Digital Marketing

Sexually explicit AI-generated content based on user prompts and searches continue to surface across sites such as Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot developed by xAI, and Google’s YouTube.

The order enjoins Nielsen from charging its so-called network radio rates “tying policy” while a suit by Cumulus Media proceeds.

Linear TV networks that showed gains, ranked third to sixth in prime-time viewing, include ABC (5% higher), Fox (up 10%), Fox News Channel (rising 12%) and ESPN (up 18%).

China’s top search engine that competes with Google filed a Hong Kong IPO for its AI chip unit Kunlunxin. Baidu submitted its application to the exchange on Friday, though details like size and structure of the IPO have not been finalized.

Trump has discovered a nifty trick: using regulatory merger oversight to pressure news organizations into compliant coverage. The parent companies of CBS and CNN are just the beginning of his protection racket.

Stagwell has put on its own ‘Sport Beach’ event at the Lions festival since 2023 and will serve as ‘headline partner’ for the new Lions Sports venue in June.

A Virginia law that restricts the amount of time minors can spend on media platforms has taken effect in Virginia. It requires that media companies limit young users to an hour per day, WWBT reports. 

The digital advertising industry faced a perfect storm of disruptions as December drew to a close, PPC Land reports. Among them were massive investments in AI power systems, platform consolidation and Google’s 18-day algorithm rollout. The impact was especially felt by publishers that are dependent on platform traffic.

Red Wing Shoes is running a global ad campaign, ranging from “Made the Hard Way” billboards in Minneapolis to a January 15 contest in Brooklyn, New York. The rebranding effort, which stretches from Minnesota and Toronto to Tokyo and Amsterdam, is accompanied by a new logo and website. 

Small-town America takes it on the chin once again with another TV show that pegs the residents of a quaint seaside village as a bunch of hopeless eccentrics or worse.