Wikipedia is still around. It just celebrated its 25^th birthday a few weeks ago. It may have been one of the first times we saw what would become a common theme: a web-based platform unleashing the potential of a latent market by connecting an open community of suppliers (in this case, editors and contributors) and an audience of consumers at scale. It would be repeated by Uber, Airbnb and others.

On Sunday night, sportscaster Bill Simmons will go live on Netflix for the first time. The episode marks the unofficial beginning of Netflix’s move into podcasting. Netflix’s embrace of podcasting is a major moment for the service. Yet it’s a far bigger moment for the podcasting industry, which is praying the experiment will work and turn Netflix into a major new buyer.

Building on ever-increasing demand for linear and streaming live sports, NBCU has sold out the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Games with four weeks to go.

For over a decade, “the right person, the right message, the right time” has been a guiding principle in digital advertising. It has been cited in decks, planning documents and strategy sessions across the industry.

While linear TV remained the dominant viewing platform for these events, streaming was on the rise, especially for emerging sports like the WNBA.

The traditional moats that once protected businesses are deteriorating or gone. Trusted and established brand GOATS are no longer safe. American consumers are actively changing their purchasing behaviors.

Fubo has launched programmatic pause ads, a development that makes it the first connected TV (CTV) platform to offer this ad format in a programmatic biddable environment.

Advertisers, internet giants and ad tech companies are at the annual NewFronts digital ad sales conference this week, making deals for the coming year and trying to put some certainty into an uncertain market.

Here is a sampling of the conversations at CES about how technology and data are reshaping the future of TV for advertisers, publishers, and viewers. 

WPP today announces a strategic partnership and investment in Stability AI, a pioneer in generative AI and the developer of Stable Diffusion, an industry-leader in image generation.

Total day “Super Bowl LIX” advertising revenues on the Fox Television Network tallied $597.2 million, according to EDO Ad EnGage.

TikTok's ownership drama will finally reach its climax with a sale to a U.S.-based consortium - likely including some combination of high-profile tech figures like Trump or Musk alongside institutional investors.

The Walt Disney Company announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement with Fubo, to combine with Hulu + Live TV. The announcement will create a larger virtual MVPD company.