Alison Moore, CEO of Chief, discusses the future of work for women amid AI adoption, citing a report showing 80% of women are involved in AI strategies but 73% fear a critical thinking gap. Moore emph…
Top leaders from NBCUniversal, IBM, State Farm, Autodesk and Coinbase discussed marketing, tech and consumer trends at the Cannes Lions festival, highlighting AI's role in transforming workflows and r…
Disney appointed a new CEO, YouTube began pitching creator show sponsorships, and Nielsen updated its measurement methodology in the first half of 2026, while Netflix did not acquire Warner Bros. Disc…
CNBC president KC Sullivan said the financial news network is on offense after the Versant Media spinoff, focusing on multiplatform digital transformation and leveraging AI disruption as an opportunit…
Chip stocks have more than doubled in the first half of 2026 despite a turbulent period marked by the Iran war and geopolitical tensions, with the U.S. SOX chip index posting its best second quarter o…
At Cannes Lions 2026, industry leaders concluded that human judgment is essential infrastructure for AI-driven marketing, not an obstacle. OpenAI declared itself a media platform with nearly a billion…
Advertising experts at the StreamTV Show in Denver argued that AI can enhance video content without fully generating it, using techniques like visual overlays and camera effects to improve production …
NBC News Chief Digital Officer Chris Berend is leaving the company after seven years, with his departure effective July 3. Berend helped expand NBC News into streaming, subscriptions, and generative A…
The 2026 Cannes Lions festival, running June 22-26, will spotlight AI's influence, the creator economy, vertical dramas, and talent-driven consumer brands. Key events include Apple's Eddy Cue in conve…
WPP launched a Buyer Agent for Video on June 18, partnering with Disney, Netflix, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Fox, IAB Tech Lab, and Prebid.org to establish governance standards for agentic media buying.…
Enterprise IT leaders from PwC and NBCUniversal shared strategies for deploying AI agents with both speed and caution at a Section conference, emphasizing human-led processes, rapid experimentation, a…
Convey, an AI startup founded by a former DoorDash employee, raised $38 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to sell AI 'teammates' instead of agents, aiming to automate back-office …
Convey, a startup building AI teammates, raised $38 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Khosla Ventures and Pear VC participating. The company aims to automate repetitive task…
Universal Content Productions and Universal International Studios are merging into Universal Global Television under president Beatrice Springborn, aiming to streamline operations and align slates. Th…
Versant Media, the media company spun off from NBCUniversal that owns MS NOW and CNBC, has invested in microdrama streaming platform GammaTime as part of a Series A funding round. The partnership will…