News podcast listeners are more likely to use YouTube to watch videos and consume and find podcasts, compared to non-news podcast listeners, according to a report by NPR, NPM and Sounds Profitable.
“The News Podcast Consumer,” which came out last week, looked at news podcast listeners to analyze their demographics, media behaviors and consumption habits. The data is a segment of the “2024 Podcast Landscape Report” from Sounds Profitable and Signal Hill Insights, which surveyed over 5,000 Americans. Of those, nearly 800 respondents had consumed a news podcast in the last month.
The findings — which also show news podcast listeners are more likely to consume video podcasts — shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the recent dominance of YouTube as a podcast platform and the growth of video podcasts.
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A year ago News U.K. replaced brand safety heavyweight Integral Ad Science with a little-known company called Illuma. So far, the gamble is paying off.
The publisher has increased its brand safe ad inventory by up to 20%, up from 16% just six months ago.
“We’ve created more ad inventory that we know is brand safe,” said Charlie Celino, head of strategic development at News U.K, without revealing exact figures.
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Amazon just raised the walls of its walled garden.
Last week, the company finally pulled back the curtain on its long-awaited Alexa overhaul, a chattier, more personalized and supposedly more useful version of its voice assistant. Generative AI powers this new version, called Alexa+, which is available beyond just Echo devices, spreading across car infotainment systems, connected TVs and anything else running Alexa.
This is Amazon’s latest attempt to deliver on the grand vision it pitched a decade ago: making voice as intuitive for controlling devices as touch. So far it’s been more gimmick than game-changer, but early reactions to this newest update suggest that could change. If it does, the bigger question isn’t what Alexa can do, it is how Amazon plans to cash in.
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If you ask today’s marketers what’s important to them, you’ll hear a common refrain: They want their brands to truly be part of culture. But what does that actually mean and how are marketers going about making that happen?
There’s a necessary recalibration of control and planning. Culture is ever changing, ephemeral and impossible to predict — and yet, today’s marketers are more beholden to the cultural zeitgeist than ever, intent on finding ways for their brands to be part of whatever the obsession of the moment may be and capitalizing on that. To be part of the cultural zeitgeist requires marketers to change not only how they show up and what they say, but also how they spend their ad dollars.
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Puck’s famed journalist-centric publishing model is changing. Sort of.
The news outlet debuted in 2021 with its journalists as the company’s audience-facing focal point, not the publication. People would subscribe less so to Puck than to Matthew Belloni’s or Julia Ioffe’s newsletters via Puck. And Puck’s journalists were, in part, compensated directly for the subscribers they attracted. Lately though, Puck’s newsletters have come to resemble publications in their own right.
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Twitch is expanding its monetization and moderation tools, and creators see the move as an attempt to regain ground lost to competitors such as Kick and YouTube.
In an open letter penned by Twitch CEO Dan Clancy on Feb. 27, the company revealed a slew of updates for 2025, including the opening up of monetization features such as subscriptions and Bits (a virtual currency that users can purchase from Twitch and donate to creators) to streamers of all sizes, as well as the expansion of the platform’s moderation functions.
Previously, Twitch creators could only enable subscriptions and Bits by joining the platform’s affiliate program, whose guidelines require users to stream for at least eight hours on seven different days and average at least three viewers per stream to qualify. Now, users will be able to turn on subscriptions and Bits from the moment they create their Twitch account, although other monetization features, such as Twitch’s advertising revenue share, remain available only to Twitch partners or affiliates.
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Nearly half of journalists surveyed in a new report said they are using generative AI tools not approved or bought by their organization.
That’s according to a survey by Trint, an AI transcription software platform, which asked producers, editors and correspondents from 29 global newsrooms how they plan to use AI for work this year.
The report found that 42.3% of journalists surveyed are using generative AI tools at work that are not licensed by their company. Journalists said their newsrooms were adopting AI tools to improve efficiency and stay ahead of their competitors, and expected using AI for processes like transcription and translation, information gathering and analyzing large volumes of data to increase in the next few years.
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Erivo and Waithe met at the 2018 Met Gala while Waithe was still together with Alana Mayo. (Waithe and Mayo dated for three years before tying the knot in 2019.)
“I was so excited to meet her at the Met, and we did that whole thing, like, ‘Oh my gosh’ and exchanged information,” Waithe recalled to Variety in a 2020 interview. “We have just been vibing ever since.”
The pair became good friends and were seen together at multiple red carpet events before Waithe announced in January 2020 that she was divorcing Mayo.
“After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,” Mayo and Waithe shared in a statement to Us Weekly at the time. “We have nothing but support for one another and ask that you respect our privacy during this time.”
Following their divorce, Erivo and Waithe started to spark dating rumors after being seen getting cozy at award shows. After much speculation, Erivo seemingly confirmed their relationship on Instagram in May 2022 by posting a birthday tribute to Waithe.
“Today is when we celebrate a woman whose heart is bigger than the body that houses it. Happy birthday @lenawaithe I …… You know the rest! ,” Erivo wrote.
Keep scrolling to learn more about Erivo and Waithe’s relationship:
May 2018
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Erivo and Waithe met at the 2018 Met Gala.
“I finally found my sis. Lena you are absolutely everything,” Ervio captioned an Instagram selfie of the duo at the event. “You are perfection. What a meeting of minds, glad to have you in my life! Stuck like glue!!! SHINE QUEEN SHINE!!”
October 2019
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The pair posed for a photo at the New York screening of Harriet.
January 2020
Waithe announced that she was divorcing Mayo after one year of marriage.
June 2021
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Waithe and Erivo were seen having a cute moment together at the BET Awards sparking dating rumors.
May 2022
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Erivo went Instagram official with Waithe in celebration of her birthday.
July 2022
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Although Erivo never mentions Waithe by name, she came out as bisexual in a British Vogue interview.
“My closest friends have known this of me for a long time. I feel like I knew it when I was around 15 but I didn’t know what to call it,” the Wicked star shared with the outlet. “I didn’t have the vocabulary for it. I knew I was attracted to both men and women. I was attracted to people. I’d have a crush on this person or that person but didn’t know how to put it in words.”
October 2023
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The couple posed together at the opening night of Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway.
November 2024
Waithe supported Erivo at the Los Angeles premiere of Wicked.
February 2025
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Erivo and Waithe attended the NAACP Awards after Erivo sparked engagement rumors when she was spotted wearing a giant diamond ring on that finger at the Grammys. (It was later revealed that the ring was not an engagement ring.)
March 2025
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Although they didn’t pose together on the red carpet, Waithe was seen attending the Oscars in support of Erivo who was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Wicked.
Palmer, 31, stepped out in a familiar vintage Versace dress at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, which was held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on Sunday, March 2.
The design featured a completely sheer top with a built-in white bralette that was covered in shimmery fishnets. The rest of the look was complete with a drop-waist flowy skirt that hugged her hips and exposed her leg with a thigh-high slit.
Palmer, who was styled by Molly Dickinson, paired the ab-baring number with strappy white heels and dangling diamond earrings by Messika.
In true Keke Palmer style, she donned a flawless beat, thanks to celebrity makeup artist Kenya Alexis. Her glam featured dewy foundation, manicured eyebrows, bronzed and blushed cheeks and nude glossy lips. Her eye makeup was just as flirty with pearlescent shimmer patted on her lid, smudged winged eyeliner and long lashes.
When Aguilera, now 44, wore the dress back in 2003 at the MTV Europe Video Music Awards, she also styled it with dainty earrings bur added a diamond bracelet for glittering good measure. The “Genie in a Bottle” singer added a pop of color to her look with a cherry-red lip.
Similar to Palmer, she also donned silver metallic eyeshadow and wispy lashes. Her hair, which was dyed jet black at the time, was parted to the side and styled in tight noughties-era crimps.
This isn’t the first time Palmer has channeled a fellow celebrity’s look. Earlier this month, she wore a vintage Chanel gown at the 2025 SAG Awards, which was once worn by Jamie Lee Curtis in 1986.
Curtis, 66, gushed about the moment via Instagram, writing, “As much as I would love to say it was mine, it was borrowed from my friend @debopp and I’m thrilled to be anywhere near @keke in style and grace and talent!” she captioned a side-by-side of her and Palmer wearing the gown. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Emmy Sharrett and Will Kulp have been making headlines — and defending their relationship — since becoming reality stars.
The couple began dating one year before they made their reality TV debut in November 2022 on Southern Hospitality. At the time, Sharrett was a server at Leva Bonaparte’s Republic Garden & Lounge while Kulp worked as a bartender.
During season 2 of the Bravo series, Kulp was accused of cheating on Sharrett, which he denied. However, the accusations resurfaced during season 3, which premiered in January 2025. Still, Sharrett didn’t waver on her allegiance to Kulp.
“Will has 110 percent been faithful to me,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in January 2025. “I do not believe Will cheated on me at all for one second.”
The pair began dating in fall 2021 but kept it quiet on social media for a few months.
November 2021
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Sharrett went Instagram Official with Kulp in a post about a trip to New York City. The snap of the couple was buried amongst a carousel of photos of the Big Apple, showing them together after Kulp ran a marathon.
March 2022
Courtesy of Emmy Sharrett/Instagram
“Happy birthday baby, I love you Wouldn’t want to share a birthday with anyone else,” Sharrett wrote via Instagram, making their relationship even more public.
November 2022
Fans were introduced to the couple when they made their reality TV debut on season 1 of Southern Hospitality, a Southern Charm spinoff.
“Happy Valentine’s Day to my favorite person,” Sharrett gushed via Instagram. “I love you and am so excited for what the future has in store for us.”
Summer 2023
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Kulp documented his summer with Sharrett in a series of Instagram posts shared in September 2023. The photos included a beach getaway, going to a concert, hanging on a boat with their Bravo friends and more.
December 2023
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Kulp celebrated the end of his first semester of law school with an Instagram photo dump, which showed Sharrett visiting him as well as the pair running a marathon together.
January 2024
During season 2 of Southern Hospitality, Oisin O’Neill accused Kulp of kissing a girl after going into the bathroom together. Kulp claimed that he was consoling the girl, who was allegedly “romantically involved” with his friend.
“It’s bulls—,” Kulp claimed during a January 2024 episode after being confronted by castmate Mia Alario about the infidelity rumors. “First of all, everyone was f—up in that apartment. I was consoling this girl. We were both crying. I’m sure that if you looked at it from a certain angle, you might be like, ‘They kissed.’ But I didn’t kiss this girl.”
He confessed, “It really feels like I’m getting attacked by all these people,” while Sharrett took Kulp’s side and chose to believe her boyfriend.
March 2024
Courtesy of Emmy Sharrett/Instagram
“Happy birthday to my favorite person I wouldn’t want to share a birthday with anyone else!” Sharrett wrote in a birthday tribute to Kulp, with whom she shares the same birthday. “I love you more and more everyday .”
December 2024
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Sharrett gave her followers a glimpse at her best moments from September to December 2024 via Instagram. Attending a football game with Kulp, enjoying family time with her boyfriend on hand and snuggling up with a few dogs were among the highlights.
January 2025
During the season 3 trailer, accusations of infidelity on Kulp’s part surfaced. However, Sharrett exclusively told Us that she believes Kulp hadn’t strayed. “I would dump Will in two seconds if he cheated on me, gone goodbye. I will not be disrespected,” she told Us. “Do it once, I will warn you. Do it again, I’ll break up with you and I won’t look back. And that’s how I’ve always been.”
Throughout the season, Kulp confessed to speaking negatively about Sharrett, but denied the cheating allegations. Sharrett, meanwhile, told Us that she “knew about what Will had done already” and they had a conversation about him being disrespectful toward her and her accomplishments.
Sharrett noted that despite their issues on camera, off camera she was focused on Kulp’s “three-year plan” which he put into place after starting law school. She revealed that “realistically this would be the year that he would propose” and that they could get married in 2026 after he graduated.
Recently, I’ve been trying to level up my business attire. I don’t want to wear your basic, crisp pantsuit — I work in a creative field, so I have a little leeway with my outfits and can still add pops of personality while looking professional. I’ve searched high and low for the perfect work-appropriate celebrity style muse and managed to find one in the most unexpected person: Jennifer Lopez.
J.Lo might be a surprising pick, but there’s no denying she’s a savvy businesswoman. (She does own a skincare line, fragrances, a fashion line and a production company, after all.) The multi-hyphenate recently stepped out for a business trip wearing the most fabulous chocolate brown suit, which seemed to say “I’m the boss. . . but a cool one.” That’s the exact energy I want to exude, so I quickly made it my mission to find a similar blazer. The one prerequisite? My version needed to be affordable. Thankfully, Amazon came to my rescue with the Forever 21 Notched Double-Breasted Blazer.
With the oversized fit and rich hue, this under-$50 pick looks nearly identical to J.Lo’s blazer. Structured jackets are a simple way to look put together, and this design has boosted professional appeal with its elegantly cut notched lapels, expertly placed pockets and shiny buttons. I appreciate that it can be worn open or closed as well.
While there aren’t matching pants to go with the blazer, it’s not necessary to wear a full suit to give off boss energy. In fact, simply pairing the blazer with a tailored pair of jeans can really make a statement at the office. But beyond professional spaces, this is one of those items you’ll be able to wear in everyday life. On warmer days. like in the spring when there’s still a slight chill in the air, you can throw this blazer over a dress for a polished date night look. Models have also been wearing blazers over their leggings and the result is super posh.
Few people have yet to discover this blazer, but those who have are raving about it. “[This is a] very well-made oversized blazer,” one reviewer wrote. “Exactly as pictured, exactly as posted. Fits true to size. The cut is oversized and looks great with jeans, cut-offs and leggings. Perfect gift or nice to wear to work.”
No doubt you’ll be the most stylish person at the office in this Forever 21 Notched Double Breasted Blazer. If you, like me, are looking to feel more confident at work this year, this is the thing to wear!
Munn, 44, looked effortlessly graceful at the event — which took place at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on Sunday, March 2 — thanks to makeup artist Archangela Chelsea. Her glam featured bronzy foundation, filled-in eyebrows, subtle winged eyeliner with a touch of highlighter in her inner corner, long lashes, rosy cheeks and lined pink lips.
Chelsea broke down her look to Us Weekly, sharing they together decided to “focus more on the skin and keep it a bit less than usual” but still wanted to give “a perfect sculpted face with a good rosy blush and perfect warm toned eyes.” Chelsea created Munn’s natural complexion by first prepping the actress’ skin with the 111Skin Rose Gold Brightening Facial Treatment Mask and the Tatcha The Dewy Skin Cream to ensure she was “glowing” throughout the evening.
“I then applied the Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Foundation to keep the skin healthy and glowing,” she told Us. “Just two to three pumps are enough for her entire face. I use the lighter shade to highlight her face and the darker shade to contour the perimeter of the skin to get that natural sculpted face.”
Chelsea also gushed about her and Munn’s love for a “good blush moment,” which she achieved with the Dior Beauty Rosy Glow blushes. “We feel like it brings back the freshness to the skin,” she explained to Us.
The pair also decided to keep her eye makeup looking “simple and fresh” with “short lashes to enhance her natural eyes and just a smudged wing liner.”
Olivia Munn attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Vanity Fair
The rest of Munn’s fabulous look included a blowout and a Saint Laurent haute couture velvet dress with silky green details on her skirt.
Another standout beauty moment of the evening was executed by Lindsay Lohan, who looked elegant with bronzed cheeks, flirty lashes, glittery silver eyeshadow and nude lips. With the help of hairstylist Tracey Cunningham, her honeycomb hair was parted down the middle and styled in beachy waves. To create her fresh color, Cunningham used Schwarzkopf Professional products, including BLONDEME 9+.
Lohan, 38, teamed her glam with a custom Balenciaga dress that hugged her in all the right places. The actress tied her look together with a sapphire necklace by Lorraine Schwartz.
Baltimore Ravens lineman Ben Cleveland has filed for divorce from his wife, Kaitlyn Cleveland, just weeks after he was arrested for DUI.
Ben, 26, submitted the divorce documents in Baldwin County, Georgia on Friday, February 28, according to TMZ. In the filing, Ben cites the reason for the divorce as “adultery.” The official separation date was listed on or around December 29, 2024.
Ben and Kaitlyn got married in July 2022.
The filing came 16 days after Ben was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence on February 12. He was pulled over in Milledgeville, Georgia after being observed weaving between lanes and swerving on the road, per an arrest report shared by the NFL.
According to the report, Ben registered a .178 blood alcohol content — more than double the legal limit.
He was charged with DUI and failure to maintain lane before being released on bond.
Us Weekly has reached out to the Baltimore Ravens for comment.
The football star — who was drafted by the Ravens in 2021 after playing collegiately at the University of Georgia — proposed to Kaitlyn in Las Vegas in February 2020.
Courtesy of Ben Cleveland/Instagram
“If I’m being honest, your first and my last name will just sound better together and probably always will,” Ben shared via Instagram alongside a photo carousel in front of the Bellagio Hotel & Casino fountains. “Nobody I’d rather spend my forever with and now we get to try that out.”
In June 2020, Ben gave an update about the couple’s engagement.
“Two years and then some until you’re actually my wife,” he shared via Instagram with photos from a beach day. “Not sure, we haven’t really started wedding planning yet and we’ve been engaged 6 months so that’s on her. But she’s gonna be my wife so that’s kinda cool.”
Ben and Kaitlyn last appeared on social media together on December 26, 2024, three days before their listed separation date. Kaitlyn shared a carousel of photos via Instagram from the Ravens’ Christmas Day game against the Houston Texans, including a couple of pictures of Ben and Kaitlyn on the sidelines together.
Since then, Ben has been noticeably absent from Kaitlyn’s Instagram posts. On February 7, she posted a series of photos from the Virgin Islands captioned, “A a one way flight has never sounded better .”
Kaitlyn also attended a Mardi Gras celebration in Mobile, Alabama seemingly without Ben last month. She posted a series of photos from the event via Instagram on February 20, just 8 days after her estranged husband’s DUI arrest.
