Most Americans are wary of their use in healthcare, but supervised medical use is starting to feel acceptable.

Radio rules time spent but younger listeners favor podcasts and streaming, pushing marketers to choose between reach and precision.

Amazon’s strong Q4 results were tempered by uncertainty as a $200 billion 2026 spending plan rattled investors.

Visa and Main will inject capital, tools, and additional resources for small businesses’ success.

It beats revenue expectations as advertiser growth surges, with a focus on subscriptions over straight ad spending.

45% of US employees used AI at work at least a few times a year in Q3 2025, more than double the 21% who said the same in Q2 2023, according to a December report from Gallup.

Lackluster branded checkout and TPV growth in Q4 2025 end CEO Alex Chriss’ tenure.

Varo’s not dead yet thanks to a $123.9 million Series G round.

Retail executives are largely aligned on one point: Artificial intelligence is no longer experimental, but is central to how retailers expect to drive growth, improve customer experience, and build more resilient operations.

Publicis shows strong growth as AI takes center stage, but advertisers should monitor which holdcos prove AI-driven gains across planning, activation, and outcomes.

TikTok reliably draws strong results that make it a must-have for short-form social advertising, even amid uncertainty.

The European Commission is probing Google’s AI data practices to stop its search dominance from hardening into AI ad power.

Brands court affluent consumers with upgrades while discounting to retain price-sensitive buyers, hedging for the next rebound.

Market power drives Senate scrutiny for good reason; a combined Netflix–HBO Max would concentrate premium CTV buying without expanding total market size.

AI is entering prime TV ads, automating complex sponsorships that programmatic pipes were never built to handle.

Marketers could face a new challenge of podcast fragmentation, requiring more complex media planning.

The Post’s layoffs show how generative search is accelerating divergence among publishers—and suggests that AI-driven discovery is breaking legacy news.