Sources: OpenAI plans a 60-second Super Bowl ad during NBC's broadcast, the second straight year of doing so; ad buyers say some clients pay $8M+ for 30 seconds
AI companies are engaged in an expensive arms race to attract users and alleviate public anxiety about the technologySee also Mediagazer
YouTube dominates daytime TV streaming, with 6.3M viewers at 11am in October on average, above Netflix's 2.8M, per Nielsen; prime-time viewership is more even
At Nancy Ann Ling's house in Central Texas, the TV generally goes on around 5 a.m., and Mrs. Ling flips over to the same app each day: YouTube. X: @katherinemiller and @katherinemiller . Forums: Slash...
[Thread] Substack quietly added a feature that forced subscribers to download the app to read full newsletters, but says it reverted the change after complaints
Gergely Orosz / @gergelyorosz : X: @shakeelhashim , @gergelyorosz , @gergelyorosz , @gergelyorosz , and @leozera See also Mediagazer X: Shakeel / @shakeelhashim : I've been livid about this all week,...
Analysis: agencies have hired hundreds of thousands of “chatters” to impersonate 4M+ OnlyFans creators, as many Filipino chatters struggle with mental health
Michael Beltran / Nikkei Asia : X: @johnaglionby See also Mediagazer X: John Aglionby / @johnaglionby : “We're professional catfishers, but we all need the paycheck.” Filipino @OnlyFans ‘chatters’ ex...
A profile of Josh Wallace Kerrigan, also known as Neural Viz, a creator using Midjourney, Flux, Runway, and other AI tools to create a sci-fi cinematic universe
Christopher Beam / Wired : X: @jcbeam . Bluesky: @dmnd.me and @wired.com . Threads: @giddycat Forums: r/aiwars , r/midjourney , and r/NeuralViz See also Mediagazer X: Chris Beam / @jcbeam : Not all g...
Huxe, an app built by three former NotebookLM developers that offers users personalized daily briefs and topic exploration with AI podcast hosts, raised $4.6M
Google's AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM took off to a spectacular reception at launch, capturing people's imaginations … X: @peterdedene , @andrewcurran_ , @gethuxe , @jayspiel_ , an...
A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks the same way it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands in the AI boom
Every morning nearly 100,000 geeks world wide, including some of the richest tech barons in the universe, fire … X: @elatable . Bluesky: @mranthropology , @turoczy , @metacurity.com , @sauthoff , and ...
Sources: the US DOJ is conducting a criminal antitrust probe into whether Live Nation and AEG illegally colluded on concert refunds at the start of the pandemic
Bloomberg : X: @matthewstoller and @benbrodydc See also Mediagazer X: Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : A criminal antitrust probe of Live Nation-Ticketmaster? Yes please. https://www.bloomberg.com/.....
Ampere Analysis: the US streaming market will reach $17B in advertising revenue in 2025; 24% of US-based Netflix subscribers are on the Standard with Ads tier
Adrian Pennington / StreamTV Insider : X: @tvgrimreaper See also Mediagazer X: @tvgrimreaper : At its peak, ad spending on US linear TV was >$70 billion/ year. Just like the cable bundle subscriber f...
NYC-based Captions, an AI-powered video editing app, introduces a free tier with basic video editing tools, while keeping AI features in its $10/month Pro tier
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : X: @gmharhar See also Mediagazer X: Gaurav Misra / @gmharhar : Video editing is going free. ICYMI, the stakes are high for @capcutapp and @tiktok_us this Friday with the Sup...