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With Kylie Jenner And A $50M Bra, Victoria's Secret Brings Back The Glam
Wall Street cheered the throwback. But some called it a step backward.
Recent mistakes highlight the risks of AI
A series of problems at Meta and X exposed some of the vulnerabilities in artificial intelligence systems.
Instagram Chief says stronger AI slop prevention is needed
Adam Mosseri said in both a weekly Q&A and in a separate Threads post that the company was actively trying to combat artificial intelligence content replication.
Threads introduces NFL commentary team
The app is bringing in former athletes, veteran commentators and community members to provide insights and analysis and drive sports engagement.
Pinterest shares festive holiday brand guide
The overview offers tips for marketers to help prepare them for peak shopping season, including a checklist for promotional success.
Pinterest adds Barbie pink to Restyle
The app’s artificial intelligence-powered design tool will allow Pinners to reimagine their homes as Barbie DreamHouses.
YouTube tests new Shorts incentives
The platform is experimenting with bonuses for invited creators and expanding its shopping affiliates program, as well as updating shopping analytics.
NetChoice To Court: Arkansas Social Media Laws Violate First Amendment
One of the challenged laws would prohibit platforms from using algorithms or design features that could "cause" a user to commit suicide, buy drugs, develop an eating disorder, or become addicted to social media.
Viola Davis Joins GSK Shingles Awareness Campaign
In the "Shingles, Actually" educational campaign, EGOT winner Davis focuses on her own "beyond painful" experience with shingles.
Netflix to stream La Velada del Año events
Netflix has announced that La Velada del Año will stream on its platform for the next three years (the 2027, 2028 and 2029 editions), expanding the reach of the event created by Ibai Llanos to a global audience. La Velada del Año has established itself as one of the biggest Spanish-language streaming events. Its fifth […]
Big Brother exceeds 200m streams on ITVX
ITV has reported that its Big Brother brand, produced by Initial (part of Banijay UK), has now achieved 202 million streams on ITVX. The success of this scurrent season has seen Big Brother and Big Brother: The Group Chat accumulate 37 million streams alone, up almost 14 million streams (+58 per cent) compared to Big […]
Poland: Polsat viewership overtakes WBD
Nielsen, the specialist in audience measurement, has published its All Screens Video Landscape report for Poland during September 2026. The report measures total household viewership across the country – defined as a combination of total reach and time spent – across four screens: TVs, PCs/laptops, smartphones, and tablets. Polsat captured a 19.05 per cent audience […]
A Human-Generated Rant
Everyone talks about the quality AI slop, but what we are missing is that most of the human content we see can only be labeled as "human generated slop." The quality of creative work frankly sucks. No one knows what a real idea is anymore.
Advertisers Must Find the Friend Who Pays for Everyone: PayPal Ads’ Asaf Davidov
Advertisers have spent a fortune trying to figure out who influences purchase decisions. PayPal Ads has a novel suggestion: Find the person who’s always stuck paying for dinner while everyone else promises to Venmo them later. That person might be worth a lot more to marketers than their dinner companions, according to Asaf Davidov, head […]
Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/18/2026
Zack D. Films is leading the Global Top 50 for the second week in a row. The American creator, who explores curious situations and places, was the only person to cross the billion-view mark during the second full week of October. He topped out with 1.1 billion weekly views. T-Series took second place behind Zack D. Films for the second week in a row. After sitting atop the Global Top 50 throughout September, T-Series is relying on its subsidiary channels to keep the views coming -- and at least one of them is delivering in a big way. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/18/2026
SASHA SHOW had a great week on YouTube. The Turkey-based channel is the home of a kid-friendly creator who works pop culture characters into his videos. That was a winning formula during the second full week of October, when SASHA SHOW added 1.92 million new subscribers. The two channels right behind SASHA SHOW in the Global Sub Top 50 have a lot in common. They both feature sweets in their videos, they're both preoccupied with large numbers, and, of course, they're both doing extremely well on YouTube right now. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
FTC Order Preserves Competition in Digital Advertising Ecosystem as Part of Publicis’s Acquisition of LiveRamp
Order addresses concerns that proposed deal would harm competition in markets for media agency services and audience data services The Federal Trade Commission has taken steps to preserve competition in the digital advertising ecosystem by requiring Publicis Groupe S.A.View Press Release
FTC Issues Annual Report to Congress on Agency’s Actions to Protect Older Adults
Older adults continue to report losing far more money to investment scams than to any other fraud type, the FTC’s report finds The Federal Trade Commission issued its latest report to Congress on protecting older adults, which highlights key trends based on fraud reports submitted by older adults and the FTC’s efforts to combat the problem. View Press Release
You Can See Everything, And Still Not Know What's True
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's Elizabeth Holmes documentary may mark the end of a century of documentary filmmaking and the start of something new.
Awareness Ain't What It Used To Be
The journey from discovery to decision has become shorter. Consumers aren't necessarily skipping consideration, but are just doing it differently.
Roku’s Caitlin McDonough: Sports Fandom is Growing at the Edges
As sports continues to shift from linear TV to streaming, the viewing experience has also expanded well beyond the live game. Highlights, pregame analysis, podcasts, creator content, and documentary series now command as much fan attention as the match itself. To keep up with those changes, Roku is building the infrastructure to help brands follow […]
The new class for Alex Cooper’s Unwell University is matriculating across the continent
The 2026-27 school year is in full swing, and a handful of campus all-stars are getting new opportunities thanks to the Unwell Network. The media company led by Alex Cooper has announced the latest cohort for Unwell University, a collective of college students who share their experiences on social media. Unwell University has existed in its current capacity since 2024, shortly after the official launch of Cooper's company. The higher-ed students who have joined the initiative across multiple classes have used the resulting visibility to jumpstart their creative careers. Participants in Unwell University receive a number of perks, including mentorship and the ability to participate in events led by Cooper herself, including the Unwell Spring Break and Unwell campus tour. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
B2B Lead Generation: How To Choose Your 2027 Marketing Channels [Webinar] via @sejournal, @hethr_campbell
Learn how to choose B2B marketing channels, fund a trial campaign and measure results with CallRail and Matter Made on October 29. The post B2B Lead Generation: How To Choose Your 2027 Marketing Channels [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Meta Drops Training From Its Crawl Clause And Keeps The Crawl via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Meta removed training from the crawling clause in its upcoming Commercial Terms. The permission to crawl sites tied to business users is still in place. The post Meta Drops Training From Its Crawl Clause And Keeps The Crawl appeared first on Search Engine Journal.