Clean Creatives’ F-list finds record 1,321 fossil fuel agency contracts
Marketing Brew’s Tricia Crimmins reports Clean Creatives’ 2026 F-list counted 1,321 agency contracts with fossil fuel companies, up nearly 9% from last year, with Omnicom and WPP agencies topping the holding-company rankings and independents holding most of the total.
Olivia Wilde’s Netflix snub for A24 paid off with $60M theatrical run
The Ankler’s Katey Rich reports that Olivia Wilde turned down a higher offer from Netflix to sell ‘The Invite’ to A24 after a grueling two-night Sundance bidding war.
Indie film buyers have money and no movies to spend it on
The Ankler’s Ashley Cullins reports that top agents including CAA’s Roeg Sutherland and WME’s Deb McIntosh describe a specialty market flush with buyer demand and capital after a $4.7 billion summer box office.
Meta’s creator push still trails YouTube’s ecosystem, insiders say
Next in Media’s Mike Shields reports that despite Meta CFO Susan Li touting partnership ads revenue doubling to ten billion dollars, industry voices say Meta treats creators mainly as an ad-impression source.
Report: CTV brand safety tags often incomplete, self-declared
Advanced Television reports that Peer39’s new study finds CTV brand safety classifications often rely on partial or self-declared bid-request fields, with 58 percent of Man of Steel test requests carrying just one genre tag and 11 percent none at all.
UK video ad spend jumps 18% as TV+ takes a third of investment
VideoWeek’s Dan Meier reports that UK digital ad spend hit £21.2 billion in H1 2026, up 13 percent year over year, according to IAB UK and mediasense.
VMAs’ NFL lead-in drives biggest audience since 2015
The Ankler’s Sean McNulty reports the VMAs drew 8.4 million viewers across CBS and MTV in preliminary Nielsen numbers, up 51% from last year’s 5.6 million.
Best Buy to sell nearly 10,000 items on TikTok Shop
Retail Dive’s Tatiana Walk-Morris reports that Best Buy will launch on TikTok Shop in late October with nearly 10,000 products from brands like Microsoft, Dyson, Bose and Oura.
Netflix’s Lizzie Borden ‘Monster’ season gains 20% in week two
TheWrap’s Jose Alejandro Bastidas reports that “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” grew viewership 20% from its premiere week to 14.5 million views, staying No. 1 on Netflix’s Global English TV list while expanding its top 10 country footprint from 89 to 92.
Fox News extends its lead by building digital IP beyond the linear feed
Simon Owens reports that Fox News is winning linear TV ratings while also building out digital-only media properties, a growing podcast network, and leveraging its ownership stakes in Tubi and Roku.
Ad production spreads beyond California and New York, but not evenly
The Measure’s Eleanor Semeraro reports that XR’s Where Ads Are Made study found states carving out specialized production niches between 2019 and H1 2026.
eMarketer: Price beats every other streaming perk with viewers
eMarketer’s Peter Clark reports that streaming subscribers rank price as the top factor in deciding which services to keep, ahead of content library size, ad-free viewing, and exclusive originals.
Deutsche Bank upgrades Netflix to buy despite September stock slide
CNBC’s Fred Imbert reports that Deutsche Bank analyst Bryan Kraft upgraded Netflix to buy from hold even as the stock has fallen more than 14% in September, its worst month since June.
Parade Media launches studio arm to bridge creators and TV
C21Media reports that Sydney’s Parade Media has launched Parade Studios, a production division built to develop creator-led entertainment for television, streaming and social platforms including YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
CTV now over half of premium video ad views in Europe, FreeWheel finds
Advanced Television reports that FreeWheel’s latest Video Monetisation Report found CTV hit 53 percent of premium video ad views in Europe in H1 2026, with total programmatic ad views up 44 percent year over year and live ad views rising to 32 percent.
Spy Ninjas exec details $25M plan to grow YouTube franchise offline
Next in Media’s Shelly Soriano, president of Spy Ninjas, explains how the YouTube-native franchise grew to 47 million subscribers by borrowing WWE’s mix of big characters and unscripted improv.
Amazon’s Prime Video chief says AI can cut costs, unleash creativity
Deadline’s Max Goldbart reports that Prime Video international chief Kelly Day told RTS London that AI “brings down costs” and lets more diverse stories get made.
JustWatch launches its own streaming service, JustWatch TV
Campaign US reports that JustWatch is launching JustWatch TV, a standalone AVOD, rental and subscription service debuting in October across 12 markets.