blueprint to guide businesses, retailers, and developers into the massive shift when AI agents make purchases on behalf of humans.

The Federal Communications Commission has approved Cumulus Media’s reorganization, the last major obstacle to its emergence from its packaged bankruptcy, Radio World reports. The company filed for Chapter 11 protection earlier this year. Cumuus CEO Mary Berner pledged to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr that the firm will maintain existing newsroom headcounts for two years or more. Chapter 11.

At the 2026 New York International Auto Show, 41% participated in an on-site test drive, with 34% saying the experience made them more likely to consider buying that brand.

AI use has grown among social media professionals, with 95% now using AI tools in their work, and 75% daily, according to a newreport from Metricool, Net Influencer reports. But 14% say AI-generated content performs worse than human-made, up from 5% in 2025. The biggest AI tasks are writing copy (86%) and generating content ideas 84%. But AI use

Scripps News, the digitally distributed information service., has launched an initiative to give viewers more direct access to reporters, according to Radio & Television Business Report. Dubbed “Connect with Me,” the new effort is moving beyond traditional feedback channels by providing lines of communication via text messaging and email. “At a time when audiences are looking for

New research from iHeartMedia shows that Gen Z is still attracted to broadcast radio despite perception that it prefers personalized, on-demand audio, Inside Radio reports. “While Gen Z is conventionally thought to want everything on-demand and tailored to their needs, the data shows that teenagers are gravitating to the safety and anonymity of radio to create community,”

“Range anxiety was never really only about the battery. It’s about trust in the system built around it,” said Hyundai’s Olabisi Boyle.

“Colorado’s Healthier Social Media Use by Youth Act requires social media companies to disclose factual, research-based information to young users about the health effects of their own products,” the state argues to the 10th Circuit.

Among the non-intuitive insights about U.S. TV viewing brought to light: Only 30% of U.S. households are “streaming TV only.”

Conan O’Brien demonstrates he’s an active senior as he travels to four more distant locations in the third season of his far-flung travel show, “Conan O’Brien Must Go.”