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Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search

The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators.

NewsNation’s New York Bureau Forced to Evacuate Due to Potential Building Collapse

The news network’s sister station, the local affiliate WPIX-TV, had to quickly find new workspaces.

3 Quick Takeaways From the 2026 Emmy Nominations

From Widow's Bay scaring up accolades to NBC's strategy, here are ADWEEK's Emmys takeaways.

Integral Ad Science’s New CEO Dishes on Her Plans for the Company

Two days into the job, Lidiane Jones tells ADWEEK where she wants to take IAS– from AI chatbots to M&A.

Inflation-Wary Parents Turn to AI to Thrift for Back-to-School Deals

More than half of consumers will use AI to help them with back-to-school shopping this year

Why the Bot-Majority Internet Demands a Marketing Reset

Leaders from Human, Reddit, Roku, and Tripadvisor reckon with a web where bots outnumber people.

Whoop Hires Former Nike CMO as its Top Marketer

Dirk-Jan van Hameren’s first day at Whoop is July 20th.

Hinge Is Selling Honesty to a Generation Losing Faith in Dating Apps

As dating app fatigue meets rising AI mistrust, Hinge's CMO bets on authentic human storytelling.

YouTube launches desktop version of Ask YouTube

<p>The conversational search chatbot is designed to help users &ldquo;explore complex questions&rdquo; with natural language prompts, the company said.</p>

TikTok launches Discover America tour

<p>The six-city roadshow is designed to highlight regional creators and promote the app as a valuable marketing tool.</p>

Meta adds updated disclosure tags for AI-generated ads

<p>The updated tags will provide more info on which promotions include AI-generated elements, whether from Meta or via external AI tools.&nbsp;</p>

SpaceX rebrands as SpaceXAI

<p>The combined company now encompasses SpaceX, xAI and social media platform X.</p>

Meta faces potential $1.4 trillion in penalties

<figure><div><img src="https://imgproxy.divecdn.com/mLE5emoxeoUshuQvbDUkbybxS_2MACEdPBJtGf88h28/g:ce/rs:fill:1600:900:1/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9HZXR0eUltYWdlcy0xMzQ5ODAwMTI3X1pISGFqUFouanBn.webp"/></div></figure><p>In a child safety case, four U.S. states are seeking combined damages that the company estimates would be close to its market cap, per Reuters.</p>

Meta improves AI image generation tools for advertisers

<p>The company said its new Muse Image model, developed by its Superintelligence Labs, &ldquo;understands complex creative briefs the way a designer would.&rdquo;</p>

Is This the End of Tech-Spec Marketing? ft. Hisense CMO Sarah Larsen

Get back to making marketing that moves product by talking to people.

Akam Hamak on the “Acquire and Improve” Playbook for Building an Internet Portfolio

Most founder profiles open with a single big idea, a product the world had never seen until its creator willed it into existence. Akam Hamak&#8217;s reads more like a portfolio strategy. The young entrepreneur, who operates through his group of companies in Miami, has built much of his work on a less romantic premise: buy internet businesses that already exist, then make them better.It is a quieter approach than launching from scratch, and Hamak prefers it for reasons that are easy to defend. Th

Here Are the Cable News Ratings for June 2026

Fox News remained the most-watched cable network in primetime and total day.

EAP Providers Have a Visibility Problem Beyond Social Media

Social Media Explorer covered this gap before. Mental health content is one of social&#8217;s biggest categories. It drives a lot of organic engagement, and users are genuinely eager to engage with the content. This topic has even been covered extensively on here by the Headlines Team in their blog, “Mental Health Is One of Social Media’s Biggest Content Categories.&#8221;But the behavioral health employers who should be part of that conversation are largely absent from it. Worse still, they are

Here Are the 2nd Quarter of 2026 Cable News Ratings

Fox News was the most-watched cable network.

These Creators Are Hacking ChatGPT To Rake In Brand Deals

YouTube long-form, niche expertise, third-party press–creators are figuring out what AI trusts and brands are rewriting their budgets accordingly