The report, based on data from major global agencies, covers 42 markets and shows U.S. media costs rising to 3.8% inflation this year, with a slight increase to 4.0% expected next year.

The Media Rating Council (MRC) has revoked Meta’s brand-safety accreditation due to the tech giant’s decision to opt out of the MRC’s annual auditing program. Arielle Garcia, COO of watchdog group Check My Ads said “They likely see it as an unnecessary expense, and perhaps as a liability, given their evolving posture and policies relating to brand safety and content on its platforms.”

Tech companies are in a race to create superintelligent AI, regardless of what the consequences of creating something much smarter than humans might be. It's led to hundreds of public figures from the world of tech, politics, media, education, religion, and even royalty signing an open letter calling for a ban on the development of superintelligence until certain conditions are met.

While Western broadcasters frantically chase streaming revenues and evaluate alternative scenarios to traditional TV models, Japan’s landscape offers a sophisticated and considered approach.

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