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While AI is gaining consumer adoption, it is still seen only as “nice-to-have” and has not impacted discretionary spending yet, PQ Media finds in its just-released report.

Influencers and independent creators are a growing source of news in the U.S, according to a study by the Media Insight Project, Medill reports. Among all Americans ages 13 and older, 57% say they get news from these sources. This rises to 81% among those in the 13-17 age category, a signaling a shirt in

Among several tools introduced Thursday, the standout feature mirrors an agency service – allowing advertisers to build AI-driven briefs to maintain a brand’s tone and message in AI Max campaigns.

Time has released a list of the 10 most influential companies in media and communications in 2026. They include: Nielsen, T-Mobile, AST Mobile, Publicis Groupe, Patreon, Discord, Letterboxd, TikTok, iHeartMedia and Telegram. In its coverage, Time explains the reasoning in each case.  

A majority of people worldwide feel that the media in their country have a lot of freedom, Gallup reports. In 2025, 64% of respondents in 131 countries said this, versus 30% who disagreed. The total was slightly down from 2011, but not dramatically so. In the U.S., 75% say the media are free, but that

Objection, a new service for checking journalistic facts, was launched on Wednesday with “multiple millions” in seed funding from Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan, and venture capital VC firms Social Impact Capital and Off Piste Capital, TechCrunch reports. Founder Aton D’Souza says his startup plans to use AI to adjudicate the truth of journalism and help people who feel

Roku’s Howdy platform costs $2.99 a month for ad-free movies and TV shows. Antenna says Howdy has steadily grown to reach one million subscribers.

Netflix’s new limited-series thriller “Man on Fire” burns like a furnace in the third act of the first episode, and from there, it is off and running.

Q1 revenue reported by Alphabet and Microsoft demonstrates how strong ad and search services drive the companies’ revenue-generating AI capabilities, with increased efficiency and monetization across core digital platforms.

Video-sharing app Vine is being reimagined as “Divine.” The new mobile app will be a hub for “authentic, non-AI-generated media,” ultimately valuing “creativity and constraint over engagement for an ad algorithm.”