Media Sales & Performance Ads: E.W. Scripps tapped NBCU sales veteran Jen Carfley to lead small-and-medium business growth and direct response advertising, expanding performance TV across local, national, linear and connected TV. Healthcare Data & AI: Imagenet acquired Analytica Consulting to deepen data engineering, analytics and AI capabilities aimed at turning operational data into measurable outcomes. PR/AI Visibility: Send2Press expanded its “AI Seeding” push for PR clients, positioning press releases for AI answer engines and AEO-style discovery. Payments Tech: ACI Worldwide research says retailers want “richer payments data” most from payments orchestration, even as many still measure optimization mainly by processing cost. AI Infrastructure Backlash: NASA’s Jared Isaacman floated moving AI data centers into Earth orbit as voters resist on-the-ground builds over water, power and community impacts. Regulation & Security: FCC expanded its Covered List to restrict foreign-produced power inverters and advanced robotic devices. Brand/Comms in the Wild: Trump signed an order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” with jokes about renaming the Atlantic and Pacific next. Local Marketing & Community: Allentown Fair returns with “something for everyone” programming and new rides as it leans into a patriotic 250th-birthday theme.