Retail media has quickly become one of advertising’s fastest growing sectors. From first-party data and closed-loop measurement to omnichannel reach and performance-driven outcomes, retail media networks are reshaping the future of commerce and marketing. To recognize the organizations driving this momentum, ADWEEK is launching the Fastest Growing Retail Media Networks list. We’re honoring the retail ..
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CES 2026 was massive, overwhelming—and occasionally odd. It wasn’t the big product launches that grabbed my attention, but the moments that made me stop and think, “Okay, that’s new.” The 2026 show ran from January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It sprawled across 13 venues, spanning roughly 2.6 million square feet, and featured ..
On Thursday, MS NOW announced that former CNN executive Maria Spinella will join the network as its vice president of programming. Starting on Monday, Jan. 12, Spinella will lead MS NOW’s programming teams, guide daily and long-term programming strategies, and help manage breaking-news coverage needs. The exec will be based in New York. She joins ..
This story was originally published in On Background with Mark Stenberg, a free, weekly newsletter that explores the key themes shaping the media industry. You can sign up for it here. In the waning days of 2025, the food media company Food52 declared bankruptcy in a Delaware court, the final chapter in a long saga of ..
The Mouse House is getting some adtech upgrades, with Disney revealing several updates during its annual Tech and Data Showcase from CES on Wednesday. Overall, the company’s event, which also helps kick off its upfront conversations, focused on making things more seamless and efficient for advertisers, including utilizing AI, self-service tools, and new metrics to ..
The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green said 2026 will mark the open internet’s strongest year yet, arguing that advances in AI and long-awaited improvements in measurement will push more brands to shift their first ad dollars away from walled gardens and toward premium web inventory. Speaking at the CES technology conference on Wednesday, Green framed ..
Records are being broken a month before the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics even get started. Today, amid CES, NBCUniversal announced it had sold out of its Winter Olympics ad inventory, with a month still to go before the games. In the process, the company set a new Winter Olympics ad sales record, with the ..
As the world’s largest technology companies move from experimental models to industrial-scale deployment, they are confronting a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure reality that is beginning to reshape balance sheets and test investor patience. Across big tech, spending expectations continue to climb where Wall Street analysts now estimate that the group will spend about $527 billion on capital ..
TBPN’s newest sponsors include the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Shopify, Plaid, CrowdStrike, AppLovin, and others. https://www.adweek.com/media/tbpn-advertisers-shopify-plaid-appl..
The cereal brand will spotlight fiber and gut health during the Big Game. https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/raisin-bran-super-bowl-2026-ad-debut..
