Happy Friday to all who celebrate! In this week’s edition of stories we didn’t get to for one reason or another, we get a little more info on the Tegna layoffs and how our friend AI may start to impact our professional lives. We also see a few heavyweights hang up their lav mics in…
A Fox in the White House: Fox News has been finding itself in the unique position of seeing its on-air talent–most notably Pete Hegseth–potentially move into President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. The latest outgoing FNC personality is Sean Duffy, who Trump nominated as transportation secretary. Duffy hosts The Bottom Line on Fox Business and is married…
Symone Woolridge has joined Minneapolis Fox-owned station KMSP as evening news anchor. Starting in December, she’ll co-anchor the Fox 9 at 5 p.m. newscast alongside Kelcey Carlson, the Fox 9 at 5:30 with Amy Hockert, as well as the Fox 9 at 6:30 newscast with Tim Blotz. “Symone will make the perfect addition to our…
Is getting into smart TV OS a smart move for The Trade Desk? Today, ad tech platform The Trade Desk announced that it has developed Ventura, a new streaming TV operating system (OS). Additionally, it will partner with smart TV original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other streaming TV aggregators to launch the OS as early…
The increase in AI-spun made for advertising sites is making it harder for buyers to ensure their ads show up in quality environments, especially when using AI-powered media buying tools like Google’s Performance Max, according to four sources. One ecommerce brand found that, for one recent campaign, between 30% and 40% of its Pmax display…
Aesia Toliver has been named weekday evening co-anchor at Norfolk, Virginia NBC affiliate WAVY. She was the weekday morning news co-anchor at WAVY. “It’s been such an honor and joy waking up Hampton Roads every morning but I’m moving to a new shift at @wavynews10 – one where I get to sleep in a bit!”…
Happy Friday to all who celebrate. In this week’s edition of stories we didn’t post for one reason or another, we see some sturm und drang over what the recent election of The Trump means for journalism and a scuffle broke out in Baltimore over a ballot initiative funded by the man behind Sinclair. Let’s…
The numbers $49 million — Paramount notched an operating profit of just $49 million–barely above breakeven–but it’s the second quarter in a row of profitability for the network. $6.73 billion — Paramount netted a total of $6.73 billion in sales, which was short of the estimated $6.94 billion it was anticipated to bring in and…
Abigail Degler will join ABC affiliate WMAR in Baltimore, Maryland as a weekday meteorologist. Degler previously worked as the weekend morning meteorologist at WJZ in Baltimore, MD. Before moving to Baltimore, Degler worked as the weekend morning meteorologist at WAFF in Huntsville, Alabama. She started her career in meteorology at WTWO in Terre Haute, Indiana.
An election-pegged commercial from Calm that didn’t have a single line of spoken dialogue quickly became a major talking point in the hours following Donald Trump’s win of the White House. Both within the advertising industry and outside of it, fans have been discussing the merits of the ad’s 30 seconds of pure silence, a…
Some brands have found that TikTok Smart+, launched in October, has delivered inconsistent performance. Others have grumbled about a lack of clear revenue data, beyond the basic campaign metrics like impressions, conversions, and return on ad spend, making it tough to validate its effectiveness. “We’re not at a point where we’re seeing large shifts of…
Jackson, Mississippi ABC affiliate WAPT is making changes to its weekday morning and weekday evening news teams. Starting Wednesday, November 20, anchor Allie Ware rejoins the weekday morning news team after leaving in 2021. On Monday, December 2, weekday morning anchor Erin Pickens moves to the evening news team, co-anchoring the 5 p.m. newscast with…
As Americans head to the polls on Tuesday, it’s important to remember that reporting the results will be a marathon, not a sprint. With that in mind, TVNewser reached out to the poll watchers at various news networks to weigh in on what viewers need to know amidst the incoming flood of Election Night data….
Alexa Farrell (pictured left) said she is leaving WTIC in Hartford, just six months after starting at the Fox affiliate. “So long 61,” Farrell wrote on Facebook. “The plan was never to stay for a long time, but the people and the stories from here will stay with me forever.” Farrell joined the station in…
Alexa Farrell (pictured left) said she is leaving WTIC in Hartford, just six months after starting at the Fox affiliate. “So long 61,” Farrell wrote on Facebook. “The plan was never to stay for a long time, but the people and the stories from here will stay with me forever.” Farrell joined the station in…
The numbers $7 million — The reported minimum Fox was seeking for 30-second commercials for Super Bowl 59. $3.56 billion — Fox’s reported revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, up 11 percent from a year earlier. $832 million — Fox’s net income in the quarter, which is up more than double from $415…
This article is part of ADWEEK’s Ultimate Guide to Retail Media. Retail media is causing a leadership shakeup. Companies are rapidly hiring executives with deep advertising expertise to stand up advertising businesses. These executives not only have strong ties with advertisers but also know how to develop ad products that won’t overly annoy consumers. Amazon,…
The Jeff Bezos-backed startup Perplexity is taking aim at ecommerce. Perplexity is now inviting users to gain early access to its new feature, dubbed “Pro Shop,” which allows them to research and purchase products from various merchants directly on its platform, according to an internal email obtained by ADWEEK. The Pro Shop feature promises free…
The numbers $1.9 billion — The final total for Paris Olympics revenue for Comcast and NBCUniversal. $1.4 billion — The record-setting revenue from Olympics ad sales. $300 million+ — The Olympics revenue, specifically from Peacock. 36 million — Peacock’s total subscribers after the Olympics and NFL boost. $436 million — Peacock’s losses in third-quarter revenue,…
When Grammy-nominated artist and multi-platinum producer Ryan Leslie released his 2016 album MZRT, there were no billboards, bells, or whistles. Instead, he promoted it via an inbound SMS campaign, without a record label or intermediary. To do this, he used Superphone, a product powered by his platform Disruptive Multimedia. The product empowers artists and creators…
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