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Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Finale Is His Biggest Weeknight Episode Ever

The Late Show averaged 6.7 million viewers, as Colbert took his final bow.

How Recurrent Ventures Rebuilt Itself

The media company recently sold off half of its identity, part of a broader strategy to create a tighter, more durable business around military and auto.

If You Can Sell Insurance, You Can Sell Anything ft. Tory Pachis of Amica Insurance

How a 119-year-old insurance company wins with a contrarian creative strategy.

Sports TV Ad Spending to Top $20 Billion in 2027, As Live Games Defy Cord-Cutting

According to exclusive eMarketer data, the market will grow nearly four times faster than TV overall and linear will keep most of the money.

Fox Sports Says World Cup Is the Biggest Production It’s Ever Done

Fox Sports executive Zac Kenworthy spoke to ADWEEK about the company's upcoming World Cup plans.

OpenAI Is Hiring for a Top Marketing Exec To Promote Its Ads Business

A new job posting aims to position the company as “a leading voice on the future of advertising."

Colbert’s Late Show Transitions to the Next Dimension in Final Episode

Here's what happened in Colbert's final Late Show episode.

Ads of the Week: 9 Campaigns That Caught Our Eye, From Visa to Guinness

Visa, Guinness, Under Armour, Dr Pepper, and more are behind the week's standout ads.

Tech CEOs summoned to Congress for another hearing on social media’s risks for children

Social media CEOs once again are being called to testify before the Senate in light of mounting legal and public pressure to ...

Who Is Gabbie Gonzalez? Social Media Influencer Arrested In Murder-For-Hire Plot

Social media influencer Gabbie Gonzalez and her father have been arrested in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot ...

The class divide has now reached social media: What is 'low-income Instagram' and what does it say about the future?

Downward classism has spread to social media, which could be setting up young people for worse mental health problems.

Michigan GOP Senate leader Nesbitt introduces bill to ban social media for users under 16

A bill that would ban anyone under age 16 from viewing, using or accessing social media in Michigan was introduced in the ...

Can social media companies be sued for sexual videos? Supreme Court weighs in

Teens said they couldn't get Twitter to take down sexual videos posted without their consent. The Supreme Court declined to hear their case.

Know an investor on the hunt for the 'next big thing' in social media? We want to hear from you.

We want to hear from you to find out who the must-know VCs backing social and consumer internet startups are — and where they're placing bets.

A Social Media Feud Is Threatening the Fate of ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’

Taylor Frankie Paul and Mikayla Matthews have been trading blows for the past few weeks online, discussing topics like ...

Reform says it won't investigate by-election candidate over social media allegations

Reform UK says it has no plans to investigate its candidate for the Makerfield by-election after allegations an X social ...

Report looks at how LinkedIn is dominating B2B queries in AI chatbots

A new report from Meltwater shows that LinkedIn content is highly cited by AI chatbots, especially posts from personal profiles.

SpaceX filing provides insight into X, Grok and xAI

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TikTok partners with Paul McCartney for album launch

The former Beatle is releasing “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” alongside a premiere event on TikTok Live that will feature a Q&A session with fans.

LinkedIn expands access to Crosscheck AI

The platform is rolling out its artificial intelligence comparison tool to U.S. users in May, and will offer the feature more widely in the coming months.