New Kamala Harris Ad Links Donald Trump to Mark Robinson

The Kamala Harris campaign has released a new ad that links former President Donald Trump to North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson. Robinson recently made headlines after CNN’s Kfile team uncovered evidence that the state’s current lieutenant governor allegedly made a series of inflammatory posts on the message board of a pornographic website. CNN exclusively…

Watch Oprah Winfrey Interview Kamala Harris

Former President Donald Trump may have scored a Greg Gutfeld booking, but Vice President Kamala Harris secured an Oprah Winfrey sit-down. The Democratic candidate for president appeared alongside the TV icon as part of a Unite for America rally in Michigan that streamed live on Thursday. Some of Winfrey’s famous friends were part of the…

New York Magazine Suspends Olivia Nuzzi Following Alleged Affair With RFK Jr.

The East Coast media world was rocked Tuesday night by the news that political journalist Olivia Nuzzi had been suspended by New York Magazine after an alleged affair with former 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nuzzi had previously profiled Kennedy in a November issue of the Vox Media-owned publication. Former CNN media reporter…

Donald Trump Drops by Gutfeld!

Midtown Manhattan may not be anywhere near Long Island, but former President Donald Trump fit a Fox News pit stop into his busy New York schedule on Wednesday. Hours before taking the stage at a rally held at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY, Trump visited Greg Gutfeld’s studio at FNC HQ. Fox News released…

How Creators Are Responding in Court to a Possible TikTok Ban in the US

TikTok faces the looming possibility of a U.S. ban as its legal team appeared in court Monday to challenge a potential nationwide prohibition. This hearing is the latest development in a high-stakes standoff between the social media giant and the U.S. government over national security and data privacy concerns. On Monday, the U.S. and TikTok…

Watch Kamala Harris’ First Post-Debate Interview

Vice President Kamala Harris sat for her first solo TV interview on Friday, three days after her first–and most likely only–debate with former President Donald Trump. But the Democratic candidate notably didn’t appear on any of the major cable or broadcast outlets. Instead, she went local, recording an interview with Brian Taff, anchor of Philadelphia’s…

BBC News to Increase Coverage of U.S. Election

The 2024 U.S. presidential election is heading into the home stretch and the BBC will be with it every step of the way. The U.K. public broadcaster plans to dedicate more airtime than ever before to the match-up between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Extra hours of programming and entirely new…

Fox News Seeks to Host Next Presidential Debate

Having seen the huge ratings that accompany presidential debates, Fox News has thrown its hat in the ring to host the next match-up between candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Following the Harris/Trump debate on ABC News on Tuesday, Fox News announced that it had sent letters to both campaigns requesting an additional debate in…

Harris/Trump Debate: The View from the Spin Room

Set phasers to… spin. The most popular (and crowded) place to be before and after a presidential debate is the spin room, where surrogates from both sides of the aisle are swarmed by press asking for their instant reactions. TVNewser joined the fray following the ABC News debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, overhearing…

The Harris/Trump Debate: What You Didn’t See on TV

Philadelphia was the center of the news media world on Tuesday night as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met for their first–and potentially only–presidential debate. ABC News hosted the event, which saw the candidates meeting in a specially-made studio at the National Constitution Center. Meanwhile, the assembled press corps–including TVNewser–congregated inside a cavernous Philadelphia Convention…

4 Ways Creators Have Influenced The 2024 Presidential Election

American politicians are desperate to be fluent in the language of the internet, a desire that reflects a larger trend in politics: that politicians can’t just be leaders anymore. They have to be influencers. And they’re tapping into the creator economy to engineer virality in a way that translates to the polls. Online creators are…

ABC News Gives a Preview of the Presidential Debate Studio

The much-anticipated meet-up between the Democratic and GOP presidential candidates takes place tonight on ABC News in Philadelphia, beginning at 9 p.m. ET. In anticipation of the ABC News Presidential Debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, the news outlet gave a walkaround tour of where all the action will take…

Here Are All the Ways to Watch the ABC News Presidential Debate

Another presidential debate night is upon us, and this time we have a new face on the Democratic ticket facing off against a three-time GOP nominee. Vice President Kamala Harris will stand across from former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia during the ABC News Presidential Debate on Tuesday. A lot has happened since CNN hosted…

Publishers Are Likely to Pay More for Ad Costs If Google Spins Off Its Adtech

The Department of Justice’s antitrust trial against Google’s ad tech business is set to begin this week. Owing to Google’s size, a win for the DOJ is sure to spur huge changes in the programmatic industry, particularly in the short term. If Google is forced to sell its publisher adtech business, it could eventually increase…

The ‘Election as Entertainment’ Approach Is Engaging But Risky

The U.S. election charges full steam ahead now that both conventions are over, as “We the People” anxiously count down to Nov. 5 to determine the fate of our Union. Simultaneously, it is becoming a masterclass in marketing. While political campaigns have long utilized data-driven targeting and sophisticated marketing techniques (as seen with Cambridge Analytica’s…

Political Strategist Rob Shepardson Lifts the Lid on the DNC Campaign and Pivot to Kamala Harris 

The political advertising machine behind the Democratic Party faced an unprecedented time crunch after President Joe Biden ended his 2024 presidential campaign and set the stage for Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the White House. Harris announced her presidential run on July 21, 2024, just over four weeks before the Democratic National Convention began…

CNN’s Harris/Walz Interview Nets 6.3 Million Viewers

CNN’s exclusive interview with Democratic running mates Kamala Harris and Tim Walz brought in 6.3 million total viewers and 1.2 million Adults 25-54 viewers. The First Interview: Harris & Walz with Dana Bash was the most-watched program on Thursday evening in both measured categories. Thanks to that boost, CNN secured the No. 1 cable news…

CNN’s Harris/Walz Interview Nets 6.3 Million Viewers

CNN’s exclusive interview with Democratic running mates Kamala Harris and Tim Walz brought in 6.3 million total viewers and 1.2 million Adults 25-54 viewers. The First Interview: Harris & Walz with Dana Bash was the most-watched program on Thursday evening in both measured categories. Thanks to that boost, CNN secured the No. 1 cable news…

Democrats Have Committed $296 Million to Future Presidential Advertising

Now that the Democratic Party has officially selected Vice President Kamala Harris as its presidential nominee and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dropped out, the revised race for the White House has begun with just over two months left to go. One way Democrats hope Harris can beat Republican rival Donald Trump in…

How Brands Can Show Up to the Political Circus—If at All

The global political landscape has never been noisier. As ideology often makes way for personality, general elections worldwide have ended in surprise, polarized the electorate like never before, and seen politicians use language that would previously have been unacceptable. The fire and brimstone of social media discourse has spilled into the real world, creating a…